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Braid/Game Development in Linux

I mostly stay clear of platform choice debates, not entering very much in “Open Source vs Microsoft” debates, but this one is too hilarious to miss. There’s a (great) platform game for the Xbox360 called “ Braid ”, which is the only Xbox Live Arcade game Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 02, 2008 12:41 AM by João Pedro Martins | 0 Comments

"The E-Myth Revisited" and The World After Summer

I've been reading " The E Myth Revisited ", by Michael Gerber. The book is all about entrepreneurs and small companies, and why they usually fail. The following quote is right at its start: "Businesses start and fail in the United States Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 26, 2008 4:57 PM by João Pedro Martins | 1 Comments

Back From Vacation

I've just had my longest vacations in the last 4 or 5 years. And it was great :-). The week started off with the MVP Summit 08 in Seattle, with several sessions about what's coming in the Connected Systems space, namely with things like BizTalk Oslo, Read More...
Posted Friday, May 23, 2008 10:22 PM by João Pedro Martins | 4 Comments

TechEd 2007 Barcelona

This year will be my 3rd presence at TechEd , this time again in Barcelona. Apparently there's almost 80 people coming from Portugal, which is more than last year. My personal focus will be on the "SOA and Business Process" and "Architecture" tracks. Read More...
Posted Saturday, October 27, 2007 2:32 AM by João Pedro Martins | 1 Comments

Windows Live now Supports CardSpace

According to a post in Kim Cameron's blog , You can now use Information Cards at Hotmail and all the other MSN/Windows Live sites. Just go here to associate an Information Card with your existing account. It's the start... of the end of the road, for Read More...
Posted Monday, October 01, 2007 10:47 PM by João Pedro Martins | 0 Comments

Take a Look at These...

I'm not about to start a series of "daily links" post, but here are recent links I find relevant: BizTalk 2006 R2 will come out in September , including a more affordable "Branch Edition" (for those who remember the Partner Edition), destined to be used Read More...
Posted Sunday, July 15, 2007 11:35 PM by João Pedro Martins | 0 Comments

More on Mind Mapping

A site called Innovation Tools (which I recommend) published in September 2006 the results of a survey on mind mapping software (in PDF). MindManager is the clear leader, with ~70% usage, with the open source FreeMind at ~10% (which I tried before prefering Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 13, 2007 5:13 PM by João Pedro Martins | 2 Comments

MindJet's MindManager 7

I've been an (irregular) fan of Mind Mapping for several years, previously using simple flip-charts. and later Visio's Brainstorming diagram or a simple whiteboard. Recently, one of my associates purchased a license of the brand new MindJet MindManager Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 12, 2007 9:07 PM by João Pedro Martins | 0 Comments

MVP Summit: Sleepy and Wet In Seattle

Seattle is known for its rain. And it's justified. Two portuguese mvp's at the summit tihs year are known for being sleepy and wet from the rain. :-) Went to Palermo's party tonight, where we met some of the 40 Brasilian MVPs attending. An estimated 1900 Read More...
Posted Monday, March 12, 2007 5:31 AM by João Pedro Martins | 0 Comments

Identity Management and CardSpace

Identity Management is not one of my priorities , but it's a subject I've been interested about for sometime, and which is very related to the work I am doing at the moment. It all started with Kim Cameron's Identity Blog and his Laws of Identity . The Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 17, 2007 11:08 PM by João Pedro Martins | 1 Comments

Catch Up in 2007

In the last two years I have been feeling a ever largest difficulty in following the rhythm of technological evolution in my area. When there was only BizTalk 2000/2002 and .Net 1.0, the world was simple . Now there is .Net 3.0, with WCF and WF, Dsl Tools Read More...
Posted Monday, January 15, 2007 4:13 AM by João Pedro Martins | 2 Comments

Windows Vista RTM: Impressões

Nas últimas duas semanas tenho estado a usar o Windows Vista no meu portátil (Dell D820: dual core, 2.11ghz, 2gb ram, sata), e estou bastante satisfeito com a experiência até agora. Não tive quaisquer problemas com drivers em falta, nem incompatibilidades Read More...
Posted Friday, December 29, 2006 10:28 PM by João Pedro Martins | 3 Comments
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NewsGAtor's FeedDemon

Uma prenda de Natal da NewsGator : durante o mês de Dezembro, usando o código de promoção " NGHoliday ", tem-se um desconto de Usd 10 no FeedDemon (fica a Usd 19,95). Troquei o SharpReader pelo FeedDemon 2.1, claramente superior, com o extra de incluir Read More...
Posted Tuesday, December 19, 2006 10:01 AM by João Pedro Martins | 2 Comments
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Mais TechEd Off-Topic

Ontem a noite foi de Country Drinks , num bowling perto do Centro de Conferências. Imensa gente na conversa e a jogar, foi divertido, e tive oportunidade de conversar com vários conhecidos que não via há anos e que reencontrei. O Pedro Rosa da MS levou Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 09, 2006 5:34 PM by João Pedro Martins | 0 Comments
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TechEd Off-Topic

O GASP está representado em peso no TechEd: além de mim, e entre os cerca de 4000 participantes, estão o Hugo Batista, Tiago Pascoal, Filipe Clérigo, Paulo Morgado e Miguel Madeira de Lisboa, e o José António Silva, Luis Martins e Hugo Ribeiro do Porto. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 5:34 PM by João Pedro Martins | 0 Comments
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