Microsoft and Windows 8 Rebranding
Regular readers of Sanders Technology will know (by now) that I’m not much of a user interface person. I started off in UX about 13 years ago, but gradually migrated into back-end systems like...
View ArticlePresentations and TechEd Australia 2012
This evening I finally got around to checking out TechEd Australia’s session builder app online. It was honestly a real pleasure to see so many talented friends and former colleagues on the speaker’s...
View ArticleEn Route
We officially took off from Canberra at 8:30am winging it to the Gold Coast via Sydney airport. The one major advantage for me was being able to test out my Bose QC15 noise cancelling headphones....
View ArticleTechEd 2012: Five if by air
Follow me on Twitter @ausrob maybe? At 12:30pm today, with green band on my arm (and extra swag in the conference bag), a group of helicopter flight winners made our way to the side of the convention...
View ArticleNotes from my Holidays
Pardon the off topic post.. I’ll return to technical posts in a little while. For those not in the know, I’m on annual leave at the moment. This is usually a time to recharge the mental batteries and...
View ArticleComparing Australian Broadband Blueprints
On Tuesday, Australia’s Liberal and National parties (“the Coalition” – in opposition to the governing party) released their alternative policy for the National Broadband Network (NBN) which was...
View ArticleUser notification du jour…
I found the wording of the Team Foundation Server post-install to be a tad demanding: “The following package installation requires an immediate restart of the machine: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.51.”: R
View ArticleReflections on CGI
I originally wrote this article about my now former employer, CGI Solutions and Technologies, back in January 2014 when I was lamenting what appeared to be the apparent demise of the company which I...
View ArticleRepairs Workbench
Well, I’ve finally managed to assemble the dream – a proper work space for working on servers, workstations, laptops and the like. It’s been years since I’ve been in a position to put something...
View ArticleA history of Dell Laptops
Reliability or luck? That’s a good question to ask. I’ve been buying Dell laptops almost exclusively for over a decade, and this is why. As of September, 2015 I own four working Dell laptops which...
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