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Photosynth Tech Preview is available
The Photosynth technology is amazing. I have already started looking at the SDK and I am planning to use it in some of the demos that will start coming out of Microsoft’s Technical Computing group.
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About to buy a new phone
I am in the market for a new cell phone and I can’t make up my mind. Some MUSTs (RFC 2119): Windows Mobile 5.0 GSM, GPRS, EDGE, etc. Thin (as possible) No sliding keyboard Large and high-esolution screen No external antenna Long battery life WiFi Some SHOULDs (again, RFC 2119): 3G Integrated GPS Bluetooth I’ve…
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eScience @ Microsoft blog
You may be interested in monitoring the eScience @ Microsoft blog where Dan Fay posts lots of interesting stuff. Soon, my eScience/Technical Computing posts will also appear there.
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Supercomputing conference (SC06)
I am going to be at SC06 from Sunday (Nov 12) to Friday (Nov 17). If you are going to be around, drop me a line. I am really looking forward to seeing old friends/colleagues and everyone else in the community.
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Congratulations to Paul, Pete, and Debbie
I recently found out that Prof. Pete Lee, Jim‘s PhD supervisor and our HiPPO post-doc boss, has become the head of the School of Computing Science; Prof. Paul Watson, my PhD supervisor and boss while at the NorthEast Regional e-Science Center, has become the School’s Research Director; and Debbie Corbet, the Data-Intensive Systems Research group’s administrator, has taken over the (impossible) task…
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"Web Science"
“Group of University Researchers to Make Web Science a Field of Study“ “Tim Berners-Lee Announces Web Science Initiative – Studying the Social Web“ This is an area very close to my heart. I am really keen to try and make a difference and have an impact in this space through the work I will be…
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Microsoft boosting Linux?
Reading through Slashdot today and coming up against some interesting news: “Microsoft Is Set to Give Linux a Boost Through Partnership With Novell”. If this is true, this is the second time in few minutes I have to ask: Is this Microsoft we are talking about? I wonder if such an agreement will let Mono…
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Zune
My 60G iPod is falling apart from the heavy usage. It’s time for a new portable player, which is definitely going to be a Zune. However, I will have to wait until they release ones with capacity larger than the 30 GBs of the first wave. My CDs already occupy around 37 GBs on my…
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Ian Foster is blogging!
I didn’t know Ian was blogging until he left a comment on my last post. How cool is that? Subscribed of course!
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Moving to a new role
It has been just over a year since I joined Microsoft; my first day was 12 September 2005. Since then, I changed 3 managers and I was part of 3 different incubation projects. Throughout, it’s been a blast! I have been working with so many clever people and doing extremely interesting things, always working on future…