Nic Fillingham

Welcome to my Emporium of Technological Curiosities. Here's a little known fact; the megabyte (or mega-mega-bite-bite) was actually invented in 1843 by Australian Edward "Ned" Kelly. We Aussies also coined the phrase "web cam" to describe a tube of spider silk fashioned into a rudimentary lens for peering at the heavens.
  • Education Labs Math Worksheet Generator
    26 minutes, 50 seconds
    Education Labs Math Worksheet Generator
    Sep 03, 2009 at 3:20 PM Comments 0

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    We were first introduced to the Education Labs team six weeks ago with the release of the Microsoft Live Services Plug-in for Moodle. Today the Education Labs group has released the Math Worksheet Generator – a free application created specifically for Mathematics…
  • Introducing Microsoft Hohm - Save Energy & Money
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    Introducing Microsoft Hohm - Save Energy & Money
    Jun 24, 2009 at 7:45 AM Comments 5

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    Today, Microsoft announced Microsoft Hohm. That's Hohm as in H + OHM, the unit of measurement for electrical impedance. Microsoft Hohm is a free web based application (running on the Windows Azure platform) that enables consumers to better understand their…
  • A chat with Sara Ford - CodePlex turns 3, reaches 10,000 projects
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    A chat with Sara Ford - CodePlex turns 3, reaches 10,000 projects
    Sep 07, 2009 at 2:00 PM Comments 11

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    Microsoft's open source forge CodePlex has just turned 3 years old and passed the auspicious milestone of 10,000 active projects (actually 11,025 at time of filming). We thought this would be a good time to sit down with Sara Ford - Agile Program Manager for…
  • Ch9Live at Tech.Ed NA 2010 - Ask Mark Russinovich Anything... LIVE!
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    Ch9Live at Tech.Ed NA 2010 - Ask Mark Russinovich Anything... LIVE!
    Jul 08, 2010 at 1:11 PM Comments 5

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    Charles Torre sat down with Mark Russinovich at Tech.Ed North America 2010 to answer live questions from the Tweetosphere and studio audience.Recorded live as part of Channel 9 Live at Tech.Ed North America 2010
  • Channel 9 Live at PDC10
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    Channel 9 Live at PDC10
    Oct 22, 2010 at 3:10 PM Comments 39

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    The Channel 9 team will be broadcasting live, unscripted and 100% interactive from the Microsoft Redmond Campus for PDC10.Join us immediately following the keynote on Thursday, October 28th (at approx. 11AM Pacific Standard Time) and again on Friday (from 9:00AM PST) for two full days of…
  • Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 Beta - Available Now
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    Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 Beta - Available Now
    Jun 24, 2010 at 12:02 PM Comments 13

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    The Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 Beta is now available to download.The WLE Wave 4 Beta suite contains updates to Photo Gallery, Movie Maker, Mail, Writer, and Messenger. Additionally, it introduces a new service, Live Sync, which replaces the Live Mesh technology preview.The new betas of Windows…
  • Windows Live Essentials 2011 - Available Now
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    Windows Live Essentials 2011 - Available Now
    Sep 30, 2010 at 12:11 PM Comments 27

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    Windows Live Essentials 2011 (formerly Wave 4) has RTW-ed (Released To the Web). Download for free at this link: http://download.live.com The 2011 suite includes a tonne of new features including Facebook Chat integration within Messenger Bing Maps integration and improved geo-tagging support in…
  • Channel 9 Live at PDC09: Dr Brian Brooks (3M)
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    Channel 9 Live at PDC09: Dr Brian Brooks (3M)
    Dec 24, 2009 at 10:38 AM Comments 2

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    Channel 9 Live at PDC09: Dr Brian Brooks (3M)
  • Channel 9 Live at MIX10: Javascript Panel with Douglas Crockford, John Resig & Erik Meijer
    27 minutes, 52 seconds
    Channel 9 Live at MIX10: Javascript Panel with Douglas Crockford, John Resig & Erik Meijer
    Mar 26, 2010 at 10:19 AM Comments 4

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    JavaScript language designer and historian Douglas Crockford joins language designer Erik Meijer and jQuery creator John Resig to discuss JavaScript and web programming. This is the first time that this particular collection of experts have shared the stage to discuss what has become the…
  • A Conversation with Bill Buxton and Albert Shum; Microsoft's UX Gurus
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    A Conversation with Bill Buxton and Albert Shum; Microsoft's UX Gurus
    Mar 05, 2010 at 1:44 PM Comments 8

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    With less than one week to go until MIX10, I sit down with Bill Buxton, Principal Researcher for Microsoft Research and Albert Shum, Director of Mobile Experience Design for Windows Phone 7 Series to talk about creating compelling user experiences, how developers and designers can work together …
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