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.
  • Automate your home, AV with life|ware
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    Automate your home, AV with life|ware
    Jan 29, 2008 at 1:48 AM Comments 0

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    One of the most impressive displays at CES 2008 wasn't on the show floor. Instead of a traditional plasma-screens-and-pamphlets CES booth life|ware chose to build three fully functional homes out front of the Las Vegas Convention Center to show off the various home…
  • 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 …
  • An Introduction to Windows Live Sync and How to Migrate from Live Mesh
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    An Introduction to Windows Live Sync and How to Migrate from Live Mesh
    Jun 25, 2010 at 7:45 PM Comments 25

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    Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 beta introduces the new Windows Live Sync beta, the spiritual successor and replacement to Live Mesh and FolderShare.In this video we look at how Sync works, how it compares to the Live Mesh Technical Preview and how to migrate your Mesh network over to Sync.In…
  • 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…
  • Education Labs Math Worksheet Generator
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    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…
  • Windows 7 Play-To in Action
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    Windows 7 Play-To in Action
    Aug 06, 2009 at 1:42 AM Comments 10

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    Originally posted on Channel 10 One of the many enhancements in Windows 7 is the support for Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) certified devices. Windows 7 will automatically find devices on your home network that are DLNA compliant (with the digital media renderer role)…
  • SnapFlow CEO Samad Wahedi demos Silverlight 4 pilot application SnapFlow
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    SnapFlow CEO Samad Wahedi demos Silverlight 4 pilot application SnapFlow
    Jan 26, 2010 at 9:23 AM Comments 0

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    SnapFlow CEO and Founder, Samad Wahedi, recently spoke during Scott Guthrie’s Day 2 PDC09 Keynote.  In this video, Sam Chenaur interviews Samad to discuss the SnapFlow service, and Samad provides an end-to-end demo on the Silverlight 4 pilot.  Key Silverlight 4 features are…
  • Photokina 2008 - Seitz 6x17 Digital, 160 Million Pixel Camera
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    Photokina 2008 - Seitz 6x17 Digital, 160 Million Pixel Camera
    Nov 12, 2008 at 11:11 AM Comments 0

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    One second,... That's the time it takes for the Seitz 6x17 Digital camera to capture 160 Million Pixels!We checked out the Seitz booth at Photokina 2008 and got the man himself to give us a demo of this monster slit-scan panoramic camera, the largest and fastest in its…
  • Channel 9 Live at MIX10: Bill Buxton & Erik Meijer - Perspectives on Design
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    Channel 9 Live at MIX10: Bill Buxton & Erik Meijer - Perspectives on Design
    Mar 30, 2010 at 12:36 PM Comments 12

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    Bill Buxton and Erik Meijer are both highly respected scientists in very different fields. Erik is a programming language designer and creator of LINQ, “Volta”, Rx and other things we can’t share publicly yet. Bill is a user experience design researcher, musician and a celebrity in the design…
  • Channel 9 Live at DevConnections 2010 On Demand Links
    Channel 9 Live at DevConnections 2010 On Demand Links
    Apr 14, 2010 at 12:32 PM Comments 5

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    The Channel 9 Live at DevConnections 2010 on-demand streams are now available.Day 1, April 12th 2010; Visual Studio 2010 Launch, is available to view on-demand at this link: http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/watch-it-liveDay 2, April 13th 2010; Silverlight 4 Launch, is available to view…
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