If you’ve started playing around Microsoft Azure then you are probably going to appreciate this post ;-). I know I did. Kudos to Ryan Dunn On Tuesday an azure table Browser service was launched for developers at MyAzureStorage.com. The service was build using ASP.NET MVC on a rich AJAX interface.  and its goals are to provide developers an easy way to create, query, and manage their Windows Azure tables. with it you’ll be able to: ...

Back on February 2007 I blogged about a prototype project of Human Productivity Lab, code named Bumptop and was claiming that we’re really not that far from seeing something like that becoming available for end-users. Well today I found out that I wasn’t wrong. Bumptop is officially released and available in two versions a free one as well as a Pro one for a small fee. Check it out in the following video. Now imagine that desktop running on Windows 7 at a multitouch screen ;-) Unfortunately I’m using the default windows 7 beta graphics...

I don't know how many of you played this game at school, with your friend sitting in the same desk, maybe during the Foreign language course eh? It sure brought back some nice memories to me ;-) Seriously now, JVC, a Euro 2008 sponsor has developed a nice online flash game where you pick one from the participating in the finals team and try to win. Your points are summed with all the others that have chosen the same team and an average is calculated. The team that will have the most points at the end of the...

Yesterday I had the opportunity to speak in front of a large audience about Microsoft's Live Services, available to developers, in a Microsoft hosted event called "The Next Web Now". Although I had to write this presentation twice, as I lost my first one with my stolen laptop, and had to prepare the second one in just a few hours, I was glad to do it as I always enjoy speaking and communicating with other developers. In general I believe it went well, even with all the computer related problems Panos' laptop had ;-). The event's sessions were video recorded so they're...

A lot of people have been complaining on not being able to login to MyFacebook gadget and I really didn't know what was going on as I followed Facebook API's authentication instructions to the letter. So I've decided to change it's authentication method. It now uses the same authentication method Popfly uses in its Facebook Data source block. To login you'll have to click on the first page link in order to get an authentication token, then you'll have to add that token to the gadget settings page. Note that if this is the first time...

My friend Panos wrote today about Nikhil Kothari's Facebook.Net framework (hosted at Codeplex) as well as Steve Trefethen's starter kit as various tools you could use to develop Facebook applications using .Net. I'd like to add to those The Facebook developer toolkit that evolved from the Microsoft - Facebook partnership. Although this download comes from the Microsoft Visual Studio Express Editions product line (as you may notice) nothing stops you from using it with Visual Studio. Furthermore (if you're willing to play with cutting edge technology ;-) you could give Popfly's Facebook blocks (which are products of the same...

It's been four months since I received my Popfly invite but haven't really been able to do anything on it due to lack of time. Looking for Silverlight applications yesterday though I happened to bump into it and remembered that I already had an account so I decided to check it out. Well it seems that a lot have changed since the last time I've used it although the project is still in its Alpha phase. First of all the user interface is completely revamped. It now loads up much faster and resembles more an office application than a...

I hadn't given too much attention to all those social networks that have developed over time as I thought that they were mainly for people looking for dating and this sort of things. A recent friend invitation for FaceBook though, proved me wrong and opened a new world full of potential for communication, collaboration, play and so on. So from know on you can catch up with me through my Facebook account...

When all Greek channels yesterday, were either re-running ancient Greek movies, having long boring political debates or playing some b-movie I was able to: (This is why TV is sentenced to death...) Watch LIVE EARTH concerts from all over the world Listen to Artists I love to hear Make my pledge to save Earth Make a subscription to stay connected with the climate crisis news and TO DO's from Liveearth Watch Artists video and photo galleries Download LiveEarth...

 I've spoken a couple of times about innovation in Greece and I'm glad when I see other people talking about it too. So when I was invited to show all the things we're building at www.dol.gr at Microsft's Innovation Day, I was thrilled. Luckily there was WiFi netwrok availableso here are some snapshots from the event. Stay tunned more will come later...     Special thanks to Panos for the pictures