30-Jun-2023 |
 | A free, public domain database of Australian post codes and geo data, collated from public sources and the community.
XLS, XLSX, JSON, CSV, XML.
Includes Long/Lat and over 18,000 entries.
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22-Jan-2022 |
 | A free, public domain database of New ZZealand post codes and geo data, collated from public sources and the community.
XLS, XLSX, JSON, CSV, XML.
Includes Longitude and Latitude values.
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28-Aug-2021 |
 | Downloadable world cities databases.
Includes latitude, longitude, province, country and and more.
CSV Format.
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16-Nov-2016 |
 | Useful SQL tips - how to list all stored procedures or tables updated recently |
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16-Sep-2016 |
| Useful SQL tips - how to a specific type of field in a SQL table |
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16-Jul-2016 |
| Useful SQL tips - how to list the SQL Recovery Model of all your databases |
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16-May-2016 |
| Useful SQL tips - How to list all your SQL databases with their file locations and sizes |
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16-Mar-2016 |
| Useful SQL tips - how to list all stored procedures that have column names that match a keyword |
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16-Jan-2016 |
| Useful SQL tips - how to list all tables that have column names that match a keyword |
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24-Dec-2015 |
 | A deep dive tutorial on how to add Audio, Video and Conferencing capabilities into your web site or application, using JavaScript and the Skype Web SDK.
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12-Dec-2015 |
 | Let's build a wrapper around the Skype Web SDK to allow any language or framework to quickly and easily send an Instant Message.
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12-Dec-2015 |
| Useful SQL tips - how to list all tables and retrieve their row counts and file sizes |
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18-Nov-2015 |
 | Sometimes it's handy to be able to easily extract a list of email addresses from your Outlook PST or OST file.
This application uses C# to extract email addresses from Microsoft Outlook.
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3-Nov-2015 |
 | Sometimes you need to change your Lync or Skype for Business email address (or SIP address), and as a result it would be helpful to be able to respond to people trying to contact you at your old address! |
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27-Oct-2015 |
 | There's no easy way to export a list of contacts from the Lync or Skype for Business desktop client, but this can be achieved using the Skype Web SDK.
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16-Oct-2015 |
| My personal mailbox, with emails going back to the late 90's, is full of old attachments that bloat the PST file, but aren't really needed.
I decided to write a simple C# console app to extract them to reduce the size of my PST file.
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16-Sep-2015 |
 | I've updated my Lync and Skype for Business Presence Dashboard application to improve usability, look & feel and add a few new options.
The dashboard is open-source and available for download.
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7-Sep-2015 |
 | Whilst building my next Pluralsight course, I've come across a few more scenarios and solutions to keep in mind, many specific to the Chrome web browser.
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1-Sep-2015 |
 | Pick a customer, a vendor or a friend that you call regularly.
Now put their email address into your favourite unified communications client, such as Skype, Lync or Facebook Messenger, and the likelihood is you’ll never spend a cent on calling them on your telephone again.
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31-Aug-2015 |
| Tips and techniques for troubleshooting the Skype Web SDK.
If you're having trouble getting the SDK to function, here are a few ideas to check and try.
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3-Aug-2015 |
 | In my previous tutorial, I demonstrated how to interactively send an Instant Message using the Skype Web SDK.
Now let's see how to send it automatically with just a few dozen lines of code.
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24-Jul-2015 |
 | Learn about the new Skype Web SDK, how it works, how to starting use it, and how the SDK can help enhance your web site or application with Skype functionality.
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13-Jul-2015 |
 | I’ve recently been accepted as a Pluralsight Author, and am busily creating the first of a series of courses on how to develop Skype-enabled applications using the Skype Web SDK.
Pluralsight require a high level of audio and production quality (as they should!), and as such I embarked upon a mission to upgrade my recording equipment to as close to studio standards as I can reasonably justify with minimal budget.
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21-Jun-2015 |
| The Skype Web SDK is a powerful new framework built upon UCWA that allows you to rapidly build Skype-enabled applications and functionality.
In this tutorial, learn how to quickly and simply send an Instant Message in just a few lines of JavaScript code.
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3-Jun-2015 |
| The Skype Web SDK is a powerful new framework built upon UCWA that allows you to rapidly build Skype-enabled applications and functionality.
This is my collection of tutorials and courses.
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16-May-2015 |
 | The Skype Web SDK is a powerful new framework built upon UCWA that allows you to rapidly build Skype-enabled applications and functionality.
In this tutorial, learn how to build a Presence Dashboard to display your contacts and their availability status in real time.
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4-May-2015 |
| The Skype Web SDK is a powerful new framework built upon UCWA that allows you to rapidly build Skype-enabled applications and functionality.
This is my collection of tutorials and courses.
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30-Apr-2015 |
 | Yesterday, Microsoft released the Skype Web SDK Public Preview.
Over the next few weeks I'll be posting a handful of tutorials on how to use the SDK in a real-world environment, but in the meantime these links can help you get started with developing against this SDK.
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30-Apr-2015 |
| Developing applications with the Skype Web SDK has never been easier with the tools released today by Microsoft at the Build 2015 conference.
The Skype Web SDK is a new set of JavaScript components and HTML controls that enable developers to build new web experiences that seamlessly integrate a wide variety of real-time collaboration models leveraging Skype for Business services and the larger Skype network.
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4-Apr-2015 |
 | As crazy as it sounds, we set off again in March 2015 to fundraise for the Telco Together Foundation by climbing Mount Kilimanjaro - this time the Lemosho Route.
All funds raised go directly to the Foundation's worthy recipients - Second Bite, Inspire, Red Dust Role Models & Sports Without Borders.
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30-Mar-2015 |
| Our final day of adventure, leaving Millenium Camp for Mweka Gate and the return to civilisation (and showers!) |
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29-Mar-2015 |
| After struggling to reach the summit only a few hours earlier, we begin our descent down the southern face of Kilimanjaro |
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29-Mar-2015 |
| We did it! We finally reach the highest point of Kilimanjaro, Uhuru Peak.
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29-Mar-2015 |
 | Tonight at midnight, we begin our ascent to the peak of Kilimanjaro, Uruhu Peak at an altitude of 5,895m.
It will take us around 8 hours to complete the climb.
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29-Mar-2015 |
| Starting with breakfast at 11pm, we begin the most surreal and challenging stage of our adventure.
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28-Mar-2015 |
| With Kilimanjaro towering above us like a giant in the mist, we steadily ascend towards School Hut camp, ready for our breakfast later that night.
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27-Mar-2015 |
| A relatively easy, although suprisingly long day of trekking around the northern face of Kilimanjaro, a stone's throw to the Kenyan border.
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26-Mar-2015 |
| Slowly we continue our climb higher each day, across the rocky plains and edge of Shira Plateau towards Moir Hut camp.
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25-Mar-2015 |
| Leaving the sounds of the forrest and the cool of the gigantic trees above us, we reach the grasslands on our way towards the next camp.
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24-Mar-2015 |
| We start our adventure from the Lemosho Gate, making our way steadily through the forest towards the Mti Mkumbwa camp.
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21-Mar-2015 |
 | In a little over 48hrs we begin our climb of the world's largest freestanding mountain, Kilimanjaro, in the northern plains of Tanzania, Africa.
All to raise funds for the Telco Together Foundation! |
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16-Mar-2015 |
 | In my travels I collect lots of links to pages about Microsoft Lync and Skype for Business.
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25-Feb-2015 |
 | Don't you just hate it when you stumble over a feature in Visual Studio that's been available for years, and realise that it could have saved you many hours of coding? |
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11-Feb-2015 |
 | A presentation and discussion about various Lync and Skype for Business development frameworks (UCMA, UCWA, Skype API, 3rd party) and how they can be used as a pathway to implementing IoT (Internet of Things) communication to Lync and Skype users.
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1-Feb-2015 |
 | A few small tricks and techniques for improving your UCWA application and user experience.
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31-Jan-2015 |
 | UCWA can be used to dynamically control the presence of an online Lync account.
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30-Jan-2015 |
 | UCWA, or the Unified Communications Web API, lets your send IMs easily using a simple HTTP RESTful API hosted on your Lync environment.
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29-Jan-2015 |
 | The first step when creating a new UCWA is to initialise an Application - a two way modality between your Lync user account and an intended recipient.
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