David Burela’s blog

Jan 3, 2025
Connecting a heartrate monitor to Peloton on Android TV
Oct 28, 2023
Mario 64 decompiled and ported to PC
Jul 17, 2022
Enterprise Blockchain screening
Dec 31, 2021
RISC-V turnkey development environment
Dec 3, 2020
Ethereum on RISC-V
Nov 21, 2020
Cross compiling Golang apps for RISC-V with cgo
Nov 16, 2020
IPFS on RISC-V
Nov 15, 2020
Emulating RISC-V Debian on WSL2
Nov 10, 2020
RISC-V Development board
Oct 1, 2020
Combining Azure static web apps with the decentralised web
Jul 19, 2020
Minimal privacy preserving blog stats
Jul 15, 2020
Japanese study materials
May 24, 2020
Why I moved my blog
May 23, 2020
Converting my blog from wordpress to Jekyll
Apr 26, 2020
Installing IPFS via ipfs-update on Linux or WSL
Nov 2, 2018
Devcon 4 report: Day 4
Nov 1, 2018
Devcon 4 report: Day 3
Oct 31, 2018
Devcon 4 report: day 2 - Ethereum 2.0 keynote
Oct 30, 2018
Devcon 4 report: Day 1 - core tool updates
Jun 27, 2018
Running docker on WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)
Jun 25, 2018
Resolving IPFS API CORS issues
Nov 9, 2017
Community report: Smart cities Blockchain hackathon
Nov 5, 2017
Devcon 3 report: Day 4 - p2p tech
Nov 4, 2017
Devcon 3 report: Day 3 – Dapp development
Nov 2, 2017
Devcon 3 report: Day 2
Nov 1, 2017
Devcon 3 report: Day 1 - core systems
Sep 21, 2017
Writing Truffle tests with async/await
Sep 6, 2017
Ethereum DevOps with VSTS - easier now with new Truffle installer + npx
Jul 21, 2017
Report: Microsoft Australia DX hackfest (July)
Jul 1, 2017
New releases of Truffle & TestRPC. Now easier to install.
May 24, 2017
Report: Microsoft Australia DX hackfest
May 17, 2017
How to install Jekyll on Windows 10 with “Windows subsystem for Linux”
May 14, 2017
Reghack “Down Under” event roundup
May 12, 2017
How to install Truffle & TestRPC on Ubuntu or Windows 10 with “Windows subsystem for Linux”
May 10, 2017
Build 2017 keynote day 1
May 9, 2017
Videos and notes of my Blockchain presentations at Microsoft Ignite Australia
Apr 25, 2017
RegHack Downunder–Regulatory Blockchain hackfest in Melbourne Australia May 12-14
Feb 7, 2017
I’m delivering two talks at Microsoft Ignite Australia on Blockchain development
Feb 6, 2017
Meetup Madness & Kids coding open to all at Microsoft Ignite pre-day
Dec 23, 2016
Ethereum DevOps with Truffle, TestRPC & Visual Studio Team Services
Nov 18, 2016
Configuring Visual Studio code for Ethereum Blockchain development
Nov 18, 2016
How to install Truffle & TestRPC on Windows for Blockchain development
Oct 1, 2016
Microsoft Research video of a 'smart' tattoo that acts as a device controler
Sep 24, 2016
Blockchain summit report: Day 2
Sep 23, 2016
Blockchain summit report: Day 1 - "Enterprise cloud"
Sep 22, 2016
Blockchain summit report: Demo day
Sep 21, 2016
DEVCON2 report: Day 3 - Final day
Sep 20, 2016
DEVCON2 report: Day 2 - More session notes & photos
Sep 19, 2016
DEVCON2 report: Day 1
Sep 19, 2016
DEVCON2 report: Day 0 - Preday meetups
May 9, 2016
//build is coming to Melbourne 26 May
Mar 30, 2016
Build 2016 Keynote day 1
Mar 10, 2016
Microsoft "Project Natick" puts datacentres under the ocean
Mar 8, 2016
SQL Server on Linux means you’ll be able to run a full .Net application in Linux Docker containers in Azure, developed on a Mac
Feb 22, 2016
Microsoft designers talk Azure UX
Feb 16, 2016
How to mine Ethereum with Azure on Ubuntu
Feb 8, 2016
Using Windows 10 iOS bridge to convert Canabalt to Windows 10 in under 5 minutes
Jan 29, 2016
Analysing my progress and profitability in cryptocurrency mining
Jan 19, 2016
Mining bitcoin with Azure (and why it is a terrible idea)
Dec 7, 2015
Adding Application Insights to SharePoint
Dec 6, 2015
Improving your website with Application Insights
Nov 27, 2015
Easily install Jekyll on Windows with 3 command prompt entries and Chocolatey
Aug 26, 2015
Dev Tip: Customising Visual Studio to use a different merge tool
Aug 24, 2015
Translating emails easily in Outlook
Jul 12, 2015
Getting married with Azure
May 28, 2015
Microsoft Virtual Academy – Windows 10 fundamentals & Azure
May 11, 2015
Microsoft Virtual Academy – Azure IaaS series
Apr 29, 2015
Build 2015 day 1 keynote
Sep 22, 2014
Community report: Beijing Xamarin hack day
Sep 17, 2014
Experimenting with ways to share presentation materials
Jul 9, 2014
A sneak peak at ASP.Net vNext
Jul 1, 2014
Get some developer superpowers!
Jun 20, 2014
3 things to know about Xamarin 3
Jun 13, 2014
Community report: Windows Azure web camps
May 31, 2014
Community report: Melbourne Microsoft //publish event
Apr 27, 2014
A new centralised location for Microsoft training events, camps & conferences
Apr 7, 2014
Connecting Team City to Visual Studio Online using Git source control
Apr 2, 2014
Build 2014 – Day 1 keynote
Nov 22, 2013
Is it time to open source Silverlight?
Oct 29, 2013
Windows Azure Website issue with Portable class library
Jul 12, 2013
Error when using HTTP Portable class library & compression
Jul 11, 2013
Windows Azure editorial for MSDN flash
Jun 26, 2013
Build 2013–Day 1 Keynote summary
Jun 22, 2013
Community report: Australian Microsoft Bizspark Azure camps
Jun 17, 2013
Xbox One cloud + Geo-distributed Windows Azure datacentres
Jun 9, 2013
Windows Azure introduces pay-by-the-minute feature
Jun 2, 2013
Bizspark developer camps in Australia
May 20, 2013
Windows Azure datacentres coming to Australia!
May 4, 2013
Windows Azure SDK 2.0 released
Apr 30, 2013
Community report: Azure global bootcamp
Apr 21, 2013
Virtual Windows AzureConf is on this week
Apr 2, 2013
Using the GitHub for Windows app with BitBucket
Mar 31, 2013
Creating the Sensis Showdown app
Mar 28, 2013
Summary of Melbourne AppFest
Mar 27, 2013
Windows 8 development–Certification failed due to bytecode generation
Mar 10, 2013
Windows Azure Boot camps (Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane)
Feb 3, 2013
Melbourne & Sydney Appfest for Windows 8 / Windows Phone / Azure
Jan 3, 2013
Sorted lists in Windows 8 applications
Jan 2, 2013
Adding a privacy policy to your Windows 8 application
Dec 18, 2012
Easy to use icons in Windows 8 applications by using Segoe UI Symbol font
Oct 29, 2012
Build 2012 conference app for Windows Phone
Oct 23, 2012
Code samples & video of my TechEd presentation
Oct 1, 2012
I’ve been awarded Microsoft MVP for Windows Azure
Sep 22, 2012
Making "Isometric workflows" inside Expression Blend
Sep 17, 2012
Post-mortem of the Microsoft TechEd WP7 app
Sep 3, 2012
Details for my Windows 8 MVVM talk at TechEd Australia
Aug 27, 2012
Community report: How to be authentically digital with Shane Morris
Aug 22, 2012
I’ve got the #FirstWorldProblemBlues
Aug 2, 2012
Windows 8 app fest at TechEd Australia
Aug 2, 2012
I’m speaking at TechEd Australia! Windows 8 development
Jul 13, 2012
Infragistics supports the Imagine Cup Worldwide game design finalists
Jul 1, 2012
Is Windows Phone 8 a chance to fix the “Bing Button”?
Jun 25, 2012
Community report-Melbourne Azure UG May
Jun 24, 2012
I’m speaking at DDD Sydney
Jun 24, 2012
The Microsoft surface tablet
Jun 21, 2012
Background tasks in Windows 8 failing instantly
Jun 20, 2012
My notes from the Windows Phone 8 announcement
Jun 20, 2012
Windows 8 app finishing school–Melbourne
Jun 13, 2012
I am now the APAC Regional Technical Evangelist for Infragistics
Jun 8, 2012
WinRT storage throwing UnauthorizedAccessException
Jun 3, 2012
What Windows 8 is missing - An airplay icon
Jun 3, 2012
Online source control for your personal projects
Jun 1, 2012
Disabling the all capital menus in Visual Studio 2012
Jun 1, 2012
My involvement with the 2012 imagine cup
May 28, 2012
Community report–Victoria.Net May
May 23, 2012
Community report–XDDN Melbourne May
May 18, 2012
Live at Canberra Win8 canberra
May 8, 2012
Windows 8 demo-Toast notifications
Apr 26, 2012
Community report - XDDN Melbourne April
Apr 17, 2012
Developer blog banter #3 Response–Community coding
Apr 17, 2012
Developer Blog Banter #3: Show & Tell
Apr 16, 2012
Windows 8 demo–Updating application tiles
Apr 15, 2012
Windows 8 developer camp companion application + source code
Apr 13, 2012
XDDN around Australia
Apr 13, 2012
My first book has been published Azure & Silverlight integration
Apr 11, 2012
XDDN Melbourne - April meeting
Mar 26, 2012
I'm presenting at the Melbourne Windows 8 developer camp
Mar 21, 2012
Melbourne March XDDN live...
Mar 19, 2012
I'm speaking at the Melbourne March XDDN
Jan 15, 2012
Melbourne January NerdDinner
Sep 17, 2011
I'm speaking at the Melbourne September XDDN
Sep 14, 2011
BUILD keynote day 2–Windows Server 8 and developer tools
Sep 13, 2011
BUILD keynote day 1–Metro experience with Jupiter, XAML and HTML5/JS
Jul 3, 2011
My geek origins
Jun 13, 2011
Premature cries of Silverlight / WPF skill loss. Windows 8 supports all programming models
Jun 5, 2011
Community report: DDD Melbourne–Continuous delivery
Jun 3, 2011
Silverlight tip: server side RIA services custom validation
Jun 1, 2011
Video of my DDD Melbourne talk, New development workflow
May 19, 2011
WPF Databinding Overview (via RoMiller.com)
May 15, 2011
Tip: Silverlight page authorization with the navigation framework
May 5, 2011
New Windows Azure Training Kit & 1.4 SDK available
May 3, 2011
I’m presenting at DDD Melbourne - New development workflows
May 1, 2011
Community report–Melbourne SDDN April
Apr 17, 2011
Community report: Summary of my talk at April Melbourne DevEvening
Apr 3, 2011
Community report: Melbourne Alt.net March 2011 - nServiceBus
Feb 13, 2011
Community report: Melbourne Azure Bizspark camp 2011
Feb 3, 2011
I am now Silverlight 4 certified
Feb 3, 2011
Azure training kit–January update is now available
Dec 16, 2010
Community report: Code Camp Oz 2010–Windows Identity Foundation
Dec 16, 2010
December 2010 release of Azure training kit is now available
Dec 15, 2010
Community report: Code Camp Oz 2010–IoC container usage
Dec 14, 2010
Community report: Code Camp Oz 2010–Real world unit testing
Dec 12, 2010
Community report: Code Camp Oz 2010–Luke Drumm on Windows Phone 7 & XNA
Dec 9, 2010
November 2010 Azure tools now available
Dec 7, 2010
Community report: Code Camp Oz 2010–Alex Mackey on HTML5
Dec 6, 2010
Community report–Vic.net August 2010, SQL Clustering
Dec 2, 2010
Silverlight Firestarter 2010 keynote
Dec 1, 2010
Community report: Melbourne Alt.net lightning talk 4–Reactive Javascript
Nov 30, 2010
Community report–Vic.net November 2010, Ayende, RavenDB
Nov 29, 2010
Community report: Melbourne Alt.net lightning talk 3–An agent of change
Nov 25, 2010
Community report: Melbourne Alt.net lightning talk 2–CouchDB
Nov 24, 2010
Azure free to trial for 30 days
Nov 24, 2010
Community report: Melbourne Alt.net lightning talk 1–Monotouch
Nov 22, 2010
Community report: Code Camp Oz 2010–Liam McLennan on BDD
Nov 13, 2010
Developer Blog Banter #3: Project post-mortem
Nov 8, 2010
Community report - Vic.net September 2010 session
Nov 4, 2010
Community report: Melbourne cloudcamp 2010 – OrionVM
Nov 3, 2010
My community involvement in the last 2 years
Nov 3, 2010
Community report: Melbourne cloudcamp 2010 – Microsoft
Nov 3, 2010
Windows Azure code samples collection
Nov 2, 2010
Community report: Melbourne cloudcamp 2010 – Quest software
Oct 31, 2010
Community report: Melbourne cloudcamp 2010 – MYOB
Oct 30, 2010
List of Azure sessions at PDC 2010
Oct 28, 2010
My notes from PDC10 day 1 Keynote
Oct 21, 2010
I’m presenting on Windows Phone 7 at the Melbourne Mobile SIG
Oct 19, 2010
Community report: Melbourne MXUG August
Oct 19, 2010
Who is on the Windows Azure team in Australia
Oct 17, 2010
Community report: Sydney cloudcamp 2010 - Quest
Oct 14, 2010
Free Silverlight & Azure beta exams
Oct 13, 2010
Community report: Sydney cloudcamp 2010 – Ultraserve
Oct 12, 2010
Developer Blog Banter #2 response
Oct 12, 2010
Developer Blog Banter #2: How do you test your applications?
Oct 12, 2010
Community report: Sydney cloudcamp 2010 - IBM
Oct 10, 2010
Community report: Sydney cloudcamp 2010 – enStratus
Oct 2, 2010
The next Melbourne Cloudcamp
Sep 28, 2010
Community report: Sydney cloudcamp 2010 - Vadis
Sep 26, 2010
Community report: Interview with Orion VM
Sep 22, 2010
Community report: Sydney cloudcamp 2010 – Lightning talk (Netsuite)
Sep 21, 2010
Community report: Brisbane cloudcamp 2010 - Lightning talk (Fluccs)
Sep 12, 2010
Community Report: Melbourne SDDN August 2010
Aug 30, 2010
Brisbane cloudcamp 2010 – Lightning talk (Connect2Field)
Aug 30, 2010
Melbourne cloudcamp 2010 – Lightning talk (Connect2Field)
Aug 23, 2010
Microsoft TechEd 2010 Keynote - Deck of Secrets screenshots
Jul 29, 2010
Developer Blog Banter #1: What is your preferred technology stack
Jul 29, 2010
Developer Blog Banter
Jul 28, 2010
Community Report: Melbourne Alt.Net
Jul 28, 2010
Community report: Code Camp South Australia
Jul 28, 2010
Community Report: Hobart.Net usergroup (Windows Azure & Windows Phone 7 Series)
Jul 25, 2010
What does your current technology stack look like?
Jul 1, 2010
Melbourne cloudcamp 2010 – Lightning talk (gen-i)
Jun 28, 2010
June 2010 Melbourne Alt.Net usergroup presentation by Simon Cuce
Jun 27, 2010
Beachy – Runner up Windows Phone 7 application at Bizspark camp
Jun 24, 2010
Melbourne cloudcamp 2010 – Lightning talk (Salesforce)
Jun 23, 2010
Melbourne cloudcamp 2010 – Lightning talk (VMWare & EMC)
Jun 23, 2010
Presenting at Hobart.Net user group on Windows Azure – July 16
Jun 16, 2010
Amazon releases alternative way to upload into cloud
Jun 13, 2010
Windows Azure sessions from North America TechEd 2010
Jun 11, 2010
Changes to SQL Azure database sizes coming June 28th
Jun 8, 2010
June 2010 Azure tools now available
Apr 18, 2010
Concept: Time zone conversion for Bing
Mar 16, 2010
My notes from Mix10 Day 2 Keynote
Mar 15, 2010
My notes from Mix10 Day 1 Keynote
Mar 8, 2010
Architecting for the cloud – Best practices from Amazon
Feb 27, 2010
Installing Silverlight 4 tools with Visual Studio 2010 RC
Feb 3, 2010
February 2010 Azure tools now available
Feb 2, 2010
Guide to creating Expression blend 3 addins
Jan 31, 2010
Using Silverlight to distribute workload to your clients
Jan 30, 2010
Using Windows Azure to scale your Silverlight Application
Nov 18, 2009
New cloud computing community website
Nov 18, 2009
My notes from PDC09 Day 2 Keynote
Nov 18, 2009
My notes from PDC09 Day 1 Keynote
Nov 14, 2009
Analysis of Windows Azure virtual machine sizes
Nov 14, 2009
November 2009 tools + Windows Azure 1.0 SDK now available
Nov 14, 2009
Artificial life in the cloud, using Windows Azure
Nov 13, 2009
Remix presentation: Intro to Windows Azure
Nov 12, 2009
Building your own window farm
Nov 7, 2009
How to update a windows mobile device to 6.5
Nov 1, 2009
Databinding shapes with the Bing Maps control for Silverlight
Jul 26, 2009
July 2009 CTP Windows Azure Tools now available
Jul 11, 2009
Is Google Chrome OS not going after windows at all?
Jun 3, 2009
May 2009 CTP Azure tools now available
Apr 17, 2009
Slides from my workflow talk
Apr 17, 2009
Slides from my WPF talk
Feb 16, 2009
I’m presenting at Code Camp Oz 2009
Feb 14, 2009
Windows Azure “How do I” videos now available
Feb 6, 2009
Azure web role template – XHTML 1.1
Feb 6, 2009
New February version of the Azure services training kit is now available
Feb 2, 2009
Silverlight on iPhone a possibility?
Jan 18, 2009
Australian Azure mailing list is now live
Dec 10, 2008
Silverlight hosted on Windows Azure
Dec 9, 2008
WCF services hosted on Windows Azure
Dec 2, 2008
A review of Windows Azure
Nov 8, 2008
Windows Azure beginner starting links
Oct 31, 2008
My notes from PDC08 Day 2 Keynote 2
Oct 29, 2008
My notes from PDC Session ES 02
Oct 29, 2008
My notes from PDC Session ES 01
Oct 29, 2008
My notes from PDC Session ES 16
Oct 29, 2008
My notes from PDC08 Day 2 keynote
Oct 28, 2008
My notes from PDC08 Day 1 Keynote
Oct 18, 2008
Silverlight MVVM + dependency injection
Sep 27, 2008
WPF links for beginners
Sep 6, 2008
Converting a DVD to Silverlight media with Expression Encoder
Jul 24, 2008
SOAK media links
May 23, 2008
More Imagine cup finals content
May 21, 2008
2008 Imagine cup Australian winner. Project SOAK
Apr 10, 2008
2008 Remix Australia registrations are now open
Apr 5, 2008
Inserting records using LinqToSql
Feb 22, 2008
MCTS 3.5 certifications
Dec 1, 2007
Google translation application
Dec 1, 2007
Strange characters when running chinese applications in Vista
Sep 6, 2007
Home server unavailable to MSDN subscribers
Aug 27, 2007
I'm on the A-list
May 2, 2007
Harvard style referencing in Office 2007
Apr 18, 2007
"Windows Media Player" plugin for firefox
Mar 17, 2007
University of Tasmania Vista/Office2007 Launch event
Mar 17, 2007
Tasmania University Societies Day
Mar 10, 2007
Promoting the Imagine cup