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Registration opened for SQLBits III (Cubed)
18 July 08 09:59 AM | Richard | with no comments

I see that the registration (and hence session voting) has opened for the free community conference SQLBits III, I can't make it as it is the same day as Alt.Net . However, I really do recommend this event if you ever work with data (some of you do...

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Leeds SQL Usergroup
17 July 08 10:32 AM | Richard | 4 comment(s)

Thanks to everyone one who attended my session at the Leeds SQL User group on Visual Studio Database Edition and to UPCO for hosting the event. The slide stack is available on the Black Marble web site

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Next XP Club meeting
07 July 08 02:26 PM | Richard | with no comments

This months meeting of the XPClub is on Wednesday . It is a general group chat about refactoring, branching and merging. This is a free event, usually with a few free beers, at the usual time & location, 7pm at the Victoria Hotel in Leeds , so hope...

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Speaking at Leeds SQL User group
21 June 08 10:38 PM | Richard | with no comments

For those who are interested, I am speaking on Visual Studio for Database Professionals at the Leeds SQL user group on the 16th July. This is a free event, f or more details see the event web site .

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XPClub Meeting about Opera
12 June 08 12:40 PM | Richard | with no comments

Good session at the Yorkshire Extreme Programming Club last night. Chris Mills of Opera spoke on the mobile web. If this, or the general issue of standards in web development are of interest http://dev.opera.com is well worth a look.

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Rescheduled XPClub Meeting
09 June 08 09:49 PM | Richard | with no comments

This Wednesday, the 11th, is the rescheduled XPClub meeting 'Exploring Mobile Web Development' with Chris Mills developer relations manager for Opera This is a free event and open to all, hope to see you there.

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On the train home
05 June 08 05:07 PM | Richard | with no comments

Thanks to everyone who attended my session on DataDude in Edinburgh yesterday. I hope you found it useful. For those based in Yorkshire I will be doing the same session for the local SQL user group on the 16th July . The slides I used yesterday were virtually...

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Speaking in Edinburgh this week
02 June 08 08:18 PM | Richard | 1 comment(s)

I am speaking at the Scottish SQL user group on Wednesday about VS2008 for DB Professionals . Hope to see you there.

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Extreme Programming Club Meeting
13 May 08 08:57 PM | Richard | with no comments

14 May UPDATE - Due t illness the speaker cannot make it , so this session is being rescheduled to next month. Check the XP Club site for what is on in its place Remember tomorrow is monthly meeting of the Yorkshire Extreme Programming Club at the Victoria...

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Developer Day Scotland
11 May 08 10:11 PM | Richard | 2 comment(s)

Thanks to everyone who attended my session in Glasgow yesterday, I hope you found it useful. The slides will appear on the DDS site at some point but you can find them now on the Black Marble site . There is also a web cast of a virtual identical presentation...

Filed under: VSTS, Events, DDD, Extreme Programming Club, altnetuk

Speaking at Scottish SQL Usergroup
17 April 08 05:46 PM | Richard | 1 comment(s)

I will be speaking on Visual Studio for Database Professionals to the Scottish SQL usergroup on the 4th June in Edinburgh. Update The event booking site is now available at http://www.sqlserverfaq.com/?eid=115

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VBUG Newcastle: VS2008, SQL Server 2008 and Win 2008 Launch Event
15 April 08 01:45 PM | Richard | with no comments

The details are out the for VBug event I am speaking at, it is going to be at The Castlegate , Melbourne Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2JQ Hope to see you there.

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Community Launch Events
07 April 08 02:28 PM | Richard | with no comments

A busy time in the next few weeks for free community launch events for Windows 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL 2008 . This week we at Black Marble are hosting a series of three evening events ( See online booking ) where you can see virtually the whole...

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Back home from the IMTC
05 April 08 02:31 PM | Richard | 2 comment(s)

After an uneventful journey I have got home from the IMTC conference in Dublin. Thanks to the organiser for running the event, it seemed to go well. I hope I managed to answer any question my sessions on SQL BI and Scrum raised, if not send a message...

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The youth of today
01 April 08 04:05 PM | Richard | with no comments

It is the school holidays, so I am sitting in a children's indoor jungle gym sorting out my slides for Ireland while my son rushes around. Having someone working on a laptop here seems to be a bit of novelty. I have had a number of children rush over...

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