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14 July 2008
Touch Diamond Battery Life
In my last post about the Diamond I said I would let you know what the battery life is. I therefore carefully refrained from giving it any charge over the weekend, even when connected to my PC. That means that it received no power from 5.30pm on Friday until it died (which it did, eventually). After... Read More...
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05 July 2008
Useful .Net Search and Replace tool
I need to update something like 300 web.config files today, with the same change in each. I turned to my old friend Google for his recommendations and up popped a magnificent free tool from Nodesoft . Why magnificent? It's advanced mode allows you to specify start and end tags and update everything... Read More...
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03 July 2008
Congratulations Richard!
Well done Richard , who has been given the accolade of Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for Visual Studio Team System. Read More...
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03 July 2008
Comment Spam and Contacting Me
You may have noticed that I have disabled comments on my old posts. You may also have noticed that I have now disabled the Contact Me function on my blog. Why? Comment spam, and more recently, a huge influx of spam via the contact form. I will try to find a solution via some kind of community server... Read More...
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03 July 2008
CITP
Received in an email today from the BCS: I am delighted to inform you that your application for Chartered IT Professional (CITP) status has been successful. Read More...
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13 June 2008
Catching Up
I've been far too busy lately and whilst there have been lots of things I wanted to post about, time has not been on my side. Before I start to forget some of the points I thought a quick post was in order. @media 2008 was great. Slides and audio are just filtering onto the blog now. A highlight... Read More...
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29 April 2008
Blogging On The Move
We try to dogfood here at Black Marble so I'm writing this on my HTC TYTN. How? With Richard's new app Read More...
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14 April 2008
Community Launch Events
A big thanks to everybody who came to the Server 2008 launch event last week. Andy and myself had a great time presenting to such an enthusiastic crowd. In the end we ran long because of the amount of dialogue around the new features of Server 2008 and I hope everyone went away having got something useful... Read More...
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18 March 2008
Hats off, lads
Just seen the sad news of the passing of Arthur C. Clarke. The world was better for his having been in it, and will not be the same without him. Read More...
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17 March 2008
Taking time to enjoy the scenery
You know, the thing about RSS is that it's a bit like the advent of the motor car - you miss things. Just as driving around means you don't get to pass the time of day with folk, or discover that tiny little deli you'd never notice from the road, RSS dehumanises the web. For example, I subscribe... Read More...
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11 February 2008
The XPERIA X1 - A Windows Mobile device that I could really get excited over
Before I joined Black Marble I had a succession of Sony Ericsson smartphones - the P800, P900 and finally a P910i. They were great - the size was good, the UI was good, the handwriting recognition was excellent (with a grafitti-style interface that meant I could really get a good turn of speed) and I... Read More...
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10 February 2008
Spring cleaning
You know, one of these days I'll find the time to properly redesign this blog. In the meantime, the excellent Kid Congo theme from the latest version of Community Server will suffice, albeit with the alteration of colours to match our corporate blue. Read More...
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10 February 2008
@media 2008
After sadly missing last year due to workload, I am excited to be able to attend @media 2008 in London along with Tom and Lauren from Black Marble. If you know me and you want to meet up please get in touch! Read More...
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10 February 2008
Balancing customer needs against forward motion: IE8
I've watched the debate with interest but not posted anything until now. The news of Internet Explorer 8 keeping it's new rendering engine to itself unless you tell it otherwise caused a strong outpouring of opinion around the web. I must admit, my initial reaction mirrored that of many others... Read More...
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04 December 2007
EMEA Project Conference: Keynote Thoughts
Well, the keynote just ended and I needed to check email so I thought I'd do a quick post. A good chunk of the keynote had already been covered by yesterday's partner-only sessions. However, Mike Angiulo publicly announced that the Office 2007 family Service Pack 1 will be available on December... Read More...
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