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22 July 2008
Life with a Diamond: nearly two weeks on
I said I'd post again once I'd had the Diamond a little while. It's now been two weeks and I can honestly say I'm completely happy with it. Battery life for me is fine - I charge it about every three days and it chugs along with exchange push pretty much constantly. I am quite comfortable... Read More...
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12 July 2008
blogging on the move: redux
Richard's little mobile blogging app is nice, but he isn't that responsive to user requests (ie, mine!) so I thought I would see if anything else was out there. Sadly, the answer appears to be 'not really' However, I did come across Diarist, from Kevin Daly. Perhaps not surprisingly I... Read More...
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12 July 2008
My Orange Diamond is... err... black
That might sound like a strange thing to say, but when my shiny new Touch Diamond, which I picked up from Orange this week, has no Orange branding or customisation of the UI. I hadn't really noticed that until I went into the manual, where the screenshots are totally different from my phone. I was... Read More...
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11 July 2008
HTC Touch Diamond on Orange
Thanks to the advanced notice from Tracy and Matt's blog , I picked up my HTC Touch Diamond yesterday from the Orange Store and it's great! 'But wait!' I hear you cry, 'didn't he go on about the experia x1 and how he wanted one ?' Well, yes, I did. I admit it - I am fickle... 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
Workflow History and SQL Error
When trying to view an item in a list which has workflows run against it, you get an error: Some part of your SQL statement is nested too deeply. Rewrite the query or break it up into smaller queries Problem Background Trying to explain the exact nature of our configuration in this case would break many... 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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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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05 March 2008
IE8 Rapid Fire Site Test
I can't spend much longer playing with IE8 or my wife will skin me. However, from my cursory browsing experience I'm worried. Either the devs have a good deal of work to do or I'm going to be very busy with CSS rules for a while. Here's the University of Bradford site in IE8: And to try... Read More...
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05 March 2008
Internet Explorer 8...
Well, as expected, the public beta of IE8 appeared on the web pretty much straight after the Mix08 keynote mentioned it. I managed to grab it within mere moments and I now have it installed on my trusty laptop. As announced only a day or two ago, it defaults to the new rendering mode, with a big toolbar... 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
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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