Another successful day, including the Visual Studion 2005 demo, which I think sealed the views on .NET. Robert

Sessions went very well today, however the audience would have preferred all the C# material together - we spread it out over mobile apps etc. Robert

Black Marble are presenting on behalf of Microsoft at the .NET Curriculum Workshop tomorrow. We will be teaching Academics about .NET, and fortunately the material is now finished! Robert

The Final Day at TechED it's the final day at TechED, TechED has been great. Unfortunately I have spent most of my time in hall 8 which has poor wireless coverage. Highlights (so far) Tuesday This year’s bag is a bizarre orange courier bag! Express,Express,Express the whole of the visual studio product range now have …

I have just been to a session by Gert Drapers - Understanding and Optimising ADO.NET. I think of all the sessions I have been to at this year's TechEd, thus far, that this one will have most direct effect on the code I write. If you use ADO.NET to access you SQL Server check out the session slides. The performance …

Robert and Richard are currently soaking up the sights and sounds of TechEd Europe in Amsterdam. Look out for their posts throughout the week.

The James Bond 40th Anniversary Exhibition is now in Canada, Science World in Vancouver to be exact. Black Marble continues to contribute to this touring exhibit, check out our website soon for more details!

Black Marble have completed work on the AI for Games project, with the School of Informatics at the University of Bradford. This Microsoft-supported project was instigated to teach students about AI with an interesting and unusual approach. Black Marble adapted Virus and Terrarium for use in lessons, and by all …

The Game Servers have run over 250,000 games during the duration of the AIFG course. We have also produced a Pocket PC version of the virus game and there are already plans for a second version of the Academic Terrarium. Robert

Feedback on the AI for Games module at the University of Bradford has been excellent, with some students reporting it their favourite part of the curriculum. The favourite part has been producing bugs for the Academic Version of Terrarium. Robert