- I recently been working with a client who has been seeing strange problems when they try to create new workitems via a SharePoint portal site on a TFS2010 Beta2 installation. They appeared to have a fully working TFS2010 installation, but when they came in on a morning they found that even though they could login to …
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I’m writing this post whilst watching my Windows Home Server slowly copy data onto an external drive. I mention that not because of its pertinence, but to indicate why I found myself having time to join Facebook.
The other reason was the excellent session given by Eileen Brown at our most …
Read MoreSeems I missed an interesting at session at DDD8, Barry Dorrans’ final DDD performance, with assistance with of other speakers.
Barry you will be missed
Update 5 Feb, links to the interruptions
Plip's Book Advert.
Liam's Eulogy.
Colin Mackay's new source of presentations.
Craig Murphy insulting not one but two ex-UK …
Read MoreNext months Agile Yorkshire meeting (10th Feb) is an open floor meeting - any subject, any format, 10 minute maximum.
If you fancy doing something in one of the 10 minute slots - whether it is a presentation, a demonstration, a discussion around a problem area - then visit …
Read More- Whilst preparing demo’s for [our design event next week](http://www.blackmarble.co.uk/events.aspx?event=Understanding the Microsoft Design and Digital Agency Proposition) I hit a problem with the out of browser experience in Silverlight 3. I had decided to add the out of browser settings to our 2009 Christmas Card …
Read More - After attending Eileen Brown’s session on [Social networking last night](http://www.blackmarble.co.uk/events.aspx?event=Using Digital Marketing and Social Media to Build and Maintain your Online Brand&Code=), I though I should make more of an effort. So I am giving Twitter Notify a try, so at least there is some …
Read More Yesterday was the annual Black Marble Tech Update event, where we try to cover every product in the Microsoft arsenal in half a day, telling local businesses what’s coming and what deserves attention.
Writing up the content of the presentations would be almost as exhausting as the research required for create them, but …
Read More- I recently decided to build a demo system for VS2010 Lab Manager. This was for a number of reasons, not least I just wanted to have a proper play with it, but also that I was hoping to do a session on Microsoft Test and Lab Manager at DDD8 (as it turns out my session did not get voted for, maybe better luck for DDS, …
Read More - Last week I got into an interesting discussion via email with Nieve a developer from Lille, France.The chat was on the uptake of Agile and Alt.Net practices in places a bit away from the major development hotspots. We both thought it could make an interesting post so, here goes, starting with Nieve’s first post….. …
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