If you are in the BizTalk world, I would recommend reading the BizTalk Hotrod. it looks like Todd has stepped down from BizTalk Hotrod , he mentioned he was moving when we were at TechED US last year. Rajinder has taken over and it looks like he is off to a cracking start. Get it here b.

You may remember that I ended my previous post with about 1.6Gb free on the 8Gb SSD of the Mini 9 after installing Windows 7. I still needed to install Office 2007, or at the very least Word and Excel for the ‘book to be useful. I therefore rummaged out another 16Gb SD card and revisited my earlier vista post about …

There is a bit more information on the the Alt.Net conference now at http://www.altdotnetuknorth.info/ Registration will open next week at noon on Tuesday the 24th February.

In my previous post about getting Windows 7 onto the fantastic Dell Mini 9 I talked about solving things like the driver issues and antivirus. This time I’m going to cover how I installed Windows 7 onto the 8Gb SSD version of the Mini 9. Interestingly, Windows 7 will actually install in about 8Gb. However, when I tried …

On the same day as the Alt.Net event I am organising there is a community event at TVP 'WebDD'09 - With all the latest stuff from MIX 09'. We are spoilt, there is so much choice in the community events at this time of year

I am please to be able to announce that there will be an Alt.net Open Space Conference in Bradford on the 17/18th April this year. I had mentioned my intension of organising such an event at the last London conference, but it has taken a bit longer than expected to get sorted due to problems with getting the venue. The …

At todays Azure event I heard a new word for my occasional buzz word posts. Marketechture - an architecture designed by marketing for use in Powerpoint

During our recent outing to TVP, Dell Quinn, Partner Programme Manager, took the opportunity to interview Boss for her “Save to Gain” podcast in the “Business Advisor” series. This is a set of podcasts featuring commentary from Microsoft executives, independent experts and partners discussing topical business issues. …

You can now register for SQLBits IV in Manchester on the 28th March, hurry if you want to attend as these free conferences do tend to full up quick

The Developer & Platform Group at Microsoft are bringing their cloud based Azure Services Platform Roadshow to Black Marble’s HQ here in Bradford. Same great food you get at all our events … as well as great content! Takes place on 13 February (9:30 registration for 10:00 start), here at BIC, Angel Way, Bradford, …