Fresh and hot foot from the Office Dev conference the first of the Software + Services Blueprints is out. It looks like there are more blueprints on the way , the first one is using Outlook to be a S + S client. The experience is much like Glide which as it looks like the PM is Michael Lehman it is not surprising. If …
Read MoreI am not suggesting that we cross to border to crush any impending revolt ( but now that I think of it ;) ) , Nope it's Developer Developer Scotland , the first of the Developer Developer events to happen in the North is underway with a great set of sessions to choose from, DDS will be help in Glasgow on Saturday 10th …
Read MoreThe next meeting of the extreme programming club is going to be held on the Thursday the 14th of February 2008 at the Victoria Hotel, at 7.00pm, Leeds. Get Directions » Next meeting is happening on Thursday 14th of February There are going to have two shorter, or rather more agile talks: "CRAP hits the fan - …
Read MoreBefore 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 could work most …
Read MoreDuring conversations over the last few months with people about ESB , SOA and BizTalk. It became quite apparent that there was information on the subject for people who knew what all the TLA's were but no first step primer, so Wrox press commissioned me to produce an E-Brief to help IT managers , Architects and …
Read MoreI have just had it confirmed that I will be talking with Mat at the Irish Web Developers Conference in Dublin at the end of the month on Live Labs Volta. if you want to know more about Live Labs Volta come to the session. b. Technorati tags: Irish Web Developers Confererence, Volta, Live Labs
Read MoreOur January Event with Ed Gibson ( Microsoft UK's chief security advisor ) went really well and everybody thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Ed has a very specific set of ideas he is keen to share , one of them is that all parents should spend 10 minutes speaking to the little people ( children) and I agree , I also know …
Read MoreThe big Microsoft launch is nearly upon us , Windows Server 2008 , Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008. We have run Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 events in the last 6 months to get everybody up to speed and ready to go , but we haven't run a specific visual studio event. If all goes well over the next day …
Read MoreWell Vista is one and what an un remarkable year , not many patches , no problems with hardware , no problems with wireless networking. While it may lead you to think that there is nothing to celebrate , I think not , it just works. bar my hate hate relationship with UAC kindly telling me it is turned off , I like …
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