A new release of the Power Tools for the Database Edition to work with Visual Studio 2008 adds several new features a new set custom unit test conditions a new Data Generation Wizard MSBuild tasks to support running TSQL Static Code Analysis from the command line,Schema and Data Compare and a TSQL Static Code Analysis …

Thanks to Colin Mackay for organising the Scottish Developers event in Glasgow last night; as promised I have uploaded the slide on TFS that I presented. I am already looking forward to seeing everyone again at Developer Day Scotland which is also being held in Glasgow at the Caledonian University.

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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 …

I 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 …

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The 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 - …

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 could work most …

During 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 …

I 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