I have been looking at eScrum and first impressions are good. This is not the first Scrum process template for TFS, there is also the one from Conchango. My feeling over the Conchango one was that it seemed very like the standard MSF Agile template, more a terminology rename. Hence it felt a bit 'clunky' to use and not …

If you want to install TFS add-ins, such as Attrice Team Foundation Sidekicks and Teamplain, on the TFS Orcas release you have to install the TFS V8 Client (the one which is shipped with Team Foundation Server 2005). If you don't have this version both products fails to start/install as they claim they cannot find the …

Well it is out (the name at least) thanks to Daniel Moth a DPE here in the UK. I haven't heard the information else where but Daniel is very reliable. it must be said that everybody had already guessed , but it is nice to know. b. Technorati tags: Orcas, Visual Studio

It seems that DDD5 was full within a few hours of registration being opened.

DDD5 Registration has opened, register fast the DDD events fill up fast.

For any of you out there currently using Live Writer, check out the New Version. If you aren't using Live Writer for blogging , I would recommend you at least look at it. Some of the nice features Direct Add a Plugin ( there are some great code formatting ones ) Inline spell checking ( a must for me ) it supports …

I see the agenda for DDD5 is up, thanks to everyone who voted for my session on TFS. I better write it now!

I can confirm that putting a Corsair Flash Voyager USB Stick in 40C Mixed Cotton wash is not the best way to clean it of old data. A traditional format remains the best solution for dirty data. However, it does show these rubberized USB sticks are tough, two hours in a washing mean seems to have done no harm. Also the …

Black Marble has moved to bigger offices, don't worry we are in the same building so we are easy to find. The building management company has refurbished the conference center for us. The new offices are three times bigger than the old ones and wait for it , we are nearly full again :) Rik , Richard and Andy had a fun …

Still no Windows Mobile 6 update for my Orange SPV M3100, but they did release an update to WM5 recently. Installing said update turned out to be slightly trickier than I expected. I don't know if anybody else has experienced the same problem, but a word to the wise - don't try the update on Windows Vista! The first …