- Just seen that my session at DDD4 has received enough votes to get on the schedule for the event in December, thanks to everyone who voted for it. If you have not been to a previous DDD event I would really recommend having a look at this day conference, I am sure anyone can learn a lot and a great networking …
Read More End of the second day and just got back from the UK Party, the only real big social event at this party lite TechEd.
After yesterday's SQL focus today I have wandered a bit, some Test Driven Dvelopment (TDD), some C# 3.0 futures as well as some other bits.
Unlike other conferences I have been to, I think it is hard to …
Read More- So the first day is over and where have I been? we most of the day I have been in the Kimberly Tripp sessions on SQL optimization. All three have been excellent, but what as a day-to-day C# developer (as opposed to an SQL developer) have I learnt. Well it can be summed uo as any guess I make over indexes are wrong, and …
Read More Kimberly Tripp is well regarded in SQL Server circles and after watching part 1 of a 2 part session on advanced indexing you can really see why. The depth of knowledge that Kimberly demonstrates is outstanding.
Part 2 is about to start, looking round and part 1 has thinned the crowd a little. I will update after the …
Read More- It is a feeling of deja-vue, having been to the PDC last year the keynote was very similar; but that is what you would expect as PDC is an inspiring futures' event and TechEd, especially at this point in the release cycle is a 'its here now use it' event. On the more futures side the LINQ demo's are certainly slicker. …
Read More I have been fighting this for a while, and after speaking to Microsoft I think have the correct procedure, I have to say I found the documentation on Index server querying and management a little confused.
- Create a Word document or Excel sheet and on the file menu select properties. Pick the custom tab and add a …
Read MoreRichard, Iain and myself are off to TechED Developer on Monday, if you are going and would like to catch up , let us know.
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Read More- A while ago I spoke at the Nxtgen User group (see the post Black Marble @ the Coventry NxtGen User Group). Whilst there I did an interview with David McMahon. This is now available on their web site, just follow the link Richard Fennell Interview to view a transcript.
Read More Voting has opened at http://www.developerday.co.uk/ddd/agendaddd4.asp for the sessions you would like to see at the event in December. So if you want to see me speak on "But it works on my PC!" or continuous integration to improve software quality (or don't want to) getting voting for sessions.
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Read More- Due to complications with Ed Gibson's schedule we have to postpone the Leeds leg of Ed Gibson - On the Road and as a consequence Black Marble's first event 'Making the Most of your IT Systems using Business Intelligence', has been postponed to 27 February 2007. We apologise for any inconvenience and hope you will be …
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