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Experiences with a Kindle Paperwhite
Richard Fennell Jul 20, 2013 · 2 min read · Uncategorised ·
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I wrote a post a while ago about ‘should I buy a Kindle’, well I put if off for over a year using the Kindle app on my WP7 phone, reading best part of 50 books and been happy enough without buying an actual Kindle. The key issue being poor battery life, but that’s phones for you.
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Washing your phone headset
Richard Fennell Jul 14, 2013 · 1 min read · Uncategorised ·
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As part of my on-going experiments to see what pieces of personal electronics can be put through a washing machine on 40C wash, I can confirm the headset off my Nokia phone has survived.
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Minor issue on TFS 2012.3 upgrade if you are using host headers in bindings
Richard Fennell Jul 11, 2013 · 2 min read · Uncategorised ·
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Yesterday I upgraded our production 2012.2 TFS server to update 3. All seemed to go OK and it completed with no errors, it was so much easier now that the update supports the use of SQL 2012 Availability Groups within the update process, no need to remove the DBs from the availability group prior to the update. …
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Setting SkyDrive as a trusted location in Office 2013
Richard Fennell Jul 9, 2013 · 2 min read · Uncategorised ·
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We use a VSTO based Word template to make sure all our documents have the same styling and are suitably reformatted for shipping to clients e.g revision comments removed, contents pages up to date etc. Normally we will create a new document using this template from our SharePoint server and all is OK. However sometimes …
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The Acer Iconia W3: An object lesson in how NOT to design a tablet
Rik Hepworth Jul 8, 2013 · 6 min read · Uncategorised ·
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As you may have seen from my recent tweets, I was fortunate enough to attend //Build again this year in lovely San Francisco. In what appears to be an emerging tradition, conference attendees received not one, but two Windows 8 tablets: A 128Gb Microsoft Surface Pro with Type Cover, and an Acer Iconia W3 with keyboard …
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VS2012 Tasks Defaulting to Resolved when you check in.
Tom Barnes Jul 3, 2013 · 1 min read · Uncategorised ·
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So when you have a task in TFS under My Work that you are actively working on and want to check in some changes but the task is not complete. It defaults to Resolved. Which if you make a quick mistake and don't set it to associate using the drop down (Fig1) removing the hours remaining value (Scrum Template) …

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Renewed as an MVP for Visual Studio ALM
Richard Fennell Jul 1, 2013 · 1 min read · Uncategorised ·
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Really pleased to say I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP for Visual Studio ALM. It great to be involved with such as activity community as the ALM crowd, can’t wait for the next summit in November.
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DDDNorth session submission has opened
Richard Fennell Jul 1, 2013 · 1 min read · Uncategorised ·
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The next DDDNorth event is to be held at Sunderland University on the 12th October. Session submission has now opened so why not get your session proposal in?
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The best way to enjoy Build on the road.
Richard Fennell Jun 28, 2013 · 1 min read · Uncategorised ·
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The way most big conferences manage to virtually live stream everything is very impressive. I started watching the stream of yesterdays Microsoft Build keynote on the office’s big projection screen with everyone else at Black Marble. I have always said the best way to enjoy a keynote is on the comfy sofa with a beer at …
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A day of TFS upgrades
Richard Fennell Jun 27, 2013 · 1 min read · Uncategorised ·
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After last nights release of new TFS and Visual Studio bits at the Build conference I spent this morning upgrading my demo VMs. Firstly I upgraded to TFS 2012.3 and then snapshotting before going onto 2013 Preview. So by changing snapshot I can now demo either version. In both cases the upgrade process was as expected, …
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