Just spent an interesting hour trying to connect a Netgear WG111v2 USB WiFi Dongle to Netgear (Sky Branded) DG834GT router. They are both from the same manufacturer so you would they would work together! This router was setup with its default Sky settings so WiFi was setup as WPA. I installed the WG111 onto an XP …

February’s Agile Yorkshire is on the 8th. The session will be given by Gojko Adzic on ’Long term value of acceptance tests’ I have seen Gojko speak at a number of events, including Agile Yorkshire, he is always an engaging speaker so well worth the effort to attend. I know I am going to give it a go, but have been …

I was busy for the few minutes that the DDD9 registration was open, so did not manage to get on the attendee list, but I have been try to keep an eye on that is going on at Twitter. The good news is that there are more DDD events on the way DDD Belfast - March 2011 DDD Scotland - May 7th 2011 Session submissions are …

Thanks to everyone who attended yesterdays Black Marble event ‘Enabling agile development with cool tools’, both Gary Short’s and my sessions seemed well received. I was asked if my slides would be available anywhere, well the answer is no. The reason for this is that my session was mostly demo driven, so the slides …

Thanks to everyone who attended yesterdays Black Marble event ‘Enabling agile development with cool tools’, both Gary Short’s and my sessions seemed well received. I was asked if my slides would be available anywhere, well the answer is no. The reason for this is that my session was mostly demo driven, so the slides …

Frustrating errors with little or no explanation… Once again I find myself wiring a blog post in order to save people the time we spent figuring out what was going on and getting help with our fault. We have Microsoft Threat Management Gateway installed at our perimeter. The Exchange 2010 Edge Connector is also …

We are delighted by the response to our Annual Technical Update for Microsoft Technologies this year. The event is perfect as an introduction to Black Marble events, as well as providing a Roadmap for all-things Microsoft. Ideal for planning your business’ IT needs for the next twelve months. Having raised your …

After much delay I have at last got our internal Lab Management running on ‘real’ hardware as opposed to it’s initial home on a demo rig PC. We have just been too busy to find the time to reconfigure and redeploy our own kit! You know how it is ‘a plumber’s house is full of drippy taps’. That said I of course still …

A new toolkit for Windows Phone 7 has been released on Coding4Fun. The toolkit includes Controls,Converters and Helpers. (update) Get it here With Controls such as About Prompt Input Prompt Progress Overlay Round Button Round Toggle Button Memory Counter TimeSpan Picker I suspect that most WP7 developers should look at …

I have spent today preparing my presentation and demos for the Black Marble event next week [Enabling Agile Development with Cool Tools](http://www.blackmarble.co.uk/events.aspx?event=Enabling Agile Development with Cool Tools). I will be presenting with Gary Short of DevExpress. He is going to be talking about …