Dave Mc's Blog

  • Mac Podcasting …

    A couple of guys who I know pretty well from the UK Developer Community have started podcasting.  Both these guys live in Scotland though Oliver Sturm you will be able to tell is not a native of that northern clime … His partner in crime is Gary Short who definitely is Scottish!  For reasons… more …

  • Had to Start Blogging Again …

    I’ve been away a while and got out of the blogging habit, but like a rising tide, I’ve been building up a store of energy, anger and  frustration, however you wish to term it, at so many of the modern day obsessions, that I’ve come back to blogging to vent my spleen, and also… more …

  • Daniel Moth Podcast

    On the departure of UK DPE stalwart Daniel Moth, NxtGenUG have released a tribute podcast to "The Greek Wonder".  Check it out here.  Enjoy, it’s a cracker! Technorati Tags: Daniel Moth,The Moth,MVP,I wrote a book you know more …

  • DDD Ireland

    That core of the UK Developer Community the DDD event is moving across the Irish Sea to the Emerald Isle in the form of DDD Ireland, check out http://www.dddireland.com for details. A host of well known speakers abound and registration is now open.  Vital Statistics?  3rd May 2008, Galway Ireland, Great Content, Great Sessions, Great… more …

  • Remember When XP Was Slow?

    I forever wonder at the shortness of human memory.  What do I mean by that?  Well a typical example is a football fan.  3 years ago Rafael Benetiz took Liverpool to the Champion’s League Final and at the time Liverpool fans were touting him as the man who could lead Liverpool to former glories. … more …

  • It’s a Haskell New Year

    Well I’ve been keeping at it, despite the fact that it is somewhat of a slog, learning Haskell that is. The documentation is somewhat sparse, done in that somewhat haphazard fashion of ‘not-quite complete’ style you get with a lot of Open Source stuff – really makes you appreciate what we have in MSDN,… more …

  • More Thoughts on User Groups …

    Browsing via Google Reader and my Live Desktop I noticed one of Daniel’s latest posts on How You Start A User Group. As one of the co-founder’s of NxtGenUG I thought I’d put my slant on this one from a UK perspective.  Chris William’s 21 thoughts on starting a User Group are interesting, valid… more …

  • What the heck is Haskell?

    That’s a question I get when first asked "What are you doing at the moment?" and I reply "Learning Haskell". Let’s go back to April 2007, and Ian Cooper comes along to NxtGenUG to give a great session on Object Orientated Practices. During that session he mentions The Pragmatic Programmer as a good book… more …

  • TechEd Code : XSLT ‘Extreme’

    I’ve uploaded to SkyDrive the complete code for the XSLT ‘Extreme’ session which I delivered on Friday 9th November at 15:15 as part of TechEd Developers 2007.  Any problems you have accessing the code drop me a line at dave@nxtgenug.net http://cid-59f714755d6e2a69.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/TechEd2007?uc=1 If you attended the session and provided feedback, thank you for the feedback… more …

Meet the blog host, Dave Mc.

Dave Mc muses about history, travel, writing, coaching, technology and life, family and the world around us. You may agree with his opinions, you may not, that’s life …