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The “Golden Age” of Science Fiction
My wife and myself have been having a clear out. Our children are grown, but throughout their formative years, we kept most stuff out of harm’s way safely secured in the loft. One things I knew was up there but now I’ve had a chance to savour again is my collection of Science Fiction Books,… more …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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If You Missed The Moth …
If you missed Daniel Moth’s session at NxtGenUG Coventry last week, you’ve another chance to see him in action at the Coventry VBUG meeting, details here: http://www.vbug.com/Events/November-2007/VBUG-Visual-Studio-2008-for-the-web-developer-with-Daniel-Moth.aspx. Daniel’s a TOP presenter, so I recommend you go along and check him out. Cheers Dave more …
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Getting Blended Before TechEd …
It’s all getting a bit frantic here. One week to go before TechEd Developers 2007 Barcelona and there’s a bunch of things to do before we go: Got to pack, obviously Got to host the Birmingham NxtGenUG meeting on Wednesday Got to prep up some game shows prior to flying out. Need to shoot… more …
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SQLBITS – The Aftermath
(To be read perhaps in the style of Stuart Hall) Well yet another conference done, this time SQLBITS the first DDD Style conference in the UK dedicated to those bastions of the IT world – the database guys and gals. Yes, for a whole Saturday, a crowd of 321 ANSI standard, execution plan, nanosecond… more …
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Barry’s an MVP
Fellow NxtGenUG-er Barry Dorrans of Cardspace and Hacking Websites for Fun and Profit fame has been made an MVP in Visual Developer – Security specialization. Good on you Barry, it’s gonna be fun at the Summit this year, you and Alun Rogers together – Oh Dear! Cheers Dave more …
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NXTGENUG OPEN A NEW REGION IN SOUTHAMPTON!
Then there were 5! Two months, two new regions, first Cambridge now Southampton. Yes, the Next Generation User Group (NxtGenUG) is expanding (again) and this time we’re heading South. The latest and warmest region of NxtGenUG is Southampton. The region is being organised and run by John McLoughlin and Rick Allen two local guys… more …
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