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My Dad …
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My Dad celebrated his 80th birthday two days ago. It only seems yesterday when I was looking forward to seeing my Dad come through the door of our bungalow, where I grew up. I didn’t see him much during the working week, as he was always away, but I treasured the weekends, as he would 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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MIX REVIEW
Well I went to MIX UK 07 with a little trepidation, I’m not much of a designer and I’m more a frameworks and SQL kind of guy, albeit in the web space and I’ve never really embraced whole-heartedly the ASP.NET Server Controls stuff, being content to use the ASP.NET process and to work with… more …
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VBUG Conference
VBUG are having their annual conference on 17th and 18th of October 2007. A host of great speakers will be there, such as Guy Smith-Ferrier, Oliver Sturm and Mike Taulty. Just to bring you all down to earth, I’ll be there as well, so avoid my 2 sessions …A downloadable PDF file is available with… more …
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I’m Live Blogging from MIXUK …
I just feel I ought to Live Blog from MIXUK just to prove that I’m not an old fart. So I’m sitting here in the front row of Track 1, listening to Scott Guthrie. He’s currently answering a question by Guy Smith-Ferrier about when will an FxCop equivalent come out for Javascript. he’s now saying… more …
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The Jury is Still Out Apparently …
If you’ve been following my ‘rant’s’ on the environment, check this one out. Just to clarify, I ain’t against environmental protection, I’m very much a huge supporter of protecting our environment, wild life and eco-systems. What I’m against is politicians and companies hijacking the whole ‘global-warming’ pop-culture for their own ends, and trying to impose their own prejudiced… more …
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