After DDD5 I posted about the things that go wrong with my travel plans. Last week I went down to my company’s Maidenhead office and, as usual, something went wrong. This time I forgot my trousers. No, I don’t mean … Continue reading →

I hate motorway service stations. Even the new one at Norton Canes on the M6-Toll just caused irritation. Also the service station that I used to like stopping at, because it was just different, at Tebay in the Lake District … Continue reading →

This just in! Please direct ALL corresspondence to: careers@lumley.co.uk PLEASE NOTE: Direct Candidates only, NO AGENCIES !!!! Job Title Application Developer Job Purpose: To effectively control the software lifecycle (analysis, design, implementation, testing and release) for all in-house developments, ensuring … Continue reading →

Finally SQL Bits has been anounced. It follows in the same ethos as DDD (Developer Day) but focuses on SQL Server. It is being organised by the best community minded SQL people in the UK, so it is bound to … Continue reading →

Submissions are now CLOSED I just got the following from a friend. His company are looking to hire a software developer. If you are interested and fit the bill then please let him know: Company: Pilgrim Systems Job Title: SOFTWARE … Continue reading →

Various people in the UK IT Community are putting together a wiki to act as a repository of speakers, user groups, presentations and events. A start was made on it over the weekend and it is beginning, slowly, to take … Continue reading →

The day before DDD5 Craig Murphy of Scottish Developers interviews Dave McMahon of NxtGenUG. You can pick up the podcast from Craig’s blog. One thing I’d really like to pick up on is about in-person events, the user group meetings … Continue reading →

The NxtGenUG have just released an excellent podcast on how to do a podcast. This was recorded at the Microsoft Community Leaders Day last week. If you are interested in doing your own podcast then this contains some excellent information … Continue reading →

As a software developer I obviously have great difficulty in actually reading the fine manual before plundering onwards. It is only when I can’t get things to work or see what I’m supposed to do that I begin to think … Continue reading →