Monthly Archives: November 2007

Good news for user groups

Posted on Thursday, 29 November, 2007 by Colin Mackay

Some great news for user groups is that Microsoft are picking up feeds from Developer Fusion to put a feed of UK community events up in the Community section of the MSDN website. This will give user groups much more exposure to … Continue reading →

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Developer Day Scotland – Call for Speakers

Posted on Sunday, 25 November, 2007 by Colin Mackay

It was announced yesterday at Developer! Developer! Developer! 6 in Reading that the call for speakers had opened for Developer Day Scotland. If you are interested in delivering a one hour session on a software development topic then please send … Continue reading →

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Geek Dinners

Posted on Saturday, 24 November, 2007 by Colin Mackay

A few days ago I was invited to a dinner by Tim Leung of VBUG in Reading. Thursday night I attended that dinner. It was a dinner with a difference. First of all Tim gave a short presentation on some … Continue reading →

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To much to do, not enough time to blog about it!

Posted on Monday, 19 November, 2007 by Colin Mackay

I’ve not posted any blog entries because I’ve been working on some things that I’m hoping will benefit a lot of people. Right now I’m installing SQL Server 2008 CTP 5 (November 2007) in a virtual machine. Earlier today I … Continue reading →

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DDD6 Geek Dinner

Posted on Friday, 9 November, 2007 by Colin Mackay

The sign up page for the DDD6 Geek Dinner is now available. I’ve signed up, but the venue is still to be decided. Tags: ddd ddd6 geek dinner

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DALs and the DAAB

Posted on Saturday, 3 November, 2007 by Colin Mackay

I’ve been pondering something that was raised in passing earlier this week and that is the relationship between a DAL (Data Abstraction Layer) and the DAAB (Data Access Application Block). It was briefly mentioned in a conversation that I had … Continue reading →

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Web Client Software Factory

Posted on Friday, 2 November, 2007 by Colin Mackay

Yesterday evening myself and a colleague drove up to Dundee University to see a presentation by the North East Scotland .NET User Group on the Web Client Software Factory by Gary Short. I have to admit that I wasn’t sure … Continue reading →

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The Ashoka Karaoke

Posted on Friday, 2 November, 2007 by Colin Mackay

I wouldn’t normally review restaurants on my blog but a friend of mine has just received a lawyer’s letter about his review of a restaurant called “The Ashoka” which does karaoke and is located in Elderslie Street, Glasgow. He has … Continue reading →

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Blog stats for October 2007

Posted on Thursday, 1 November, 2007 by Colin Mackay

I’ve been running Google analytics on my blog for a while now and the results are quite interesting. So here are the top ten posts of October. (NOTE: These were not necessarily posted in October) 10. What’s new in Visual … Continue reading →

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