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AJAX in ASP.NET

For those of you who missed my presentation on AJAX in ASP.NET at DDD II… or just want to see me mess up in my first demo again, you can now download a video of it from here. Enjoy! :-,,)

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DeveloperDeveloperDeveloper II – Summary

Well, the second DDD day has come and gone – and I think I can safely say from everyone I’ve talked to, it was a great success. My thanks go out to all of you for making it such a great event. If you were there, and haven’t yet given feedback on the event, do it now at http://www.developerday.co.uk/ddd/feedback2.asp to … Read more “DeveloperDeveloperDeveloper II – Summary”

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Developer!Developer!Developer! Geek Dinner

Sarah Blow is also organising a “Geek Dinner” so that people can get together after DDD to socialise for a bit – great idea! Check out http://www.thehughpage.com/DeveloperDayGeekDinner. (This will also be co-ordinated with whatever Microsoft is planning to do after the event)

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Developer!Developer!Developer! Almost! Full!

If you haven’t yet registered for the second DDD day to be held on 22nd October at Microsoft in Reading, then do it soon, as the event is almost at capacity.

Hope to see some of you there!

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Talking at the London .NET User Group

I gave my first ever presentation yesterday at the London .NET User Group (held at Microsoft’s offices in London) on their “Open Mic” night yesterday. The talk was on “AJAX in ASP.NET” and I amazed myself and actually really enjoyed the experience! A number of people commented on my decision to write code as I talked in the demo (rather than … Read more “Talking at the London .NET User Group”

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I’m a Visual Basic MVP!

I’ve just heard I’ve been awarded Microsoft MVP Visual Developer – Visual Basic, which is absolutely great!! Thanks everyone 🙂

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OPML Feed for UK Developer Blogs

We’ve now got over 90 UK developer blogs being archived on Developer Fusion, so I’ve now put up an OPML feed so you can easily add these to your own aggregator. See http://www.developerfusion.co.uk/blogs/archive/ for the blog archive, and http://www.developerfusion.co.uk/blogs/list.aspx for the list of blogs being aggregated, and the OPML links.

If you’ve got a blog that’s not listed there and … Read more “OPML Feed for UK Developer Blogs”

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Students: Get your entries in for the Imagine Cup!

If you’re a student, and haven’t already checked out the Imagine Cup, then its definitely worth a look – for one thing, you could win $25,000 in the top prize for the Software Design Challenge! Any student who registers before April 1st will get a FREE copy of Visual Studio .NET 2003 Academic Edition, plus free membership of theSpoke Premium. … Read more “Students: Get your entries in for the Imagine Cup!”

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Free UK Developer Job Listings

Just thought I’d post to let people know – I’m about to start listing UK Developer Jobs on Developer Fusion. If any of you have an open position that you need filled in the UK – and would like some free advertising, then please drop me a line, and we can get the job listed. Note that if you’re from … Read more “Free UK Developer Job Listings”

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Gen ”05 University Tour

Gen ’05 is a series of events Microsoft are running at Universities around the UK for students with an interest in technology. In February, they’ll be visiting

  • London
  • Birmingham
  • Leeds
  • Hatfield

Check it out at http://www.microsoft.com/uk/academia/gen05/

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Scott Guthrie in London (17 Feb)

Scott Guthrie is in London on 17 Feb to give an MSDN Technical Briefing on “Introducing ASP.NET 2.0”. If there’s a “father” of ASP.NET, Scott Guthrie’s the guy! You can register at https://msevents-eu.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-GB&eventid=118753660 – I imagine the places will go fairly quickly.

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UK Bloggers on Developer Fusion

It’s been an amazingly productive day! We’re now also aggregating RSS feeds from a whole host of UK developers – you can view them here . The list was predominently stolen from Tim Sneath’s list of .NET bloggers – but if I’ve missed anyone, please do drop me a line.

I’ll stop shamelessly promoting my site now – honest ;,,)