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Friday, November 13, 2009 11:54 AM

TechEd Europe 2009 Highlights and Lowlights

It is Friday 13th Nov 2009 - which means it is the last day of TechEd Europe in Berlin. Overall I have had a good week – high quality sessions, lots of time with customers and colleagues and a very smooth conference throughout. I spent the week doing
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Thursday, November 12, 2009 6:44 PM

Pictures of TechEd Europe 2009 – brussel sprouts for the win!

Some pictures from the awesome TechEd Europe. My favourite – “Xmas Lunch” on the Thursday: The rather large entrance   The Berlin wall (outside a restaurant!) The amazing hands on lab area: A typical session (AJAX in this case): The expo: The community
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 10:08 PM

Entity Framework 4 at TechEd Europe – standing room only

On Monday at 9am (9th Nov 2009) I presented a session on Entity Framework 4 to several hundred attendees at TechEd in Berlin ( DEV305 ). I have presented EF to developers many times before but this was the first time I had shown the new EF 4 in any detail.
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Friday, November 06, 2009 3:29 PM

The Plan B is all my DEV305 Entity Framework 4 demos as slideware

Next week I will be presenting Entity Framework 4 at TechEd Europe . At least that is what I hope to do. However my Lenovo T61P seems to have some other plans. A year back the screen packed in. The nice IBM man replaced it. All was well. Last week the
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Friday, November 06, 2009 3:25 PM

Entity Framework 4 Session DEV305 at TechEd Europe 2009 – what to expect

Next Monday (9th Nov 2009) at 9am I will be delivering an overview of the new stuff in Entity Framework 4 at TechEd Europe .  The session is DEV305 and the description reads: ADO.NET Entity Framework in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and Microsoft
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Wednesday, October 07, 2009 1:45 PM

Slides and links from Windows Azure Platform Storage session

I delivered a session on Windows Azure Storage and SQL Azure Database at the UK Azure user group on the 6th of October. A big thanks to everyone who attended – and for putting up with my last minute improvisation when we realised that 2/3rd of the audience
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Friday, October 02, 2009 1:12 PM

Two great UK conferences – yet so different! Bathcamp and Software Architect 2009

Last Saturday I attended BathCamp near Bath and Tues through Thursday I attended Software Architect 2009 in London. I loved both conferences yet they are so very different. Hence (in a blokey way) I thought it would be interesting to summarise and compare.
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009 12:20 AM

Midnight and the Azure and Entity Framework decks are now final and available for download

You might have been following this series of posts on my preparation for Software Architect 2009. Well, this evening while sitting in a small hotel room in London (with no window and a dodgy tv) I completed both presentations and made them available for
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Monday, September 28, 2009 2:52 PM

Countdown to Software Architect 2009 – the last day retrospective

This is one of a series of posts on my preparations for sessions on Azure and ORMs at Software Architect 2009. The plan vs actual for day five (The last day): Play, play, play with the technology.  PART DONE Produce outline skeleton demo sequence
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Friday, September 25, 2009 9:54 AM

Countdown to Software Architect 2009 – Day four and the slides are done

This is one of a series of posts on my preparations for sessions on Azure and ORMs at Software Architect 2009. The plan vs actual for day four (Thursday): Produce final drafts of each deck and post them so delegates can check out what I’m covering. DONE
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Thursday, September 24, 2009 9:10 AM

Countdown to Software Architect 2009 – Day three was Entity Framework 4 day. I love it!

This is one of a series of posts on my preparations for sessions on Azure and ORMs at Software Architect 2009. The plan for day three: Nearly got it all done. However I ended up spending more time on EF4 than I had planned as … there is a lot of it! Gather
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009 9:27 AM

Countdown to Software Architect 2009 – Day two and my love for Boot from VHD

This is one of a series of posts on my preparations for sessions on Azure and ORMs at Software Architect 2009. The plan for day two: The Tuesday plan vs actual was … 100% spot on. Install Entity Framework CTP on Windows XP Mode. SUCCESS Install VS2010
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009 11:50 AM

Countdown to Software Architect 2009 – Day one summary and the eureka moment

This is the second in a series of posts on my preparations for sessions on Azure and ORMs at Software Architect 2009. In case you don’t want to skim through the whole post, the main things I learnt in day one are: 1. Never forget that install errors can
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009 10:07 AM

Countdown to Software Architect 2009 – the quiet before the storm

Next week I am presenting two sessions at Software Architect 2009 . Both sessions are new, new in the sense that I am creating them this week and new in the sense that whilst they are on topics I have experience with, in each case there is a significant
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Wednesday, August 05, 2009 9:59 PM

AltNetUK conference was a great way to spend a weekend

Last weekend (August 1st and 2nd 2009) I went into London to attend the Alt.NET UK Conference or more specifically two separate but related days. This was my first ever Alt.NET conference and I absolutely loved it. It was exciting to be around so many
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