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Perfect timing! I had a great time talking with people about the Microsoft Surface device last weekend at BarCamp Cork, and now the Surface SDK has been released this week at Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference. Previously, to design
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I had a fantastic weekend in Cork this past weekend for the third annual BarCamp Cork. Well done to Gordon Murray , Ciara Feely , Ciara Crossan , and everyone else involved! The crowd was excellent, and I met lots of new people and caught
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November just started and it’s shaping up to be quite a busy month already. The Silverlight Jumpstart course I mentioned previously on my blog kicks off its second round this week at the Westbury. The course is full for both in-person attendees
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It’s been far too long since the last TechLudd, so we were thrilled to help relaunch TechLudd and at the same time celebrate the arrival of WebsiteSpark in Ireland. There is a lot more information on WebsiteSpark in my previous blog post, but the short
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Last year, Microsoft provided a program to help new start-ups get developer tools, discounts and a business network at practically no cost. BizSpark helped over 300 Irish start-ups in the last twelve months. This year, the Spark family is extending to
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Thanks to the over 200 of you who showed up to meet Scott Guthrie and hear him talk. Judging by the questions people were asking yesterday, people are very excited about ASP.NET MVC and ASP.NET 4/VS2010! In fact there were so many questions,
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The Scott Guthrie event on Monday, September 28th filled up in three days. We have a waitlist for the event at the moment. So for those of you who would still like to see Scott, he has graciously agreed to host a second event on Sunday evening.
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I just realized that a red polo means something different in Ireland than it does in the US, doesn’t it? We may have to temporarily rename Scott Guthrie’s red polo while he’s here in Dublin in two weeks. I loved this video that Scott created of
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I couldn’t help but laugh at the Manchester GUATHON event registration page for Scott Guthrie . Scott is dropping by Manchester after his visit to Dublin, and they did a great job compiling a list of “things you might not know about Scott Guthrie”
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Just as a reminder and for those of you who are not MTUG members, Microsoft Technology User Group Dublin is running a free event tomorrow evening with me in the Morrison Hotel from 7:30pm. Here’s a summary of the talk I’m giving: SketchFlow: Building
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I just returned from an amazing holiday in Iceland where I spent 12 days road-tripping, climbing glaciers , exploring fjords , sea fishing for cod, and monkfish, snorkeling between continents , eating unbelievable food , hiking lava fields and enjoying
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http://microsoftpdc.com/ The Professional Developers Conference (PDC) is one of those tech events where magic happens. It’s a forward-looking conference with industry leader speakers which brings audiences from around the world to learn about the
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Ever since MIX09 a few months ago, I’ve had lots of designers and developers asking me for preview copies of SketchFlow, demos, early access to Silverlight 3 builds and much more. I’m thrilled that Silverlight 3 was officially released on Friday joined
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ASP.NET expert and Microsoft certifications guru Niall Merrigan is visiting Ireland this week from Norway and is dropping by the Microsoft Technology Users Group this week in Dublin. He’ll be covering Defensive Programming , which is a great topic
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I am thrilled to confirm a couple of additional talks for MIX Essentials next week on June 24th in the Dublin Hilton Hotel. If you haven’t yet registered for MIX Essentials, you can do so here: http://www.microsoft.com/ireland/mix09 . Daniel Mellgaard
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