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Join Us in Brighton for ReMix UK 08
If you haven't already done so, go take a browse at the agenda for ReMix UK , now published on the site. There are 4 tracks of 9 sessions as well as opening and closing keynotes. A key goal for me as a track owner was to ensure there was a structured Read More...
Upcoming Events
I've just been going through my diary to make sure everything is up to date and thought it might be worthwhile posting a list of events I'll be speaking at in the near future while things are fresh in my mind. Many of these events aren't open for registration Read More...
ReMix UK 08 Developer Track
Things are starting to shape up nicely on the developer track so I thought I'd try and give you a flavour of what you'll see if (surely "when"?) you join us in Brighton in September for ReMix UK. There'll be a big focus on rich client with Silverlight, Read More...
ReMix UK 08 Tickets - Akin to Dromedary Pretzels
ie get them while they're hot . Following on from the massive success of last year's Mix 07 , the ReMix UK 08 website has just this minute gone live. Here's a Key Facts document: ReMix UK 08 is all about bringing together the very best web design and Read More...
BBC mashed 08 Event
I was at the BBC's mashed 08 event on Saturday at Alexandra Palace (I've never been to Ally Pally before - it's pretty cool - not exactly easy to get to though, train + tube + tube + bus for me). I was very excited to find this in the swag bag: How cool Read More...
PDC 2008 Registration Open
October 27-30th in the Los Angeles Conference Center, LA is where you want to be. Registration for the Professional Developers Conference 2008 has just opened. You know the deal by now: "The PDC is designed for leading-edge developers and software Read More...
It's Always Nice To Be Back In Glasgow
Thanks to Scottish Developers for inviting me to talk at their event last night. I think the Rangers game kept a few folks away but for those that are interested the source code is here and the ASP.NET AJAX Controls stuff is here . I was discussing with Read More...
UK Launch - Building Web Applications with VS2008 Source Code
Following on from the live demo , here's the demo source I used for my launch session. Download the slides and / or demos here . A few things to note and a few "getting it up and running tips". Download the zip file (you may need to "unblock" Read More...
UK Launch - Building Web Applications with VS2008 Demo
Thank you to everyone who came along to my session at the launch in Birmingham yesterday - it was certainly pretty packed! I promised a lot of people a copy of the demos and they'll be here soon. In the meantime, I've uploaded a "live" version Read More...
JavaScript Intellisense for the Virtual Earth Map Control
You know that Visual Studio 2008 has a great new feature - JavaScript Intellisense. Then when you really want it, eg when you're building an application using the Virtual Earth map control you find it doesn't work. Not a hint of the properties and methods Read More...
Updated Source Code Formatter for Windows Live Writer
A long time ago I created a Source Code Formatter Plug-In for Windows Live Writer . Thanks to Tim I recently found out that the download links were broken (I changed domain names a while back and no longer own OfficeDinosaur.com). I fixed the links and Read More...
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