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DDD North 2012 Accommodation Suggestions
Tue, Aug 28 2012 6:18
As we are under an hour away from registration opening for DDD North 2012, which is being held at the Bradford University School of Management I thought it would be useful to put together a few links to help with accommodation choices. This list isn’t extensive as last year’s event as it was held in my home town, but I will keep adding to this list based...
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Winners of the 2012 Imagine Cup UK Final are from the North East!
Wed, Apr 25 2012 14:38
Yes that’s right, today when I was at Microsoft UK Headquarters attending a day full of content on Visual Studio 11 and Team Foundation Server 11, the results of the 2012 Imagine Cup UK Finals were announced! I heard the results were being streamed live at 4pm so when the time cam I hooked up to the broadcast and watched with bated breath for the results...
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NxtGenUG Manchester Slides
Mon, Apr 23 2012 16:59
Thanks to all the attendees who came to my talk on IIS8 last week at NxtGenUG Manchester Daresbury. Apologies for the delay in posting the slides, you can now get them on my Slides & Resources page and the direct link for the IIS 8 Presentation slides is - http://www.andrewwestgarth.co.uk/Presentations/IIS%208%20–%20Platform%20for%20the%20Future.pdf
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Imagine Cup North East Final Looms
Mon, Apr 2 2012 14:54
The Imagine Cup is a great competition for students to get involved in and something I’ve covered previously http://www.andrewwestgarth.co.uk/blog/post/2012/02/01/You-Can-Change-the-World-Through-Technology.aspx . Well 2012 is the first year that the North East has got involved and the competition is really hotting up as the teams hurtle towards the deadline...
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Want to Hear About IIS8?
Sun, Apr 1 2012 15:59
With the recent release of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview and the Windows Server 8 Beta I’ve been looking at the new features in IIS8 such as: Web Socket Support Application Initialization Configuration Optimization SNI Support and many more… If you would like to know more and are in the Manchester area why not come along to NxtGenUG Manchester on Wednesday 18th...
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FREE DDD North Geek Dinner Sponsored by Devexpress
Wed, Oct 5 2011 3:33
After enjoying a great day at what we hope will be a fantastic first ever DDD North, please join us to enjoy a fantastic Geek Dinner at the Sunderland Stadium of Light. Thanks to the fantastic folks at Devexpress we are able host a free Geek Dinner for 150 people!! We hope this will be a fantastic opportunity for speakers and attendees to chat and relax after...
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Travelling to DDD North? Directions
Sun, Oct 2 2011 18:34
Developer! Developer! Developer! North is this coming weekend in Sunderland, UK and is being held at the David Goldman Informatics Centre on the Sir Tom Cowie Campus at St. Peter’s on the banks of the river Wear. There are many different ways to travel to the University and here are some guides on how to get to the campus. By Train Sunderland is well connected...
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User Group Tour 7th to 11th March 2011 IIS, Media Services and IIS SEO Toolkit
Tue, Mar 1 2011 15:35
I’m currently in Redmond, Seattle at the 2011 MVP Global Summit but next week I’m embarking on a User Group tour back home in the UK. I’m covering a number of IIS topics including IIS 7/7.5 for Developers, IIS Media Services and IIS SEO Toolkit. I’m starting off in Bristol at DotNetDevNet on Monday 7th March 2011 and finishing in Cambridge at NxtGenUG on...
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Great Resources for Budding User Group and Conference Speakers
Thu, Feb 3 2011 15:53
I’ve been sitting writing and submitting session proposals for Developer Day Scotland this evening. I really enjoy speaking at User Groups and Conferences and am always looking for ways to improve and share knowledge. In our User Groups i.e. North East Bytes and the Developer Community we actively encourage new speakers, indeed that was the original...
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Three Great Events in The North East in April!!
Wed, Mar 24 2010 15:50
As part of the Microsoft Tech Days UK 2010, a week of free events for Developers and IT Professionals, there are three great events of note running in the North East. The Sharepoint User Group are hosting a great night at the Cinema in Stockton, and then NEBytes are pleased to welcome Jesse Liberty for a special evening of Silverlight in addition to the...
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Introducing North East Bytes (NEBytes) a new Microsoft Usergroup for the North East of England
Mon, Jan 4 2010 16:39
I’m pleased to announce a new User Group in the North East of England, based around Microsoft Technologies, North East Bytes (NEBytes) – http://www.nebytes.net . We have decided to start this group in order to help Developers and IT Pros in the community with the constant battle to learn, stay current and broaden their knowledge. We run monthly meetings...
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Black Marble and Microsoft – Free Visual Studio/ALM Event in London 17th Dec 09
Tue, Dec 8 2009 7:46
Black Marble and Microsoft have announced details of a FREE event covering Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and Application Lifecycle Management in London on Thursday 17th December 2009. Full Details are below: Microsoft and Black Marble present Visual Studio 2010 and Managing the Application Lifecycle. Click here to register for this event Date - 17-Dec-2009...
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VBUG Newcastle – W2008R2 and Windows 7 - Links
Wed, Jul 8 2009 16:45
Thanks to Richard Fennell for stepping into the breach this evening and covering the content for us so well. As soon as I have a link for the slides from the event, I’ll publish it here on this post. In the meantime here is the link for you to be able to get a key for the Windows 7 Release Candidates you may have picked up at the event - http://technet...
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WebDD ‘09 – Saturday 18th April 2009 – Registration Open!!!
Mon, Mar 30 2009 3:47
Yes folks, WebDD is on Saturday 18th April 2009 and REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN for this great community event, it’s free to attend and held at Microsoft’s UK Campus in Reading – register now - http://developerdeveloperdeveloper.com/webdd09/Register.aspx I’ll be delivering a session on the Web Deployment Tool and there is a great line up of speakers and sessions...
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VBUG Newcastle: PowerShell 0-60 in One Evening – Tuesday 24th March 2009
Thu, Mar 19 2009 7:09
Damn, just noticed this has been sat in my blog drafts folder :( Hope this catches people in time. The next VBUG Newcastle meeting will be held at Newcastle University on Tuesday 24th March 19:00-21:00 (18:45 registration) and will be delivered by Jonathan Noble who will be doing a session on PowerShell: Windows PowerShell has been around since 2006, but now...
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24 Hours of Firsts
Sat, Feb 28 2009 22:45
The 24 hours I'm currently writing this post in are all about firsts. First I've just got back from my first ever live gig, and first ever experience of Metallica live! I've been to the Sheffield Arena for the latest leg of Metallica's Death Magnetic tour, it was f***ing AWESOME!!!! Can't wait to do it again! Note to self - why has it taken...
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Alt.Net ‘In the North’ Conference – Registration opens at Noon!
Tue, Feb 24 2009 3:47
Last week Richard Fennell sent through details about an Alt.Net Open Space Conference he has helped organise in Bradford on 17th/18th April 2009. The event will be hosted by Black Marble at their office in Bradford, West Yorkshire , and there will be space for 50 attendees. The format will be the same as previous UK Alt.net conferences. A planning session on...
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VBUG NEWCASTLE : REARRANGED Parallel Programming in .Net (VS2010) with Eric Nelson Now 24th February
Sun, Feb 8 2009 14:52
I’m pleased to announce that we have rearranged Eric Nelson’s session on Parallel Programming in .Net (VS2010), which was unfortunately cancelled due to the poor weather, and the event will now be held on TUESDAY 24th FEBRUARY at the same venue. Please register for the event, even if you had register for the previous date, at http://www.vbug.co.uk/Events...
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VBUG Newcastle Future Roadmap Ideas
Thu, Jan 29 2009 4:22
Over the course of the next four to six months, I have decided to change the regularity/format of the meetings for the usergroup in the North East. I had been speaking with a fellow Twitterer, Jonathan Noble , about desires for usergroups in the North East. It was mentioned that there are few very IT Pro events occurring in the North East of England...
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VBUG Newcastle: Parallel Programming in .Net (VS2010) with Eric Nelson – 3rd February 2009
Thu, Jan 29 2009 4:22
VBUG Newcastle kicks off 2009 on Tuesday 3rd February with Eric Nelson, Microsoft Developer and Platform Evangelist, visiting to cover Parallel Programming in .Net using Visual Studio 2010. Session Overview: The next version of the .NET Framework will come with new classes that start to remove the difficulties in building multi-threaded applications that are...
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