Andrew Westgarth

VBUG Newcastle – W2008R2 and Windows 7 - Links

Andrew's Blog — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:45:25 GMT

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...(read more)

Monkey Decides to Go On His Travels!

Andrew's Blog — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:01:24 GMT

Nope not me, although I am planning a three week trip to Australia later this year to visit friends, but Timmy my partner in crime. A couple of Friday’s ago I got to work and noticed that he was missing from his place on my desk and all that was...(read more)

Awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Award for 2009

Andrew's Blog — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:53:42 GMT

Today I received an email from Microsoft to tell me I’d been awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Award for 2009, to follow the award which I received in 2008. I am very pleased, and once again extremely humble to be associated with...(read more)

WebDD ‘09 – Saturday 18th April 2009 – Registration Open!!!

Andrew's Blog — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:47:56 GMT

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...(read more)

VBUG Newcastle: PowerShell 0-60 in One Evening – Tuesday 24th March 2009

Andrew's Blog — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:09:43 GMT

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...(read more)

24 Hours of Firsts

Andrew's Blog — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 04:45:46 GMT

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...(read more)

Alt.Net ‘In the North’ Conference – Registration opens at Noon!

Andrew's Blog — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:47:30 GMT

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...(read more)

VBUG NEWCASTLE : REARRANGED Parallel Programming in .Net (VS2010) with Eric Nelson Now 24th February

Andrew's Blog — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:52:07 GMT

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. ...(read more)

EVENT CANCELLED: VBUG Newcastle 3/3/2009 Parallel Programming in .Net

Andrew's Blog — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:25:00 GMT

Unfortunately due to the adverse weather conditions we are experiencing across the UK at the moment, we have had to cancel tomorrow night's event. Unfortunately Eric is not able to make the trip up at this time due to being grounded at the Airport...(read more)

VBUG Newcastle Future Roadmap Ideas

Andrew's Blog — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:22:50 GMT

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...(read more)

VBUG Newcastle: Parallel Programming in .Net (VS2010) with Eric Nelson – 3rd February 2009

Andrew's Blog — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:22:32 GMT

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...(read more)

New Year – New Challenge #1 – Project 365

Andrew's Blog — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:58:17 GMT

In my last post, which wasn’t intended to be my last of 2008, I mentioned that I was looking for new challenges. Well one of those got underway in December when I changed jobs and started working for Hydratight in their Software Engineering Team...(read more)

BUPA Great North Run – Done – Next Challenge Please!

Andrew's Blog — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:47:43 GMT

I’m very late posting this but I want to say a big thank you to all of those who have supported me and sponsored me in my efforts to complete the BUPA Great North Run and raise some money for the Guide Dogs for the Blind . On Sunday 5th October, on a...(read more)

VBUG Newcastle: Introducing OpenXML with Craig Murphy – Wednesday 29th October 2008

Andrew's Blog — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:36:51 GMT

I’m very pleased to be able to welcome Craig Murphy to VBUG Newcastle on Wednesday 29th October to give us his introduction to OpenXML. Craig has this to say about the topic: Overview With the release of Office 2007, Microsoft moved their document...(read more)

Developer Developer Day 7 – Agenda Live!!

Andrew's Blog — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:21:32 GMT

Yes folks, all the votes have been counted and verified and the Developer Day Team have now published the Agenda for the 7th Developer Developer Day on Saturday November 22nd 2008 at Microsoft’s Reading Campus. There is a great deal of variety and...(read more)

11th VBUG Conference 4th and 5th November 2008 – Book Now!!

Andrew's Blog — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:15:55 GMT

I have been heavily involved with the Agenda for this year’s VBUG Conference and am pleased to say that we have been able to set up a great selection of topics and a plethora of excellent speakers including the Keynote by Roy Osherove , sessions from...(read more)

VBUG Online Meetings Return: Tuesday 21st October – CSLA.Net Introduction with Andrew Hallmark

Andrew's Blog — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:02:13 GMT

At VBUG we are pleased to announce the resumption of our Online Meetings, and we resume with CSLA.NET Introduction by Andrew Hallmark next Tuesday, 21st October 2008, from 19:30 – 20:30. I know a few people in my own region have asked for this topic...(read more)

Flash Chance to Win an Xbox 360 Elite

Andrew's Blog — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:57:15 GMT

If you don’t already subscribe to the MSDN Flash newsletter, first of why not?? and secondly sign up now to have the chance to win an XBOX 360 Elite. Microsoft are running this competition until 28th November 2008 for all who sign up to the MSDN...(read more)

New Blog Design and Updated Content

Andrew's Blog — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:54:46 GMT

This morning I have put live the new design for my blog. For ages I have been unhappy with the look and feel of my blog, but as I know my limits :), I was struggling to come up with something to replace the default choice of theme. I am pleased to announce...(read more)

Handling Webpage Display Issues in Internet Explorer 8.0 using IIS

Andrew's Blog — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:32:33 GMT

I have been using Internet Explorer 8.0 since the release of Beta 1. IE 8 requires more standards compliance in the code of web pages for them to display correctly. Today I was catching up on my RSS Feeds and came across this very useful article - Configuring...(read more)