Richard Fennell : Events

A busy week of presenting

But it works on my PC! — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:02:48 GMT

The interest in Visual Studio 2010 is growing, I am presenting at two events this week and have another day of less formal meetings on the subject. The event on Thursday is the Architecture Forum in the North we are hosting with Microsoft, there are still...(read more)

Local events reminder

But it works on my PC! — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:27:07 GMT

Wednesday this week is the next Agile Yorkshire meeting, there are 2 presentations and a discussion planned: Agile War Stories: A Project Managers Perspective. Ian Carroll User Story Estimation: Alan Williams An open discussion about Lean and Kanban in...(read more)

Recording of my SQLBits Session on Visual Studio 2008

But it works on my PC! — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:16:46 GMT

A webcast recording of SQLBits IV session ‘Making the SQL developer one of the family with Visual Studio Team System’ is now available on the SQLBits site. This discusses the features of the VS2008 Database GDR Edition. Unfortunately I will not be proposing...(read more)

This past week’s Nxtgen events

But it works on my PC! — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:21:38 GMT

Thanks to everyone who attended my two Nxtgen session on Sharepoint and Typemock in Birmingham and Manchester. You can find copies of the slide on the Black Marble site. There was a good deal of chat in how Typemock could be used for more general ASP...(read more)

Nxtgen UK tour reminder

But it works on my PC! — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 09:21:42 GMT

A reminder that next week I will be speaking on ‘Developer testing of SharePoint projects using Typemock’ at two Nxtgen user groups: Birmingham on the 18th Aug 2009 Manchester on the 19th Aug 2009 Hope to see you there....(read more)

Speaking at Epicenter 2009, the Irish Software Show

But it works on my PC! — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 09:17:21 GMT

I am speaking at Epicenter 2009, the Irish Software Show at the end of the month. The conference runs from the Wednesday the 26th to Friday the 28th. My sessions on TFS 2010 are both on the Thursday the 27th as part of the ‘Microsoft zone’ Application...(read more)

Slides from yesterdays presentation at VBUG

But it works on my PC! — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:28:37 GMT

Thanks to everyone who attended my VBUG session yesterday on ‘Enabling agile development with Visual Studio Team System 2010’. I have just posted the slides on Black Marble’s web site...(read more)

My Glasgow presentation last night.

But it works on my PC! — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:04:17 GMT

Thanks to everyone who turned up for my presentation on Typemock and Sharepoint in Glasgow last night. I have just upload my slides onto the Black Marble site . As the session was quite demo driven the slides don’t offer the best code samples. If you...(read more)

Speaking at Scottish Developers on Typemock

But it works on my PC! — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:19:06 GMT

On Wednesday the 15th this week I will be speaking at Scottish Developers on developer testing of SharePoint . This is a free event so please come along if you are interested and in the area. If you are not able to make it to Glasgow but are interested...(read more)

July Agile Yorkshire meeting

But it works on my PC! — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:12:42 GMT

Don’t forget this month’s Agile Yorkshire meeting is this Wednesday at the Victoria Hotel in Leeds. It is the usual mix of free beer, great conversation and an excellent speaker (note: you can assign your own ranking order as these factors, using a suitable...(read more)

Developer Day South West is this weekend

But it works on my PC! — Thu, 21 May 2009 09:58:35 GMT

It is Developer Day South West this weekend where I will be speaking on Scrum . I may also do a lunch time grok talk on SharePoint and Typemock Isolator as I did at Developer Day Scotland . I think there are still spaces at this event, so if you can make...(read more)

London Alt.Net Conference is now full

But it works on my PC! — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:12:20 GMT

Wow, the Alt.Net conference in London in August certainly filled up fast. On Friday I went into a meeting before registration opened, and by the time I came out the first wave was full. I now see that the second wave of registration is also full. Unfortunately...(read more)

Alt.Net UK Conference 2009

But it works on my PC! — Tue, 12 May 2009 21:15:25 GMT

Good news, there will be an Alt.Net UK Conference in London over the first weekend of August. Bit of a different format this time: Alt.Net Beers A social opportunity to discuss Alt.Net over a few beers. Friday, July 31, 2009 from 6:00 PM until...(read more)

Another speaking engagement – Vbug Newcastle on SharePoint Testing

But it works on my PC! — Sat, 09 May 2009 15:13:43 GMT

I will be doing a session on Testing SharePoint using Typemock Isolator on the 3rd June in Newcastle. Check the Vbug site for more details....(read more)

Next weeks Agile Yorkshire meeting

But it works on my PC! — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:23:57 GMT

Don’t forget the next Agile Yorkshire meeting on the 13th of May about Exploratory testing . Usual time, usual place, usual free pint for everyone thanks to our sponsors....(read more)

My grok talk on Sharepoint tetsing with Typemock Isolator and Ivonna at DD Scotland

But it works on my PC! — Sun, 03 May 2009 20:50:25 GMT

I had an enjoyable day at Developer Day Scotland in Glasgow yesterday; a big thank you to the organisers and speakers. I did a short grok talk on ‘Testing Sharepoint using Typemock Isolator and Ivonna’, a few people asked me for more details. Well the...(read more)

My NxtGen tour in August

But it works on my PC! — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:06:04 GMT

I will be speaking on developer testing of SharePoint projects using Typemock at both the Birmingham and Manchester NXtGen user groups in August. For more details check the NxtGen site ....(read more)

Follow up to my session yesterday at VBug Newcatsle on DataDude GDR

But it works on my PC! — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:30:59 GMT

Thanks to everyone who attended my session at VBug Newcastle last night, hope you enjoyed. As I mentioned in my session, to celebrate my talking at VBug, Microsoft chose to release the Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR R2 yesterday....(read more)

Speaking in Newcastle tomorrow

But it works on my PC! — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:30:09 GMT

If you are in Newcastle on the evening of the 22nd I will be speaking at Vbug on Visual Studio 2008 Database Edition . Hope to see you there....(read more)

Alt.net ‘In the North’ starts tonight

But it works on my PC! — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:49:02 GMT

Looking forward to seeing everyone at Alt.Net ‘in the North ’ over the next two days. If you cannot make the planning session tonight, but are in Bradford later, we will be in the Titus Salt Pub for a few drinks sponsored by SEED software . We will probably...(read more)