Richard Fennell : Community

Follow the Yorkshire Global Windows Azure Event

But it works on my PC! — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 09:48:33 GMT

Today Black Marble is hosting the Yorkshire Global Windows Azure Bootcamp event. To see what is happening check out the photos on our Facebook gallery and the #GlobalWindowsAzure Twitter hashtag...(read more)

Black Marble is hosting the Yorkshire Chapter of the Global Windows Azure Bootcamp on the 27th of April

But it works on my PC! — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:45:51 GMT

Black Marble is hosting the Yorkshire Chapter of the Global Windows Azure Bootcamp taking place in several locations globally on the April 27th, 2013. This free community organised event is one day deep dive class where you will get you up to speed on...(read more)

Leeds# Meetup 8 - Coding Dojo - Thursday 31 January

But it works on my PC! — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:26:52 GMT

If you are at a loose end next Thursday and in Leeds, why not check out the Coding Dojo at the Leeds Sharp user group. Unfortunately looks like I am on a client visit, but it does sound interesting...(read more)

Agile Yorkshire - December Lightening Talks

But it works on my PC! — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 09:31:42 GMT

December's Agile Yorkshire, on the Tuesday, 11 December 2012, will be Lightening Talks covering a range of agile topics and be held at a new venue The Round Foundry Media Centre. Submissions for Lightening Talks are still arriving so the precise agenda...(read more)

Black Marble at the 2012 Abbey Dash

But it works on my PC! — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:28:42 GMT

Another good turn out this year for the Age UK Abbey Dash 10K in Leeds . Over 9000 runners this year, certainly seemed much busier than previous years. Again Black Marble had staff members running. As with last year we did a wisdom of crowds based...(read more)

New video on unit testing in VS2012 and TFS

But it works on my PC! — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:23:34 GMT

A video has just be uploaded that I did on the new unit testing features in Visual Studio and TFS 2012. This is quick 10 minute introduction to some of the material I will be covering at DDDNorth next weekend . Hope you find it useful...(read more)

Two bits of good news – DDDNorth and Raspberry PI

But it works on my PC! — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:06:23 GMT

The registration has opened for DDDNorth 2 (In Bradford) where I will be speaking on Unit testing in VS2012 Also my Raspberry PI has just arrived – after only 6 months of waiting, but I don’t think I can work it into my DDDNorth session...(read more)

DDDNorth session voting is now open

But it works on my PC! — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:57:42 GMT

DDDNorth2 session voting is now open...(read more)

SUR-40 (what used to be a Surface) event at Leeds Sharp User group

But it works on my PC! — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 10:19:20 GMT

I am pleased to say that Black Marble will be doing a session at the Leeds Sharp User group on the evening of the 30th of August on the Samsung SUR40 with Microsoft PixelSense (what used to be call a Surface2) . Should be an interesting session as we...(read more)

Next Leeds Sharp user group meeting is a coding kata session

But it works on my PC! — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 07:43:02 GMT

The next Leeds Sharp user group meeting on the 28th of June is a Kata session using Conway’s game of life. For more details see their site . Not sure if I can make it yet have to keep an eye on my ever filling diary...(read more)

DDDNorth session submission is open

But it works on my PC! — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 08:47:01 GMT

Session submission has opened for the next DDDNorth on the 13th October at Bradford University . Why not submit a session?...(read more)

DDD North to be held at Bradford University on 13th October

But it works on my PC! — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 09:53:59 GMT

This years DDD North is to be held at Bradford University on 13th October, keep an eye open for the call for speakers...(read more)

First meeting of the Leeds-Sharp user group

But it works on my PC! — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 06:57:22 GMT

Last night I attended the first meeting of the new .NET user group Leeds Sharp . This is a flavour of user group we don’t have in Leeds; we have SQL, Ruby, Agile user groups, the list goes on, but not a dedicated .NET one. So hopefully this .NET usergroup...(read more)

DDD South West session on Unit testing in VS11

But it works on my PC! — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:04:09 GMT

Thanks to everyone who attended my session at DDDSW today. The session was completely demo driven so no slides to share, but the contents of the session is covered in the blog posts Unit testing in VS11Beta and getting your tests to run on the new TFSPreview...(read more)

New .NET usergroup in Leeds

But it works on my PC! — Thu, 17 May 2012 19:17:22 GMT

Please to say there is a new .NET usergroup leeds-sharp.co.uk in Leeds, their inaugural meeting is on the 31st of May. I hope to be able to make it if I am in Yorkshire that day....(read more)

Back from holiday to find my DDD Southwest session has been accepted

But it works on my PC! — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:28:12 GMT

Got back from holiday today to find my DDDSW (26th May) session on unit testing in Visual Studio 11 has been accepted . I see the event is already full, but hope to see some of you there...(read more)

Propose a session for DDD South West

But it works on my PC! — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:25:22 GMT

I have proposed a session for DDD South West , why don’t you?...(read more)

Thanks to everyone who came to my session at NEBytes last night

But it works on my PC! — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:57:43 GMT

Thanks to everyone who attended my session at NEBytes last night, sorry I had to rush away. As my session was demo based I don’t have much in the way of slides to upload, but if you want to find out more have a look at my guest blog post on the UK Visual...(read more)

Speaking on the 15th Feb at the NE Bytes user group on “TFS for Everyone”

But it works on my PC! — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:23:04 GMT

I will be speaking at the NE Bytes user group next Wednesday (the 15th of Feb) on ‘TFS for Everyone’. This a session based on the guest blog post on the UK Visual Studio blog I did on how TFS is not just for .NET developers. It can be used from...(read more)

New 1.3.0.0 release of the Community TFS Build Extensions for TFS 2010

But it works on my PC! — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:53:24 GMT

A new 1.3.0.0 release of the Community TFS Build Extensions has been published today. This contains some fixes and two new activities SPDisposeChecker – checks for SharePoint best practice CatNetScan – checks for common security issues...(read more)