Thanks everyone who attended my talk at the Silverlight User Group last night.  I really enjoyed myself and was glad to see a hearty discussion around RIA services – which is surely the point of these sorts of events; to get everyone thinking and get the dialog going. You can download my presentations from here: http://bit.ly/SlugSep09IB  Ria Services   If you want to find out more about Ria Services then Brad Adams is the person to go to – if you haven’t seen his blog series that followed on from his Mix09 series then check that...

I am chuffed to be talking at the user group meeting tonight, along with Ian Smith. Details here I will be talking about two things : Silverlightpulse.net This was the micro app I created before the Mix 09 conference in anticipation for the Silverlight 3 announcements and why I was originally invited to talk at the user group meeting (it’s a bit of a long story as to why it has taken so long for that to actually materialize – filled with stories of product launches and twisted ankles!).  I still think this is...

I recently picked up a couple of Zune HD’s while on a trip to the US.  There are plenty of reviews out there so this is not one of those, instead, and since the Zune HD has not been released in the UK yet, I thought it would be useful to outline how the device works in the UK.  So without further adieu, here are the burning questions that were on my mind as I played with the device on the flight back, and the answers both my son (who has the other one) and I discovered as we played...

Thanks for everyone who entered the competition for a free ticket for the TDD Masterclass with Roy Osherove, 21-25 September in Kent, UK. We had lots of entries and all the names were printed out and put into a bowl and then the winner was picked out at random by my 6 year old daughter this evening: I am pleased to announce that the winner is : Sara Stephens! http://developerdame.blogspot.com/2009/08/tdd-masterclass-in-uk-free-ticket.html Congratulations to Sara!  Sara - I will send you a separate email with details of your free ticket ;-) ...