NxtGenUG Manchester you Say?

NxtGenUG are again well chuffed to announce the start of the seventh UK region, this time in Manchester. The group is being run by local developers Steve Robbins and Andy Wilkinson .  The group will have it’s first meeting on 20th May 2009 between 7.00pm and 9.00pm in the  Pennine House, Carrs Road, Cheadle SK8 2BL. The headline speaker is to announced but the subject will be as topical and exciting as the other NxtGenUG events that are held monthly around the country.  There will be the usual NxtGenUG activities of eating Pizza and Swagging-out.  To book your place goto http://www.nxtgenug.net/ViewEvent.aspx?EventID=210 where registration and meeting is free.  Come along and enjoy yourself and get involved in the growing UK Community in the North-West of England!

SodThis.com – What Happens When Two Techies Can’t Shut Up!

So being evangelists for Developer Express, Oliver and I can talk – those of you who know us know we can really taaaaalllllkkkk. So, with that in mind, what else could we do but start our own podcast (Sodthis.com). Not only did we start it but we’re on our second podcast already! The first episode featured an interview with Hadi Hariri, whilst this newest, shiniest one features an interview with none other than Richard Campbell of Strangeloop Networks fame. Of course he’s also known for his work on .NET Rocks and RunAs Radio.

So, if you’ve nothing better to  do, and you are looking to kill some time, then why don’t you hop on over to Sodthis.com and check out both the first and second episodes. Oh, and don’t forget to leave a comment, either here or there, to let us know what you think of it.

Microblogging for March 10 2009

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@fkerrigan "Lawful reason or reasonable excuse" is all your need. I need a usb drive for work m’lud (View)

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IronSmalltalk rumour: @JMBucknall is going to give @garyshort one day off per week just to work on IronSmalltalk. How cool is that?!! (View)

@olivers enough with the IronSmalltalk thing already!! (View)

@hhariri there won’t be software to go with the manual either lol (View)

@omonien Did I mention I wasn’t writing a book? (View)

Why not come and join the conversation at http://www.twitter.com/garyshort

DDD South West Registration is Open!

Go! Quickly! Stop reading this and register now! Registration for DDD South West is now open. Be able to tell your grandchildren that you were there at the very beginning. Remember, there can be only one first time.

DDD South West is a free one day technical event on Saturday 23rd May 2009 at Queens College, Taunton with 13 top speakers providing 19 technical presentations.

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