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Author Archives: garyshort
The Internet is Broken and Here’s How
Okay it’s not, that was a bit of an exaggeration. However, a fundamental way in which it’s used is broken, and it’s broken in quite a serious way. Your Email is You and You are your EmailMost of the social … Continue reading
Give Camp –The Team Leader’s Dilemma
I spent more hours awake than is healthy working at the inaugural Give Camp UK event last weekend. I’m not going to describe it here, hop over to their site if you are interested in what Give Camp UK is … Continue reading
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Installing NodeJS on Windows
Until very recently, when I wanted to program in NodeJS, I did so on a Ubuntu VM running on my Windows machine. Firstly, because in the beginning, NodeJS didn’t run on Windows. Latterly, because to install it on Windows was … Continue reading
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Software Performance Webinar
On April 28 I’ll be joining good friend of mine, Kendall Millar and his co-host Gael Fraiteur (of PostSharp fame) on their new webinar. In this webinar, Kendall will be speaking about The Natural Laws of Software Performance and I’ll … Continue reading
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I’ve Been Deep Fried!
Yes that’s right folks, the great guys over at Deep Fried Bytes have caught up with me, and persuaded me to talk about Technical Debt, as if ever getting me to speak was hard to do! I had a great … Continue reading
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A Twitter oAuth Example in C#
I have a number of scripts that I run against my Twitter feed, stuff like bulk deleting my DMs, that sort of thing. Well of course they all stopped working last year when Twitter moved from a basic authentication model … Continue reading
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NoSQL Conference – Dundee Nov 20th 2010
The first NoSQL (Not only SQL) developer day will take place at the University of Dundee on Saturday 20th Nov (http://developerdeveloperdeveloper.com/nosql1/). Come and join other developers and database professionals and learn more about this emerging technology area. Seven sessions across … Continue reading
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SQLBits – Registration Open
We are pleased to announce SQLBits – The 7 Wonders of SQL conference, which will be taking place from September 30th to October 2nd at York University. SQLBits is the largest SQL Server conference in Europe and the previous six … Continue reading
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Why I Hate Barclaycard
As I work for an American company I spend a fair amount of time travelling to the US. At the moment I’m in Glendale, CA. No matter what I do, no matter how many times I call or email Barclaycard, … Continue reading
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Dumb Security from AA
After the “Underpants bomber” burned his ‘nads on a flight to Detroit just before Christmas, the TSA issued security guidance with regard to carry on luggage. As I’m flying out to the MVP summit in Seattle tomorrow I thought I’d … Continue reading
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