Monday, April 26, 2010
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On Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th July Python.ie are running a two day conference PyCon 2010 at the Dublin School of English.

The early bird registration is great value and is open until 31st May.

        • Early bird: €40
        • Standard: €60
        • On the door: €70
        • Extra dinner place: €30

 

 

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posted on Monday, April 26, 2010 9:09:45 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Add Comment | Comments [0]
 Sunday, April 25, 2010

Prodata are bringing Paul Randal & Kimberly Tripp back to Dublin this summer to deliver some intensive SQL training. prodata001

The course and dates are:

  • SQL Immersion: Dublin 2010

    4 days June 28th - July 1st
    Register 

  • Performance Optimization Masterclass

    2 days July 5th & 6th
    €1,299
    Register

  • Disaster Recovery Masterclass

    2 days July 7th & 8th
    €1,299
    Register

This event happened last year and received very high praise from all who attended I can't recommend this highly enough to anyone working with SQL Server.

 

EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT - REGISTER

BEFORE APRIL 30th & SAVE 15%

Plus NW-MTUG members qualify for an addition 5%

discount! Use code NWUG when registering.

 

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posted on Sunday, April 25, 2010 3:57:13 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Add Comment | Comments [0]
 Wednesday, April 21, 2010

reWork Buy this book!! I can't emphasis that enough, this book is clear advice on how to got about starting up a project and growing it from your pet project to a product that you can be passionate about and make work for you as a business.

This is not a very wordy book and as a result it's a book you can read very quickly, each point the authors whish to raise is presented in only a few pages at most with quit large clean fonts that are easy on the easy on your eyes. But don't for one minute think that the larger font and the cut down content leads to a book that contains less advice. The complete opposite is the case the authors have basically produced a book with no cr@p!! As they say themselves in the introduction that the reader will thank them for the stuff they left out, I really do thank them for this, the book is perfect.

As Seth Godin said in his review stop reading and go buy ReWork.

posted on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 5:28:14 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Add Comment | Comments [0]
 Monday, April 19, 2010

n350254507751_6618 I work with Allstate NI and due to expansion we're looking for .Net developers. Check out the careers site for more details or come and meet with us an one of our open days (dates below). If you're a talented .Net developer you should come check us out especially if you like:

    .    Working a 4 Day Weeks while being paid for 5!! 
    .    Duvet days
    .    Money off gym fees
    .    Beer & pizza
    .    Plus loads and loads more benefits.

 

If you don't believe me check this video out.

Upcoming open days at Allstate NI's Belfast and Northland Rd offices:

 

Belfast Office
Thursday 29th April 2010 3-7pm
Thursday 27th May 2010 3-7pm

Northland Rd Offices
Friday 30th April 2010 3-7pm
Friday 28th May 2010 3-7 pm

posted on Monday, April 19, 2010 7:50:00 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Add Comment | Comments [0]
 Sunday, April 18, 2010

northwest I'll be delivering a session to NW-MTUG on what's new in C# 4.0 on Monday 17th May. You can get all the details on NW-MTUG's site and register here.

I'll cover the main new features with code examples for each:

            • Dynamic
            • Named & Option Parameters
            • Generic Variance

There'll also be a few prizes to give out on the night ;-)

posted on Sunday, April 18, 2010 11:10:00 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Add Comment | Comments [0]