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IIS 7.5, Windows 7 and the mystery of the 0×80070020

Posted on January 11, 2011 by John Mc

Tonight I was doing a bit of last minute prep for a demonstration to the customer the following morning. I was running through some WF WCF services I’d written in VS2010, when I decided I should probably give them a … Continue reading →

Posted in .Net, IIS, Skype, VS2010, WCF, WF, WF 4.0, Workflow | Leave a comment

Moving blog providers

Posted on January 10, 2011 by John Mc

I’m in the process of moving from Blogger.com to WordPress, so there may be some artifacts in the posts until they’re fully cleaned up so bear with me. I’ve got some new blog posts coming up on WF 4, so … Continue reading →

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Slides and code from DDDSW

Posted on June 6, 2010 by John Mc

I’ve popped my slides and code on my sky drive, they can be downloaded from here. I had an excellent time, and really enjoyed giving the talk, as well as going to the other talks Guy and the team … Continue reading →

Posted in .Net, DDD South West, PRISM, Visual Studio | 3 Comments

Upcoming talks and sessions

Posted on March 18, 2010 by John Mc

So I didn’t make it into DDD Scotland either, again the competition was fierce! Worried? Me? Not at all! I’ve currently got 3 sessions submitted to DDD South West! MUHAHAHAHAAA! As before I’ve submitted my intro to PRISM and intro … Continue reading →

Posted in .Net, .Net 4.0, Agile, DDD South West, DDDScotland, NxtGen, PRISM, Session, Silverlight, VS, VS2010, WF, WF 4.0, Workflow | 1 Comment

DDD8 & DDDScotland

Posted on January 18, 2010 by John Mc

So I didn’t get any sessions into DDD8, which isn’t surprising considering the number of excellent sessions that have been proposed this year. But it does mean that I get to go to all the sessions I want to and … Continue reading →

Posted in .Net, DDD, DDD8, DDDScotland, PRISM, WF 4.0 | Leave a comment

DDD8 Voting open!

Posted on January 12, 2010 by John Mc

Voting has opened for DDD8, so pop over there now and vote! http://developerdeveloperdeveloper.com/ddd8/Users/VoteForSessions.aspx I’ve put in 3 sessions this time: Introduction to Windows Workflow Foundation 4.0 Introduction to PRISM PRISM and MEF, Can they be friends So if you’re interested … Continue reading →

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Little things…

Posted on January 9, 2010 by John Mc

… are making the whole Visual Studio 2010 experience so much better. I know there are a whole range of fantastic features coming in Visual Studio 2010 and everyone’s blogging about them. But for me there are a whole host … Continue reading →

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It’s a girl!

Posted on November 10, 2009 by John Mc

On Monday 2nd November at 19:12 my wife give birth to a beautiful little girl who we’ve since named Mae Ellen McLoughlin Mae was brought into this world at home in a birth pool with the assistance of Eleanor May-Johnson … Continue reading →

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Win a ticket to TechEd Berlin!

Posted on September 21, 2009 by John Mc

As we approach TechEd 2009 in Berlin, NxtGenUG will be running our yearly contest to win a ticket (no flights or accommodation included) for the event. So what do you have to do? Well, pop over to the competition page … Continue reading →

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My new eBook reader

Posted on September 17, 2009 by John Mc

A couple of weeks ago I treated myself to a new toy! I got myself a Sony PRS 505 just as Sony announced there new models. I’m not worried though, as I got it for £149 form John Lewis in … Continue reading →

Posted in eBook, eReader | 1 Comment