February 2009 Entries

Still using VB6? Eric can help.

Are you fed up with the cool kids pointing and laughing? Want to know what your options are and why the hip and trendy young folks are all using .NET? Worried that girls won’t talk to you any more when they discover your language of choice? OK seriously. A lot of companies still have a massive investment in VB6 and Eric Nelson wants to help. Eric is a DPE at MS UK who has a long history with VB6 (scurrilous rumours say he dabbled in COBOL in his youth too, but nothing has been proven). He’s put together information...

posted @ Monday, February 23, 2009 4:16 PM | Feedback (1)

The nxtgen plan for world domination moves one step closer, via Hereford

Rich and Dave’s plan for world, or at least usergroup domination proceeds apace with the start of the sixth UK region this time in Hereford. The group is being run by evil minions local developers Ryan O'Neill and Richard Wilde.  The first meeting will be on 17th March 2009 between at 19:00 in the Shirehall, Union Street, Hereford HR1 2HX. The main speaker will be Guy Smith-Ferrier with a session on Visual Studio 2008 Tips and Tricks.  As usual the NxtGenUG activities of eating pizza and swag overdosing will take place.  To book your...

posted @ Tuesday, February 17, 2009 9:54 PM | Feedback (0)

Voting is now open for DDD Belfast

We’ve gathered the sessions and now it’s your chance to directly influence your conference. Wanting to come to DDD Belfast? For a limited time you vote on the sessions you want to see, so get to it, vote and spread the word … Technorati Tags: DDD Belfast,Techprechaun,DeveloperDeveloperDeveloper

posted @ Thursday, February 12, 2009 7:22 AM | Feedback (0)