January 2007 Entries
I can't believe how this list of developer videos bypassed me completely. Now I'll have something to do while my main machine begines it's operation to move to Vista. And believe me, it is an operation, with some new hardware; guts will be everywhere. Listening to Ghost Town by The Specials from the album Stereo-Typical (A's B's And Rarities) [UK]
The schedule for WebDD is now available. We're still waiting on a couple of session abstracts as well as confirmation on one session, but we're pretty confident this is it. It's going to be a packed day, with a great variety of talks and there's not much left for Phil and I to do; a few bits of housekeeping and organisation stuff, but everything else is in place. See you there.
The WebDD event is now full, which is both great for everyone who can attend, and bad for those who haven't signed up. But we did warn you.
It's not a resolution as such, but I'm trying not to complain on my blog so much, but this I have to mention. On Jan 2 I placed an order with Amazon for some CDs and a book, which they shipped on 5 Jan using ParcelNet. Looking at the ParcelNet website they claim to be the UK's largest national courier home delivery and fulfilment specialist. A bold claim, which falls somewhat short when they don't actually fulfill; as of this morning, that's 10 days, my order hadn't arrived. I mailed Amazon who said they'd look into it. Around 3pm a...
So you already know Scott Guthrie is going to be at WebDD. If you don't know much about him, or want an insight into what he's going to talk about at WebDD, then check out this interview on Channel 9. Also there's a Wiki for WebDD to sign up for the Geek Dinner, Grok Talk, or arrange car sharing.
WebDD is filling up, already two-thirds full, so register before places go. We've a couple of sessions left to finalise and then well make the schedule public. I've been gradually accumulating stuff to give away, thanks to our very generous sponsors, some of which is you can see via the Backnetwork photos page. I'm pretty sure they'll be more freebies, but you won't know what they are until you come along. You know you want to.
I'm on a web development mailing list where recently someone asked about the "3 column" web page layout. He was using tables, but wanted a "better" solution, so several posts regarding CSS layout followed. Then the following arrived: > Stop trying to be 'right' and just do something that works. The implication being, go back to tables; it's a simple page requiring a simple solution. I've talked about this sort of siutation before and I tend to fall into the 'right' camp. I often spend a long time implementing a 'right' solution, often more time than I should. Others I...
While there are some know issues with Visual Studio 2005 on Vista (not that I've hit any of them), there is less talk about SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services. After a frustrating morning I of trying to get it installed on Vista I discovered that you need some IIS7 pieces installed, which aren't default. Check out this blog post - it's in french, but there are inline pictures that tell you all you need to know.
In case you hadn't already heard, registration for WebDD is now open. Don't forget to register for the backnetwork too.
I've finally made the move from dotText to subText, which gives us a nice new shiny place to play. Hopefully you won't see any difference, but do let us know if there are any problems, especially regarding links to old posts.
As Phil has already mentioned, WebDD registration will open soon. This is going to be a great event; we've great speakers, interesting sessions and lots of things to give away, some of it even shiny. Mmm, shiny..... Sorry, lost in a dream world for a moment. We've still the schedule to finalise and I've a few bits of the site to finish off (notably some cross browser CSS issues), but we're getting close to having most things ready. I'm really looking forward to it.
On a side note, thanks to Frog Box, I've learnt some new CSS today, in that...