Last night Cat took me to the Geek Girl Dinner in Manchester. What’s a Geek Girl Dinner? Well most tech events have a heavy male ratio and bias. Geek Girl Dinners (GGDs) aim to change that balance by only allowing boys to attend that are invited by the girls as...
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UK Votes
Reposted with permission. I believe in this strongly:
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Because Good (Free) Fonts Are So Hard To Find
Those who have to dip their toes into the life of a designer once every so often understand the importance of typography. One of the hard parts of typography is finding the right typeface that isn’t going to break your piggy bank (or your client’s piggy bank).
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ASP.NET – Forms Inside Forms.
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that an ASP.NET page in possession of a component, must be in want of a form.”
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A Simple Generic Repository for Linq to SQL
Two code posts in one day, aren’t you lot lucky?
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Javascript Intellisense & jQuery.noConflict();
I’ll make no bones about it, VS08 SP1’s Javascript Intellisense saves me from having to dive into the docs every five seconds. Not having that fingertip intelligence to my hand would probably cost me quite a bit of time each day. However, since I often end up using multiple frameworks...
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At This Space Exhibition
The “At This Space” exhibition is opening on the 26th April, at 5pm. I’m invited to the private viewing and you’re not, so neerrrr. If you want to try and bribe your way in (there’ll be free drinks, and people, and cheese[1]), then drop Cat Ashton a line and she’ll...
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Bob 11 – Fiscal Bob (In Technicolor!)
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Wikis – Add Salt and Pepper to Taste
Wikis are wonderful collaborative tools for project development teams. They’re lightweight, straightforward and usually fit in well with the way most developers think most of the time.
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Gardening for Geeks
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