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Southwest Fox – what a conference

Oh man I wish I coulda been at Southwest Fox – do those crazy kids know how to run a conference!
Doug has the full rundown of Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 and Day 4.
Congratulations to the team of Doug, Rick and Tamar on an amazing achievement.
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Apple Leopard thoughts

Interesting to read Anil Dash's comments on Apple smugness and then note that Leopard seems to be a victim of the very experience it mocks.
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Data Dude Power Tools

Old news now I know (from August), but something I don't want to forget about, is the Power Tools for Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals. Gert has the details. Here's the download.
(via Brian Harry)
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SBTUG: This Wednesday: Assessing Business Ideas, and Team Foundation Server

This Wednesday 31 October 2007 the Sydney Business & Technology User Group has yet another great night lined up. Our Business talk will be presented by James McCutcheon on ‘Assessing Good Business Ideas’. James is a serial entrepreneur and gifted speaker, as well as being a Microsoft MVP. He spoke last month on How to Start a Venture which was highly acclaimed. [Note: Previously...

Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 VPCs to expire on 1 Nov?

There's been some discussion about the Visual Studio VPCs expiring on 1 Nov this year even though they were originally advertised as expiring next March. MVPs have been asked to spread the word that it is being investigated, and there is a possibility that anyone using the VPCs may lose their data after 1 Nov. So, as per any situation involving important code, data, or other information, make...

PERSONAL: Why have a link blog?

A few people have asked me why I now have a link blog (URL here, RSS here). There are a few reasons. The main reason is the signal to noise ratio. Here on my main blog, I like to keep the S/N ratio pretty high. I try to consider posts carefully before posting them, and will generally stand by my assertions (unless proven wrong, in which case I’ll happily recant). I’d like to think...

Convince Andrew Coates to join Facebook

Everyone I know is on facebook. Everyone, that is, except Andrew Coates. Most of Australia thinks this is a ridiculous situation, and in an attempt to voice their concern, have created a special group on Facebook to note the conundrum. If you are on Facebook and share this concern, please voice it by joining the Convince Andrew Coates to Join Facebook group. Please invite your friends too. And...

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