Blogs

There's a bit of a storm brewing at the moment that has been simmering for a while on the Isle of Man. As an offshore jurisdiction, with our own tax rules and economic regulation, there is a continuing confusion about why we should pay the TV License...

When looking at developing new applications I always end up developing my own data layer. Largely because I do not like the dictatorial design principles spouted by the likes of ActiveRecord, nHibernate, et al. I write them according to real life situations...

I don't do New Year's Resolutions, if you need to change some aspect of your life, a New Year is hardly an excuse for making the change. No, it is mere coincidence that I am coming to this conclusion. The conclusion is that I am not fitting enough...

The Guardian (amongst others, including Google themselves ) covered this years search term statistics for the UK this morning. Every year, Google releases some interesting statistics that provide a modern insight into trends that would be difficult to...

I've been expanding my Twitter circle recently, trying to find a bit more content out there which is outside my normal line of interest. To my existing contacts, which include Sitecore Professionals, CRM and .NET specialists and Social Media bods...

I’ve been in a new job now for just over a month, and things are going well. The reason I say this is because I am in the honeymoon period where my skill-set can drive productive change within the business and its products. What’s important...

The third post in as many days. I'm not on a roll, there's just a lot happening. Microsoft's successful XBox 360 console received a bit of a makeover last night, in the form of the much anticipated " New XBox Experience ". Previously...

Unfortunately, due to a compromised SQL Server, my site has been down for a few days. This is most frustrating for me, it's hard enough finding the time, topics and tantalising writing style without my server having to be taken off-line. As a result...