Maybe I should have got the Nokia 925

I was at Jodrell Bank to see Sigur Ros last Friday. I could have really done with the low light features of Nokia 925 as opposed to my 820. The shots I took of the projected light show onto the radio telescope disk were not as good as I hoped. But the panorama earlier in the evening worked well

September 1, 2013 · 1 min · Richard Fennell

DDDNorth registration is now open

DDDNorth registration is now open, and I am sure will soon close and move to a wait list. So if you want to attend I would get in early

August 29, 2013 · 1 min · Richard Fennell

Review of ‘Software Testing using Visual Studio 2012’ from Packt Publishing

I have just been reading Software Testing using Visual Studio 2012 by Subashni. S and Satheesh Kumar. N from Packt Publishing This book does what it says on the cover, it is a general introduction to the testing tools within the Visual Studio 2012 family. My comment is not about how well it is done, it is a clear enough introduction, but why produce a book that really just covers what is in MSDN, Channel9, numerous podcasts, blogs and ALM Rangers documentation?...

August 28, 2013 · 4 min · Richard Fennell

A week with a Nokia 820

I have been using a Nokia 800 (Windows Phone 7.8) for a year or so and been happy with it. It does what I needed i.e. phone, email, media player mainly for podcasts. So given all the reported issues with WP8 and podcasts (no Zune client to manage the subscription/sync and you can only subscribe through the store if you are in the USA) I was not too keen to ‘upgrade’...

August 21, 2013 · 4 min · Richard Fennell

DDDNorth session voting is now open

You can now vote for the sessions you wish to see at DDNorth2 Hope to see you there on Saturday 12th October 2013 in Sunderland

August 15, 2013 · 1 min · Richard Fennell