Investigation - SEO permanent redirects for old URL’s?
On the project I am currently working on we want to change the nasty http://northwind.com/products.aspx?ProductId=1 to a nice friendly URL on the website. This is pretty easy and can result in nice URL’s like http://northwind.com/products/BigGreenTeddyBaresFromParis.aspx .
Outlook 2010 Beta 2 and Add-Ins: Dynamics CRM, Team Companion, LinkedIn and Plaxo
At SSW we are extensive users of Dynamics CRM. I wanted to give Office 2010 a go, but I had to make sure that the Dynamics CRM plug-in, and my other plug-ins worked.
Internet connection speed, WOW
I have been a cable customer in the UK since day one when it was Cable & Wireless. If you don’t know who they are I am not surprised: Cable & Wireless –> NTL –> VirginMedia
Create a VHD from the Windows Server 2008 R2 Image disk
Previously I created this the manual way , but if you have a fast internet connection and can take the 1.6gb download of the AIK, then this is a much easier way of getting started.
Create a VHD from the Windows 7 Image disk
This being my first week at SSW , and still waiting for my nice shiny new laptop to arrive, I am sitting here at my Wife’s laptop (which is PINK, a requirement to keep the WAF high), until it arrives.
Installing Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server SP1
I have been trying since SP1 was released to get it installed at Aggreko, but due to our global, three time zones, development team and release schedules it has been very difficult to get some time set aside for it.
Dyslexia Awareness Week
Its “Dyslexia Awareness Week” here in the UK, and as a person that benefits from being a Dyslexic developer , I thought I should highlight the specific strengths to programmers of being dyslexic…
Deploying Visual Studio 2010 Team Foundation Server Beta 2 - Done
Well, nothing like hitting the ground running, my first job at SSW was to join the TFS Migration Team, it was a fun experience, let me tell you how it went.
A change for the better #2 - Aggreko to SSW
In the last 2+ years at Aggreko I have worked with Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server, Office SharePoint Server 2007 and a number of WPF, Silverlight and ASP.NET projects.
Interview with Scottish Developers
I was recently contacted by Colin Mackay , the chairman of Scottish Developers about doing an interview with them. Colin has been pestering me for a while now to do some speaking engagements, but I am still not comfortable with that! (Yes, I am too chicken), so I capitulated…
