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Jul052010

Strength in Depth

DateMonday, July 5, 2010 at 9:18PM

I'm often facinated by how insular the Microsoft developer community can be. Sure we have some great tools at our disposal but I for one am never satisfied just sitting on one side of the fence. I'm fascinated by what's going on in other development communities and love getting in touch with friends who live developing Ruby and Objective C and other languages to see what's new in their stables.

Of course I'm not the only one with this desire, Dave Thomas of the pragmatic programmer fame challenged us to learn a new language each year which is a skill I think everyone should have.

I'm planning on presenting an overview of a couple of languages at the .net user group in wellington next month but in the meantime I challenge each of my peers to name one other language they've picked up recently.

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Monday
Jun282010

Getting back on the horse

DateMonday, June 28, 2010 at 10:38AM

Sophie is now 3 and a half months old.
In the time since she was born actually a fair bit beforehand my community input has wained rather a lot. My attendance at talks is at an all time low and my blogging is non existent. I'm working on remedying that as much as possible.

As such I've volunteered to help Kirk out running the welllington .net user group and I'll be doing a couple of talks for code camp before tech Ed as usual.

Ill also look to reactivate my blogging but need to think of some topics to cover and find time that isn't taken up by my work for Xero.

AuthorOwen Evans | Comment2 Comments |
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Friday
Apr162010

On becoming a dad

DateFriday, April 16, 2010 at 12:17AM

I don't regularly post personal updates here (in fact it's been quite some time since I've posted anything whatsoever) but there are certain milestones that should be catalogued for posterity. As such I'd like to introduce my daughter Sophie now 5 weeks old.

It's an amazing if not a bit hectic change to my life. Let's
See if it helps me get my inspiration back to blog a bit more.

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Tuesday
Mar022010

Ignite Wellington

DateTuesday, March 2, 2010 at 8:37PM

Had an awesome night at ignite Wellington. Well done kirk for helping organise the event.

Looking forward to the next one

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Tuesday
Feb162010

Wellington Lunch With Geeks Rethink

DateTuesday, February 16, 2010 at 3:12AM

Well I'm trying to work out a way to reinvigorate and relaunch the Wellington Lunch With Geeks.


I'd be keen for any feedback on the proposed plans here:


http://groups.google.com/group/wellington-geeks/browse_thread/thread/43ba3041cfac7f74?hl=en


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