You'd think that technical companies would know better than to spam. You'd really hope that companies who make software for developers would know better than to spam developers. But no, ScaleOut Software has done just that. My inbox this morning has recieved an email sent to the contact address I only publish on this website, web@idunno.org. The email invites me to visit them at Booth 944 in Boston next week. Unfortunately I'm not at TechEd (and if I was going to attend one, it would be the European version) so I can't track down Gregory Darmohray, the muppet who sent...
It's been a busy weekend, what with sunburn and Developer Day #3. Resplendent in a fetching maroon / wine speakers shirt (which matched my sunburnt face for colour, no photos yet, I had thought Simon, as ever, did snap one, but it turns out he left his camera in the car) I attempted to rattle through the basics of developing asp.net server controls. Rather than being slide based the presentation was code based and it's not until you sit in front of 60 or so people, standing room only, that you realise how fat your fingers are and how...