October 2008 Entries

Maritime User Group Tour '08 Wrapup

Last night I finished up my final presentation on a tour of the Maritime User Groups.  This was the first time that I'd been out to the Maritimes and I had a blast during the whole trip.  Unfortunately, the need for travel from one town to the next pretty much meant I wasn't getting to see anything along the way.  Luckily the Nova Scotia-New Brunswick leg of the trip was done via car and I was able to see some of the landscapes during the trip. I started out in St. John's Newfoundland at the St. John's User Group...

Fall events

It seems that every spring and fall the developer world seems to ramp up and developers around the world flock to conferences and user group events.  For me this usually means I'm out and about for the better part of 2 months straight.  If you're interested, here's my schedule for the next couple of months.  Some I'm speaking at (presentations listed) and others I'm just an attendee.  Either way, if you're going to be around at any of these events shoot me a note and we'll hook up for a drink and conversation. October 16th @ 7pm in...

Anonymous Access to SVN Repository for IglooCommons

I've had a problem with the anonymous access settings for my VisualSVN installation that is hosting IglooCommons.  It just didn't work without prompting for credentials.  Understandably, no one seemed to care until the other day when Sebastijan shot me an email claiming that he wanted to take IglooCommons for a spin.  Interestingly, Rob posted a fix for my problem on the same day, saving me the pain of having to figure shit out on my own. So now, IglooCommons has been released to the masses!  I expect the race to download to be tantamount to a snail race!...