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INDA Dublin Talk Slide Deck

Martin Woodward
Date : 05 Apr, 2006
Categories :tfs technology dotnet maker teamprise web podcast personal

If you came along to my talk last night in Dublin, then thanks for your time. I really enjoyed the chat as folks got stuck in and asked questions rather than just listening to me drone on. It’s also the first time I’ve spoke at an event and then wandered through into the bar to have pints lined up in front of me.

Polishing My Shoes

Martin Woodward
Date : 04 Apr, 2006
Categories :books gadgets web personal

I am giving a talk tonight. As usual, I'm busy avoiding preparing for it. It is a rare day now-a-days that I put on a shirt and smart trousers but as I'm meeting folks I've never met before in a city I've never been to, I thought I'd better make an effort.

Team Foundation Server Deployment

Martin Woodward
Date : 03 Apr, 2006
Categories :tfs technology web

[](http://www.woodwardweb.com/blog/tfs_deployment.png)[](http://www.woodwardweb.com/blog/tfs_deployment.png)In some recent forums posts, it has struck me that it is sometimes not clear to people what an install of Microsoft Team Foundation Server looks like.

The Best of Steve Jobs' Comments

Martin Woodward
Date : 31 Mar, 2006
Categories :technology maker web programming personal

With Apple about to celebrate it's 30th Anniversary, Wired is running a piece on the best Steve Jobs' comments ever. While I don't particularly like the proprietary way in which Apple goes about things - you have to admire the man's presentation skills, charisma, vision and the ability to go from a two man in a garage...

Ian Olsen is Blogging

Martin Woodward
Date : 30 Mar, 2006
Categories :technology dotnet web

After a somewhat public call to action, Ian Olsen is now blogging. Ian works over on the SourceGear side of the company and will be a familiar name to those of you subscribed to the CruiseControl.NET mailing lists. If you have the time pop along and pay him a visit.

HDTV Confusion

Martin Woodward
Date : 30 Mar, 2006
Categories :web personal

I'm confused. Sometime this year, we want to buy a second TV for our house. As this TV will be around for a while in our "posh" room it makes sense (to me - not my wife) to get a HD TV. However, every TV I'm seen marketed has 768 lines, with various widths (1366 or 1280 pixels seem the most common).

Ensuring Team Foundation Server Availability

Martin Woodward
Date : 28 Mar, 2006
Categories :git tfs technology web personal

While even it's own mother would admit that VSS has some issues, the one thing in it's favour is it's simplicity. You only need a file server to keep a VSS repository available and organisations have a lot of experience keeping file systems up and running.

Hardware Mute Hack

Martin Woodward
Date : 25 Mar, 2006
Categories :technology books gadgets maker personal

I have a lovely Dell Precision M70 as my main development machine. It's a notebook so is great for when I am travelling around and has more than enough grunt to handle a few VMWare images running at once for cross-platform demos etc.

TFS Source Control Lock Types

Martin Woodward
Date : 23 Mar, 2006
Categories :git tfs technology maker web

As I have mentioned before, when you check out a file for edit in Team Foundation Source Control, you are actually telling the server that you are going to edit a particular version of a particular file that you have in your local workspace.

The X-Factor

Martin Woodward
Date : 23 Mar, 2006
Categories :web podcast personal

Just been listening to an excellent programme from BBC Radio 4 - The X Factor. Not a story of wanabe pop stars, but a tale of what it is like to go into space and how the experience is about to open up to more normal people. It is presented by veteran astronaut Jeff Hoffman, who is now professor of astronautics at MIT.

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