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VB.Net Using Delegates for Form Updates from Worker Threads

Tim — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:03:35 +0000

At Geekup Preston this week a conversation with @surlydev led to an explanation of how to use delegates to update a UI from a worker thread. Talk is cheap, and a code sample goes along way to help explain.

BarCamp Nottingham 2011 #bcnott

Tim — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:18:04 +0000

At weekend I attended BarCamp Nottingham hosted at the NottingHack Hacker Space and what a great event it was. As well as lots of interesting people and talks, the hacker space itself was an awesome place to be in and (…)

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Social Media Fragmentation

Tim — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:22:20 +0000

The arrival of Google+ has prompted me to rethink my use of social networks like Facebook and Twitter for publishing information and status updates. Already, some friends have moved away from Twitter and it has made me realise that the (…)

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Consuming DataSift Streams with Node.js

Tim — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:48:40 +0000

This Node.js code sample consumes a DataSift stream and invokes a callback with each message object as it arrives. The DataSift streams contain one JSON object per line, and may receive occasional empty lines to act as a “you are (…)

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Welcome 2011

Tim — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 09:20:11 +0000

A new year and a new start, so here is the obligatory new blog. This year sees the final and necessary step in my long, drawn out plan to step into the world of freelancing and start-ups. Actually doing it. (…)

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