From the monthly archives:

January 2010

Links: TFS + Git, .NET Performance Testing

January 30, 2010Microsoft

Some interesting resources noticed recently.
Richard Banks has a writeup about getting Git and TFS Working Together.
Meanwhile Paul Glavich has a nice 180 page free download about .net performance testing and optimisation. It’s part 1 of a new book he’s writing. Download available here.

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Bing Finance and Data

January 28, 2010Google

Bing’s new Finance updates are nice. I guess. Here’s a search for ‘msft’ on Bing.

Click on the Investor Data button and you’ll see this:

Yep, that’s a charting error. But let’s assume that little issue will be resolved soon (and it may even be something on my machine – there’s a bit of beta [...]

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Angus McDonald on User Stories

January 28, 2010Elcom

I really liked Angus’ recent post on User Stories (Wikipedia link about User Stories here) and how he grapples with question of whether they are even needed. User Stories feature prominently in the upcoming Visual Studio 2010 releases, so you’re sure to hear more about them (in the Microsoft space that is).
The value in Angus’ [...]

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Azure in Australia

January 27, 2010Azure

I’m looking forward to the upcoming Azure launch in Australia, if for no other reason than finally learning what the proper pronunciation is Is it a-zue-er or is it azsh-or ?
Tuesday Feb 23 in Sydney is the official launch. Mark your calendars!
But for added goodness, get along to a user group [...]

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Australian ALM Conference

January 18, 2010Microsoft

Good to see that the new dates for the Australian ALM Conference have been confirmed (as per organizer Anthony Borton’s blog post on Monday).
It’s now set for 13-14 April 2010 at Luna Park (in Sydney).
The conference has a great line up of sessions and speakers, and will be the official Australian launch of Visual [...]

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