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Let blogging commence...

Well after much prodding and cajoling from colleagues and friends I finally have taken the plunge and created a blog!

First, a little about me...

I'm a thirty something year old IT consultant in Microsoft .NET technologies and I currently specialise in Windows Mobile business application development using the .NET Compact Framework. I've been developing software for nearly ten years now and I would go far as to say I actually enjoy developing applications for smartphones & pocket pc's (beats dull commerce websites anyway).

I work for a UK based consultancy in West London - which will remain nameless to protect the innocent and allow me have more fun at their expense ;-). I have about 250 fellow workers here in the UK (and a few sprinkled around the US too) - some of them tremenously talented. My most recent project employed SCRUM, one of the new (ha, 15 years old actually) breed of agile project management methodologies and this has rekindled my faith in the IT industry and large scale software development. I hope to post much more on this topic in the future.

I've been a reader of blogs for a long time now and know the style of blogs that I like and think work (eg have remained subscribed to for more than a week!). I hope to be able provide a mix of postings about development related technology, methodology and also stuff completely un-related to IT - I have some outstanding (read loopy) ideas that I know will never see the light of day but really think I should share with you all!

Enjoy!

J

Comments

Anonymous said…
Hello m8, beat me to it! Will read with interest.
7 Oct 2004, 17:10:00
Anonymous said…
Nice one Jimbo, and the pressure mounts on me......
Rob.
8 Oct 2004, 07:07:00
Anonymous said…
Subscribed!

Glad you finally made it.

/Howard

http://www.1succeeded0failed0skipped.com/
8 Oct 2004, 11:46:00
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