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I’m Nick! I build & lead teams who create products & solutions that help people do more.
I am a passionate technical leader & full-stack software architect with over 14 years’ experience in designing & delivering large–scale commercial cloud SaaS software solutions, predominantly using Microsoft technologies.
As a hands-on leader, I have a proven track record of building effective on-site & remote software teams, based on the sharing of good practice, defining clear processes, implementing best-of-breed systems and shipping quality code.
Latest Posts
A brief look at Windows 8 app security
I just read this post on the Windows 8 blog about improvements being made to security and reliability in Windows 8 apps. The most interesting part
Technology through the years
The technology I fell in love with pre-2000 is very different in form and function to the products and services I use today, suggesting that our
Technology is no place for fidelity
I just read an article titled ’Don’t Fall in Love With Your Technology’ and it got me thinking. As a developer, I pose the question
A New iPad for 2012: Thoughts from around the web
After much anticipation and countless rumours, the third generation of Apple’s iPad tablet has just been announced at a special event in San Francisco. The
ASP.NET MVC 4 – Bundling and Minification of JavaScript and CSS
I usually use a combination of JSMin and the Telerik script manager to minify my JavaScript and CSS, however the ASP.NET MVC 4 beta has
Thoughts on QR codes
For those not in the know, QR codes are the black and white squares you see plastered over marketing materials. If you have a compatible
Getting started with github
I’ve just started using git/github and have summarised below (for my own reference) a few of the commonly used git commands. I haven’t included setting up
Design pattern for ASP.NET MVC 3 application using repository pattern
Below is an example of how I typically implement the repository pattern in an ASP.NET MVC 3 project when using Entity Framework. Model (Address.cs) [Bind(Include
Apple iPhone 4S Siri with a Scottish accent
Bad news for tech loving Scots-the iPhone 4S doesn’t always understand what you’re saying. Siri, Apple’s personal assistant, can recognise accents everywhere from Australia to
Pre-generating views to improve query performance in Entity Framework
If you have used .NET Entity Framework, there’s a chance you will have run into performance issues when first loading your application. One way to
Using regular expressions to get initials from a string in C#
Here is a really simple string extension to help you get initials from a string in C# public static string ToInitials(this string str) { return