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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
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
Father’s anti-terror row over Braehead phone camera snap
A Glasgow man received a warning yesterday after being caught blatantly taking a photograph of his own daughter innocently eating an ice cream at Braehead
Using the web as a knowledgebase for question answering
Interest in question answering systems has been revived since the birth of the World Wide Web in 1989 (Cailliau, 2000) and the launch of Apple’s
Own a colour: Nice idea from Dulux and Unicef
Nice idea from Dulux & Unicef. I now own Layer Blue. Own a colour here.
A brief look at Windows 8
I just took a look at the Windows 8 developer preview on Daniel’s PC. It looks like a touch-screen system running a tablet oriented version of
3 Tech Predictions for 2012
Although nobody knows what will happen in the industry over the next few years, I’ve been thinking about how online services, particularly mobile, will evolve.
Access your Nike+ run data using C# and .NET
Here’s a really simple way to use your Nike+ run data on your own website using C#. Firstly, get your Nike+ ID and test out
Abstract classes vs. interfaces in C#
Introduction Functionality in abstract classes and interfaces in C# is fairly similar, however use of each has supporting and opposing arguments. This article discusses the theoretical