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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
East Ayrshire Schools Brass Band and Choir Concert 2000
This is a 90 minute recording of the East Ayrshire Schools Brass Band and Choir Concert back in 2000. It was filmed at the Grand Hall
ASP.NET Basics: Delegates vs. Interfaces
The reason for using interfaces is that when exposing properties you want clients to only use what you allow them to, but save yourself the
Creativity
Don’t depend on others to make things happen Do it yourself Creating, planning, financing, producing and marketing. Personal and professional projects benefit each other. Creating
BlackBerry Torch 9800: Top Features
I’ve been using a BlackBerry Torch 9800 for a few weeks now and think it’s a fantastic device. Here are my favourite things about it; taking into
Do you need be creative to create?
I just watched a great video at 99% by Michael Bierut called 5 Secrets from 86 Notebooks and it got me thinking. Do you need to
ASP.NET Security Basics: Caching Roles
Just a quick “request” post covering the basics of caching user roles in an ASP.NET application using forms based authentication. Role based authentication & authorisation is an important
How to Enable SSH on Cisco IOS
You can enable secure shell (SSH) on Cisco routers both with and without AAA (Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting) If you wish to use SSH on
The Mortality of Technology
We have a lot in common with modern computing technologies, most notably that we’ll both end up “shutting down” at some point. Even the best
How to Make a Cat 5E Cable
Based on recent experience, there are few things more irritating than spending time diagnosing network problems to find out that it was a faulty cable.
Sangoma A101D Intermittent Call Drop-Outs on Asterisk
This is a pretty dull post, but it’s for reference. Over the past couple of months, I have been experiencing problems with a Sangoma A101D card on
Desiderata
Go placidly amid the noise and haste,and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrenderbe on good terms with
Return List Item Collection from XML Feed in C#
This example shows how to return a list of items from a feed as a C# collection. using System;using System.Collections.Generic;using System.Linq;using System.Text;using System.Xml;using System.Xml.Linq;using System.Net;namespace