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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
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
Parsing DateTime values in C#
Just a post to outline a few extra ways of parsing dates in C#. These are useful for internationalised apps. try{ //Tell the parser to
Playing Spotify through Squeezebox
Spotify is a peer-to-peer music streaming allowing users to listen to specific tracks or albums on-demand. Despite launching clients for Android, Symbian and iPhone OS,
HTC HD2: Lots of Issues
I recently got hold of an HTC HD2 and have been using the device for a month now. I’m a huge fan of Windows Mobile
Vodafone Snubs HTC HD2 for Apple iPhone Launch
Vodafone on Thursday announced that the company will no longer supply the long-awaited HTC HD2 device after it has fulfilled current back orders for the
Six Cool Things About ASP.NET 4.0
I’ve been using the Visual Studio 2010 and ASP.NET 4.0 betas and exploring some of the new features available in the new versions of VB 10 and
Configuring site-to-site IPSEC tunnel on Cisco IOS
This post outlines how to set up a site-to-site VPN on a Cisco router. Both sides need to match crypto iskamp policy and transform set.