The Day We Fight BackFebruary 11th 2014. All, An international day of action has been called for tomorrow against mass surveillance. If you can join, please add your support to this cause. We are calling for adoption of the necessary and proportionate principles of oversight and privacy protection. More information […]
Introduction Disclaimer: this article assumes the reader is already familiar with OWIN and OAuth standards. It is published in three parts. Late last year I wanted to implement Open Web Interface for .Net (OWIN) OAuth functionality for an administrative subdomain. As it happened, I wanted to specifically integrate OWIN/OAuth authentication/authorization […]
I originally wrote this article about my now former employer, CGI Solutions and Technologies, back in January 2014 when I was lamenting what appeared to be the apparent demise of the company which I had originally joined in late 2011. Unbeknownst to me at that time, I was to be […]
So late last year I was having trouble trying to figure out why a web site I’d been writing wasn’t working once published to Windows Azure. I can’t remember which library it was (JQuery.UI perhaps), but once published I was getting a lot of broken JS calls (“can’t load library”, […]
The Internet Society has released a statement in relation to the recent decision regarding the United States’ FCC’s net neutrality rules. 14 January 2014 “Today, the Washington, D.C. Court of Appeals in the United States issued a major decision with regards to the Federal Communication Commission’s Open Internet rules. The […]
Hi All, I’ve decided to volunteer to put together some informal technical (or non-technical) presentations at work recently as a way of kicking the cobwebs off after the holiday break. As usual, I’ll probably make the slides and notes available here on the site, so I’d like to see what […]
If you’ve spent any amount of time in the IT industry – and particularly in software development – you’ve probably been asked to forecast the effort associated with some kind of work, outcome or deliverable. Software development is tricky as it involves some degree of guess work – requirements can […]
With Christmas Day within throwing distance, I’d like to bid everyone a safe and prosperous new year. I’ll be back next year with more articles, and perhaps some further editorial content as the industry continues to grow further into cloud computing and mobility. Best, R
I found the wording of the Team Foundation Server post-install to be a tad demanding: “The following package installation requires an immediate restart of the machine: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.51.”: R
Hi All, The holiday season is upon us yet again. Typically this is a slow period, while people escape the office for the respite offered over the Christmas/New Year period. It’s been a long year for me, and the holiday season is no different. I’m off on leave for around […]
The following statement was issued by ISOC: Internet Society Expresses Concern over Impact of IntellectualProperty Rights Provisions in Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement(TPP) Draft 18 November 2013 The Internet Society is concerned that the global Internet may be harmed if countries adopt Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) provisions contained in the recently leaked […]
Intro If you have used or are deciding on using an Azure hosted SQL Server database, you might also want the ability to govern the identities and credentials used to access your data. When you create a SQL Database in SQL Azure, initially credentials are created for you, but they […]
Introduction Last week I gave an internal presentation to my fellow consultants at CGI on the principals of data modelling/data architecture, modelling within Visual Studio 2013 and a history of the (ADO.NET) Entity Framework. I’ve attached the slide deck to this article, and also in my presentations page. Data Modelling […]
Introduction Hi all. I’ve been working with the old ASP.NET Dynamic Data website templates, as I wanted a quick and easy to use web UI for managing the data at http://rs-photography.org. As the site is (obviously) image-centric, I wanted to make some modifications to the out-of-the-box Dynamic Data project to […]