Christmas at Canary Wharf
Dec 18, 18
Christmas at Canary Wharf with the team ….
read moreLa breithe sona Deaglan
Sep 14, 11
I’m across in London again, this time for a course in IT Team management. We’ve been out as a team of course … this time to celebrate Declan’s birthday with a szechuan chinese ! 😀
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Belly Dancing … part deux
Jun 23, 11
This is getting to be a habit … A night out in London with the lads from the team and where do we end up again … Belly dancing !!! This time it was a Moroccan restaurant in Covent Garden and it was me that was selected to dance. The food and ambience, and of course the dancing , were excellent … all in all a fantastic night...
read more“Beer Fest” …
Apr 01, 11
Another good business trip to London to meet up with “the chaps”. We also managed a good night out where Kieran took myself, Declan and Faheem to a Pub specialising in Belgian beer. Between us we manged to try out a few of the more exotic ales … I tried out 3 that were new to me : Hoegaarden; Franziskaner...
read moreBuses, Beer and Belly Dancing …
Nov 12, 10
After leaving the TechEd at about 1 we headed back to the hotel from whence we were determined to launch an assault on Berlin’s pleasure spots. We started with a bus tour of the city which took in most of the sites. One of which was a stop at “Check Point Charlie” , the famous crossing point from East Berlin to...
read moreBeer & Sausages
Nov 07, 10
After an early start (5am ugh!) I’ve finally arrived. Kieran & I flew in from Heathrow and after registering at the TechEd we headed off into the night determined to go native … first stop the Reichstag then some beer, sausages & apple strudel followed by a quick trip to the Brandenburg gate. Not bad...
read moreTechEd here we come …
Nov 03, 10
Yay … techy heaven here we come … On Sunday I’ll be off to the Microsoft TechEd in Berlin. Have to say I really enjoy these events. You get to see all the latest tech developments in software design, and coding practices, plus you can chat one to one with the Microsoft experts, most of which actually worked on the...
read more“Viva Las Vegas”
Nov 02, 08
Well we’re on our way home now after an excellent conference in L.A & a final weekend in Las Vegas. We’ve certainly packed a lot in… we’ve been to two shows “Keith Barry” (an illusionist) & “Ka” ( a Cirque du Soleil spectacular) We also managed a wee bit of gambling …...
read moreManbag heaven ?
Oct 29, 08
This year rather than give out the usual rucksack or laptop bags to all delegates MS have opted for …. you guessed it …. the “Manbag” So (Kieren) if you want to be one of 4000 developers sporting a shiny new “Manbag” then L.A. is clearly the place to be! Below we can see Faheem modelling the...
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