Why every team needs a Delivery Manager (DM)
July 8, 2019
I was explaining to someone the team structure I’m working in at the Department for Education’s DfE Digital and realised not everyone has seen this structure at work and the magic it brings.
How to find contract developer jobs
June 26, 2019
Before you dive in, you might want to look at my page on dealing with recruiters, especially if you are going to be dealing with multiple recruiters at once.
Setting up a static website/blog with jekyll
June 24, 2019
A couple of people asked me for more info on my new blog setup here’s a rough outline of what’s involved in setup and posting. There are many ways of doing this, this is just the way that suited me best for now.
Older posts
- Blog refresh - bye bye wordpress, hello jekyll June 21, 2019
- Database tools I was surprised existed June 10, 2019
- Teardown of a landing page story December 10, 2018
- A Modern Digital Government Outsourcer October 30, 2018
- Always add braces August 28, 2018
- 5 ways to make your database better - by Tim Abell July 10, 2018
- Building on my own just for you and your database June 25, 2018
- Building a Windows 10 Development VM from scratch April 1, 2018
- My Screencasting Setup March 17, 2018
- Regression Tests for ASP.NET / SQL Projects March 13, 2018
- Developers, Love Your SQL Database March 12, 2018
- My approach to my work March 10, 2018
- Contract developer to entrepreneur - resources February 16, 2018
- Down with SDV! long live SSE! December 29, 2017
- From contractor to entrepreneur - motivations November 19, 2017
- Looking for beta-testers for my new Free Sql Data Viewer tool November 18, 2017
- Why SDV could be a billion dollar business November 17, 2017
- Git for TFS users October 27, 2017
- Choosing wordpress hosting for a new idea October 22, 2017
- Home server docker-compose August 29, 2017
- Home server backups August 29, 2017
- Running sdv in docker August 13, 2017
- Patreon open source funding June 3, 2017
- Dustbin of ideas - IT Contractor Buddy May 12, 2017
- IT Contractor buddy May 3, 2017
- New home server with Xen and docker March 10, 2017
- New year new blog January 17, 2017
- Startup competitors - Data Viewer January 17, 2017
- New year new blog, happy 2017 January 17, 2017
- javascript dates in firefox and locales September 27, 2016
- yet another good-commit-messages post March 18, 2016
- Starting up a startup December 24, 2015
- Dealing with dodgy recruiter tactics October 28, 2015
- Sql Data Viewer - preview release October 27, 2015
- 100 reasons I hate ssrs August 12, 2015
- LibreOffice mail merge - "data source 'SOURCE' was not found" January 12, 2015
- throw vs throw ex vs wrap and throw in c-sharp May 10, 2014
- Why publish open source when you are commercial? March 8, 2014
- Bash command line editing cheat sheet February 10, 2014
- Converting kml to gpx with python February 3, 2014
- Returning to commercial ASP.NET from Ruby on Rails January 7, 2014
- Getting rails 4 up and running with rbenv on Ubuntu 13.10 December 4, 2013
- Unfinished hyperlinks - add a todo May 25, 2013
- Installing ruby 2 + Rails 4 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS May 13, 2013
- Java checked and runtime exceptions and how to transition April 2, 2013
- Subversion to git - the pain retold December 5, 2012
- AA Gold member benefits, the real cost July 10, 2012
- Configuration confusion in visual studio July 10, 2012
- automatic mysql backups June 14, 2012
- Connecting to smb shares on a domain in gnome June 11, 2012
- Debugging stored procedures in VS2010 / SQL Express May 22, 2012
- Enabling TCP/IP in SQL Express 2008 R2 May 22, 2012
- Running IE Application Compatibility VPC under Virtual Box April 18, 2012
- Poll svn server for changes with git clone April 5, 2012
- Announcing the Communication Book project March 21, 2012
- quote - scrum progress updates February 14, 2012
- The BBC and the bouncing emails January 25, 2012
- The trouble with agile is it's a bit too good January 17, 2012
- Git, Windows and Line endings January 11, 2012
- Multiple working folders for git on Windows XP November 16, 2011
- GpsPrune file matching November 9, 2011
- LVM + ReiserFS for the win October 25, 2011
- share your test data for your project October 3, 2011
- Simple water butt level meter August 5, 2011
- Auto-expanding django formset with jQuery July 7, 2011
- Data driven test in NUnit with csv source data May 23, 2011
- Reliable javascript checkbox events May 18, 2011
- Using Pidgin for IRC December 15, 2010
- configuring kdiff3 as a mergetool in msysgit September 3, 2010
- openlayers svn into git February 4, 2010
- backing up Vista December 18, 2009
- MCTS in ASP.NET 3.5 - Mission accomplished. December 18, 2009
- getting supybot to announce new bugzilla bugs November 16, 2009
- bugzilla upgrades and user tokens November 8, 2009
- life update - software learning October 24, 2009
- backuppc and windows vista October 23, 2009
- git-svn imports for open source projects April 11, 2009
- mini police eye in the sky April 11, 2009
- format all documents in a visual studio solution January 29, 2009
- password-free ubuntu login with facebrowser December 18, 2008
- error "Not a valid object name" filtering an ex-svn git repo with renames September 10, 2008
- reseting home folder permissions in ubuntu linux August 24, 2008
- Don't trust audible.com, it's drm infected and they don't tell you July 23, 2008
- work at emapsite July 16, 2008
- New wiki, mostly for car pc July 14, 2008
- Nightly Shutdown, a new product from Proven Works July 3, 2008
- A vision of open in-car computing systems June 6, 2008
- sharing work between computers with a usb flash drive and git May 29, 2008
- Removing the execute flag from many files May 17, 2008
- My bash prompt March 31, 2008
- stop motion animation on linux March 27, 2008
- Tech support at its worst January 30, 2008
- Preparing photos for a digital picture frame December 28, 2007
- Enabling TV-Out on Ubuntu Linux 7.10 on a Dell Inspiron 8500 December 9, 2007
- Making money with free software November 4, 2007
- xsession sold out November 4, 2007
- OSS Contribution Number One! October 27, 2007
- Creating a blogroll September 3, 2007
- Taking a Microsoft Learning course - my experience so far August 16, 2007
- Blocking web adverts July 2, 2007
- Ubuntu screen locking July 2, 2007
- backing up your home folder June 20, 2007
- My mum and her super ceramics May 28, 2007
- Get emailed Tim's blog and photos May 27, 2007
- starfighter May 27, 2007
- running partimage in batch mode April 10, 2007
- bad geek joke: the bourne shell March 30, 2007
- partimage + stdout, existing code March 30, 2007
- compiling partimage March 26, 2007
- tim; now available with flickr pics March 23, 2007
- Multi-room music at home March 16, 2007
- Today's project - partimage enhancement March 13, 2007