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Past SSW Newsletters

2013 Description
May Effective Product Owners Use the Business Value Field
April Single Page Applications
March Lync 2013
February Mini UTS Courses
February 2012 Retrospective of SSW
January Celebrate 20 years with us
2012 Description
December Adam's year as a Microsoft Regional Director
November Microsoft is onto something here
October Learn to make software development less risky
September Video - Successful Scrum in Action - A website upgrade for the National Australia Day Council
August Cars and user experiences
July Adam's European Adventure for TechEd 2012 in Amsterdam
June Kate Gregory is coming to Australia
May Mini
May MVC Training for Enterprising Developers PLUS a New Telerik NerdDinner
April Moving your Apps to Azure with Andrew Coates.htm
April Moving your Apps to Azure with Andrew Coates
March SSW and SolidQ bringing SQL Training to Australia
February Architecture Clinic with JuvalLöwy
January What's happening at SSW in 2012?
2011 Description
December New 3 Day Scrum Course Launches in 2012
November Learn Cutting Edge Technology with Industry Experts – SSW TV Launches
November SSW Special Offer - save over $2000 per ticket for PSD training course!
October DDD is coming to Brisbane
September Top 8 ways to speed up your SQL Server database
August SSW goes virtual
July Highlights from the Architects Masterclass
June Scrumming it in New Delhi, India
May Mini Brisbane
May Mini Sydney
May The Architect's Master Class Nearly Here
April Mini Brian Randell Microsoft Virtualization for Developers
April The Architect's Master Class
March Mini New Zealand Visual Studio ALM Conference
March Telerik Australia event - Focus on Developer Productivity
February Mini
February SharePoint 101
January Do you realize that when it comes to interface design less is more?
2010 Description
December Mini SSW Scrum Training in USA
December Do you add the image and the text of the error message for SEO?
November SSW Silverlight application goes live for DispatchKing
October Are your settings and the customizable settings in different files?
September Mini Visual Studio 2010 Training
September Do you know the best way to take SharePoint data offline?
August Do you know how to create nice URLs using ASP.NET 4?
July ChinaPSDEDM
July Do you know that developers should do all their custom work in their own SharePoint development environment?
June Mini SSW Scrum and Brain Quest in Milan
June Professional Scrum Developer Training
May Steve Forte Day
April Mini SSW Brain Quest Canberra- Team Foundation Server and SharePoint 2010
April Where appropriate do you use text rather than images
March Mini SSW Brain Quest Adelaide- Team Foundation Server and SharePoint 2010
March Mini SSW Brain Quest Melbourne- Team Foundation Server and SharePoint 2010
March Mini SSW Brain Quest Sydney- Team Foundation Server and SharePoint 2010
March 11 Great Events Coming-VersionResend-DoNotAddtoXMLList.htm
March 11 Great Events Coming
March Make a separate database for your Data Warehouse
February Mini SSW Brain Quest Perth- Team Foundation Server and SharePoint 2010
February Mini UTS Short Courses
February Do you know the benefits of using source control?
January Mini SSW Brain Quest Brisbane- Team Foundation Server and SharePoint 2010
January Mini SSW Brain Quest Sydney- Team Foundation Server and SharePoint 2010
January Do you format and comment your regular expressions?
2009 Description
December Mini SSW Brain Quest Adelaide- Team Foundation Server and SharePoint 2010
December Mini SSW Brain Quest Melbourne- Team Foundation Server and SharePoint 2010
December Do you know the three important sites for when you're stuck?
November Mini Sharepoint Workshop and TFS 2010
November Does backward compatibility kill good code
October Do you use the MVVM pattern instead of spaghetti design in your silverlight and WPF projects?
September NZ North Shore .NET User Group by Adam Cogan
September Do you know why you choose Windows Forms?
August Do you use more meaningful names than Hungarian short form?
July Do you keep chunks of work small?
June Do you comment each property and method?
May Does your SharePoint site have favicon
April Is your version number meaningful
March Tech Breakfast Dynamic Data - Data entry made easy
February Tech Breakfast Dynamic Data - Data entry made easy
January Do you use CRM Plug-ins for data synchronization?
2008 Description
December NZ SQL PASS Community Connect Event
December Do you know the best way to demo Microsoft CRM 4 to clients?
December Special visit from Jonas the Silverlight guru!
November Do you keep chunks of work small?
October NZ Dunedin User Group
October NZ University of Otago Presentation
October Do you use setup and set up correctly?
September Do you assume catastrophic failure before touching a server?
August Do you run web tests on your website (for load and automated testing)?
July Why is it great to work in SSW today
June Do you make sure that the database structure is automatically handled via 3 buttons?
May Do you turn on undo disks for testing purposes?
May Macquarie University Presentation
April Do you create a separate virtual directory for Admin access?
April University of New South Wales Presentation
March UNSW University Presentation.htm
March Do you conduct a Specification Review?
February Do you know how Google ranks pages?
January Do you use inherited forms for consistent behaviour?
2007 Description
December Do you know what unit tests to write and how many?
November What sort of primary keys do you use - Natural or Surrogate?
October NZ Do you use appropriate and user-friendly icons?
October Cycling to Wagga Wagga
September Do you use appropriate and user-friendly icons?
August Do you comment and brand your code?
July Do you know that you should never throw an exception using System.Exception?
June Do you implement an error logger?
May Do you know who has authority?
April Do you know the main reasons to upsize from Access to SQL Server 2005?
March Do you provide the reason behind the rules rather than blind criticism?
February Do you avoid only using source control on code?
January Rules to Better Windows Vista Deployment
2006 Description
December Do you use email for tasks only - not communication?
November Mini SQL Server 2005 Advanced Indexing Strategies
November Do you always carry your toolbox?
October Microsoft Reporting Services Training
September Mini Adam Cogan in Canberra
September Do you maintain verbal contact with your client?
August Mini 1 Day Workshop Earning More Per Hour As A Developer
August Do you always fix it - or at least report it?
July Do you send a Test Please email?
June Mini 1
June Mini 2
June Mini 3(English)
June Mini 3
June Mini 4
June Do you allow users to check for a new version easily?
May Mini 1
May Mini 2
May Mini 4
May Mini 5
May Mini 6
May Mini 3
May Do you email clients as soon as you realise you will overrun your original estimate?
April Mini SSW Diagnostics New Release
April Do you avoid using one form for data entry and find navigation?
March Do you conduct market research via the web?
February Mini See Billy Hollis doing his Advanced Data Binding 2.0 Session
February Do you understand the value of consistency?
January How much intelligence in the setup.exe
2005 Description
December Do you create new databases in the default directory?
November 2 Brian Randell in Town for Special User Group
November Mini VSLive! Sydney Don't Miss Out!
November Do you use email for tasks - not communication?
October 3 Reporting Services Training, Brisbane
October The Singapore SQL Server User Group .htm
October Do you refactor your code and keep methods short?
September 3 Migrating to SQL
September 4 Migrating to SQL
September 5 Migrating to SQL Special Offer Lumigent
September 6 Migrating to SQL
September 7 Migrating to SQL
September Migrating to SQL Special Offer 2
September Migrating to SQL USA
September Do you use enough keywords on the page?
August SSW Kiwi Update NZ User Groups Tech Ed .htm
August Do you send morning goals?
July Special .Net User Group with Kit George and Vinaya Bhushana Gattam Reddy .htm
July Do you follow the Banana Rule in your web pages?
June Do you believe content is king?
May Are your settings and the customizable settings, in different files?
April Do you include version numbers in your setup filename?
March Move your OLAP MetaData from Access to SQL Server!
February Do you refer to form controls directly?
January Do you manage your Clients' expectations?
2004 Description
December Do you follow naming convention for your Boolean Property?
November Does backward compatibility kill good code
October AfricaEmail The African Roadshow October 2004 - Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, and Johannesburg
October MiniUpdate User Group
October User Group 2 Weeks Late
September The implementation of the XML Index in Yukon
August Do you use inherited forms for consistent behaviour?
July Dont criticize when you are in charge
June Do you enforce deadlines, have a project plan and a debrief?
May Important notes for your Data Entry Forms
April New anti-spam legislation in force from April 10th
March Do you know how to best manage your dead time?
February Adam Cogan presenting in all states this week
January Do you always use query strings?
2003 Description
December Do you manage your clients expectations?
November Is your website multibrowser compatible
October Do you use the new security options in Outlook 2003?
September Tom Howe speaking at User Group.htm
August User Group Late 1 Day.htm
July LogExplorer Do you recover data using your SQL Server transaction logs?
July Do you manage your software consultants?
June Are you a good SQL Server DBA?
May Which third party developer tools should I use .htm
April Do you use instant messenger for business?
March 2 Special Double Events Notice
March Do you avoid reviewing performance without metrics?
February Do you think that when replying to emails it's better late than never?
January Do you know the quickest way to fix small web errors?
2002 Description
December Do you investigate before writing new code?
November Do you CC everyone?
October Do you follow up emails effectively?
September Do you send Morning Goals?
August Do you manage your email?
July Do you use eXtreme Programming wisely?
June Do you manage expectations?
May Do you always carry your Tool Box?
April 2 Special .NET User Group with Ken Getz
April Dealing with Distractions
March Techies that Talk Sense
February NZDevdays MS Dev Days
February VSNETLaunch Special Invitation to the Microsoft Visual Studio.NET Launch Event
February Is Everyone on your team a Standards Watchdog
January Is your Spec in Bite-size Pieces
2001 Description
December .NET Object Design
November XML Web Services in Visual Studio .NET
October Make your specification work
September We're looking for feedback on our upcoming projects
August SQL Server tech breakfast double session
July Working in .NET
June .NET in the world now
May Office XP - What's in it for me?
March Using Object-Oriented Features in VS.NET
February Develop Client-Server Applications with Access
January Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server and the Web Storage System
2000 Description
December Visual Studio.Net
November What makes a great spec?
October Exchange Server 2000 and what a developer needs to know
September Select Statements in ADO
August SQL Server 2000
July Connection Strings
June Visio 2000
May English Query
April SQL Server 7.0 SP2
February DevCon 2000 and GST and the Developer