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  1. @UndertheFold That's what I like to hear :) Hope you enjoy it! about 4 hours ago from web in reply to UndertheFold
  2. Also, today's Manning "pop quiz" features a C# question: http://www.manning.com/popq... - end of marketing messages :) about 4 hours ago from web
  3. Gosh, I nearly forgot to tweet: 50% off all Manning Microsoft and .NET books today. Code: pop1123. about 4 hours ago from web
  4. @marcgravell Only the one song to write this year. Last year it was the whole panto (Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Twisted Triangle). about 5 hours ago from web in reply to marcgravell
  5. Entirely failing to write Guides pantomime song. Inspiration is failing me. about 6 hours ago from web
  6. @raybooysen Most people at OSJam won't be Googlers anyway but the reception is definitely mixed. Many don't really know much about it. 1:55 PM Nov 22nd from web in reply to raybooysen
  7. Hoping to give lightning talk about Noda Time at the next Google London OSJam: http://osjam.appspot.com/ 12:42 PM Nov 22nd from web
  8. @Kateviola Where was the venue, out of interest? Can't say my memories of Worcester as a town are particularly pleasant ;) 9:52 AM Nov 21st from web in reply to Kateviola
  9. @RealDMitchell I can't see any reason why you wouldn't get an HD one. Pop into Richer Sounds and they'll help a lot. Splendid chaps. 5:39 AM Nov 21st from web in reply to RealDMitchell
  10. Kids are fab: Holly: "What would you like to have your faces painted as?" Robin: "I want to be cheese!" 1:03 AM Nov 21st from web
  11. Loving the code review for Mercurial repositories on Google Code. 2:34 PM Nov 20th from web
  12. @SurveyRunners I expect it'll be relatively rare to write new .NET 4.0 code to do with threading without using it... after some time. 6:58 AM Nov 20th from web in reply to SurveyRunners
  13. @neilfenwick Cool - thanks very much :) I assume that's the first edition? 4:09 AM Nov 20th from web in reply to neilfenwick
  14. @aggelosmp Too late for Java in general? I don't think so. Too late for Java 7? Apparently ETA is now end of 2010. 2:51 AM Nov 20th from web in reply to aggelosmp
  15. @martinfernandes Sure... but let's say it's a heck of a lot better than what we've got now :) 2:19 AM Nov 20th from web in reply to martinfernandes
  16. @tarlano Actually it looks pretty sweet - largely like FCM: http://tinyurl.com/ygs92pr co-authored by Joda creator Stephen Colebourne. Yay! 1:52 AM Nov 20th from web in reply to tarlano
  17. Java 7 getting closures after all: http://www.jroller.com/scol... 1:44 AM Nov 20th from web
  18. @RichardHopton It's comprehensive if you want to know about C# *the language* from version 2 upwards. Not comprehensive for framework stuff. 11:09 PM Nov 19th from web in reply to RichardHopton
  19. @KirillOsenkov Ooh, so there's hope yet. My biggest uses for zoom will be presentations and screenshots, I think :) 11:04 PM Nov 19th from web in reply to KirillOsenkov
  20. @KirillOsenkov Discovered downside of VS2010 zooming today - it doesn't zoom tooltips. So much for high-res screenshot :( 1:37 PM Nov 19th from web
  • Name Jon Skeet
  • Location Reading, UK
  • Web http://csharpinde...
  • Bio Developer (currently at Google) and author (most recently of C# in Depth)
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