about me

By day, I'm a Senior Developer with Readify in Sydney, Australia. I work with clients using technologies including ASP.NET, WPF, Silverlight, WP7 and now Windows 8 - and help development teams to make the most of these technologies.

When you can tear me away from a computer, you'll likely find me hanging out at community events - sometimes up the front presenting, sometimes up the back heckling, and sometimes holding down the bar at the after party.

things of note

In my spare time I hack on a bunch of open source projects, including MahApps.Metro and a bunch of Code52 apps.

In 2012 I was awarded an MVP award from the ASP.NET/IIS teams for work with the community.

upcoming things

Nothing planned

Should I make this object a singleton?

Some thoughts on class design and limitations you might face

Yet Another "Add LESS to your ASP.NET MVC Project" Post

I had to write this because it was really annoying the last time I did it

Custom server headers - bad for your health?

Wherein I jump up and down about something seemingly silly

Internet Sabbatical - An Experiment

Putting pen to paper (and committing to) about an idea I was discussing with a friend recently.

What's my secret? An unoffical unconfirmed guide

A colleague called me out recently when I asked a question about how to be more productive. This blog post is for him.

Why You Should Care About Git Alias

Perhaps the most overlooked command of git - alias - is also one of the most powerful. What can you do with it? I'll show you.

My Git Habits

Someone asked me to write down some notes about my git habits. I'm putting them up here as well for anyone else who cares.

Sharing my personal backlog with the world

To try and motivate myself back into action, I'm trying out making my personal backlog visible to the world. This could end badly...

So I accidentally a web guy MVP

I was humbled and honoured to be named an Microsoft MVP for ASP.NET/IIS recently...

Introducing code52

My first side project of the new year is just beginning...

2011 - Where did the time go?

This post is longer than I expected...

ALT.NET Open Spaces Recap

For those who missed it, a gaggle of geeks caught up in Melbourne on Saturday 3rd December to talk about stuff. Geeks talking - who'da thunk it? Anyway, this is my recap...