Paul Grenyer

Naked Element Ltd. is proud to present NorDevCon , the Norfolk Developers one day Agile and tech conference. The conference will take place on Friday 28th February 2014 at the Kings Centre in Norwich. Building on the hugely successful Agile and technical tracks from this year’s SyncConf , NorDevCon will also feature a cloud and big data track, a workshop track and a combined local speaker and SyncDevelopHER (bringing together women in IT) track. The hugely successful conference dinner will be back as well as a reception hosted by Virgin Wines . To be kept up-to-date with NorDevCon, please join the mailing list  and follow the conference on twitter: @nordevcon The Speakers NorDevCon has a fantastic speaker line up in 2014. Some of the most popular speakers from this year's SyncConf will be returning along with plenty of new speakers from around the country and from the local area. We're still working on the opening keynote speaker and hoping to secure a popular figure...

I first heard of Andy Parsons when he was on Radio 2 in the early naughties with Parsons and Naylor’s Pull-out Section . That’s also where I first encountered the marvelous Lucy Porter . I have of course since seen him on Mock the Week, etc. and he’s a very funny guy. Tonight at the Playhouse in Norwich, Andy Parsons had the whole audience laughing from beginning to end. I really like the fact that at the moment most comedians seem to be out on the road on their own. This means you get two halves with the same comedian and don’t have to suffer some unknown before getting to a set that isn’t long enough from the main act after the interval. It also appears to be the done thing for comedians to do their own intro from off stage as well. This feels rather narcissistic to me, but is often very funny. Observational humour is so much better when you can relate to it and Andy Parsons described much that I could relate to. He’s more than just an unusual voice. I have often been frus...

Conference: 28 February 2014 Submission Deadline: 1st November 2013 Where: The King's Centre, King Street, Norwich, NR1 1PH If you would like to be kept up-to-date about NorDevCon , please join our email list here and follow the conference on twitter here . Call for Papers & Speakers Naked Element Ltd. is proud to present NorDevCon, the Norfolk Developers Agile and tech conference in the heart of Norfolk. NorDevCon will take place on Friday 28th February 2014 at the Kings Centre in Norwich. Building on the hugely successful Agile and technical tracks from last year’s SyncConf, NorDevCon will also feature a cloud and big data track, a workshop track and a combined local speaker and a SyncDevelopHER track. We are looking for submissions for the local speaker, SyncDevelopHER and cloud & big data tracks, Submissions should be made by the 1st November 2013 to nordevcon@nakedelement.co.uk and include the following information: S...

Lucy Porter touched my bottom!! Ok, so it’s not because she fancied me and I really must stop pretending that it was. It was because I hugged her and she’s a little bit shorter than me and I’m sure it was unintentional. Still, I can dream…. Lucy Porter is by far my favorite comedian. I’ve seen her a few times before and I was thrilled to meet her on this occasion and to tell her my story. We were quite early and she’d only just arrived at the venue. I’d seen Lucy at the Norwich Arts Centre in 2005 and part of her act then was complaining she was single. I am sure had I not gone with a friend of mine that I really fancied at the time I would have asked her to marry me! Lucy laughed, smiled and asked Charlotte how long we’d been married when I told her. Lucy was lovely and I really appreciated her taking the time to stop and talk to us. When I meet celebrities (don’t get me wrong it doesn’t happen very often and please don’t ask me about the time I met Joe Elliott from Def Leppard...

Anyone who attended this year’s SyncConf , presented by SyncNorwich on 15th of February at the Open Venue will know just how successful the conference was and just how important it is that it continues year after year. SyncNorwich is passing the February Tech & Agile conference baton to Norfolk Developers , the new tech group in Norwich for developers, created by Paul Grenyer, Dom Davis and Ben Taylor. The February conference will be known as Norfolk Developers Conference or NorDevCon for short. NorDevCon will take place on Friday 28th February 2014 at the Kings Centre in Norwich. Building on the hugely successful Agile and technical tracks from last year’s SyncConf, NorDevCon will also feature an infrastructure track, a workshop track and a combined local speaker and equality in IT track. You can follow NorDevCon on twitter, @nordevcon and the web site is nordevcon.com . If you attended this year’s SyncConf you will automatically be included on the ma...

What: Continuous Integration 101 (Express) When: Wednesday, 18th September 2013, 8pm to 10pm Where: The Reindeer , 10 Dereham Road, Norwich, NR2 4AY Sign-up: http://www.meetup.com/Norfolk-Developers-NorDev/events/138711822/ On Thursday 26th September I will be presenting Continuous Integration 101 (Express) at Agile Cambridge . As a warm up I will also be presenting it for Norfolk Developers . The details are below. Please come prepared.  Continuous Integration 101 Continuous Integration is a software development practice where members of a team integrate their work frequently, usually each person integrates at least daily - leading to multiple integrations per day. Each integration is verified by an automated build (including test) to detect integration errors as quickly as possible. Many teams find that this approach leads to significantly reduced integration problems and allows a team to develop cohesive software more rapidly. (Martin Fowler) Objectives Conti...

What: C# Essentials & ASP.NET MVC 4 Using C# (Training) When: Monday November 11th to Friday November 15th 2013 Where: The King's Centre, King Street, Norwich, NR1 1PH How much: C# Essentials, £365 + fees & ASP.NET MVC 4 Using C#, £530 + fees Sign-up: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/7978671421 Requirements: Laptop with Visual Studio 2012, IIS, SQL Server These courses each require a minimum of 16 delegates to run. If the target is not reached for either course, that course will be cancelled and a refund issued. Delegates must supply their own laptop with Visual Studio 2012, ISS & SQL Server. Professional versions would be ideal, but Express versions should work. Lunch and refreshments are included in the price. C# Essentials This course will run from Monday 11th to Tuesday 12th November 2013. This two-day intensive course is designed for the experienced programmer to help you quickly come up to speed on the C# language....