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April 2005 - Posts

• dotMSN - version 2.0 released

  Just received an email from Bas Geertsema, the creator of the fantastic 'dotMSN' .NET wrapper to the MSN instant messenger protocol. I used this component in my SendMSN utility and think it's ace - if you want to integrate MSN IM functionality into your Read More... Posted 30 April 2005 19:10 by james.simmonds | 2 Comments Filed under: Miscellaneous

• Encrypt your MSN IM conversations

  Encrypt your MSN Messenger conversations with this utility tip from Scott Hanselman. (Scott did such a nice job with the disclaimer bit I thought I would link direct to his post than create my own! ;) Cool util for all those paranoid types out there...personally Read More... Posted 25 April 2005 14:15 by james.simmonds | 0 Comments Filed under: Miscellaneous

• Thought for the day

  Something struck me this morning listening to the sports report on the radio - Martin O'Neil said "[As the manager] you can talk until you are blue in the face, it's what they do on the pitch that counts..." How about using Scrum to manage a football Read More... Posted 25 April 2005 10:00 by james.simmonds | 1 Comments Filed under: Agile Development, Miscellaneous