Re: Any opinions on the Dell XPS 15 laptops?

[罗格雷格博士]

VMs, tabular data models, etc etc

For example often run a cluster with DC and 3 SQL nodes. Wish I could always do 
that in the cloud but connectivity often sucks in Oz...

Regards

Greg

Dr Greg Low
SQL Down Under
+61 419201410
1300SQLSQL (1300775775)

On 10 Feb 2016, at 5:55 PM, Tom Rutter 
mailto:therut...@gmail.com>> wrote:

Only "get by" with 16gb? What do you do with these machines lol

On Wednesday, 10 February 2016, Greg Low (罗格雷格博士) 
mailto:g...@greglow.com>> wrote:
Nah, sadly the 8GB RAM is a showstopper. With the precision, I’m tossing up 
between 32GB and 64GB. I get by at present with 16GB but wish there was more.

Are the drives upgradable on those? One of the things I love about my current 
E7440 is that drives, memory, etc. are all upgradable. So many laptops now have 
fixed options.

Regards,

Greg

Dr Greg Low

1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax
SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com

From: 
ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com
 
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com]
 On Behalf Of David Connors
Sent: Wednesday, 10 February 2016 3:54 PM
To: ozDotNet 
>
Subject: Re: Any opinions on the Dell XPS 15 laptops?

Howdy,

If you can tolerate the 8GB of RAM limitation, I love my Lenovo X1 Carbon. 
Battery life, size, etc are all superb.

David.


On Wed, 10 Feb 2016 at 14:40 Paul Glavich 
>
 wrote:
>> starting to have some screen separation near the hinges

My current laptop has huge separation of the plastic that connects to the 
hinges and screen. So much so I can pretty much poke a finger into it when 
opening the lid and seeing visible electronic componentry shift around. It is 
currently bound together with masking tape which helps, hence my need for a new 
lappy :)


-  Glav

From: 
ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com
 
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com]
 On Behalf Of Greg Low (??)
Sent: Wednesday, 10 February 2016 8:12 AM

To: ozDotNet 
>
Subject: RE: Any opinions on the Dell XPS 15 laptops?

We have some E7440’s that have been excellent but are now starting to have some 
screen separation near the hinges. (Bit surprising really). Otherwise, love 
them. So, was thinking about the E7470’s but now thinking XPS 15’s. My eyesight 
would appreciate the 15 inch screen, and the narrow bezel makes it not much 
larger than the 14 inch units.

Regards,

Greg

Dr Greg Low

1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax
SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com

From: 
ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com
 
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com]
 On Behalf Of Paul Glavich
Sent: Wednesday, 10 February 2016 8:06 AM
To: 'ozDotNet' 
>
Subject: RE: Any opinions on the Dell XPS 15 laptops?

I was actually looking at picking one up. I really want a surface pro 4 or 
surface book but the firmware problems, and mostly the exhorbitant price, turn 
me away. In addition, the speed at which older models of surface (namely 2 and 
3) are simply ditched and no longer made (ie. peripherals/replacements soon dry 
up) as soon as new models arrive means the life of these units is pretty small.

The Dell XPS 15 looks really nice, as does the XPS 13. Both can be grabbed with 
16Gb of mem, great screen, touch, and good proc. Haven’t played with one 
personally though.


-  Glav

From: 
ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com
 
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com]
 On Behalf Of Greg Low (??)
Sent: Tuesday, 9 February 2016 3:19 PM
To: ozDotNet 
>
Subject: Any opinions on the Dell XPS 15 laptops?

? As per subject ?

Regards,

Greg

Dr Greg Low

1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax
SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com

--
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da...@connors.com | 
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Re: Any opinions on the Dell XPS 15 laptops?

[Tom Rutter]

Only "get by" with 16gb? What do you do with these machines lol

On Wednesday, 10 February 2016, Greg Low (罗格雷格博士)  wrote:

> Nah, sadly the 8GB RAM is a showstopper. With the precision, I’m tossing
> up between 32GB and 64GB. I get by at present with 16GB but wish there was
> more.
>
>
>
> Are the drives upgradable on those? One of the things I love about my
> current E7440 is that drives, memory, etc. are all upgradable. So many
> laptops now have fixed options.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Greg
>
>
>
> Dr Greg Low
>
>
>
> 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913
> fax
>
> SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com
>
>
>
> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com
>  [mailto:
> ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com
> ] *On
> Behalf Of *David Connors
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 10 February 2016 3:54 PM
> *To:* ozDotNet  >
> *Subject:* Re: Any opinions on the Dell XPS 15 laptops?
>
>
>
> Howdy,
>
>
>
> If you can tolerate the 8GB of RAM limitation, I love my Lenovo X1 Carbon.
> Battery life, size, etc are all superb.
>
>
>
> David.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, 10 Feb 2016 at 14:40 Paul Glavich  > wrote:
>
> >> starting to have some screen separation near the hinges
>
>
>
> My current laptop has huge separation of the plastic that connects to the
> hinges and screen. So much so I can pretty much poke a finger into it when
> opening the lid and seeing visible electronic componentry shift around. It
> is currently bound together with masking tape which helps, hence my need
> for a new lappy J
>
>
>
> -  Glav
>
>
>
> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com
>  [mailto:
> ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com
> ] *On
> Behalf Of *Greg Low (??)
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 10 February 2016 8:12 AM
>
>
> *To:* ozDotNet  >
> *Subject:* RE: Any opinions on the Dell XPS 15 laptops?
>
>
>
> We have some E7440’s that have been excellent but are now starting to have
> some screen separation near the hinges. (Bit surprising really). Otherwise,
> love them. So, was thinking about the E7470’s but now thinking XPS 15’s. My
> eyesight would appreciate the 15 inch screen, and the narrow bezel makes it
> not much larger than the 14 inch units.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Greg
>
>
>
> Dr Greg Low
>
>
>
> 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913
> fax
>
> SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com
>
>
>
> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com
>  [
> mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com
> ] *On
> Behalf Of *Paul Glavich
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 10 February 2016 8:06 AM
> *To:* 'ozDotNet'  >
> *Subject:* RE: Any opinions on the Dell XPS 15 laptops?
>
>
>
> I was actually looking at picking one up. I really want a surface pro 4 or
> surface book but the firmware problems, and mostly the exhorbitant price,
> turn me away. In addition, the speed at which older models of surface
> (namely 2 and 3) are simply ditched and no longer made (ie.
> peripherals/replacements soon dry up) as soon as new models arrive means
> the life of these units is pretty small.
>
>
>
> The Dell XPS 15 looks really nice, as does the XPS 13. Both can be grabbed
> with 16Gb of mem, great screen, touch, and good proc. Haven’t played with
> one personally though.
>
>
>
> -  Glav
>
>
>
> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com
>  [
> mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com
> ] *On
> Behalf Of *Greg Low (??)
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 9 February 2016 3:19 PM
> *To:* ozDotNet  >
> *Subject:* Any opinions on the Dell XPS 15 laptops?
>
>
>
> ? As per subject ?
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Greg
>
>
>
> Dr Greg Low
>
>
>
> 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913
> fax
>
> SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com
>
>
>
> --
>
> David Connors
> da...@connors.com  | 
> @davidconnors | LinkedIn | +61
> 417 189 363
>

RE: Any opinions on the Dell XPS 15 laptops?

[罗格雷格博士]

Nah, sadly the 8GB RAM is a showstopper. With the precision, I’m tossing up 
between 32GB and 64GB. I get by at present with 16GB but wish there was more.

Are the drives upgradable on those? One of the things I love about my current 
E7440 is that drives, memory, etc. are all upgradable. So many laptops now have 
fixed options.

Regards,

Greg

Dr Greg Low

1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax
SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of David Connors
Sent: Wednesday, 10 February 2016 3:54 PM
To: ozDotNet 
Subject: Re: Any opinions on the Dell XPS 15 laptops?

Howdy,

If you can tolerate the 8GB of RAM limitation, I love my Lenovo X1 Carbon. 
Battery life, size, etc are all superb.

David.


On Wed, 10 Feb 2016 at 14:40 Paul Glavich 
mailto:subscripti...@theglavs.com>> wrote:
>> starting to have some screen separation near the hinges

My current laptop has huge separation of the plastic that connects to the 
hinges and screen. So much so I can pretty much poke a finger into it when 
opening the lid and seeing visible electronic componentry shift around. It is 
currently bound together with masking tape which helps, hence my need for a new 
lappy ☺


-  Glav

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com 
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of Greg Low (??)
Sent: Wednesday, 10 February 2016 8:12 AM

To: ozDotNet mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com>>
Subject: RE: Any opinions on the Dell XPS 15 laptops?

We have some E7440’s that have been excellent but are now starting to have some 
screen separation near the hinges. (Bit surprising really). Otherwise, love 
them. So, was thinking about the E7470’s but now thinking XPS 15’s. My eyesight 
would appreciate the 15 inch screen, and the narrow bezel makes it not much 
larger than the 14 inch units.

Regards,

Greg

Dr Greg Low

1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax
SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com 
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Paul Glavich
Sent: Wednesday, 10 February 2016 8:06 AM
To: 'ozDotNet' mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com>>
Subject: RE: Any opinions on the Dell XPS 15 laptops?

I was actually looking at picking one up. I really want a surface pro 4 or 
surface book but the firmware problems, and mostly the exhorbitant price, turn 
me away. In addition, the speed at which older models of surface (namely 2 and 
3) are simply ditched and no longer made (ie. peripherals/replacements soon dry 
up) as soon as new models arrive means the life of these units is pretty small.

The Dell XPS 15 looks really nice, as does the XPS 13. Both can be grabbed with 
16Gb of mem, great screen, touch, and good proc. Haven’t played with one 
personally though.


-  Glav

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com 
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Low (??)
Sent: Tuesday, 9 February 2016 3:19 PM
To: ozDotNet mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com>>
Subject: Any opinions on the Dell XPS 15 laptops?

? As per subject ?

Regards,

Greg

Dr Greg Low

1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax
SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com

--
David Connors
da...@connors.com | @davidconnors | LinkedIn | +61 
417 189 363

RE: Any opinions on the Dell XPS 15 laptops?

[罗格雷格博士]

Yep, not sure I want a keyboard like the XPS 15 one. It’s a bunch of flat top 
keys with little travel.

I’m now wondering about the new Precision 15 7000. Keyboard looks normal but no 
pricing on the site.

I still also might try to get away with an E7470.

Regards,

Greg

Dr Greg Low

1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax
SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of Paul Glavich
Sent: Wednesday, 10 February 2016 3:40 PM
To: 'ozDotNet' 
Subject: RE: Any opinions on the Dell XPS 15 laptops?

>> starting to have some screen separation near the hinges

My current laptop has huge separation of the plastic that connects to the 
hinges and screen. So much so I can pretty much poke a finger into it when 
opening the lid and seeing visible electronic componentry shift around. It is 
currently bound together with masking tape which helps, hence my need for a new 
lappy :)


-  Glav

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com 
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Low (??)
Sent: Wednesday, 10 February 2016 8:12 AM
To: ozDotNet mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com>>
Subject: RE: Any opinions on the Dell XPS 15 laptops?

We have some E7440’s that have been excellent but are now starting to have some 
screen separation near the hinges. (Bit surprising really). Otherwise, love 
them. So, was thinking about the E7470’s but now thinking XPS 15’s. My eyesight 
would appreciate the 15 inch screen, and the narrow bezel makes it not much 
larger than the 14 inch units.

Regards,

Greg

Dr Greg Low

1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax
SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com 
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Paul Glavich
Sent: Wednesday, 10 February 2016 8:06 AM
To: 'ozDotNet' mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com>>
Subject: RE: Any opinions on the Dell XPS 15 laptops?

I was actually looking at picking one up. I really want a surface pro 4 or 
surface book but the firmware problems, and mostly the exhorbitant price, turn 
me away. In addition, the speed at which older models of surface (namely 2 and 
3) are simply ditched and no longer made (ie. peripherals/replacements soon dry 
up) as soon as new models arrive means the life of these units is pretty small.

The Dell XPS 15 looks really nice, as does the XPS 13. Both can be grabbed with 
16Gb of mem, great screen, touch, and good proc. Haven’t played with one 
personally though.


-  Glav

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com 
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Low (??)
Sent: Tuesday, 9 February 2016 3:19 PM
To: ozDotNet mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com>>
Subject: Any opinions on the Dell XPS 15 laptops?

? As per subject ?

Regards,

Greg

Dr Greg Low

1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax
SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com

Re: Any opinions on the Dell XPS 15 laptops?

[David Connors]

Howdy,

If you can tolerate the 8GB of RAM limitation, I love my Lenovo X1 Carbon.
Battery life, size, etc are all superb.

David.


On Wed, 10 Feb 2016 at 14:40 Paul Glavich 
wrote:

> >> starting to have some screen separation near the hinges
>
>
>
> My current laptop has huge separation of the plastic that connects to the
> hinges and screen. So much so I can pretty much poke a finger into it when
> opening the lid and seeing visible electronic componentry shift around. It
> is currently bound together with masking tape which helps, hence my need
> for a new lappy J
>
>
>
> -  Glav
>
>
>
> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:
> ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Greg Low (??)
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 10 February 2016 8:12 AM
>
>
> *To:* ozDotNet 
> *Subject:* RE: Any opinions on the Dell XPS 15 laptops?
>
>
>
> We have some E7440’s that have been excellent but are now starting to have
> some screen separation near the hinges. (Bit surprising really). Otherwise,
> love them. So, was thinking about the E7470’s but now thinking XPS 15’s. My
> eyesight would appreciate the 15 inch screen, and the narrow bezel makes it
> not much larger than the 14 inch units.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Greg
>
>
>
> Dr Greg Low
>
>
>
> 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913
> fax
>
> SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com
>
>
>
> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [
> mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com ] *On
> Behalf Of *Paul Glavich
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 10 February 2016 8:06 AM
> *To:* 'ozDotNet' 
> *Subject:* RE: Any opinions on the Dell XPS 15 laptops?
>
>
>
> I was actually looking at picking one up. I really want a surface pro 4 or
> surface book but the firmware problems, and mostly the exhorbitant price,
> turn me away. In addition, the speed at which older models of surface
> (namely 2 and 3) are simply ditched and no longer made (ie.
> peripherals/replacements soon dry up) as soon as new models arrive means
> the life of these units is pretty small.
>
>
>
> The Dell XPS 15 looks really nice, as does the XPS 13. Both can be grabbed
> with 16Gb of mem, great screen, touch, and good proc. Haven’t played with
> one personally though.
>
>
>
> -  Glav
>
>
>
> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [
> mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com ] *On
> Behalf Of *Greg Low (??)
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 9 February 2016 3:19 PM
> *To:* ozDotNet 
> *Subject:* Any opinions on the Dell XPS 15 laptops?
>
>
>
> ? As per subject ?
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Greg
>
>
>
> Dr Greg Low
>
>
>
> 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913
> fax
>
> SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com
>
>
>
-- 
David Connors
da...@connors.com | @davidconnors | LinkedIn | +61 417 189 363

RE: Any opinions on the Dell XPS 15 laptops?

[Paul Glavich]

>> starting to have some screen separation near the hinges

 

My current laptop has huge separation of the plastic that connects to the
hinges and screen. So much so I can pretty much poke a finger into it when
opening the lid and seeing visible electronic componentry shift around. It
is currently bound together with masking tape which helps, hence my need for
a new lappy :) 

 

-  Glav

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com]
On Behalf Of Greg Low (??)
Sent: Wednesday, 10 February 2016 8:12 AM
To: ozDotNet 
Subject: RE: Any opinions on the Dell XPS 15 laptops?

 

We have some E7440's that have been excellent but are now starting to have
some screen separation near the hinges. (Bit surprising really). Otherwise,
love them. So, was thinking about the E7470's but now thinking XPS 15's. My
eyesight would appreciate the 15 inch screen, and the narrow bezel makes it
not much larger than the 14 inch units.

 

Regards,

 

Greg

 

Dr Greg Low

 

1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax


SQL Down Under | Web:   www.sqldownunder.com

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com 
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Paul Glavich
Sent: Wednesday, 10 February 2016 8:06 AM
To: 'ozDotNet' mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> >
Subject: RE: Any opinions on the Dell XPS 15 laptops?

 

I was actually looking at picking one up. I really want a surface pro 4 or
surface book but the firmware problems, and mostly the exhorbitant price,
turn me away. In addition, the speed at which older models of surface
(namely 2 and 3) are simply ditched and no longer made (ie.
peripherals/replacements soon dry up) as soon as new models arrive means the
life of these units is pretty small.

 

The Dell XPS 15 looks really nice, as does the XPS 13. Both can be grabbed
with 16Gb of mem, great screen, touch, and good proc. Haven't played with
one personally though.

 

-  Glav

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com 
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Low (??)
Sent: Tuesday, 9 February 2016 3:19 PM
To: ozDotNet mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> >
Subject: Any opinions on the Dell XPS 15 laptops?

 

? As per subject ?

 

Regards,

 

Greg

 

Dr Greg Low

 

1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax


SQL Down Under | Web:   www.sqldownunder.com

 

RE: SPAM-LOW: RE: [OT] Internal Developer Training

[Paul Glavich]

Oh yes, had that happen a few times.

 

In addition, you get a few people (sometimes very few) who are keen to present 
but the majority who are happy to simply attend and don’t put much effort into 
presenting. As long as you can keep the balance good, it won’t peter out over 
time.

 

-  Glav

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of Andrew Coates (DX AUSTRALIA)
Sent: Tuesday, 9 February 2016 4:21 PM
To: ozDotNet 
Subject: SPAM-LOW: RE: [OT] Internal Developer Training

 

7’s probably at the bottom end of enough for critical mass. You don’t need many 
people to be on leave, sick or working on that urgent project before someone’s 
doing a presentation they spent 6 hours of their own time prepping for to 2 or 
3 people.

 

Is there anyone else in the org you could rope in? Testers, *gasp* designers? 
Etc?

 

Andrew Coates, ME, MCPD, MCSD MCTS, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft, 1 Epping 
Road, NORTH RYDE NSW 2113
Ph: +61 (2) 9870 2719 • Mob +61 (416) 134 993 • Fax: +61 (2) 9870 2400 •  
 http://blogs.msdn.com/acoat

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com   
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Dave Walker
Sent: Tuesday, 9 February 2016 4:16 PM
To: ozDotNet mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> >
Subject: RE: [OT] Internal Developer Training

 

Cheers this looks awesome! Team is 7 people so not small. 

On 9 Feb 2016 17:22, "Andrew Coates (DX AUSTRALIA)" 
mailto:andrew.coa...@microsoft.com> > wrote:

Hi Dave,

 

How big is your team?

 

One of the things we’ve seen work well is to have a regular “internal user 
group” every fortnight, put 2 hours aside over lunch or towards the end of the 
day, bring in pizza, and have someone from your team do a general technical 
presentation (45-60 min). Then have someone present a technical overview of 
their project (or part thereof).

 

For example:

 


Time

Topic

Presenter


2:00-2:15

Welcome, Q&A

Group Leader


2:15-3:15

Technical Presentation
(e.g. “Using Windows Communication Foundation to Interface with SAP”)

Developer/Architect from within organisation


3:15-3:30

Break

All


3:30-4:00

Project Presentation
(e.g. “Project Blackcombe: Challenges, Solutions and Status”)

Project Blackcombe lead developer


4:00-5:00

Drinks/Networking

All

 

Over 6 meetings you could do something like this:

 


Technology Session

Internal Session


Month 1

Customising Office with Add-ins

Exposing our CRM information inside the firewall


Month 2

jQuery integration in VS2015

How we updated our external site to use Bootstrap


Month 3

Branching and Merging – a primer

Project “Discovery”’s use of TFS for source control


Month 4

Mobile Client Development Smackdown – Native vs Xamarin vs Cordova vs HTML5

Deploying our new ERP solution


Month 5

Using geographic data in SQL2014

Geolocating our customers


Month 6

Introduction to Aspect Oriented Programming

Adding unit tests to the project “Conquistador” code base

 

Make a bit of a big deal about the group. Encourage people to present (give 
them a speaker shirt or something). Get evals at the end of each session. Give 
the top speaker for the year a trip to Ignite, or something. Note that 
technical presentations don’t have to be original – there are heaps of 
repositories of up-to-date technical presentations complete with presenter 
notes, demo scripts and so on.

 

Giving a developer a presentation to deliver means that they’ll go away and 
play with the tech so they can at least run the demos. It gives them a bunch of 
soft skills as well, and it makes them the internal “expert” in that thing. 
People will ask them questions about it and that will kick off the cycle of 
discovery for them. They’ll tend to look up the answer to those questions if 
they don’t already know.

 

Note that you’ll need an exec sponsor for this – taking the team off the tools 
for a couple of hours (or 3) a month is a commitment they’ll need to support.

 

This works even better if it’s not just your team – cross-pollination and 
emergence of technical centres of excellence within the organisation are very 
desirable things.

 

Happy to chat more either here or offline if you like.

 

Cheers,

 

Coatsy.

 

Andrew Coates, ME, MCPD, MCSD MCTS, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft, 1 Epping 
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From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com   
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com  ] 
On Behalf Of Dave Walker
Sent: Tuesday, 

RE: Any opinions on the Dell XPS 15 laptops?

[罗格雷格博士]

We have some E7440’s that have been excellent but are now starting to have some 
screen separation near the hinges. (Bit surprising really). Otherwise, love 
them. So, was thinking about the E7470’s but now thinking XPS 15’s. My eyesight 
would appreciate the 15 inch screen, and the narrow bezel makes it not much 
larger than the 14 inch units.

Regards,

Greg

Dr Greg Low

1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax
SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of Paul Glavich
Sent: Wednesday, 10 February 2016 8:06 AM
To: 'ozDotNet' 
Subject: RE: Any opinions on the Dell XPS 15 laptops?

I was actually looking at picking one up. I really want a surface pro 4 or 
surface book but the firmware problems, and mostly the exhorbitant price, turn 
me away. In addition, the speed at which older models of surface (namely 2 and 
3) are simply ditched and no longer made (ie. peripherals/replacements soon dry 
up) as soon as new models arrive means the life of these units is pretty small.

The Dell XPS 15 looks really nice, as does the XPS 13. Both can be grabbed with 
16Gb of mem, great screen, touch, and good proc. Haven’t played with one 
personally though.


-  Glav

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com 
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Low (??)
Sent: Tuesday, 9 February 2016 3:19 PM
To: ozDotNet mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com>>
Subject: Any opinions on the Dell XPS 15 laptops?

? As per subject ?

Regards,

Greg

Dr Greg Low

1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax
SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com

RE: Any opinions on the Dell XPS 15 laptops?

[Paul Glavich]

I was actually looking at picking one up. I really want a surface pro 4 or
surface book but the firmware problems, and mostly the exhorbitant price,
turn me away. In addition, the speed at which older models of surface
(namely 2 and 3) are simply ditched and no longer made (ie.
peripherals/replacements soon dry up) as soon as new models arrive means the
life of these units is pretty small.

 

The Dell XPS 15 looks really nice, as does the XPS 13. Both can be grabbed
with 16Gb of mem, great screen, touch, and good proc. Haven't played with
one personally though.

 

-  Glav

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com]
On Behalf Of Greg Low (??)
Sent: Tuesday, 9 February 2016 3:19 PM
To: ozDotNet 
Subject: Any opinions on the Dell XPS 15 laptops?

 

? As per subject ?

 

Regards,

 

Greg

 

Dr Greg Low

 

1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax


SQL Down Under | Web:   www.sqldownunder.com

 

Re: [OT] Shrinking LDF file

[罗格雷格博士]

To accommodate a transaction of a certain size, it had to grow. That's normal. 
It doesn't autoshrink back down as doing so is generally a really bad idea. 
There is an autoshrink option but I usually joke that it should be renamed 
"auto fragment my filesystem". You don't want files constantly growing and 
shrinking. Empty space in the DB is your friend.

Regards

Greg

Dr Greg Low
SQL Down Under
+61 419201410
1300SQLSQL (1300775775)

On 9 Feb 2016, at 6:53 PM, Greg Keogh 
mailto:gfke...@gmail.com>> wrote:

I found it! ...

DBCC SHRINKFILE(mydatabase_log, 1)

This reduced the 140MB to 3MB, not quite as good as I hoped, but much better. I 
don't yet know what this command actually does. The advice in dozens of top 
search web articles is really verbose and misleading

Why on earth is the LDF so big anyway in simple mode?! Once a transaction is 
complete, isn't that it and it's forgotten? I know log/journal files are 
required for historical recovery, but how than that much space be used for 
anything useful?

 -- GK

On 9 February 2016 at 18:43, Greg Keogh 
mailto:gfke...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Folks, I have been trying for 40 minutes to shrink the 140MB LDF file paired 
with its 15MB MDF file. I have been searching and searching and reading, but 
all the commands and suggestions I've found DON'T WORK. This is a test database 
and there is nothing in the LDF of interest to me. I want to deploy it to Azure 
for more testing, but I want to remove the 140MB of log garbage first.

The DB has recovery mode set to simple like everyone suggests. Does anyone 
actually, really know how to shrink the log back to as small as possible? Is it 
even possible? Do I misunderstand how this works?!

Greg K