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Richard Morris Seth Godin: Big in the IT Business
by Richard Morris | 02 February 2012 |
Seth Godin has transformed our understanding of marketing in IT. He invented the concept of 'permission marketing', sees the end of the "TV-Industrial complex" and the techniques of 'interruption-marketing' Instead he sees a sunny future, one where the consumer has... Read more...
Richard Morris Geek of the Week: Don Syme
by Richard Morris | 01 February 2012 |
With the arrival of F# 3.0 Microsoft announced a wide range of improvements such as type providers that made F# a viable alternative to their other .NET languages as a general purpose workhorse. So what exactly are type providers, and why are they a killer reason... Read more...
Richard Morris Scott Shaw: DBA of the Day
by Richard Morris | 24 January 2012 |
Scott Shaw was one of the finalists to the 2011 Exceptional DBA Award (XDBA). The award was founded in 2008 to recognize the essential but often overlooked contributions of DBAs, the unsung heroes of the IT community. In this interview, Scott describes the... Read more...
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Tony Davis Tony Davis

Tony Davis is the editor of Simple Talk. He is an experienced technical editor who has previously worked for Wrox Press and Apress. When not staring at the screen Tony supports Chelsea Football club and has a penchant for real ales.


Phil Factor Phil Factor

Phil Factor (real name withheld to protect the guilty), aka Database Mole, has 25 years of experience with database-intensive applications. Despite having once been shouted at by a furious Bill Gates at an exhibition in the early 1980s, he has remained resolutely anonymous throughout his career. See also :

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Damon Armstrong Damon Armstrong

Damon Armstrong is a Senior Engineering Team Lead with GimmalSoft in Dallas, Texas, and author of Pro ASP.NET 2.0 Website Programming. He specializes in Microsoft technologies with a focus on SharePoint and ASP.NET. When not staying up all night coding, he can be found playing disc golf, softball, working on something for Carrollton Young Life, or recovering from staying up all night coding.



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