One last try
Okay, so I think I've tried to start a coding and programming blog at least twice already now and I realised that just talking about what I'm working on wasn't interesting. The thing that made other blogs interesting was the useful content they provided on how their authors solved problems in what ever it was they were working on.
So with that in mind, let me make this one of few non-educational posts and just quickly give a quick set of blog meta data for future reference by those curious.
Who?
I'm Nidonocu, or James to less interesting people. I was born and still exist in the UK. Now living specifically in Sheffield where I moved to attend Sheffield Hallam University for a networking foundation degree. While working on that, Microsoft released the Express editions of Visual Studio and from there I quickly found learning to write software in that to be a nice distraction from an informative but sometimes dull university course. ;)
Outside of coding I also enjoy playing Halo 3 and other titles on my Xbox 360 and Wii, writing the (or should that be an?) odd novel and drawing things.
What?
I started with Visual Basic.net, then moved on quickly to C# and Windows Forms. I'm now working with C# 3.0, .net 3.5 and of course the Windows Presentation Foundation. I've been working on a long term project of a MU* client which through the process of making it I've learnt a lot about the platform and software development and design in general. I'm also now building a kiosk style application for a convention with some interesting attributes and a deadline so that will likely grab most of my focus for the next couple of months.
When?
I hope I can post something interesting at least once a week. Far better to have something interesting and regular rather than lots of boring useless posts.
Over the next few days I'll look in to styling this blog and adding other things like a blogroll and that. For now I'll just say thanks to the WindowsClient.net team for the blog space and to Rob Relyea for mentioning this new space to write in.