Council members Martin Doe and Edwin Keen are both seeking re-election this year. They talk about themselves and the Institution below. I’ve been in the field of programming and analysis for most of my time since 1988, when I left full-time education. Much of my experience has been in the area of database programming, particularly using […]

Mike James has set Robin Jones thinking about programming languages… In February’s VSJ editorial, Mike James asked  – I paraphrase –, “If we (programmers) really know what we’re doing, why have we got so many ways of doing it?” This question rang a particular bell with me because I’d just been asked, as IAP Education […]

Retail Fraud 2008 is at the Novotel, Hammersmith, London on 1 May. See www.retailevents.co.uk/rf2008 for details. Green IT 08 is at the Business Design Centre, Islington, London from 7 to 8 May. Visit www.greenituk.com for more information. The Wireless Event is at Olympia Exhibition Centre, London on 21 and 22 May. There’s more at www.thewirelessevent.com. […]

Colin Mackay, MIAP is a Microsoft MVP and a Member of the BCS. He organises events for Scottish Developers in Glasgow and is currently working on their first conference, Developer Day Scotland, to be held on 10 May at Glasgow Caledonian University. Here he describes the progress both of the Scottish Developers group and of […]

IAP Spring Event When Mike Ryan described this year’s programme in February’s VSJ, there were still some i’s to dot and t’s to cross. We’re very pleased to be able to say now that Nick Ford, of Advanced Transport Systems Ltd, has agreed to join the list of speakers and he’ll be talking about the […]

Don’t Forget the IAP Spring Event on 17 April. Full details are in February’s VSJ (and at www.iap.org.uk). There are still a few places available but you’ll need to hurry! See Members’ News for an update on the programme. Unified Communications ’08 is at Olympia, London, on 9 and 10 April. Details are at www.unifiedcommsexpo.com […]