Trying to find a project which fits into baby-sleep-sized chunks has been a bit difficult of late. However, after a bit of trial and error, I’ve come up with The Client Side, a new link blog for client side development, in much the same view as The Morning Brew and Silverlight Cream. It’ll try and find as much current goodness on HTML5, CSS and Javascript development as it can. Please do visit and say hi.

It’s taken a little while to write this, but I’m happy to say that I’ve been offered and accepted the job of editor at DeveloperFusion. My new role will be to commission, edit and write new weekly – perhaps twice weekly if all goes well - articles for the site to go along with the news and roundups that are already put out frequently. Initially, I’ll be concentrating on .NET development topics as that’s what I know, but shortly I’ll be looking for articles and authors on many more topics – Apple, Ruby, Python, Perl, Architecture, Databases, Java and more.

I’ve already released two articles which you may be interested in:

• Introduction to Windows Azure – What you should know by Neil Mackenzie
• How to migrate your ASP.NET site to the Azure cloud by Richard Parker (@rikp)

These are the first two of a series of articles on Azure coming out in the next few weeks. We’ll also have some Windows Phone 7 stuff, F#, and a good helping of ASP.NET as well. Keep tuned to @developerFusion on Twitter and the article feed to keep pace with new articles as they are released.

We Need You

Of course, it goes without saying that we need your help to keep DeveloperFusion going.

If you’re a writer, experienced or wanting to write your first article, please get in touch and let me know. All the articles we publish are reviewed and edited before release so you’ll get some good feedback on your writing style, content and coding in return, as well as exposure to some 50,000 users who subscribe to our newsletter plus many more who come visiting in through the front door. And if you’d like to write but haven’t any preconceived ideas as to what to write about, we can help you with that too.

If you’d like to help but don’t want to write, perhaps you’d care to review an article or two for us. No matter your knowledge level, there’s likely to be something in the pipeline which your help will make better. You might be able to improve a writer’s code or say whether or not their article succeeds as a tutorial from your point of view as beginner yourself. Those who can, do, as they say.

Either way, please do get in touch. The email address is hello@developerfusion.com. I look forward to hearing from you.

There’s been a great deal of discussion online recently about Redgate Software's decision to move their stewardship of Lutz Roeder’s Reflector software from a free \ premium model to a not-free \ premium model. The company’s Reflector forum is full of pleads, cajoles, reasonings and answers as to why a Reflector 7 licence will cost you $35 rather than $0 for v6. But when you come down to it, if you use Reflector in anger - and I’m sure many of us do – $35 is a small price to pay for the fantastic functionality it provides. And if you don’t already use it, then maybe I can help out.

Back on Feb 3, Jay Grieves bought ten Reflector 7 licenses with his own money to give them away. Redgate saw the post and offered another 50 licenses for his giveaway. If you didn’t notice it, that giveaway ends today so I’ve got in touch with Redgate and they’ve agreed to give me another 50 licenses to give away. However, rather than just post a comment below, I’d like to help others appreciate how useful Reflector can be.

So, please email me your favourite use for Reflector with examples and screenshots if you have the time and fifty people who send an email will get a Reflector 7 license free of charge. The address to send it to is HeresWhyILove-Reflector@yahoo.co.uk and the deadline is Monday February 28. I’ll post the best and most popular examples here next month.

Good luck

It is unfortunate how life sometimes overtakes you and no matter how you prioritize the things in your life, you must sacrifice. Such is the case now, when I realise now that I must leave Co-operative Web and became a full-time dad to look after my family.

When our daughter was born, it was an occasion for great happiness. She is, and I hope will remain, a source of great joy, but she is also not a well bunny. Unfortunately, as a result of her illness, her mum has now also become ill and needs to get back to work to recuperate mentally. Which leaves me needing to look after our baby girl until such time as she is well enough to attend nursery. Which means I am now a full time dad. Hopefully I will not miss work as much as the other half currently does.

Sigh.

For a while then, I’ll be putting content on a new site which I’ll link to when it’s up and ready. Hopefully I’ll have the time to update it regularly.

If you’re based in Birmingham, UK and are looking for a .NET developers job, I heartily recommend working for Co-operative Web. They run a very positive shop with challenging tasks and supportive team members. The arcade machine and table football table help as well. Their jobs page is here.

Andrew Stopford has announced the release of MbUnit \ Gallio v3.2 with lots of new goodness. His own blog entry contains a quick runthrough of what’s what, but the full release notes can be found here, and you can find the download here.

I should also highlight the new documentation wiki over at gallio.org. This contains all the previous documentation efforts started when I was contributing docs for this project plus a lot of new stuff. Excellent work guys! Glad you found a publishing mechanism that suits you the best.