An introduction

I am a 'new hire' at Microsoft UK.  I started on the 26th March 2007 as a consultant in MCS (Microsoft Consulting Services).  My name is Simon Middlemiss and this is my blog.

It is my hope that I can share some of what I learn as I fulfill my role a .NET developer specializing in C#, ASP.NET and WPF and also from working with the great people in this department.

I graduated from the University of Reading with a degree in Computational Physics and since then I have worked on projects in the broadcast, insurance and music retail industries. I was previously employed as technical lead for HMV’s Digital Download project where we delivered 2 enterprise class e-commerce solutions; a web-based digital music store at www.hmvdigital.com as well as an MCE Spotlight application

In August 2004 I founded my own company ‘SiSoft’ to develop a computational solution to the problem of managing racing for the Skandia Cowes Week yachting regatta.  Following feedback from a successful trial during the 2005 regatta the user interface was completely overhauled using the Windows Presentation Framework. This attracted the attention of Microsoft who produced a video and case study detailing its use, both of which were featured as part of the Windows Vista developer launch.  The application was featured as Tim Sneath's #7 Great WPF Application where he explains that the system was only the second WPF application put into a live production environment.

I have blogged heavily on that subject and other WPF matters on my previous blog at https://psiman.wordpress.com and I intend to republish some of that content here.

Comments

• Anonymous
  April 02, 2007
  Congratulations on the new job!   Keep up with the blogging and enjoy it... I'll come back and see what fun and interesting stuff you've been up to (just so long as you blog about it ;) ) You'll have to make sure you catch up with Steve Clayton's team and Eileen Brown's team.  You'll like that lot.  They are a lot of fun to be around and work with!