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Recent Blog Posts

I was tagged in: pyramid twitter

6/3/2009 5:07:30 AM

Pyramid scheme picture So I was casually browsing blogs and twitter posts this morning and came across a bunch of links to a new twitter application called Tweeter Getter. Essentially this is a twitter pyramid scheme to get you *thousands* of followers. ....

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I was tagged in: new-york usa moving

5/29/2009 5:00:51 AM

I move to New York City in July with my soon-to-be fiance and while we're very excited, the amount work required in order to make it happen is staggering ....

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I was tagged in: tiptoptweet asp.net mvc

5/21/2009 8:06:14 AM

I've been working on a personal project: http://www.tiptoptweet.com which has taken up a whole lot of my time. Because of that I've been neglecting this site somewhat. Well, the site is now finished and I could do with some feedback, but equally I should be able to pick up the blogging slack a bit too. ....

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I was tagged in: vba excel email

3/20/2009 8:54:01 AM

Love it or hate it, email is everywhere, so the demand for integrating email into simple applications can be pretty strong. I thought I'd share three simple methods by which you can send emails using VBA in any Microsoft office product. Thus allowing your users can annoy everyone with lovingly crafted emails at the push of a button. ....

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I was tagged in: bloomberg vba developer

2/3/2009 11:58:26 AM


As the snappy title implies, the following items I consider to be useful pieces of information when working with Bloomberg. ....

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About This Site

This is the website of Matthew Rathbone, a .NET developer from the UK. It contains (or will contain) a record of key projects, his musings on various programming topics, and key contact information.


This site has been created using ASP.NET and C# 3.5


Why So Much About VBA?

In my first job I used VBA quite heavily, looking back its clear that better online resources would have improved the quality of my work, and increased my understanding of more complex languages.


I've come a long way since that time, so instead of starting yet another C# or .net blog, I thought I would contribute to the VBA community and hopefully help a few people out.


I recognise that VBA is a long way from C, C# or even modern Visual Basic, but applying concepts from these languages to VBA could be interesting, useful, and even a little fun.

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