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Eh Up! 👍

Mike Irving here, from Macclesfield, UK.

Cross-platform Mobile and Web Developer, regular speaker, Microsoft MVP.

I have worked in C# / .NET and Web Development for 20+ years, and Mobile Development for 10+ years.

Native Apps: Swift, Objective-C, Kotlin, Java, C#.

Cross Platform Apps: .NET MAUI, Xamarin, Uno Platform, Cordova.

Web Development: JavaScript, HTML, CSS, ASP.NET, SQL Server.

Open Source

I enjoy contributing to Open Source Software, and sharing my own projects.

Repositories

🧩 You can find my GitHub Repositories here.

Slides from Presentations and Talks:

🐵 Xamarin: Moving On

💭 Intro to AI with .NET, OpenAI and Semantic Kernel

🦔 .NET, IoT and Hedgehogs!

Older / One-Offs:

🧨 .NET Conf Local - .NET 10 Breaking Changes (January 2026)

💥 .NET Conf Local - .NET 9 Breaking Changes (January 2025)

📱 .NET Conf Local - Uno Platform 5.0 (January 2024)

🧩 Microsoft Build 2023 After Party - Windows (July 2023)

🚀 .NET Conf 2022 Recap - Windows (November 2022)

Recent Projects:

🦔 Macclesfield Hedgehogs

🪣 S3 Bucket Experiments

🎥 C# Camera Experiments

Speaking

Forthcoming events I am speaking or appearing at:

⏰ To be announced


Past events I have personally presented talks and demos, or appeared at:

📅 Jan 13th 2026, Bonded Warehouse, Manchester
.NET Conf Local: .NET 10 Breaking Changes

📅 Nov 4th 2025, That Beer Place, Chester
Chester Devs: .NET, IoT and Hedgehogs!

📅 Sep 29th 2025, Online 📽️
Dot Net Notts: .NET, IoT and Hedgehogs!

📅 Jul 31st 2025, Codeweavers, Stafford
Staffs Web Meetup: .NET, IoT and Hedgehogs!

📅 Jun 24th 2025, BrightHR, Manchester
Dot Net North: Xamarin - Moving On

📅 Apr 10th 2025, Enablis, Leeds
Leeds Mobile: Xamarin - Moving On

📅 Mar 5th 2025, Nexperia, Manchester
NexInspire: Intro to AI with .NET, OpenAI and Semantic Kernel

📅 Feb 20th 2025, bet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke on Tech: Intro to AI with .NET, OpenAI and Semantic Kernel

📅 Jan 14th 2025, Manchester Technology Centre, Manchester
.NET Conf Local: .NET 9 Breaking Changes

📅 Nov 12th 2024, Barclays Eagle Labs, Liverpool
Dot NET Liverpool: Xamarin - Moving On

📅 Sep 11th 2024, BJSS, Birmingham
Birmingham .NET: Xamarin - Moving On

📅 Aug 29th 2024, Online 📽️
.NET South West: Xamarin - Moving On

📅 Aug 5th 2024, JLR, Manchester
NSManchester: Xamarin - Moving On

📅 Jul 16th 2024, BrightHR, Manchester
Season of AI: Intro to AI with .NET, OpenAI and Semantic Kernel

📅 Jul 3rd 2024, Nexer Digital, Macclesfield
Macc Tech: Talking Pride with AI

📅 Jan 23rd 2024, Auto Trader, Manchester
.NET Conf Local: Uno Platform 5.0

📅 Oct 31st 2023, The People's History Museum, Manchester
Manchester Tech Festival: .NET, IoT and Hedgehogs!

📅 Aug 15th 2023, St. Bartholomews House, Bristol
.NET South West: .NET, IoT and Hedgehogs!

📅 Aug 1st 2023, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield
dotnetsheff: .NET, IoT and Hedgehogs!

📅 Jul 11th 2023, Manchester Technology Centre, Manchester
Microsoft Build After Party: Dev Home + WSA

📅 Jun 29th 2023, Platform, Leeds
Leeds Sharp: .NET, IoT and Hedgehogs!

📅 28th February 2023, Barclays Eagle Labs, Liverpool
Dot NET Liverpool: .NET, IoT and Hedgehogs!

📅 2nd February 2023, Nexer Digital, Macclesfield
Macc Tech: .NET, IoT and Hedgehogs!

📅 31st January 2023, Auto Trader, Manchester
Dot Net North: .NET, IoT and Hedgehogs!

📅 22nd November 2022, On The Beach, Manchester
Dot Net Conf Recap: Windows + Cross Platform Apps

📅 8th November 2022, Online 📽️
MiniHack 23: Guest Judge

📅 1st December 2020, Online 📽️
.Net Conf local event: .Net 5 Open API + Swagger

📅 10th March 2020, Auto Trader, Manchester
Dot Net North: An Introduction to Uno Platform

📅 16th January 2020, ExCeL, London
Microsoft Ignite The Tour: .Net Community Park Bench Session

📅 22nd October 2019 - Auto Trader, Manchester
.Net Conf local event: C# 8: Nullable Reference Types

📅 3rd July 2018 - Auto Trader, Manchester
Dot Net North: Free SSL with Let's Encrypt

📅 20th October 2017 - UKFast Campus, Manchester
Xamarin Developer Day: Xamarin and Azure Mobile Apps

📅 22nd May 2017 - The Park Tavern, Macclesfield
Macc Tech: Free SSL with Let's Encrypt

📅 6th February 2017 - MadLab, Manchester
NSManchester: The Windows Bridge for iOS

📅 24th January 2017 - Rise, Manchester
Dot Net North: The Windows Bridge for iOS

📅 4th November 2016 - Rise, Manchester
Xamarin Developer Day: Xamarin and Azure Mobile Apps

📅 24th October 2016 - The Park Tavern, Macclesfield
Macc Tech: Mobile Apps - Strategy and Monetization

📅 25th November 2014 - Spaceport X, Manchester
WPUG NW: Future Decoded, VSConnect, Tech Rewards

Recent Blog Posts

🚀 .NET 10 support in Visual Studio 2022

🗣️ My Year in the Tech Community

🛣️ A quick look at Dev Tunnels

🧑‍💻 MS SQL with VS Code + GitHub Copilot

🌱 Website Carbon Optimisation

Meetups

👯 I am Co-organiser of Dot Net North and Macc Tech.

More information

🤔 For more information, please check out my website mike-irving.co.uk.

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  1. DotNetNorth-AlpacaPicker DotNetNorth-AlpacaPicker Public

    The Amazing 'Alpaca Picker'. As used for the Prize Draws at Dot Net North events.

    JavaScript 1

  2. RDP-Choose-Which-Monitors RDP-Choose-Which-Monitors Public

    JavaScript tool to allow you to pick some, or all, of your screens to use for RDP.

    JavaScript 1

  3. LatLngToGaussKruger LatLngToGaussKruger Public

    C# / .NET Functions for converting WGS84 Latitude and Longitude to Gauss–Krüger coordinate system (GK) Easting and Northing mapping coordinates.

    C# 2

  4. SfPdfViewerExtensions SfPdfViewerExtensions Public

    Useful Extensions for Syncfusion Xamarin Pdf Viewer (SfPdfViewer)

    C# 1

  5. CameraExperiments CameraExperiments Public

    C# Functionality for connecting to Wildlife / Security Cameras and downloading their recording files. Can currently to Ceyomur cameras, including the Ceyomur CY95 Solar 4K Trail Camera, or any devi…

    C# 7 3

  6. macclesfield-hedgehogs macclesfield-hedgehogs Public

    Source Code for the Macclesfield Hedgehogs website 🦔

    JavaScript 1