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2008 was a pretty good year: I left a job where the path forward was to abandon my .Net skills in favor of learning Java, and returned to Progress Energy to develop and support .Net applications. I was elected President of TriNUG, and given the opportunity to stop whining and start making TriNUG better. I started using Twitter, and really grew my community of peers by dozens. I feel like if I don't put something down for where I want to be at the end of 2009, I will spend much of the year drifting about. So here...
RDU Code Camp has come and gone, and even though I couldn't make a single session, I am coming away quite rejuvenated on the strength of the community.
I had a great time meeting folks I only knew from Twitter before: Rachel Appel, Alan Stevens, David Penton, Mike Eaton, Dave Donaldson, and Nate Kohari, to name a few. I didn't get to talk with them as much as I would have liked, but enough to feel like I don't solely know them from their Twitter profile anymore. I also had a great time with the guys from Richmond: Kevin Hazzard and...
RDU Code Camp was yesterday (Nov 15). It was just an awesome time. From what folks say, it went very well. I'd like to thank all of the folks who made this possible:
Chris Love - Chris was the original driver for doing another Code Camp this year. He took the lead on getting the speakers and sessions together, and stepped up to handle the emceeing on the event.
Rob Zelt - Rob secured all the swag for the event, resulting in some very happy folks when they left yesterday afternoon.
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RDU Code Camp is this Saturday, Nov 15, from 8:15am to 5pm. Door open at 7:30am.
It promises to be a great day full of developer-oriented content. In addition, there will be an Open Spaces, and an XBox 360 for playing Rock Band! Lunch will be provided, and there are prizes at the end - hope to see you there!
RDU CodeCamp is coming!
Nov 15, 2008 at ECPI in Raleigh we will be having the RDU CodeCamp. Registration will be coming soon.
Currently, we are actively seeking speakers! If you are interested in speaking at RDU CodeCamp please drop us a line at http://www.codecamp.org/Speakers.aspx - We would love to hear from you.
On Wednesday, Aug 13, Jeffrey Palermo will be talking about separation of concerns, dependency injection, and test driven development with ASP.Net MVC. This should be an excellent discussion on some of the benefits in using the new MVC framework for ASP.Net.
There are some important points to underline about this meeting:
It will be awesome.
Registration is required to manage headcount, especially for our dinner arrangements. To attend, you must register on the site.
This meeting is not at RTI. The August 13 meeting will be held at ECPI.
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Wednesday, Bob Galen gave a talk on Agile development for our user group. It was a really great discussion - from the beginning, Bob moved into the center of the room, versus the dais in front, and gave his talk as a discussion rather than presentation. The result was a very engaging talk on Agile principles and execution. If you have a chance to hear Bob talk on Agile, I heartily recommend going : not only does he know his stuff, he does a great job communicating that knowledge.
Join us for a rapid fire evening full of new VS2008 features presented by our local TRINUG members!
Here's some of the topics you can expect:
- Chris: XML Literals
- Diane: LINQ to SQL Performance
- Glen: VS Tools for Office
- Greg: Extension Methods
- Josh: Office Automation
- Srinu: ASP.NET Dynamic Data
(Disclaimer: This post is a shameless cut and paste, with no original content whatsoever.)
This Wednesday, at 5pm at Dreyfus Auditorium at RTI, come watch James Avery struggle against his 90-minute time limit as he presents "10 Open Source .NET Tools You Should be Using"! James has been working hard on this presentation for a while, if his tweets are any indication, and I have no doubt it will be great. Come out and join us, meet your fellow .Net devs, and enjoy some pizza, too!
Updated: You can find James' notes from his presentation here.
Wednesday, April 9, Brad Abrams will be presenting at the TriNUG main meeting, at ECPI's campus in North Raleigh. Brad will be giving a talk informally titled "Mix '08 in 90 minutes". Brad will be discussing the newest developments on Silverlight, ASP.Net MVC, and other technologies from Microsoft.
To welcome Brad back to NC ( he graduated from NCSU), our awesome sponsors for this month's meeting, FarPoint, are treating us to a BBQ feast.
To ensure there is enough for everyone, anyone attending must register through the TriNUG site.
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