Event

Dallas DevCares – Dec 11 2009: C# Generics, ASP.NET Dynamic Data & VS.NET Tips and Tricks

Shawn Weisfeld — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:43:44 GMT

By popular request on Dec 11 I will be giving 2 of my most popular talks on C# Generics and ASP.NET Dynamic Data. Then as a bonus just for the DevCares Community I will put together some of my favorite VS.NET Tips and Tricks. You can attend online or in person. Get all the details on there website at http://www.dallasdevcares.com/

INETA BOF’s @ PDC 2010: Attending?

Shawn Weisfeld — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:08:13 GMT

As many of you know PDC is right around the corner, and in a great tradition of community events INETA is running the Birds-of-a-Father track for Microsoft. A BOF is a great chance to talk to other developers and industry leaders about the issues that you are having. So get out of those stuffy presentations and attend a BOF.

This year there will be normal day time BOF’s, additionally there will be extra special Lunch time BOF’s and even a super duper “Community Roundtable” BOF Tuesday night.

Here is the lineup at the time of writing this post, however an up to date schedule can be found in the PDC Online Schedule Builder

BOF @Lunch Featured Sessions

Will Cloud Computing Change Your Life? Co-Hosts: Simon Guest, David Pallman, Aaron Skonnard, and Michael Stiefel
ASP.NET MVC – Share Your Stories From The Trenches
Fear and Loathing in IT Security Co-hosts: Patrick Hynds, Duane Laflotte, and Chris Bowen

BOF Sessions

Claims-Based Identity Host: Keith Brown
Exception Management – Handling and Reporting Exceptions Effectively Host: Paul Sheriff
Shoud I Use Silverlight, MVC, or Web Forms for Web User Interface Development? Co-Hosts: Ben Hoelting and Todd Anglin
Developers on Better Design, User Experience and Why It Matters Co-Hosts: David Kelley and Jason Beres
Behavior-Driven Development vs. Test-Driven Development: What’s What? Host: Dennis Doomen

Special Event: INETA BOF Community Roundtable
6:00 to 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Join David Chappell, Scott Hanselman, Patrick Hynds, Fritz Onion, Miguel de Icaza, and Sara Ford for an open discussion on anything technology related. Carl Franklin will moderate the discussion and be recording the event as a .NET Rocks show.

GiveCamp Dallas, a.k.a. the We Are Microsoft Charity Challenge Weekend 2010: Call for Volunteers

Shawn Weisfeld — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:57:05 GMT

GiveCamp Dallas, a.k.a. the We Are Microsoft Charity Challenge Weekend is ramping up for another amazing event! If you’re interested in participating as a volunteer, visit http://wearemicrosoft.com, scroll down to the bottom and click on the “Start Here” link underneath the Volunteer sign.

If you have any questions about this event, please Chris Koenig know (chris.koenig@microsoft.com)– you can also find out more information at http://wearemicrosoft.com and http://givecamp.org.

Tulsa TechFest 2009: I will be there, will you?

Shawn Weisfeld — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:55:29 GMT

Tulsa TechFest

Friday, Nov 6, 2009 at OSU – Tulsa

8:00 AM – 6:30 PM

Keynote by Joe Fletcher – UX lead for Microsoft Surface team

13 Tracks – 65 Sessions of top developer, architect, designer and IT pro content

FREE event – just bring 2 cans of food for the Eastern Oklahoma Food Bank or $2 for the Family and Children’s Services of Tulsa

Just visit http://tulsatechfest.com to register today!

Couldn't attend MIX 09?

sweisfeld — Tue, 19 May 2009 05:23:08 GMT

We are bringing MIX to the DFW area, but instead of repeating the MIX conference, we are boiling down the best of MIX into a 1-day hands on lab. This community event, called MIX Notes, will provide hands-on examples presented by industry leaders.

Computers will be provided, but participants are welcome to bring their own laptops.

Where:                                 Tekfocus (in the InfoMart)
When:                                  June 20, 9 AM - 4 PM
Registration Fee:   $25

* Lunch will be provided

Are you Coming to the Dallas Tech Fest 2009?

sweisfeld — Sun, 10 May 2009 03:15:09 GMT

I will be speaking at the Dallas Tech Fest, but that should not prevent you from coming. . .

See you at TechEd 2009 in LA

sweisfeld — Sat, 09 May 2009 18:00:03 GMT

I will be spending most of the week at either the MVP booth or the INETA booth. Stop by and say hi!

First Robotics Dallas Regional 2009

sweisfeld — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:35:00 GMT

     My day job is one of the sponsors of the First Robotics Program. The idea behind the program is to get kids interested in technology. I was invited to participate in the Dallas Regional where high schools from all over the south west and even Mexico participated in a competition to build and deploy a robot to play a game called Lunacy. You can read more about First Robotics here (http://www.usfirst.org) and more about the Dallas Regional here (http://dallas.txfirst.org/).
     Lockheed sponsored something called 5th Gear. This was a simulator built on XNA that allowed the teams to practice the strategy playing Lunacy without wear and tear on their robots. You can get a copy of 5th Gear and practice yourself here (http://www.tinyurl.com/5thgear).
     My task at the event was to stream and capture the video. The organizers had a team that took video and displayed it in the venue but they wanted the ability to share the event LIVE online. Additionally they wanted the ability to record the video so that the teams could watch it later.
     Streaming was done via UStream.tv. This is a free service that has a flash plug-in that allows you to broadcast LIVE video to the internet. This allowed parents, classmates back home, family, and the world to see what was going on at the event. Attendance in the online broadcast fluctuated but we had over 7000 people logged in watching the event. To capture the video we used the Pinnacle Systems - Studio MovieBox Plus (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8983816&st=pinnacle&lp=9&type=product&cp=1&id=1218004430057).
     Recording was done using the Pinnacle - Video Transfer (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8719032&st=pinnacle&lp=8&type=product&cp=1&id=1200702767761). This allowed us to capture high quality video direct to a hard drive (i.e. without a computer). We then used the included software to chop up the videos by match. Due to concerns over the length and size of the videos we chose to upload the clips to Veoh. We chose that service again because it was free and because YouTube and MSN Soapbox have size/length limitations. The videos have/will be uploaded here (http://www.veoh.com/search/videos/q/publisher:DallasFirst#).
     All in all this was a great experience. The only way this country is going to say a leader in the world is if we get the next generation interested in science and technology. Programs like this are a great step in that direction. I would like to thanks the folks at First and my company for sponsoring this event.

Huston TechFest 2008

sweisfeld — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:46:00 GMT

I will be giving my SQL CLR talk at the Houston TechFest on Saturday September 13 at the University of Houston. It will be a great event.

The debut of MVP TV August 21st, 2008 | 9:00am – 10:00am (PDT, Redmond time) - Automation with MSBuild 3.5 and Team Build 2008 - by Steve Andrews MVP

sweisfeld — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:15:00 GMT

All the Interaction of the MSDN Chats but with the richer experience of Live meeting and hosted by the recognized world technology leaders –the Visual Studio Team System Microsoft MVP’s. In this opening session of MVP TV, please join one of the most celebrated and recent Team System MVP Steve Andrews covering off Automation with MSBuild 3.5 and Team Build 2008. Did you know that .csproj and .vbproj files are really MSBuild files? More than build processes though, MSBuild is a full-featured automation language. It includes structured control flow, variables, refactorability, error handling, logging, and powerful extensibility. You can easily integrate MSBuild into your own enterprise processes and start adding value right away. We'll also look at how Team Foundation Build extends on MSBuild and adds robust integration with Team Foundation Server. This is one show you will not want to miss!

About Steve Andrews: Steve Andrews has been working as a developer for more than 9 years. During this time, he has designed and developed applications in such widely varying areas as trust accounting, medical information management, supply chain management, and retail systems. He is currently employed at RDA Corporation in Philadelphia, PA, as a Software Engineer and a team member in their Architectural Guidance evangelism team. Steve is also an MCP, ICSOO, Speaker Liaison for the Philly .NET User Group, and all around .NET fanatic.

Thursday, August 21st, 2008 | 9:00am – 10:00am (PDT, Redmond time)

Hosted by MVP Lead Mei Liang, PJ Forgione

Attendee link:
https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/mvp/join?id=WP2PSH&role=attend&pw=4334ml%2BVHT8

WW event link:
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032386225&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

Conf call details:
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Toll: +1 (203) 480-8000
Participant code: 6133095