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OpenCamp Dallas #OCDFW Adds .NET Track

Shawn Weisfeld — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:13:43 GMT

I am please to officially announce that OpenCamp Dallas has added a .NET Track, and what a .NET Track it will be.

http://www.OpenCa.mp

What is OpenCamp?

OpenCamp is the SouthWest’s first multi-platform web conference. With top speakers covering topics ranging from social media to technical development, content creation, revenue generation and more, webmasters and web developers, bloggers, podcasters and technologists on any platform are welcome.

In the morning, we’ll have general sessions which everyone will attend. The topics will include promotion, marketing, SEO, monetization, and more. Chris Pirillo, Cali Lewis and Brian Clark (aka Copyblogger) are just a few names confirmed who will speak during the General sessions. In the afternoon, we’ll break out into CMS specific sessions- WordPress, Joomla!, Drupal, .NET, and New Media- where people will be able to dig deeper into their platform of choice, or learn what they can do with a new platform. The event is scheduled for August 27-29th and we’re expecting over 1,000 attendees!

What’s in the .NET Track?

Caleb Jenkins: .NET on the cheap. (Free and OSS resources from the Redmond Giant)
Chris Koenig: Windows Phone 7 Up Close
Eric Shafer: E-commerce in DotNetNuke
Jason Kergosien: Social Communities in DNN
Todd Stone: Building Web Sites with mojoPortal
Tony Valenti: Build a Basic Website with DotNetNuke

Everyone Registering for the .NET Track will be entered into a drawing to win a FREE copy of Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate with MSDN a $11,899 value.

What else is at the conference?

Social Media
Monetization
Audio Podcasting
Video Podcasting
WordPress
Joomla
Drupal

How much does it cost?

Student $99
Individual $139
Professional $169
Business $269

Includes Lunch, WiFi and admission to all the OpenCamp Parties/Networking Events

http://openca.mp/register/

Register before July 31 and use "ugdotnetOC10" to get 20% off

Where to stay?

Attendees staying at the conference hotel have access to some “special OpenCamp hospitality”.

http://openca.mp/about/location/

The conference will include many “Parties/Networking Events” so even if live in Dallas you might want to stay at the hotel.

Help get the word out!

Feel free to forward, re-tweet this post. Also I have attached a PDF Flyer, so what are you waiting for, print it out and hang it up by the water cooler at your office.

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C# Generics, 7/8/2010 @ Central TX .NET UG Information

Shawn Weisfeld — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:56:56 GMT

I am speaking tonight at the Central TX .NET UG (http://ctxdnug.net) in Temple, TX (just south of Waco).

Utilizing .Net Generics to Write Better Code

Abstract:
Generics let you tailor a method, class, structure, or interface to the precise data type it acts upon. In this session we will discuss what capabilities Generics provide to you the developer and how to use them in collections, and with delegates. We will also talk about creating your own generic classes and methods.

Event URL:

http://ctxdnug.net/Meetings/July-2010-Meeting.aspx

Announcements PPT

http://cid-80ce78240aa8df49.office.live.com/view.aspx/.Public/20100708%5E_Ineta.ppt

Talk PPT and Notes

http://www.developerroundtable.com/Libraries/Misc_Stuff/20100708_Central_TX_Generics.sflb.ashx?download=true

SilverlightPalooza & WinPhone7 Rovio Robot Controller

Shawn Weisfeld — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 19:58:56 GMT

I had the great pleasure of attending the DFW Silverlight and WP7 DevCamp (Silverlightpalooza) this weekend. http://silverlightpalooza.dynamitesilverlight.com/

Big thanks goes to Teresa Burger & the entire team of volunteers that made this event possible.

Without the financial support of Microsoft WP7 Team and Improving Enterprises, the event wouldn't have happened.

And a big thanks to all the provide prizes: Microsoft WP7 Team, Agilitrain, Expression .toolbox team, telerik, Infragistics, @zainnab, Matrix Resources, Pearson, and Apress.

I also want to thank my team, James, Rap, Krishna, Ron for all your help!

We decided to build a Rovio controller for the Windows 7 Phone. The Rovio is a robotic web camera made by the folks at WowWee (http://www.wowwee.com/en/products/tech/telepresence/rovio/rovio). The Robot sports among other things a nice restful service architecture and a mini web server making sending the instructions to and getting information from the robot as easy as just hitting URL’s. As you can see by the above photo the background of the phone is a stream of camera images from the phone. On the left there are 2 progress bars, the top for WiFi signal strength, and the bottom for battery power. Just to the left of that are three arrows that instruct the robot to move forward, left and right, and a stop button that tells it to stop moving. On the right hand side of the UI are a series of buttons that allow you to put the robots head up, head middle, head down, headlights on, and to tell the robot to go home. At the bottom of the screen is some diagnostics information for the user. The final feature of our application was that since the phone emulator doesn’t have an accelerometer, we wired the emulator up to a Wii controller allowing you to steer the robot with the accelerometer in it.

All in all it was a great weekend and I cannot wait till next time. Stay tuned, I have a bit of clean up to do in the code then I will be sure to post it also.

MS Product Team is coming to town, June 3 2010

Shawn Weisfeld — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:49:00 GMT

Experts in today’s leading technologies guide you through current trends. With Microsoft’s newly released Visual Studio 2010 come join Sarika and Kevin as they share their product knowledge and the culture experience at the world’s largest technology company.

SPEAKERS
SARIKA CALLA—Speaking about Microsoft from a woman’s perspective, this nativeborn Indian holds a Masters in Computer Science from Georgia Tech and has been with Microsoft for the past eight years. Sarika is now a Team Lead on the IDE Team.

KEVIN HALVERSON—With seven years as a Microsoft employee, Kevin has expertise in LINQ Expression Trees, Code Model, and COM/Office Interop and has a background as a former Unix Sys Admin.

COMING TO A CITY NEAR YOU
JUNE 1 • BENTONVILLE, AR Wal-Mart .Net User Group
JUNE 1 • ROGERS, AR Northwest Arkansas SQL Server User Group (lunch meeting)
JUNE 1 • SPRINGDALE, AR Tyson devLoop
JUNE 1 • FAYETTEVILLE, AR Northwest Arkansas .Net User Group
JUNE 2 • FORT SMITH, AR Datatronics
JUNE 2 • LITTLE ROCK, AR Little Rock .Net User Group
JUNE 3 • DALLAS, TX Dallas Customer Visit
JUNE 3 • FORT WORTH, TX Fort Worth .Net User Group

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. . .