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South Florida CodeCamp VI

Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:56:12 GMT

CALL FOR SPEAKERS // REGISTRATION OPEN

What: South Florida CodeCamp VI
When: Saturday, Feb 27, 2010
Where: Devry University, Miramar, FL
URL: http://www.fladotnet.com/codecamp
Why: This is the largest codecamp in the SouthEast. Last year over 600 folks attended with over 60 tracks put on by volunteers from the local community as well as various vendors. Top notch event, great content, and an awesome networking experience. Sessions generally range from 100 level 'intro' topics to 400 level 'deep dives'. I'd expect tracks on everything from general .NET to SQL to DotNetNuke to Sharepoint. This is also the SIXTH annual codecamp in South Florida, and the strength of the series, led by Dave Noderer, speaks for itself. See writes from Dave and Tony Lombardo about last years event.

Orlando CodeCamp - 2010-March-27

Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:31:12 GMT

CALL FOR SPEAKERS // REGISTRATION OPEN

What: Orlando CodeCamp V
When: Saturday, March 27, 2010
Where: Seminole Community College, Lake Mary, FL
URL: http://www.orlandocodecamp.com
Why: Roughly about 450 attendess and 50 sessions last year. Expect more of the same this year, especially with a vibrant SQL Server, .NET, and DotNetNuuke group in Orlando. For a video interview with the organizer of last year's event, Jessica Sterner, as well as look at the photos and such, go here. There are also event writeups by Will Strohl - http://www.willstrohl.com/Blog/tabid/66/EntryId/360/2009-Orlando-Code-Camp-Recap.aspx and Scott Dorman - http://geekswithblogs.net/sdorman/archive/2008/03/23/orlando-code-camp-2008---thanks.aspx you can look at if you want to see some outside views.

Silverlight dedicated user group in Tampa

Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:48:35 GMT

Jay Kimble has started a new Tampa Bay dedicated Silverlight group, Silver Tampa Bay. They don't like to be called Tampa SLUG, but its fun to do it anyway. First meeting is Thurs, 2009-Jan-14. The inaugural speaker will be Bill Reiss of Vertigo, on Silverlight workflow and the issues involved around it. They've already lined up a full suite of events until July. This group is looking like a ton o fun. Hope to see you there. For more info - http://silvertb.com .

Write a win7 client article, win a TouchSmart

Sat, 09 Jan 2010 20:08:37 GMT

Want to win a HP TouchSmart Notebook? How does this sound? Write an article on CodeProject.com on techniques for coding Windows Client applications. Include some screen shots and code samples. Tag your article with the keywords "windows 7". That's it! You're entered to win one of THREE HP TouchSmart Notebooks! Pretty sweet deal. More details can be found at this URL - http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9702428 . The contest ends 2010-Feb-03.

MIX10K Contest - Win a trip to MIX 2010

Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:15:02 GMT

What can you do in 10k of code? MIX10K is a contest to see what kind of web app you create in 10k of code. Winners will be showcased at the MIX10 conference, and the Grand Prize winner gets a free trip to MIX10. What tech can you use? Silverlight, Gestalt, or HTML5. The entry must also functoin in 3 or more of the mainline browser (Internet Explorer, FireFox, Safari, Opera, or Chrome). No 3rd party source allowed though. Check out the MIX10K contest at http://mix10k.visitmix.com and be sure and get your entries in by 2010-Jan-29.

TikiHut does Azure Winter2010

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:24:29 GMT

MSDN Tiki Hut Roadshow - Winter 2010 Run - Azure
This quarter's MSDN Roadshow aka .NET TikiHut is all about Azure. Unfortunately we've only got one 'official' tiki in the state of Florida (Tampa on March 30), but the same content is being run at the 'big MSDN event' series also (Orlando, Lauderdale, Atlanta). So for my purposes, everything all the events are .NET Tiki Hut. Except maybe for that Atlanta one I'm speaking at, which will be a Southern Fried Roadshow. Go Dawgs. If you are a user group leader in Florida who would like a shorter run of this session at your user group, let me know, and I'll see what we can work up. Just email jhealy@microsoft.com and we can work things out.

MSDN Events presents: Take Your Applications Sky High with Cloud Computing and the Windows Azure Platform
<cheesy marketing blurb begin>Join your local MSDN Events team (joe healy, glen gordon, brian hitney) as we take a deep dive into cloud computing and the Windows Azure Platform. We’ll start with a developer-focused overview of this new platform and the cloud computing services that can be used either together or independently to build highly scalable applications. As the day unfolds, we’ll explore data storage, SQL Azure, and the basics of deployment with Windows Azure. Register today for these free, live sessions in your local area.</cheesy marketing blurb end>

SESSION 1: Overview of Cloud Computing and Windows Azure
The Windows Azure platform is a set of high-performance cloud computing services that can be used together or independently and enable developers to leverage existing skills and familiar tools to develop cloud applications. In this session, we’ll provide a developer-focused overview of this new online service computing platform. We’ll explore the components, key features and real day-to-day benefits of Windows Azure. Highlights include: · What is cloud computing? · Running web and web service applications in the cloud · Using the Windows Azure and local developer cloud fabric · Getting started – tools, SDKs and accounts · Writing applications for Windows Azure

SESSION 2: Survey of Windows Azure Platform Storage Options
Durable data storage is a key component of any cloud computing offering. The Windows Azure Platform offers many options, which can be used alone or in combination. Windows Azure itself offers ready-to-use and lightweight storage in the form of tables, blobs, and queues. Another choice for storage is SQL Azure, a true relational database in the cloud. In this session, we’ll explore the highlights of these implementations and how to both create and use storage in each form. We’ll give you guidance on choosing the right forms of storage for your application scenarios. Highlights include:
· Understanding table & blob storage · Programming against table & blob storage · Working with queue storage · Managing credentials and connection strings · Scaling and configuration · Understanding SQL Azure databases versus local SQL Server databases · SQL Azure firewall, logins and passwords · Database creation, deployments and migrations · Database management using SQL Management Studio · Programming against SQL Azure databases

SESSION 3: Going Live with your Azure Solution
Windows Azure features a powerful, yet simple deployment model. By focusing on your application and abstracting away the infrastructure details, you can deploy almost any app with minimal fuss. In this session, we’ll walk you through the basics of Windows Azure deployment, including site monitoring, diagnostics and performance issues. Highlights include: · Start-to-Finish Visual Studio demonstration of a realistic XML data driven business web site from the desktop to the cloud. · Windows Azure Deployments · Start-to-Finish Visual Studio demonstration of a realistic SQL Server data driven business web site from the desktop to the cloud. · Configuration of your application in the cloud · Guidance and Suggestions to ensure your success

Locations and Dates

ATLANTA
2010-Feb-25
Checkin: 12:30PM
Start: 1:00PM
Joe Healy / Glen Gordon
(technically a Southern Fried Roadshow but we'll tiki-fy it)
Marriott [map]
5750 Windward Pkwy
Alpharetta Georgia 30005
Register here
Event ID: 1032439974

ORLANDO
2010-March-09
Checkin: 12:30PM
Start: 1:00PM
Joe Healy / Brian Hitney
Regal Cinema [map]
541 North Alafaya Trail
Orlando Florida 32828
Event ID: 1032438186
Register Here

FT LAUDERDALE
2010-March-11
Checkin: 12:30PM
Start: 1:00PM
Joe Healy / Brian Hitney
Regal Cinema [ map ]
Cypress Creek
6415 N Andrews Ave
Ft Lauderdale, FL 33309
Event ID: 1032438187
Register Here

TAMPA
2010-March-30
Checkin: 12:30PM
Start: 1:00PM
Joe Healy / Glen Gordon
Microsoft Office [ map ]
5426 Bay Center Drive
Suite 700
Tampa, FL 33609
Register Here
Event ID: 1032439976

Dont want to register online? Call 877.673.8368 with the event ID

If you have questions, please contact Joe Healy at jhealy@microsoft.com

PhizzPop $50k design contest

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:50:30 GMT

Boys and Girls Club of America web site redesign is the topic for the $50,000 Phizzpop contest. Submit a proposal for the website redesign and have a chance to win trips to MIX10 for the final presentation, as well as shot at $50k. To quote the main website, this contest is unique in "it pits agency Davids and Goliaths against one another to show the most innovative integration of Microsoft technologies to achieve the website redesign goals of BGCA." Agency size is irrelevant. Finalist Round submissions are due by February 18th. Don’t miss your opportunity to show off your skills to an elite panel of judges, advance BGCA's mission, and land $50k in the process. Download the brief and get started today! More info at http://www.phizzpop.com.

MSDN Newsletter Preview - 2010-Jan-18

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:05:28 GMT

Here are DevFish's Florida entries for the 2010-Jan-18 MSDN Flash. Exact same goodies I sent to the flash publishers on 10/19/2009. Why is the format below so ugly? This is what I send them directly cut n pasted.

"got .NET goodies" you would like to see in the MSDN Flash? Send me a note at jhealy@microsoft.com.
Note: I won't advertise 'pay-for' training classes, sorry.

What? You don't subscribe to the MSDN Flash? Then how do you keep up with all the cool developer events in the great state of Florida? Go here for the MSDN Flash subscription: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/flash/default.aspx

Devfish’s Corner

And so the New Year is off with a bang. We've already lined up two CodeCamps (Orlando, South Florida) and two SQL Saturdays (Tampa, Jacksonville). There's a new Silverlight dedicated user group in Tampa, and a new Azure dedicated user group in Miami. Speaking of Miami, we've lined up a 3 city Azure tour for the winter as well. Big events like those, plus your usual great content from local user groups should keep the inner-geek happy in all of us. Devfish wants to wish all of you a safe, propserous new year, and hope to see you at some events.

Joe Healy, a.k.a. the DevFish, is the developer evangelist for Florida. He enjoys fishing, games, writing .NET code, and playing with girls, Ryan and Morgan. Visit his blog, or send him e-mail.

Write a Win7 Client Coding Article, Win an HP TouchSmart

Want to win a HP TouchSmart Notebook? How does this sound? Write an article on CodeProject.com on techniques for coding Windows Client applications. Include some screen shots and code samples. Tag your article with the keywords "windows 7". That's it! You're entered to win one of THREE HP TouchSmart Notebooks! Pretty sweet deal. More details can be found at this URL - http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9702428 . The contest ends 2010-Feb-03.

Silverlight Tampa Bay

[http://jaykimble.net/silverlight-blog.aspx]Jay Kimble has started a new Tampa Bay dedicated Silverlight group, Silver Tampa Bay. The First meeting is Thurs, 2009-Jan-14, with an inaugural speaker will be Bill Reiss of Vertigo, on Silverlight workflow and the issues involved around it. This group is looking like a ton o fun. Hope to see you there. For more info - http://silvertb.com

SQL Saturday Tampa

SQL Saturday Tampa is right around the corner on Saturday, January 23rd. Over 40 sessions are on the all day agenda, with topics from SSIS to Azure to Powershell to DBA and more. This is a fantastic event you won't want to miss. Sign up now at http://www.sqlsaturday.com/32/schedule.aspx and we hope to see you in Tampa.

Alabama CodeCamp in Mobile, AL - 23-Jan-2009

For the folks up in the Panhandle, looks like there is a codecamp January 23rd in Mobile, AL. Call for speakers as well as registration are open. This should be a fun event. For more info go here -> www.alabamacodecamp.com .

Florida Codecamps in Orlando and South Florida coming up

Orlando (March 27) and South Florida (February 27) have their codecamps on the horizon. Both events last year had over very large crowds and tons of sessions. For links to the registration URLs, as well as some reviews and photos from previous events, see [ http://www.devfish.net/fullblogitemview.aspx?blogid=724 ] for Orlando, and [ http://www.devfish.net/fullblogitemview.aspx?blogid=723 ] for South Florida. See you at the show!

Azure Developer Group in Miami Starts Up

Mark Neppl, Alex Funkhouser, and some of the Miami krewe are starting a dedicated Azure User Group in Miami. The first meeting will be January 21, with yours truly doing an Azure platform overview.

AsFug will focus on the support of information technology and technology oriented business professionals with an interest in using Azure technology for business gain. The URL for more info and event registration is http://www.asfug.org .

Florida IT Server Group

The ITPro community started a group for Server admins and such, called the Florida IT Server Group. Focus will be on teaching and learning on the Microsoft stack. Their first meeting is 2010-January-16. Be sure and check them out at their website – http://www.fisg.us .

Azure Tour Winter 2010

We've got dates for a 4 hour run on Windows Azure in Lauderdale, Tampa, and Orlando. Join Joe Healy, Brian Hitney, and Glen Gordon for a 300 level intro to Azure during March. For more info and signup see [http://www.devfish.net/fullblogitemview.aspx?blogid=728].

LOCAL EVENTS

PANHANDLE :: PANHANDLE :: PANHANDLE :: PANHANDLE :: PANHANDLE

Ft. Walton Beach, FL ( http://www.gulfcoastdotnet.org )
1/23/2010 – Alabama CodeCamp in Mobile, AL

Pensacola SQL Server ( http://www.pensacolasql.com )

1/28/2010 – Demystifying SQL Deployments

Tallahassee Sharepoint Developers ( http://www.tallahasseespeed.com )

1/19/2010 – Sharepoint 2010 – Jeff Shaver

Tallahassee .NET (http://capitalcitydotnet.net )

2/4/2010 – REST Web Services with WCF – Thomas Vanderhoof

NORTH FLORIDA :: NORTH FLORIDA:: NORTH FLORIDA:: NORTH FLORIDA:: NORTH FLORIDA

Jacksonville Arch SIG ( http://jaxarcsig.spaces.live.com )

1/26/2010 – TDD for Architects – Michael Mann

Jacksonville .NET Developer Group ( http://www.jaxdug.com )

2/3/2010 – What's New (and Exciting!) in Sharepoint 2010 for Developers – Andrew Connell

North Florida (Lake City) .NET ( http://www.nfdotnet.org )

see website

WEST CENTRAL :: WEST CENTRAL :: WEST CENTRAL :: WEST CENTRAL :: WEST CENTRAL

Lakeland .NET ( www.lakelandug.net )
see website

Pasco County .NET (http://www.pascousergroup.net )

2/25/2010 – BizTalk 2009

Sarasota .NET Developer Group ( http://www.sarasotadev.net )

2/2010 - .NET Tiki Tour – date tbd

3/9/2010 – Functional Programming with F# - Eugene Chuvyrov

5/2010 – David Hayden

Sarasota SQL Server ( http://www.sarasotasql.net )

see website

Tampa Bay Agile Group ( http://agiletampa.spaces.live.com )

see website

Tampa Bay Architecture Special Interest Group (IASA) ( http://tampabayiasa.eventbrite.com )

see website

Tampa Bay .NET ( http://www.fladotnet.com )
see website

Tampa Bay DotNetNuke ( http://dotnetnuketampa.com )

see website

Tampa Bay Silverlight ( http://www.silvertb.com )

1/14/2010 – Silverlight Workflow – Bill Reiss

2/10/2010 – Basics of Building Silverlight Applications ( for business devs) – Jay Kimble

3/10/2010 – XAML is your friend – tbd

4/14/2010 – re-MIX – various

5/12/2010 – Behaviors and Animations – tbd

6/9/2010 – Your Application Needs Data – various

7/14/2010 – Fun and Games – Bill Reiss

Tampa Bay SQL SERVER ( http://www.tampasql.com )

1/23/2010 –SQL Saturday Tampa

Tampa Bay SQL Server Business Intelligence ( http://tampabaybi.sqlpass.org )

see website

SOUTH FLORIDA :: SOUTH FLORIDA :: SOUTH FLORIDA :: SOUTH FLORIDA :: SOUTH FLORIDA

Azure User Group – Miami, FL ( http://asfug.org )

1/21/2010 - Joe Healy – Intro to Cloud and Azure

GoldCoast User Group – Boca Raton, FL ( http://www.gcdotnet.com )
2/11/2010 – SharePoint 2010 Business Intelligence Tools

3/11/2010 – Introducing Silverlight 4.0

4/8/2010 – Visual Studio 2010

Miami .NET User Group ( http://miamiusersgroup.org )

see website

South Florida .NET - Ft. Lauderdale / Miramar / West Palm DEV ( http://www.fladotnet.com )

1/26/2010 (West Palm Beach) – Speaker Idol

2/28/2010 (Miramar) South Florida .NET CodeCamp VI

South Florida Biztalk User Group ( http://www.btug.biz/Home/SouthFlorida/tabid/173/Default.aspx )

see website

South Florida PowerShell User Group – Miramar, FL ( http://www.flpsug.com )

1/28/2010 – Working with Powershell Profiles

South Florida Silverlight User Group ( http://www.sfsug.com )

1/20/2010 - Silverlight-Prism - David Silverlight – 400PM at Carnival Cruise Lines

South Florida Sharepoint ( http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=62807516002 )

see website

South Florida SQL Server ( http://www.gcsqlgroup.com )

1/28/2010 – (Miramar) SQL Server User Group

3/22/2010 – Kalen Delaney of SQL Server Internals

South Florida TechTalk – Cooper City ( http://www.sftechtalk.org )

2/3/2010 – topic tbd

Southwest Florida .NET Developer Group – Naples / Ft. Myers / Immokalee ( http://www.swfldev.net )

2/22/2010 – Nerd Dinner – Cape/NFM at Bubba's – http://www.nerddinner.com/1514

CENTRAL FLORIDA :: CENTRAL FLORIDA :: CENTRAL FLORIDA :: CENTRAL FLORIDA :: CENTRAL FLORIDA

Orlando Dotnetnuke ( http://orlando.dotnetnukeug.net )

see website

Orlando .NET User Group ( http://www.onetug.org )

1/21/2010 – ASP.NET MVC BootCamp – David Hayden

3/31/2010 – Orlando CodeCamp

Orlando SQL Server ( http://www.opass.org )

see website

Space Coast SQL ( http://spacecoast.sqlpass.org )

2/11/2010 – SQL Azure – Joe Healy

Space Coast / Melbourne, FL ( http://www.scdnug.org )
1/20/2010 – Windows Services – Walter Williams

Want your .NET Developer or SQL Server user group event listed in the 'local events' section? Got a special announcement you want posted (no paid events please) Send a 10-15 word description of your event to jhealy@microsoft.com . All entries are subject to trimming to fit the space we have available.

IDFLinkable 2010-Jan-31

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:40:17 GMT

ON THINGS MICROSOFT
"A Brief History of Microsoft on the Web" (via @nikitap) - http://www.microsoft.com/misc/features/features_flshbk.htm
Netbook v iPad - http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2358590,00.asp
WPF4 Hands On Labs - http://connect.microsoft.com/WPF/content/content.aspx?ContentID=15293
WiMo 6.x Hands on Lab published Jan-22 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=b1c41316-61a0-49b2-a959-caa64624a572
Latest Microsoft.com downloads - always an interesting browse - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/results.aspx?sortCriteria=date&FamilyID=&OSID=&productID=&CategoryID=10&freetext=&DisplayLang=en&DisplayEnglishAlso=
WPF and Win7 in space - http://blog.seesmic.com/2010/01/live-tweeting-from-space-using-seesmic-look-1.html
Nike plus Silverlight Deep Zoom plus Azure Storage - http://www.jumpman23mosaic.com/
Top 16 Windows Gadgets for System Monitoring - http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windowsvista/tp/vistagadgetssu.htm
Win7 has now passed all versions of MacOS combined - http://blogs.zdnet.com/gadgetreviews/?p=11476&tag=nl.e539
NES Games in Browser with Sivlerlight - http://gamenes.net
PC Week, Application Development: Top 10 Moves for Microsoft Silverlight in 2009 - http://bit.ly/8QxfpW
Gartner RIA Report - Microsoft=strong positive - Gartner RIA Report - Microsoft=Strong Positive - http://blogs.msdn.com/innov8showcase/archive/2010/01/18/gartner-ria-report-microsoft-rates-strong-positive.aspx
Ten WiMo phones from CES - http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/10-MustSee-Microsoft-Windows-Mobile-Smartphones-from-CES-460726/?kc=EWKNLEDP01132010C
SQL Server Migration Assistant for MYSQL CTP - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0e6168b0-2d0c-4076-96c2-60bd25294a8e&displaylang=en
Silverlight Game Dev Video by @billreiss - http://blogs.silverarcade.com/silverlight-games-101/08/silverlight-video-overview-of-silverlight-game-development/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SilverlightGames101+%28Silverlight+Games+101%29
ADO.NET Entity Data Model Extension Kit - http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/DesignerExtStartKit
Zune HD Apps Store - http://zhdapps.com/news/
Kenwood KIV-BT900 CD-less car stereo with Zune USB support - OK, I've never camped out for a car stereo before - http://ces.cnet.com/8301-31045_1-10429258-269.html , available 2010-April
Sarasota .NET Developers mailing list - http://www.davidhayden.me/2010/01/sarasota-net-developers-windows-live-group.html
SQL Server Twitter Directory - http://sqlserverpedia.com/wiki/Twitter

MISCELLANEOUS
kindle v ipad - http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10443186-1.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Crave
101 fanboy tshirts - some pretty clever ones - http://www.cotygonzales.com/2010/01/25/101-t-shirts-for-apple-fanboys-and-mac-faithful/
google v mozilla on html5 video - http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10440430-264.html
nexus one support forums - interesting reading - http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/label?lid=18bf75ad33b7d554&lid=551c5c4cca827a18&hl-en
google next one 3g troubleshooting from tmobile - http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/t-mobile-gives-reps-troubleshooting-tips-for-nexus-ones-3g-issu/
iphone v nexus one - http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2010/010710-google-nexus-one.html?ts0hb&story=nexus, http://www.techcrunch.com/2010/01/12/iphone-versus-nexus-one/
Clarks World Online SciFi Mag - http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/feed/rss/
OSX v Windows in Web 2.0 - http://www.thestandard.com/news/2009/10/07/os-x-vs-windows-web-2-0-face-apple-gets-thrashing?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IndustryStandardUniqueContent+%28The+Industry+Standard%27s+News+and+Commentary+%28no+3rd+party+content%29%29

Kevin Wolf hands on with HTC HD2 - DotNetMinute

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:58:24 GMT

Here's the latest Florida DotNetMinute posted on Channel9. This issue is a hands on look at the HTC HD2 with Kevin Wolf ( @bytemaster ). Kevin walks us through some of his favorite features and apps, and puts it side by side the the G1, the iPhone, and the HTC TouchPro 2. Enjoy...