Tomorrow, James Kovacs and I will be heading north up to Edmonton , Alberta for the Edmonton Code Camp . This should be a lot of fun. The last time I was at a Code Camp was earlier this year in Calgary . For the Edmonton Code Camp , I will be talking about gadgets for both Windows Live and the sidebar...

Last weekend, I ventured west to the snowy confines of Banff , Alberta to attend & present at CanUX 2006 . (Please see my previous post on this event.) I was amazed at the level of passion and expertise I found in the Canadian Rockies . These folks seriously love design and usability! On Saturday...

Later today, I'll be heading west to Banff to attend CanUX 2006 . For what it's worth, you can check out the official description here . Essentially, it's a workshop that's all about hands-on learning. Geared towards "the folks in the field" (AKA, the practitioners), CanUX is all about the user experience...

Last night, the Calgary .NET User Group and the Alberta .NET User Group co-hosted the Developer Night in Canada (DNIC) user group tour in Calgary . The event had a pretty good crowd - about seventy (70) developers came to hear about Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) and ASP.NET "Atlas" . I hope...

My apologies for not posting preamble for the Developer Night in Canada (DNIC) user group tour event in Saskatoon . The drive up from Regina was a little longer than I expected, which didn't leave me a lot of time to write an entry prior to the event. For what it's worth, I had a great time in Saskatoon...

Hello, Regina ! Yes, I'm here in beautiful Regina , Saskatchewan for the third stop of the Developer Night in Canada (DNIC) user group tour for western Canada . Tonight, I'll be speaking to the Regina .NET User Group about Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) . Now, you might be wondering about the content...

The Developer Night in Canada (DNIC) user group tour continues its fantastic journey across the heart of Canada . Last night, a group of developers and I sat in a room and examined Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) and ASP.NET "Atlas" . What a great event. I had a blast. Lots of great questions...

Edmonton . The City of Champions. It's good to be back. Yes, I'm here in our nation's sporting capital where tonight, I plan to excite the local developer community with the wonders of ASP.NET "Atlas" . I arrived in Edmonton earlier this morning on Westjet , the world's greatest airline. God bless...

Last night, the Developer Night in Canada (DNIC) user group tour kicked off with a bang in Winnipeg . With approximately 70 people in the audience, I tried my best to show some of the coolest features of ASP.NET "Atlas" . For some folks, Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) and ASP.NET "Atlas" just...

Ah, Winnipeg . The city of my youth. How I've missed you. It's good to be back. Tonight, the Developer Night in Canada (DNIC) user group tour begins in Winnipeg . I will be kicking off the festivities with a talk about Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) and ASP.NET "Atlas" . I imagine there are...

Starting on September 6th with the Winnipeg .NET User Group , the Developer Night in Canada (DNIC) user group tour will feature Developer Advisors from MSDN Canada talking about Web application development with Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) and ASP.NET "Atlas" . In total, we plan to visit twenty...

These folks work fast! Toronto DemoCamp 8 and 9 already has the attendee list up & running! What say you, Calgary / Edmonton ? Care to have a DemoCamp ? Let me know!

Joey deVilla : "DemoCamp 7 will take place on Tuesday, July 4th at 6:30 p.m. at No Regrets (42 Mowat Avenue)."

This Saturday, I will be hosting Energize IT at the University of Calgary . This event should be a lot of fun. A live video stream from Toronto and LoadFest for various Microsoft technologies. A sort of Canadian Eurovision Song Contest ... except for IT... and not as cheesy.

This Wednesday (May 17), I'll be in Vancouver to deliver an "everything-plus-the-kitchen-sink" presentation on Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) to the .NET User Group of British Columbia and the Vancouver Technology User Group . As some us here at MSDN Canada like to say: Come and "get your geek on"...

Tomorrow, I'll be heading to Kelowna to speak at the Thompson Okanagan .NET Users Group (TODNUG) . It should be a lot of fun. I look forward to seeing everyone at the meeting!

I just got back from Edmonton after delivering a presentation on WinFX ( Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) , Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) , Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) ) to the Edmonton .NET Wizards . According to Dickson , one of the group's leaders, there were about fifty attendees...

I'll be speaking at the Edmonton .NET Wizards tonight at 6:00 PM MST. Please feel free to drop by and introduce yourself. For more information about this event, please check out the Website .

Next week, I'll be up in Edmonton , Alberta to deliver a presentation entitled, "A Lap Around WinFX" to the Edmonton .NET Wizards . If you're in the area and would like to learn more about the next generation of Windows APIs, please feel free to drop by! More information about this event can be found...

Last night, James Kovacs and Daniel Carbajal delivered a wondeful presentation to the Calgary .NET User Group entitled, "Building Cutting-Edge Web Solutions with Visual Studio 2005 and ASP.NET 2.0". This presentation was great because it showed attendees the power and flexibility of ASP.NET 2.0. Some...

Recently, I had the pleasure of delivering a talk entitled, "A Lap Around WinFX" to the Winnipeg .NET User Group . Lots of good questions were asked about Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) , Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) , and Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) , which demonstrated just how...

I've posted my photos of the Visual Studio 2005 Community Launch event to my Flickr account. The photoset is available here . Overall, I thought the event went very well. Lots of great speakers and tons of interest in the new bits.

The Victoria .NET Developers Association will be hosting its community launch event of Visual Studio later tonight. If you were unfortunate enough to miss the launch tour in November, you owe it to yourself to attend tonight's meeting. More information can be found here .

The Alberta .NET User Group and the Calgary .NET User Group will co-host the community launch event for Visual Studio later today. If you're in the Calgary area and would like to meet up with some fellow .NET developers, please make sure to drop by. More information about this event can be found here...

The Vancouver Technology User Group is having a meeting later tonight; the community launch event for Visual Studio and SQL Server . This is an International .NET Association (INETA) -sponsored event to help drive excitement around Visual Studio and SQL Server so make sure to attend! More information...