September, 2008

Back on August 25th, I announced the Silverlight 2 Fire Starter that will be coming to NYC this Saturday, September 13th.  The event registration quickly filled up and we sold out.  I’m now happy to announce we managed to obtain a larger room...

October is here, and the crispness of Fall is in the air. Before you know it, Halloween will be here. But even sooner than that is the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) 2008 in Los Angeles, CA!  I’m looking forward to heading to...

The NJ SQL Server user group is hosting a Business Intelligence event this Saturday, October 4th in Iselin, NJ. If BI is something you’ve been looking to get more insight on, come on out for this free event! NJSQL Business Intelligence Saturday Microsoft...

Come and be there at the start of something special!  The inaugural meeting of the New York City ALT.NET User Group will be held Thursday, September 25th, 2008 @ 6:30pm. Are you passionate about the profession of Software Engineering, always looking...

The Silverlight 2 Fire Starter in NYC was a big hit over the weekend.  Major thanks goes out to our speakers for a job well done:  Shawn Wildermuth , Jason Beres , and Todd Snyder . Without them, this event just wouldn’t have been possible!...

Any Steelers’ fans reading out there?  Are you around Pittsburgh? No? You should get there anyway! This Friday, the MSDN Freedom Roadshow is coming to town with a whole day of learning including .NET 3.5, ASP.NET MVC, and AJAX. This is your chance...

Via Shawn Wildermuth , who is in town for the Silverlight Tour: UPDATE [9/23/08 – 9am]: Shawn has decided to cancel the dinner as he is feeling under the weather. He apologizes for the short notice.  I’ll let Shawn know that he owes us some good...

Tomorrow night is the kick-off meeting of the new NYC VSTS User Group .  VSTS is a powerful tool for helping manage the world of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) in a team environment. Implemented properly, it has the potential to improve developer...

VSLive! is going on right now this week in Brooklyn, NY.  VSLive! is a technology conference dedicated to the entire Microsoft stack. This year they're covering many of the very recent technologies and "Cloud" computing offerings, including...