November 2004 - Posts

• Word of a new Northern Ireland user group on the horizon (And how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb)

  Back in the office today after a roller-coaster ride across Ireland for the Dr.Strangelove tour. It was great trip and it was fantastic to get out and meet developers from around the country. That movie gets better each time I watch it! I met some developers Read More... Posted Friday, November 26, 2004 5:42 PM by Clare Dillon | 1 Comments

• INDA gets started with a bang... and a new Irish author on the block

  Congratulations to Paschal and co. from the Ireland .NET Developers Alliance ( www.developers.ie ) for a brilliant event last night. Eamon from Clipcode gave a really comprehensive overview of all the Web Services standards currently in the works. I look Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 23, 2004 1:45 PM by Clare Dillon | 0 Comments

• Christian Weyer comes to Dublin on December 16th

  The Irish Developer Network are having a Christmas get-together on December 16th. Christian Weyer , one of the founders of thinktecture will be visiting from Germany to discuss what went wrong with Web services over the last few years and how to live Read More... Posted Friday, November 19, 2004 10:01 AM by Clare Dillon | 5 Comments

• Developer and Platform Group out on the streets for makeITsecure Day!

  Our whole Developer and Platform team was out on the streets yesterday handing out flyers for makeITsecure day. It was great to have the opportunity to get involved, but, I'll tell you one thing, looking out the window, I'm glad it was yesterday instead Read More... Posted Thursday, November 18, 2004 12:22 PM by Clare Dillon | 0 Comments

• MSDN + Dr.Strangelove + the Sugarclub = good night!

  Thanks to everyone who showed up last night to make the MSDN Dr. Strangelove screening at the Sugarclub such a great night. I have to say, that movie is even better on the big screen. You know, much as I liked Peter Sellers in all his leading roles, George Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 16, 2004 12:15 PM by Clare Dillon | 1 Comments

• Web Developer Kits Available!

  For those of you interested in web development using Visual Studio and ASP .NET, you might be interested in the Web Developer Kits currently available off the European Microsoft Web Developer site . The kits contains programming resources, training videos, Read More... Posted Monday, November 15, 2004 9:57 AM by Clare Dillon | 7 Comments

• Developer MVPs in Ireland - how to apply!

  I just got a question in about how to apply to be a developer MVP in Ireland and I thought the answer may interest others.. so... If you haven't heard of it the Microsoft Valued Professional (MVP) Program, it's a program run by Microsoft to identify and Read More... Posted Friday, November 12, 2004 10:05 AM by Clare Dillon | 4 Comments

• Halo 2 Launch Party Hits Dublin

  I met up with some members of Ireland .NET Developers Alliance and Irish Developers Network at the Halo 2 launch last night. Great party - the Xbox team really know how to throw a bash - gives me something to aim for with our MSDN events! :) Fergal, from Read More... Posted Thursday, November 11, 2004 4:59 PM by Clare Dillon | 2 Comments

• MSDN Evening Briefing: An Introduction to .NET

  Just a note to let you know about the next MSDN Event. Here in the Developer and Platform Group, we often get questions on where is the best place to start if you want to get up to speed in .NET quickly. So, we decided to do a type of jump-start event Read More... Posted Thursday, November 11, 2004 4:25 PM by Clare Dillon | 2 Comments

• Developers.ie Event: November 22nd

  Event Title: The Web Services Standards Stack And .NET Web Service Enhancements (WSE 2.0) Date: Monday, November 22nd, 7pm Location: St. Stephen's Green Hotel Speaker: Eamon O'Tuathail, Clipcode Knowledge Services Register here : www.developers.ie Some Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 10, 2004 5:53 PM by Clare Dillon | 1 Comments

• Photos from MSDN Social

  Rob has posted a couple of photos up from the MSDN social from last Wednesday. Check them out! Read More... Posted Monday, November 08, 2004 6:33 PM by Clare Dillon | 0 Comments

• Nov 3rd MSDN Day Slides Now Available

  Slides from last Wednesday's meeting are available here under the past events section. Nick has also posted some additional information relating to the MSDN talk on his blog: www.nickgrattan.net . Thanks to everyone who came along and helped make it such Read More... Posted Friday, November 05, 2004 5:23 PM by Clare Dillon | 0 Comments

• First Blog (& a Movie Invite for Irish Developers)

  Hi there, About time I got this blog up and running... :) I will be using it to add reminders of MSDN Ireland's events and activities. Next up on our list of events for this year is the MSDN screening of Stanley Kubrick's cold war classic "Dr.Strangelove" Read More... Posted Friday, November 05, 2004 4:29 PM by Clare Dillon | 3 Comments