Great pointer from my coworker Brian Johnson on how to test your sites on IE8 without actually installing IE 8 – VPC images. Check ‘em out!
BufferOverrun: Brian Johnson: Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Images
During the Atlanta TechDays events a few weeks ago, I had an opportunity to get local developer community member Doug Ware on camera to talk about user groups, community, his business, SharePoint and a lot of other things. One of my old pals from MSAM, Matt Hester, did most of the interviewing, which was fine, because (a) it was his camera and (b) I was a bit distracted after running around coordinating chalk talk presentations all morning! ;)
To our MSDN Southern Fried Roadshow fans:
We are planning for our next week of roadshows through NC and SC, and we need your help!
We are looking for college auditoriums, businesses with big conference rooms, and the like, for the December 2, 3, 4 or 5. Hopefully we can hit Raleigh, Greensboro, Columbia and/or Charleston.
Ideally we'd like to have free or close to free venues. Then we can spend more money on giveaways for everyone! If a company wants to offer their room, we will certainly thank them as a roadshow sponsor.
If you have any leads please let us know. The sooner we can get these booked the better.
Thanks!
Today, several folks in the Southeast received notification that they have been renewed as Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs). I just wanted to take a moment to recognize many of them that I know personally, and thank them for all their help, because my job would certainly be much harder if these guys weren’t around.
- Jim Duffy, up in Raleigh, who in the dual role of MVP and Regional Director (RD) has the challenge of digging deep into technology AND having conversations across all technologies at a high level. And he does it so smoothly, you have to admire him. And of course there’s his awesome taste in music!
- Keith Elder, who is way down in Hattiesburg, MS. Keith and his pals are known for the Deep Fried Bytes podcast series, which offers refreshing perspectives on diverse technologies. He also got a new user group rolling down there and helped us coordinate our MSDN Southern Fried Roadshow stop. In his spare time he contributes to Witty, a WPF twitter client.
- Shawn Wildermuth, right here in Atlanta, who really has really dug into Silverlight lately, even shunning his solely data-focused ADO Guy moniker. But Shawn really articulates well the principles of getting Silverlight connected. Check out his international Silverlight Tour, which even has a stop in Atlanta this month!
- Jim Wooley also here in the Atlanta area. Jim’s an author and LINQ dude extraordinaire. Most recently, Jim braved the gas shortage to come give a LINQ deep dive at the experimental Chalk Talks we did for Atlanta TechDays. Jim’s always willing to help out!
- Rob Zelt in Raleigh who has been steadily moving up the community involvement ladder, starting his involvement with TRINUG and extending all the way up to his leadership within INETA.
Don’t miss tonight’s meeting of the Atlanta .NET User Group (ADNUG) where my co-worker Karl Rissland will be bringing us up to date on the world of BizTalk Server. See you then!
The venues and dates are locked, the invitations have been sent, the van is loaded up with goodies, and we're on the road. Keep up with our roadshow adventures on Flickr
We've had great news on the MSDN Southern Fried Roadshow front. Brian, whom we thought couldn't join us, will now be tagging along. So we'll have someone to drive the van while Chad and I play Xbox games in the back. By the way, does anyone know how to power an Xbox 360 in a car?
Registration is finally open for the big three-day TechDays event in Atlanta! Check out all the cool sessions, each offered from 1-5 PM on each day. Click the day name to register.
- Tuesday - The Southeast developer community presents "WebDev Fundamentals", including ASP.NET AJAX, Silverlight 2 and Live Services.
- Wednesday - MSDN Events presents "Tools that give your apps an edge", including WPF, Security on Windows Vista, and Visual Studio 2008/.NET Framework 3.5 SP1
- Thursday - MSDN Southern Fried Roadshow presents "A Day of REST" giving you guidance on implementing RESTful architectures with WCF 3.5, ADO.NET Data Services and ASP.NET MVC.
In addition, we have a Chalk Talk room at the Sheraton for various sessions (and open spaces) to be held throughout the day. We are adding new sessions every day leading up to the event, so check out this page for the schedule.
Visit the TechDays '08 Event - Atlanta, GA for more details, and we'll see you there!
Get ready for a developer roadshow full of greasy goodness. It's the MSDN Southern Fried Roadshow!
Chad Brooks, Brian Hitney and I are hitting the road to bring you some great talks on Microsoft developer and architecture topics, and we're going to have a lot of fun along the way.
To find out more:
Don't forget tomorrow's geekSpeak with David Mann on SharePoint workflow! I'm looking forward to hosting with Dani, it's his first one!
geekSpeak : Next geekSpeak - SharePoint Server 2007 Workflow with David Mann
I couldn't attend last night's Atlanta .NET User Group meeting, but my colleague Murray Gordon hosted in my stead.
I don't think I'll let him do that anymore, because he put together this awesome write-up of the event (including pictures) and showed me up. Murray!!!
Murray Gordon's Blog : Doug Ware speaks at the Atlanta .NET User Group tonight!
Guess I'll have to start writing cool post-meeting summaries now. :)
Following her appearance at devLINK, don't forget that Sara Ford, the Program Manager for Codeplex, is coming through the Southeast to hit a few user groups next week. Apparently, she'll be talking about Visual Studio tips and tricks. You don't want to miss Sara, she's a blast!
August 25 - Birmingham, AL
Southern Living Auditorium
2100 Lakeshore Dr.
Birmingham, AL 35209
United States
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Register at: https://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=130429 (space is limited)
August 26 - Hattiesburg, MS
University of Southern Mississippi
Liberal Arts Building
Room 205
7:00 PM with refreshments starting at 6:30 PM.
http://hubcitynug.org/ for more info
August 27 -Mobile, AL
ITT Tech
Office Mall South
3100 Cottage Hill Road
Building 3
Mobile, AL 36606
6:00:00 PM
http://www.loweraldotnet.org/ for more info
Been on the fence about registering for PDC? Well, here are some quick updates that might help change your mind.
First, due to popular demand, the PDC2008 Early Bird Discount has been extended three weeks. Register by 11:59 PM Pacific Time, Monday, September 8th and save $200 off the Full Conference Registration of $2395. With many out for summer holidays, it just made sense to extend it out.
Second, if you register using the R.S.V.P. code: LAExperience, you'll be entered to win a separate trip for 2 to see the Lakers, the Dodgers or attend a Universal Movie Premiere (flights and hotel included).
Great geekSpeak coming up this week, I love talking about all that fancy "designer" stuff, and Frank is a real expert in the space, so this should be fun!
geekSpeak : Next geekSpeak - Going from Developer to Dev-igner with Frank La Vigne - Wednesday, August 20
