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Upcoming Talks and Events

November just started and it’s shaping up to be quite a busy month already. The Silverlight Jumpstart course I mentioned previously on my blog kicks off its second round this week at the Westbury. The course is full for both in-person attendees Read More...

Posted Sunday, November 01, 2009 4:09 PM by martharotter | 0 Comments

Filed under: Ireland, MTUG, Developer, technology, events, designer

Can’t Get Enough Scott: “Gu And A” Scheduled for Sunday September 27th

The Scott Guthrie event on Monday, September 28th filled up in three days. We have a waitlist for the event at the moment. So for those of you who would still like to see Scott, he has graciously agreed to host a second event on Sunday evening. Read More...

Posted Wednesday, September 23, 2009 4:15 PM by martharotter | 0 Comments

Filed under: Ireland, Microsoft, MTUG, Developer, ASP.NET, events, dublin, .NET Framework

Reminder: Silverlight 3, SketchFlow & SuperPreview Talk at MTUG Dublin

Just as a reminder and for those of you who are not MTUG members, Microsoft Technology User Group Dublin is running a free event tomorrow evening with me in the Morrison Hotel from 7:30pm. Here’s a summary of the talk I’m giving: SketchFlow: Building Read More...

Posted Wednesday, September 09, 2009 6:54 AM by martharotter | 0 Comments

Filed under: MTUG, Developer, Silverlight, events, Training, Expression, dublin, designer

Learn about Defensive Programming with Niall Merrigan

ASP.NET expert and Microsoft certifications guru Niall Merrigan is visiting Ireland this week from Norway and is dropping by the Microsoft Technology Users Group this week in Dublin. He’ll be covering Defensive Programming , which is a great topic Read More...

Posted Tuesday, July 14, 2009 5:58 AM by martharotter | 0 Comments

Filed under: MTUG, Developer, events, Security, dublin, Virtual Earth, .NET Framework

Kathleen Dollard Visits Ireland

The very famous Kathleen Dollard is visiting Ireland! Kathleen, who is well known for her book Code Generation in .NET , her “Ask Kathleen” column in Visual Studio Magazine, and much more, is doing a tour of Ireland and the UK. She will be speaking Read More...

Posted Wednesday, June 17, 2009 6:17 PM by martharotter | 0 Comments

Filed under: MTUG, Developer, Silverlight, WPF, events, Training

Upcoming Event in Cork: SQL Server - Index Internals and Performance

I wanted to let you know about a great event coming up in Cork: Microsoft MVP Niall Flanagan will be presenting on Monday, October 13th at 19:00 in the Imperial Hotel on the topic of SQL Server – Index Internals & Performance. Summary: This talk will Read More...

Posted Friday, October 10, 2008 10:40 AM by martharotter | 0 Comments

Filed under: Ireland, MTUG, Developer, SQL Server, events, itpro

Josh Holmes Coming to Dublin: October 9th

I received excellent news late Friday of last week. Josh Holmes , RIA (Rich Internet/Interactive Application) Architect Extraordinaire, is coming to visit us in Dublin in early October. He will be speaking on the topic of “Developing RIAs Read More...

Posted Monday, September 22, 2008 7:03 AM by martharotter | 0 Comments

Filed under: Microsoft, MTUG, Developer, Silverlight, web development, events, dublin

SQL Server User Group Meeting – Tonight in Sandyford

Alan Crowley from DeCare Systems in Cork is in Dublin for the evening to talk with the Microsoft SQL Server User Group. The discussion is on “Visual Studio for Database Professionals”, and includes the following topics: Introducing DB Pro as a part Read More...

Posted Tuesday, May 06, 2008 4:23 AM by martharotter | 0 Comments

Filed under: MTUG, Developer, SQL Server, events, dublin, software development

Clare Dillon Interview with Chris Dalby

Check out Clare’s video with Chris Dalby of Yellow Park from last week's IMTC. Chris is not only a Microsoft MVP and the founder and Director of Yellow Park, but also the genius behind the "Chinposin'" phenomenon that has taken Twitter/Flickr by storm. Read More...

Posted Tuesday, April 08, 2008 5:16 PM by martharotter | 1 Comments

Filed under: IMTC, MTUG, webcast

Conferences, Launches and Talks, Oh My

It's no secret that there are a million and one things occurring in Ireland for developers over the next couple of weeks. I'm going to pimp a few in case you've missed any of these so that you can get them on your calendar. TechLudd: TechLudd is a total Read More...

Posted Tuesday, January 22, 2008 6:57 AM by martharotter | 1 Comments

Filed under: Ireland, MTUG, technology, web development, events, Training, barcamp, dublin, Mix08

Silverlight Sparks!

I mentioned earlier that I would have more details on the upcoming Silverlight event in Dublin and now I do! The event is Thursday, September 27th at 19:30 at the Cineworld Complex on Parnell Street. It's of course a free event and following that we'll Read More...

Posted Wednesday, September 19, 2007 7:59 AM by martharotter | 1 Comments

Filed under: Dublin events, MTUG, Silverlight, Training, Expression, IrishDev

IMTC Pictures posted!

I posted a few pictures from IMTC here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/martharotter/sets/72157600343582811/ - enjoy! Read More...

Posted Tuesday, June 19, 2007 9:55 AM by martharotter | 0 Comments

Filed under: Developer and Platform Group, Microsoft, IMTC, Dublin events, MTUG

IMTC 2007!

For those of you who were not at IMTC yesterday at Cineworld Dublin, you missed a fantastic event!! We had a great turnout and some really amazing talks and demos. We will be working on getting videos and pictures online soon. For those of you who were Read More...

Posted Friday, June 08, 2007 1:43 PM by martharotter | 0 Comments

Filed under: Developers, Microsoft, IMTC, Dublin events, MTUG