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Last week at PDC 2008 there was a lot of great evening activity going on in addition to the daytime sessions. Coolest was the Underground @ PDC. Hosted at the Edison, a club located in the basement of what once was an old Edison power station, the event...
The IASA SoCal October Architecture meeting (10/16) is focusing on the importance of User Experience. Patrick Neeman, a colleague and good friend is presenting. Check out his blog http://www.usabilitycounts.com . How User Experience Ensures You Will Build...
In mid September I, along with other INETA NorAm board members, had the pleasure of meeting with several product teams at Microsoft while in Redmond for an INETA board of directors meeting. In our product team meetings, we shared our overall plan INETA...
One of my major responsibilities, as Treasurer for INETA, is to prepare our annual budget submission to Microsoft. INETA is a volunteer organization that depends on funding from various sources in order to provide services to our user groups. As you may...
The TechZulu people were at the Inland Empire .NET 's special meeting honoring its Most Valuable Members (MVM). They have some really interesting interviews on people and action in the tech entrepreneurial space. I had the honor of being interviewed...
Last month I had the privelage of delivering one of four mini presentations at the Inland Empire .NET 's special MVM meeting. James Johnson, IE.NET president has really put together an inovative program for getting volunteers involved in the group...
Over the past month, I’ve made the rounds of several Southern California user groups and the San Diego Code Camp presenting “Dynamic Languages and the DLR.” · San Gabriel Valley .NET on June 18 · IASA SoCal/SoCal .NET Architecture...
In addition to the INETA Community Champion award , another really exciting new program that INETA has launched this year is the Community Excellence Award . The INETA Community Excellence Award is given to individuals for their extraordinary efforts...
INETA Rewards those Active in the User Group Community An XBox or MSDN Subscription to the 10 Most Active Contributors in the User Group Community each quarter. How? By doing what you are doing already, you stand to win: a) Valuable Prizes: An MSDN Subscription...
With TechEd being split into two weeks for Developers and IT Pros, it was a long experience for me. I covered both weeks for INETA. The first week we had the whole team on board and a lot of community stuff going on. We kept the INETA kiosk area well...
Today, June 20, Graham Watson, a senior marketing manager at Microsoft focused on technical communities announced some changes in conjunction with Culminis . These changes are designed to bring improvements across the board in how Microsoft supports user...
Florida has a great .Net user group culture and it was organized in full force putting together a great weekend of geeky stuff. Joe Healey, the local DE played a big part in helping to organize and support. He hosted a Friday night get together at TGI...
This week at TechEd Daniel Egan, Morgan Baker and Rob Zelt attended a roundtable luncheon with Bill Gates along with other “influential members of the community” and S. Somasegar. Check out Rob and Daniel’s blogs http://www.robzelt.com...
Tuesday morning at TechEd after the keynote, I went over to the Dynamic Languages area, introduced myself to the team and did a little promotion for my BOF session. Bill Chiles and I went over to Neil Ford’s session on Design Patterns in Dynamic...
Today, INETA hosted a community leadership summit as a TechEd pre-conference get-together for INETA user group leaders and influential’s. About 70 attended for a great session of food, networking, and sharing. Rob Zelt led a discussion on best practices...
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