Registration for DDD Ireland on May 3rd 2008 is now open!
The agenda is here.
The last DDD in Reading, UK, was full within 24 hours!
Sign up here:
https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032370583&culture=en-US
Do remember that DDD is a FREE event that is held on a Saturday!
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Ready Steady Speak!
Microsoft are looking for candidates to take part in a Speaker Idol competition at the upcoming Launch event of Visual Studio 2008, SQL 2008 and Server 2008.
“Ready Steady Speak!” is a mini Speaker Idol in which the contestants have been given predefined subjects to speak on for 5 mins in front of a panel of judges. There will be 3 categories: VS2008, SQL2008 and Windows Server 2008. We want to give your members an opportunity to speak at a major event rather than have recognised community speakers. So spread the word that there is an opportunity to a learn about the new products by giving a short Community talk at the Launch, with a chance to win a great prize too! Hosts and Judges will be in conflict over who is the best, so watch out for some banter and controversy!
In terms of numbers, we need about 4 Dev volunteers and 4 IT Pro volunteers to ensure we have a full competition. So far we’ve 2 volunteers for Dev presentations and one probable for IT Pro, so we spread the word out there to your members, particularly those active ones who may have dabbled in speaking and want an opportunity to have a crack at a large event. Excellent prizes up for grabs as well as accolades !!
If you are interested please contact Dave McMahon (of NxtGenUG fame) – Dave’s e-mail address is Mr McMahon’s first name at-sign nxtgenug.net
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Last night, I missed a train because of an old coot who was on his mobile ‘phone – here’s the tweet. Walking whilst using a mobile ‘phone (texting or calling) can be a dangerous thing. The old coot in question happened to be going down stairs at the time, staggering left to right, making direction changes at exactly the same time I was, just as if he had eyes in the back of his head. His meandering cost me 15 minutes. Yes, a whole 15 minutes, doesn’t sound like a lot, but these things add up. Get a couple of those close proximity butterfly effects and it’s easy to see 10-20% of your working day being affected by the actions of other people.
I was, therefore, pleased to read Lucy Mangan’s Shortcut in today’s edition of The Guardian. It should come as no surprise to learn that mobile ‘phone users walk into things whilst trying to keep themselves on the cyber-pavement – so it’s no wonder that they are banned from use whilst driving. However, it gets worse. Seemingly Brick Lane in east London has padding surrounding its lampposts – to prevent mobile ‘phone users from inflicting too much personal damage when they walk into them.
On the subject of self-inflicted injuries, Lucy’s choice of words made me chuckle::
…these are injuries caused by people who do not understand the importance of peripheral vision. Until, that is, they compromise it by texting as they walk along the street and into lampposts, signs, bollards and other pedestrians.
In future, dear mobile ‘phone user who happens to be in front of me, if you are using your mobile ‘phone whilst walking in public, do be considerate of others: slowing down may impact those behind you, as does aimless meandering.
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Gary Short explains why we should stop by his DDD Ireland session:
For more information visit the DDD Ireland web-site. Or register to attend DDD Ireland by clicking here.
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For more information visit the DDD Ireland web-site. Or register to attend DDD Ireland by clicking here.
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I am pleased to announce that registration for DDD Ireland is now open!
The registration page is here:
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032370583
The agenda is here:
http://www.dddireland.com/agenda-1.htm
DDD Ireland Special – WCF In Depth
We are pleased to announce that Dominick Baier and Christian Weyer (both from thinktecture) and Daniel Fisher and Michael Willers (both from devcoach) will be delivering a full day of WCF.Dominick and Christian will be taking half a day to cover WCF In Action, including a practical introduction and tips & tricks. Daniel and Michael will be also be taking a half day to cover Distributed Apps using AJAX and WCF.
Dom, Christian, Dan and Michael are mainstream speakers, normally seen at major conferences. Similar training would normally entail a financial outlay – not this training, it’s completely free! This is a rare opportunity to immerse yourself in the WCF, not to be missed!
Ah go on.
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Andrew was quick to publish this good news:
http://www.andrewwestgarth.co.uk/Blog/post/2008/02/MSDN-and-TechNet-Roadshow-Dates-Announced.aspx
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Via Mike, there’s an opening in the DPE team!
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Spotted over on Martin Woodward’s blog:
“you get a trip to the lovely Galway which is never a wasted journey”
Expect to see registration announcements real soon now.
Ah go on.
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Phil was, AFAIK, first to get the drums out and start the DDD Ireland beats sounding here in blogsphere!
The web-site itself carries most of the salient information, however do expect it to change its look’n’feel over the next few weeks – we’re planning to adopt the full Silverlight experience!
This is a DDD-styled event, insomuch as it’s held on a Saturday, it’s free, there are no Microsoft speakers on the agenda, there’s a mix of regular experienced speakers and a few fresh faces and there’s an excellent opportunity for a social activity afterwards!
As of today, there is an agenda available: please, do expect this to change a little bit between now and the event itself. One or two of the speakers are still awaiting the outcome of other commitments.
Over the weeks leading up to the event, we are hoping to publish a number of 5-minute videos from the speakers. These videos will give you a sneak peek at the session content, the speaker and will hopefully help you decide which sessions you want to attend!
In addition to the agenda’s five tracks, there is a WCF In Depth track where you can immerse yourself in the Windows Communication Foundation, learning from Dominick Baier, Christian Weyer, Daniel Fisher and Michael Willers (blog/URL tbc, podcast here). This is essentially a full day’s worth of training that won’t cost you a penny in attendance charges!
In the mean-time, please feel free to keep the jungle drums beating by passing news of this event on to all who might be interested. If you are a Facebook user, we do have a group and an event setup already.
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Mick Lohan pointed me in the direction of a post over at Claudio Perrone’s blog.
I’m not going to spoil the post, if you’re interested in Getting Things Done and productivity tricks and techniques, it’s well worth the read.
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Via the MSDN Ireland blog and Mick Lohan, I discovered an e-Book and some sample chapters are available for free download.
Introducing Microsoft LINQ
by Paolo Pialorsi and Marco Russo
ISBN: 9780735623910Chapter 1: LINQ Introduction
Chapter 2: C# Language Features
Chapter 3: Visual Basic 9.0 Language Features
Chapter 4: LINQ Syntax Fundamentals
Chapter 5: LINQ to ADO.NET
Chapter 6: LINQ to XMLIntroducing Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX
by Dino Esposito
ISBN: 9780735624139Chapter 1: The AJAX Revolution
Chapter 5: The AJAX Control ToolkitIntroducing Microsoft Silverlight 1.0
by Laurence Moroney
ISBN: 9780735625396Chapter 1: Silverlight and User Experience
Chapter 5: Programming Silverlight with JavaScript
Here’s the link you’ll need:
Original post via Ronan Geraghty.
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