As mentioned at the recent Scott Hanselman tour of Scotland, Microsoft are running a bunch of dev camps in Edinburgh.
These dev camps are great opportunities for you to spend a day with like-minded individuals and the talented evangelists from Microsoft. If you are looking to build apps for the soon-to-be-released Windows 8 operating system (and indeed, Windows Phone), attending a dev camps is the perfect way to kick-start your development!
They are free to attend and you will get fed and watered!
Windows Azure – 30th August, Edinburgh
https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032522070&Culture=en-GB&community=0
Windows 8 UX Dev Camp – 30th August, Edinburgh
https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032522071&Culture=en-GB&community=0
Windows 8 Dev Camp – 31st August, Edinburgh
https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032522072&Culture=en-GB&community=0
Windows 8 Dev Camp – 1st September, Edinburgh
https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032522073&Culture=en-GB&community=0