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State of .NET Events coming to Dallas and Houston

Chris Koenig — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:06:19 GMT

Free “State of .NET” Event coming to Dallas and Houston Dallas: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 1:30 – 4:30 PM Microsoft Dallas Office - 7000 SR-161 (George Bush Turnpike), Irving, TX 75039 Houston: Thursday, April 1, 2010 1:30 – 4:30...(read more)

Technically Speaking coming to DFW

Chris Koenig — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:26:17 GMT

Attention all current and potential public speakers! Are you a technical person with loads of great information to share with your peers? Do you get nervous speaking in front of crowds? Would you like to develop your public speaking, demonstration...(read more)

New OKC SharePoint User Group

Chris Koenig — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:23:54 GMT

My friend and teammate John Weston (a.k.a. @technetguy) just told me about a new SharePoint user group in OKC. Their first meeting is Thursday, March 11th at the Dell facility in OKC: 3501 SW 15th Bldg A, Hudson Hall Oklahoma City, OK 73108 Map to Dell...(read more)

MVP Cowboys at the MVP Summit

Chris Koenig — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:39:58 GMT

Our team bought cowboy hats for all of our MVPs in TX, OK, LA and AR (what we call South Central District). These are a few of the first folks to get their hats yesterday afternoon at the MVP Summit kickoff meeting/mixer/meal. The bandanas say “MVP Summit...(read more)

Windows 7 RC To Expire Next Month

Chris Koenig — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:43:20 GMT

It’s time to upgrade from the Windows 7 Release Candidate. While most people who tested Windows 7 have now moved to the final version, some are still running the Release Candidate. If you haven’t moved yet, it’s time to replace the RC. Starting on March...(read more)

Dallas TechFest 2010

Chris Koenig — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:25:41 GMT

Hey everyone – just wanted to share the good news that Dallas TechFest is on the books for 2010! We’ve secured a date and a location for the event, and are in the process of determining our session plan. Here’s what you need to know: July...(read more)

Visual Studio 2010 RC is now released!

Chris Koenig — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:07:53 GMT

The RC has JUST been released – so get out there and get it!!! http://bit.ly/1MuRz1...(read more)

Cool Upcoming Events

Chris Koenig — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:23:40 GMT

There are quite a few interesting (and cool) events coming up in SCD over the next couple of weeks… Check these out, mark your calendars and let ALL your friends know about them! Launch Event – Visual Studio 2010, Office 2010 and SQL Server 2008...(read more)

Trying a new theme

Chris Koenig — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:32:42 GMT

Been a while since I tried out a new theme, so here it is. What do you think?...(read more)

ASP.NET Testability and Scalability at Dallas DevCares

Chris Koenig — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:55:57 GMT

Our own Eric Sowell, better known to the Twiteratti as @mallioch, will be speaking at the next episode of Dallas DevCares on January 29th, 2010 on ASP.NET Testability and Scalability. Here are the abstracts for the event: Putting Some Testability in ASP...(read more)

Are you SQL Server 2008 Certified?

Chris Koenig — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:04:13 GMT

Do you want to be? I just heard about a FREE SQL Server 2008 Certification Boot Camp coming to OKC. Full details are at the registration site, but here’s a teaser: Course: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Certification Boot Camp 70-433 (31.5 hours...(read more)

GiveCamp.org Feeds Fixed

Chris Koenig — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:45:36 GMT

I recently released a new blogging platform for GiveCamp.org, but forgot to update the RSS feed back to Feedburner. That means that any of you that have been subscribed to the feed there haven’t gotten any updates since it went live a couple weeks...(read more)

.NET 3.5 SP1 Weirdness on Windows 7

Chris Koenig — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:44:19 GMT

I discovered a quirk today related to Windows 7 and .NET 3.5 SP1. I’m classifying it as a “quirk” and not a “feature” since it was fixable <grin>, but since it took me several hours over several days to slog through it, I will hopefully...(read more)

February 2010 MSDN Event – Windows Azure

Chris Koenig — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:38:03 GMT

Hey all – just wanted to let you know about an upcoming MSDN Event in Dallas on Windows Azure. Here’s all the deets: MSDN Events presents: Take Your Applications Sky High with Cloud Computing and the Windows Azure Platform Join your local MSDN Events...(read more)

#ugPDC visits Northwest Arkansas

Chris Koenig — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:20:47 GMT

Attention all you peeps in Ft. Smith, Fayetteville, Bentonville, Rogers, Springdale and surrounding areas! Tonight and tomorrow night are the first parts of my 2010 #ugPDC tour. Visiting the FSDNUG tonight and the NWADNUG tomorrow night, I...(read more)