ChrisKoenig : Events

Windows Phone 7 BootCamp Coming Soon!

Chris Koenig — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:56:40 GMT

Start Dreaming. Start Building. There has been a tremendous amount of buzz and excitement in the developer community as we get ready to launch Windows Phone 7. There have been over 300,000+ downloads of the Windows Phone 7 developer tools as developers...(read more)

Windows Phone 7 and Azure, Better Together

Chris Koenig — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:22:08 GMT

The next Cloud Computing User Group Meeting for Dallas will be on Thursday, September 2nd from 6:00pm – 8:00pm at Microsoft (Las Colinas Office, Building LC1). The presentation will be done by Derek Martin and Trent Foley and will cover Windows...(read more)

Sharing the Light – Silverlight Development with Expression Blend

Chris Koenig — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:09:18 GMT

I am very happy to announce that our own Teresa Burger has put together another amazing Silverlight training opportunity in the DFW area. She has managed to successfully wrangle Victor Gaudioso, Microsoft MVP and Book Author to come to Dallas on...(read more)

Windows Phone Design Day Recordings

Chris Koenig — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:22:19 GMT

For those of you interested in doing development on Windows Phone 7, Jaime Rodriguez just posted links to recordings from the recent Windows Phone Design Day: A few weeks ago, our Studios team, the folks responsible for the end-to-end user experience...(read more)

NWA CodeCamp

Chris Koenig — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:19:34 GMT

Saturday, October 23, 2010 – http://nwacodecamp.org In the fine tradition of other great CodeCamp events across the world, the Northwest Arkansas developer community has announced their next CodeCamp, scheduled for October 23rd at the Tyson World...(read more)

MVVM in Windows Phone 7

Chris Koenig — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:37:48 GMT

For those of you that attended my talk at TechReady 11 or at Dallas TechFest 2010, here is the sample application I built along with my code snippets and my demo script. I’ll be working on a Hands-on-Lab version of this talk, as well as producing...(read more)

Windows Phone 7 Bootcamp

Chris Koenig — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:55:49 GMT

Are you ready to gain access to the latest tools, turning your hobby into a source of revenue, or expand your network? Stop dreaming. Start building. Join us for a new series of Windows Phone 7 Bootcamps where you can get an inside track on how to be...(read more)

OKC VS2010 Community Launch

Chris Koenig — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:47:46 GMT

For those of you in the Oklahoma City area, I’ll be presenting the opening Keynote at the upcoming Visual Studio 2010 Community Launch put on by the Oklahoma City Developers Group on August 2nd. More information can be found at their website: Visual Studio...(read more)

Time for Dallas TechFest!

Chris Koenig — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:22:04 GMT

We’re only 2 weeks away from the 3rd annual Dallas TechFest! The schedule is set, the bags are being packed and the speakers (including me!) are polishing up their talks. Dallas TechFest has something to offer everyone, regardless of your...(read more)

Microsoft PDC 2010

Chris Koenig — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:03:30 GMT

It looks like PDC10 will have an interesting twist, compared to previous PDCs: Held on the Microsoft Campus 2 days instead of 3 Registration price reduced to $1,000 I also didn’t see anything about a schedule, so I don’t know if there will be pre-conference...(read more)

BarCamp OKC on July 24th

Chris Koenig — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:04:52 GMT

I just received a note from the okcCoCo about an upcoming OpenBeta BarCamp in Oklahoma City. Here’s the details from the email BarCamp is back and will even bigger and better this year! A BarCamp is an intensely participant-driven conference where...(read more)

CodeJam Comes to NWA

Chris Koenig — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:08:24 GMT

In case you’ve been living under a rock, you might not know that the Northwest Arkansas area hosts an AMAZING developer community that has become exceptionally active over the last 2-3 years. Along with this week’s NWA TechFest, This weekend will host...(read more)

Upcoming Community Events

Chris Koenig — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 03:35:28 GMT

It’s been a while since I made one of these posts, so I figured I’d put one out there. I really need to do this every week like I used to. Except for the typical upcoming user group meetings that you can learn about from http://www.southcentralcommunity...(read more)

Silverlightplooza! It’s a wrap!

Chris Koenig — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:02:09 GMT

I had a great time over the weekend teaching and working with folks from all over South Central at our first ever Silverlightpalooza! This two-day event was a combination instructor-led introduction to Silverlight, WP7, Blend and RIA Services and...(read more)

NWA TechFest is Almost Here!

Chris Koenig — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:57:10 GMT

The time has come to add another fine event to the TechFest family – Northwest Arkansas TechFest 2010 Scheduled for Thursday, July 8th at the Center for Nonprofits in Rogers, Arkansas, NWA TechFest is a community-organized, community-staffed technical...(read more)