Incredible BizSpark event in Dallas, TX on June 12th if you are enrolled in the BizSpark program or interested you should check it out.
SparkStart is a full day of business and technology discussion (open format) and learning event for startups (“startup bootcamp”). This event will also be a networking opportunity for those startups who are new to the BizSpark program and not yet enrolled in the program and would like to mingle and learn from key business and technology influencers. It will also be an event for those startups who are recently enrolled and need to keep the momentum going by learning key strategies for success, both in business, and in technology.
There will have 6 tracks (3 business, 2 technology, and one demo) on key business topics such as “Funding”, “Marketing”, and “Production”. Each business track will feature a panel of business experts. Panel members from the business community and moderators are experts in their field, both from the Dallas/Fort Worth area and from all over Texas that include bootstrappers, venture capitalists, angels, incubators, and consulting.
The event will feature technology topics such as “RIA Development”, “Cloud Development”, and provide an opportunity to visit our “Envisioning Center” where we will be demonstrating our web technologies and the Microsoft Surface (http://www.microsoft.com/surface/) throughout the day. Attendees will literally get to see what our large customer executives see at the Microsoft Technology Center in Dallas in our envisioning room in order to inspire, ideate, and get answers to vital questions.
There will also be a “sign-up” station for startups who want to sign up for BizSpark and begin immediately receiving the benefits e.g. software, support, and visibility. (http://www.microsoft.com/bizspark)
Date: June 12th, 2009 - 10:00am to 4:30pm with us. Register Here
Where
Microsoft Technology Center – Dallas
7000 State Highway 161, Building LC1
Irving, TX 75039
469-775-0000
I just got an email from Mark Rackley I wanted to pass along. Registration is now open for the “SharePoint Saturday Ozarks”!
Join SharePoint architects, developers, and other professionals that work with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for ‘SharePoint Saturday Ozarks’, on Saturday, July 18th, 2009 in Harrison, AR.
SharePoint Saturday will be an educational, informative & lively day filled with sessions from respected SharePoint professionals & MVPs, covering a wide variety of SharePoint-orientated topics.
SharePoint Saturday is FREE, open to the public and is your local chance to immerse yourself in SharePoint!
Get all the latest news http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/ozarks/.
I’m registered are you?
I had a great time presenting RSS and ATOM Syndication using WCF to the Northwest Arkansas .NET User Group on Tuesday night. I have made my presentation deck available in a PDF available for download form here.
I will be posting the source and the script to my Google code account. Check out my Presentation page for more info on how to get the code.
Exposing data via RSS and ATOM doesn’t have to be hard, using the System.ServiceModel.Web Syndication objects provided in the 3.5 version of the .NET Framework makes it easy to handle data in a format independent way and let the client then determine how they want to consume your data.
If you adding RSS and ATOM support to your application I suggest you get familiar with the System.ServiceModel.Web namespace. I will posting more on the subject in a few work in progress blog post, so stay tuned.
Thanks to everyone at the Northwest Arkansas .NET User Group for having me it was a great time as always.
This is a reminder that the Arkansas User Group Leader Call is tonight at 8:00 PM CST. Meetings going forward will be held via Live Meeting please use the following link to join http://tinyurl.com/dytjef.
All groups suffer from the fact that most of the work is done by a hand full of individuals. Tonight Zach Young will be facilitating a discussion on this very subject. We hope to find some techniques that we can employ to increase the involvement of members in the actual running of a group or event.
Meeting Information:
Topic: Get Member Involved!
Medium: Live Meeting (verify you system)
Meeting Link: http://tinyurl.com/dytjef
I’ll see you tonight!
I want to invite everyone to a NerdDinner at JJ’s Chill-n-Grill in Bentonville, AR after the Code Camp on April 25th. The Code Camp ends at around 6 PM and I thought it would be cool to have some socializing after a long day of sessions.
So, if you would like to join us please register on nerddinner here http://nerddinner.com/314. I need to get a good count of how many will be attending so I can reserve some tables so please register soon.
I look forward to seeing you there.