Microsoft Developer Evangelist
TechFest
MVVM in Windows Phone 7
Jul 30th
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 a video the talk, but that will have to come later. Keep tabs on this post as I’ll be updating it with these new bits as soon as I get them developed.
Time for Dallas TechFest!
Jul 20th
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 particular chosen (or favorite) programming Languages:
This year’s schedule features well-known and local speakers from across 6 different communities including .NET, Java, PHP, Adobe, ColdFusion, Apple and IT Pro. Registration is normally $50, but if you use the code “dotnet” you can get a $25 discount! Make sure you sign up today as space is filling up quickly!
As an added bonus, everyone will receive a lunch, free Wi-Fi and a bag full of goodies from all of our sponsors! I hope to see you there!
NWA TechFest is Almost Here!
Jun 16th
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 conference with a primary focus on providing training/teaching sessions that are immediately beneficial to the broadest range of developers and IT professionals in their day-to-day jobs. They accomplish this with numerous national and international speakers delivering 75 minute sessions on topics that range from Architecture, Development, IT Pro, Project Management and more!
As a proud member of the TechFest family, NWA TechFest asks only that each attendee bring 2 cans of food to be donated to the NWA Food Bank or 2 bucks to be donated to the Jones Center.
Zain Naboulsi, John Weston and I, along with 25 of our closest friends, will be presenting sessions across the 8 different tracks. I myself will be delivering 2 sessions at NWA TechFest – one on building Silverlight Applications for Windows Phone 7, and one on the SketchFlow features in Expression Blend 4.
Follow these links to stay connected to what’s going on with NWA TechFest 2010!
Dallas TechFest 2010
Jun 9th
Dallas TechFest is back and will be occurring at the University of Texas at Dallas this year! Look forward to another day of phenomenal education by some of the best speakers from around. As in years past we will be having sessions on a wide variety of technologies including:
Microsoft .NET - Java
- ColdFusion
- Flex
- PHP
Your conference ticket will include:
- Access to all general sessions
- Lunch & Snacks throughout the day
- Attendee bag with information and software from our sponsors
What Sessions are available you ask? DallasTechFest.com has all the details!
Those of you following this blog can get a $25 discount by registering with the discount code DOTNET. Register today because that Early Bird ticket expires on July 1st, so if you want to attend for only $25, now is the time to register…
Tulsa TechFest is almost here!
Oct 25th
Ok gang � it�s almost November 6, and you know that that means� it�s time for Tulsa TechFest! TTF is our annual tech conference featuring 13 tracks and over 60 sessions of high-quality, expert contributed content. I�m really excited about this year�s speaker line-up! Here are just some of the speaker highlights you can look forward to when you attend:
- Joe Fletcher � UX Lead for Microsoft Surface, talking about Touch Computing
- Jennifer Marsman � DE from Ann Arbor, talking about Azure, WF and Win7 Multi-touch
- Mike Benkovich � DE from Minneapolis, talking about Expression Blend, XAML and LINQ
- Chris Patterson � C# MVP from Tulsa, talking about Message-driven Architecture
- Cory Smith � Windows Client MVP from Fort Worth, talking about Click Once deployments
- Jay Smith � ASP.NET MVP from Fayetteville, AR, talking about Visual Studio 2010 and Agile Software Development
- Eric Shupps � SharePoint MVP from Fort Worth, talking about SharePoint and Visual Studio 2010
- Rob Vettor � ASP.NET MVP from Dallas , talking about ADO.NET Data Services
- Shawn Weisfeld � C# MVP from Dallas, talking Generics
- Todd Anglin � ASP.NET MVP and Chief Evangelist for Telerik from Houston, talking about Silverlight 3 and ASP.NET MVC
- Robert Boedingheimer � C# MVP talking about ASP.NET 4.0 and jQuery with Visual Studio 2010
- Chris Koenig � Developer Evangelist from Microsoft, talking about C# 4.0, Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Service Bus
As you can see, there are a LOT of very experienced speakers delivering some AWESOME sessions. For speakers of this quality, you�d normally have to spend several hundred dollars at a paid conference, or attend a bazillion user group meetings all over the country. Luckily for you, David Walker has brought all this talent together into one FREE event!
When is this event and how do I register, you�re asking? Here�s all the important info you�ll need to share with your boss/manager/spouse/etc to get the day off to come out to Tulsa:
Tulsa TechFest
November 6th 2009
OSU-Tulsa (map)
8:00 AM � 6:30 PMPrice: FREE! Just bring 2 cans of food to donate to the Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma
More Information at http://tulsatechfest.com
Make sure you head over to http://tulsatechfest.com and register today. Even though the event is free, we would like to get an accurate count of attendees so that we can adequately estimate the amount of food and drink to get.
Here�s hoping to see you there!
Tulsa TechFest Sessions are Up!
Sep 27th
The session list for Tulsa TechFest 2009 have been posted to the event website. I�ve got 2 sessions, one on cloud (that I�m not sure what I�ll be presenting on yet � any suggestions?) and one on C# 4.0 / VS2010.
Agenda: http://techfests.com/Tulsa/2009/Agenda/default.aspx
Tulsa TechFest is one of the premier cross-platform, cross-discipline conferences in South Central. Over the past 2 years, we�ve hit over 1000 attendees per event, and are looking to really make a big splash again this year. Following the trend from last year, registration will be �two cans or two bucks�. Food collected will be donated to the Community FoodBank of Eastern Oklahoma, and all money will be donated to the Family & Children�s Services.
You can keep up with what�s going on with Tulsa TechFest by following @TulsaTechFest on Twitter, or subscribing to newsletter-request@tulsatechfest.com.
Tulsa TechFest 2009
Sep 18th
Here ye here ye � Tulsa TechFest is coming, and you should be there! Jam packed with tons of sessions across multiple tracks, Tulsa TechFest is the premier ABSOLUTELY FREE community-led developer event in South Central. Tracks are in the planning stages, but you can count on seeing sessions on development, infrastructure, systems management, project management and more! I�ve submitted a couple of topics, as have many of my teammates, so I�m sure it will once again be an awesome experience!
To get up-to-date information as the conference evolves tune in to their twitter account at @tulsatechfest or join the mailing list at newsletter-request@tulsatechfest.com!
As soon as the speakers are selected and the sessions announced, I�ll post a followu.p with all the latest information. If you want to help promote Tulsa TechFest, you can include this graphic on your blog or website and link back to http://tulsatechfest.com
