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November 2007 - Posts

• CodeMash

  Hopefully you've heard of CodeMash by now, but if you haven't head over to www.codemash.org to get the skinny.  They have some excellent sessions lined up covering a broad range of platforms and languages, including .Net, Python and Ruby.  Last year's conference was a great success and I expect the same out of this year.  It looks like they have snagged Scott Hanselman in as a keynote speaker as well! The conference is located in Sandusky, OH, at the Kalahari Lodge.  This is resort hotel with an enormous indoor water park!  Take the family and let them frolic around the water park while you absorb some great information. Go Register! Posted Nov 21 2007, 09:33 AM by MikeWo with no comments

• November 2007 Meeting Recap

  Last Meeting(Attendance 23) Well, it's a holiday week, so attendance was down from normal, but still pretty strong.  Steve Gentile came to speak to us about Castle Monorails.  You can find his slide deck in our downloads section.  This was Steve's first public presentation and I think he did a great job with it.  I've already hit him to see if he'll come speak again. Announcements: Free MSDN Event Topic: VS.Net 2008, "Jasper", "Astoria" and the Windows Live Platform November 27th 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM @ the Regal Deerfield Towne Center Stadium in Mason (this is in the shopping complex up Mason-Montgomery road from MAX train. Check it out and register at http://tinyurl.com/343z9p If you attend the MSDN event make sure to wear (or create) a MAX Train T-Shirt!  You can get a chance to win Free Training for a year.  Check out the site for more details. We are set with the free hosting with Verio for our members.  If you want a site please contact me! CINNUG is now a member of the O'Reilly User Group Program.  Check out this blog entry for more information.  If you're interested in doing a book review for O'Reilly in exchange for a free evaluation copy of the book, please contact me via the contact form on this site. Free DevCares Event Topic: IIS7 & ASP.Net Futures Date/Time TBD, but will be at MAX Train Register online at www.devcares.com I'll post more when I know. Our next meeting will be on "Sexy Extensibility Patterns" with Miguel Castro.  Miguel is an iNeta speaker, and has been featured on several .Net Rocks and Polymorphic Podcast shows.  This should be an excellent talk!  The next CincySQL meeting will be on Nov. 27th.  The topic will be an Introduction to Report Generation and Distribution Utilizing SQL Server Reporting Services 2005 by Drew Martson. CincySQL started as a special interest group under CINNUG, but is now PASS Affiliated, so they are their own entity now.  Look for information to come soon about where they are moving their presence on the web to.  Meeting will still be at MAX Train.  Also, check out www.cinnug.org/cincysql and sign up for their newsletter (that will carry over when they change hosting as well). Free ArcReady Event on December 5th. Topic: Software + Services Speaker: Josh Holmes Register at www.arcready.com Our Sponsors: CINNUG is sponsored by: Max Technical Training; SDS; IBS; Robert Half Technology; JetBrains; and Server Intellect. Check out our sponsors page for more information. Posted Nov 21 2007, 12:31 AM by MikeWo with no comments

• CINNUG is now a member of the O'Reilly User Group Program

  CINNUG is now a member of the O'Reilly User Group Program!  This gives us a couple of benefits, but the big one is a discount on O'Reilly books! To take advantage of the discount just click on the banner to the right (or on the new O'Reilly banner on the CINNUG home page) and use the discount code DSUG when you check out.  This will save you 35%!  Plus orders over $29.95 qualify for free shipping inside the U.S.  Other advantages are: O'Reilly from time to time will provide us with some free books to give away Members can volunteer to receive a free copy of a book if they read it and provide a review.  If you're interested in this, just let me know at one of the meeting or send me an email via the contact link on this site. 15% Discount on registration for O'Reilly conferences!  You can check out their 2008 line up. O'Reilly has some new books coming out in December, so it's a great time to take advantage of the discount! Posted Nov 18 2007, 11:19 PM by MikeWo with no comments

• October 2007 Meeting Recap

  I'm a little behind getting this out.  I wasn't at the October meeting since I was on Vacation, but Nino was kind enough to jump in and pick up the slack. Last Meeting (Attendance 37) Chad Campbell spoke on Silverlight.  Announcements: Free MSDN Event Topic: VS.Net 2008, "Jasper", "Astoria" and the Windows Live Platform November 27th 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM @ the Regal Deerfield Towne Center Stadium in Mason (this is in the shopping complex up Mason-Montgomery road from MAX train. Check it out and register at http://tinyurl.com/343z9p If you attend the MSDN event make sure to wear (or create) a MAX Train T-Shirt!  You can get a chance to win Free Training for a year.  Check out the site for more details. We are set with the free hosting with Verio for our members.  If you want a site please contact me! Free DevCares Event Topic: Maximize Your Productivity with Visual Studio 2008 November 9th 9:00 AM-12:00 PM @ MAX Train Register online at www.devcares.com Our next meeting will be on MonoRails.  The speaker will be Steve Gentile The next CincySQL meeting will be on Nov. 27th.  The topic will be an Introduction to Report Generation and Distribution Utilizing SQL Server Reporting Services 2005 by Drew Martson. Our Sponsors: CINNUG is sponsored by: Max Technical Training; SDS; IBS; Robert Half Technology; JetBrains; and Server Intellect. Check out our sponsors page for more information. Posted Nov 03 2007, 02:55 PM by MikeWo with no comments

• How Does Free* Training for a Year Sound?

  That's what MAX Technical Training is giving away.  Check out the real info on their site, but basically it boils down to wearing a MAX shirt to the upcoming MSDN event on November 27th, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM at the Regal Deerfield Towne Center Stadium 16.  Stop by the MAX table at the event and get signed up to win.  You can even make up your own MAX shirt if you don't have one!  You can sign up for the developer track at : <http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032346958> Promotion code MAXTRAIN * - The courseware is purchased by the winner at cost. Posted Nov 03 2007, 02:08 PM by MikeWo with no comments