November 2008 Meeting Recap
This month Dan Rigsby capped our 2008 membership drive with a great talk on RESTing on the Web with WCF. You can find Dan's presentation materials here
and Dan's blog. After the break Mike Levy took us on a fairly deep dive into Azure given it's pre-alpha state. You can check out Andy's
writeup for a bit more detail about the evening itself.
Attendance (43): Another great attendance month! Our 2008 membership drive ended with a bang!
If you've started attending in 2008, keep it up. Remember the value you got out of it. As our attendance grows, CINNUG can book more prominent speakers. Besides, with all the great swag given away this evening you'll want to be a regular
before the 2009 membership drive gets underway. If you couldn't attend, we gave away Resharper licenses, 2 MSDN Premium subscriptions valued at $11,000 apiece, $1000 in Max Training, a subscription to Safari Books, an XBOX, and more!
Announcements:
- If you're an independent software developer, or you work from home and have some freedom to try pair programming, don't miss the opportunity
to work with Cory Haines for a day. Cory is touring the district, and for the cost of room and board for the day you'll have an opportunity to learn
from Cory and perhaps teach him something in return. Take a look at the details.
Upcoming Events
- Microsoft ArcReady will cover Professional Patterns on the Job this Tuesday,
December 2nd, from 9AM to 11:40AM at the Microsoft offices. You can register here.
- Missed PDC? Make sure you catch one of the MSDN Developer Conferences being held nationwide. The Developer Conference will
make its way through Atlanta on December 16th, Chicago on January 13th, 2009, and Detroit on January 22nd. You can register here
- SQL Server Magazine is holding the SQL Server training event SQL Server 2008: Can You Wait? The event
is December 4th in Chicago. Use the Invitation Code: SX218CP7 to register for $79!
- Don't miss CodeMash January 7th - January 9th! Prcompiler on January 6th. Take a look at the
sessions. You don't want to miss this one! If you're looking for a ride let us know on the CodeMash Ride Share discussion.
December Meeting:
We're going to combine CINNUG and CinARC for December. And rather than hold a formal meeting, we'll spend some time celebrating the holidays together.
On Thursday, December 18th we'll gather at Claddagh's in Mason around 6PM, and CINNUG will pick up a couple of appetizers to seed some good conversation.
If you'll be attending, please let us know on the Party Poll so that we can plan accordingly.
January Meetings:
CinARC Meeting (Tuesday, January 27th, 2009)
Prepare some of your career skills and attend Microsoft Developer Evangelist Brian Prince's Soft Skillz talk for CINNUG.
CinARC Meeting (Thursday, January 15th, 2009)
You're an architect and you need objective colleagues to provide feedback on your ideas. Or you're an aspiring architect wanting to understand
the ins and outs of the architecture world. Either way, CinARC helps take your skills and your development career to the next level.
This meeting is run using the fishbowl technique
where the attendees are encouraged to share their thoughts with everyone while
keeping the meeting from becoming a free for all. :) What topic will we
cover? Well, that's up to the attendees!
Both CINNUG and CinARC are held at
MAX Technical Training
in Mason, OH.