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• March 2010 Meeting Recap

  Hey Folks! CINNUG and the iPhone Developer’s Group are hosting a Mobile Development FireStarter in April. Registration information is below.  Hope to see you there! At our March meeting Jeff Blankenburg gave us all the cool highlights from MIX 2010.  We saw some of the new features of VS2010 and .NET Framework 4, IE9, Silverlight and Windows Phone.  You can check out some of the samples and slides from the MIX conference at http://live.visitmix.com.  Joe Wirtley gave us an introduction to Continuous Integration with Teamcity. The CINNUG team What’s in this Newsletter? April BitSlingers – 04/05/10 April CinArc – 04/15/10 April CINNUG – 04/27/10 Mobile Development Firestarter – 04/24/10 Stir Trek 2010 – 05/07/10 Cincinnati Day of Agile – 05/15/10 Our sponsors – they pay for the pizza UPCOMING MEETINGS: April Bitslingers Monday, April 5th - 6:00PM at Panera Bread on Mason Montgomery in Mason, OH What is Bitslingers? This is an informal meetup of people interested in learning from one another. Bring your laptop and pair up with someone to work on an open source project, learn a new technique, or even dabble in a new language. There is no agenda or specific topic, just a time set aside for people to pair. The meetup officially kicks off at 6:00PM, but lasts until the last pair breaks up, or they kick us out. Feel free to come and join us for as long, or as short, of a time as you want to. NOTE: There will be no food provided, but hey, we're at Panera.   April CinArc Thursday, April 15th - 6:00PM at MAX Technical Training in Mason, OH Come join this new special interest group as we discuss topics related to software architecture.  This meeting is run using an open discussion or open 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! As usual, pizza will be provided at no charge thanks to our sponsors! April CINNUG – The Open Data Protocol (OData) by Chris Woodruff Tuesday, April 27th - 6:00PM; Social Time, 5:30PM - MAX Technical Training - Mason, OH Chris Woodruff will be coming to give us an introduction to The Open Data Protocol (OData).  In this talk Chris will provide an introduction to this protocol, how to consume an OData service and finally how to implement an OData service on Windows using the WCF Data Services product. Mike Wood will be giving the grok talk on why developers should care about PowerShell. UPCOMING EVENTS: Mobile Development Firestarter Saturday, April 24th – 9:00AM to 5:00PM – Microsoft Offices – Mason, OH On April 24th CINNUG and the iPhone Developers User Group will host the Mobile Firestarter event.  We will spend the day covering three of the mobile platforms: Android, iPhone and Windows Mobile.  All three platform sessions will build the same application so you can concentrate on the tools and techniques being used.  At the end of the day you should have a good base understanding of the moving parts of the platforms, the tools used to create mobile applications and the differences between each of the platforms so you can make decisions for future projects. This event will be hosted by CINNUG and the iPhone Developer's Group which also meets at MAX. For more information see our Special Events page. This event is being sponsored by Pillar Technologies, Cincinnati Bell Technology Services, Sogeti and PSI Group. Register Now! Stir Trek:  Iron Man Edition Friday, May 7th – 8:00AM to 6:00PM – Marcus Crosswords Theater – Columbus, OH Stir Trek is an opportunity to learn about the newest advances in web and mobile development. There will be 20 sessions, in four tracks, so you’ll be able to pick the content that interests you the most. In addition, the day will include lunch, a raffle with some significant prizes, and a private screening of the new IronMan 2 movie, which opens in theaters the day of this event. There is a $25 fee to register. Check out http://stirtrek.com for more information. Cincinnati Day of Agile Saturday, May 15th – 9:00AM to 5:30PM – Microsoft Offices – Mason, OH At this one day event on Saturday, May 15th, a host of industry experts will be on hand to offer their hard won experiences. By bringing together a mix of developers, managers, Agile professionals, and technologists, the Cincinnati Day of Agile also provides excellent networking opportunities for its attendees. We hope you will join us to learn how Agile can make your software development process more effective, productive, and profitable. The registration site for The Day of Agile is now up:  http://cincydayofagile.eventbrite.com.  Tickets will go on sale April 15th at Noon!! Stay in touch on twitter @cincyagilecon and/or join in the conversation on the Google Group. Posted Mar 31 2010, 01:52 PM by jengriff

• March 2010 Meeting Reminder

  Hey Folks! CINNUG is still looking for feedback. We’re working on topics for our Firestarters, Special Events and One-day Events. What would you like to see?  Send your suggestions to marketing@cinnug.org.   Jeff Blankenburg is coming to speak to us about all the cool announcements and highlights from the Microsoft MIX conference. Our own Joe Wirtley will be giving the grok talk as an Introduction to Continuous Integration with Teamcity. We also wanted to remind everyone that this is the last month that CINNUG will be accepting donations for the Ed Smith Memorial. If you would still like to donate, please contact one of the directors for more information. The CINNUG team What’s in this Newsletter? March CinArc – 03/18/10 March CINNUG – 03/23/10 April BitSlingers – 04/05/10 Mobile Development Firestarter – 04/24/10 CiNPA Tech Fair – Cancelled Stir Trek 2010 – 05/07/10 Cincinnati Day of Agile – 05/15/10 Our sponsors – they pay for the pizza! UPCOMING MEETINGS: March CinArc Thursday, March 18th - 6:00PM at MAX Technical Training - Mason, OH This CinArc we are breaking from the norm and will have a guest speaker.  Mark Harris from Microsoft will talk to us about how Microsoft ships software.  The first portion of the evening Mark will present the flow of development at Microsoft and, after pizza, we'll start with open discussion. As usual, pizza will be provided at no charge thanks to our sponsors! March CINNUG – MIX Highlights by Jeff Blankenburg Tuesday, March 23rd - 6:00PM; Social Time, 5:30PM - MAX Technical Training - Mason, OH Jeff Blankenburg is coming to speak to us about all the cool announcements and highlights from the Microsoft MIX conference.  MIX Highlights: This presentation will cover the highlights of Microsoft’s Mix 2010 conference.  We will discuss development for Windows Phone 7 Series, Silverlight 4, ASP.NET MVC 2, and Visual Studio 2010, among other topics.  This will be an overview of these subjects, and will also include demos as well. Our own Joe Wirtley will be giving the grok talk as an Introduction to Continuous Integration with Teamcity. April Bitslingers Monday, April 5th - 6:00PM at Panera Bread on Mason Montgomery in Mason, OH What is Bitsligners? This is an informal meetup of people interested in learning from one another. Bring your laptop and pair up with someone to work on an open source project, learn a new technique, or even dabble in a new language. There is no agenda or specific topic, just a time set aside for people to pair. The meetup officially kicks off at 6:00PM, but lasts until the last pair breaks up, or they kick us out. Feel free to come and join us for as long, or as short, of a time as you want to. NOTE: There will be no food provided, but hey, we're at Panera.   UPCOMING EVENTS: Mobile Development Firestarter Saturday, April 24th – 9:00AM to 5:00PM – Microsoft Offices – Mason, OH On April 24th CINNUG and the iPhone Developers User Group will host the Mobile Firestarter event.  We will spend the day covering three of the mobile platforms: Android, iPhone and Windows Mobile.  All three platform sessions will build the same application so you can concentrate on the tools and techniques being used.  At the end of the day you should have a good base understanding of the moving parts of the platforms, the tools used to create mobile applications and the differences between each of the platforms so you can make decisions for future projects. This event will be hosted by CINNUG and the iPhone Developer's Group which also meets at MAX. For more information see our Special Events page. This event is being sponsored by Pillar Technologies, Cincinnati Bell Technology Services, Sogeti and PSI Group. Register Now! CiNPA Tech Fair – Cancelled This event has been cancelled and registration payments have been refunded! CiNPA is still considering a smaller event later this year. For more information see http://cinpa.org. Stir Trek:  Iron Man Edition Friday, May 7th – 8:00AM to 6:00PM – Marcus Crosswords Theater – Columbus, OH Stir Trek is an opportunity to learn about the newest advances in web and mobile development. There will be 20 sessions, in four tracks, so you’ll be able to pick the content that interests you the most. In addition, the day will include lunch, a raffle with some significant prizes, and a private screening of the new IronMan 2 movie, which opens in theaters the day of this event. There is a $25 fee to register. Check out http://stirtrek.com for more information. Cincinnati Day of Agile Saturday, May 15th – 9:00AM to 5:30PM – Microsoft Offices – Mason, OH At this one day event on Saturday, May 15th, a host of industry experts will be on hand to offer their hard won experiences. By bringing together a mix of developers, managers, Agile professionals, and technologists, the Cincinnati Day of Agile also provides excellent networking opportunities for its attendees. We hope you will join us to learn how Agile can make your software development process more effective, productive, and profitable. Stay in touch on twitter @cincyagilecon and/or join in the conversation on the Google Group.     Posted Mar 16 2010, 06:16 PM by jengriff

• February 2010 Meeting Recap

  Hey Folks! Sarah Dutkiewicz and Chris Barth spoke at CINNUG’s February meeting. Some of us usually meet for a beverage and a little geek talk after the monthly meeting. This month we had about 20 people meet at Claddaugh’s!  Sarah felt like one of our own, though it was her first trip to Cincinnati. Sarah gave us the 101 on Python for the .Net Developer.  If you are interested in Sarah’s talk on Python, her presentation and code samples are posted here. Chris gave the grok on SQL Server 2008 R2 and discussed the Master Data Services (MDS). The CINNUG team What’s in this Newsletter? March CinArc – 03/18/10 March CINNUG – 03/23/10 April BitSlingers – 04/05/10 Cincinnati Programmers Guild – 03/04/10 Next Generation Testing with Visual Studio 2010 – 03/04/10 Day of Mobile – 03/06/10 (Chicago, IL) Mobile Development Firestarter – 04/24/10 CiNPA Tech Fair – 04/24/10 Stir Trek 2010 – 05/07/10 (Columbus, OH) Our sponsors – they pay for the pizza UPCOMING MEETINGS: March CinArc Thursday, March 18th - 6:00PM at MAX Technical Training in Mason, OH This CinArc we are breaking from the norm and will have a guest speaker.  Mark Harris from Microsoft will talk to us about how Microsoft ships software. The first portion of the evening Mark will present the flow of development at Microsoft and, after pizza, we'll start with open discussion. If you ever wondered how your development practices stack up against Microsoft's, this meeting will be a great opportunity to find out. As usual, pizza will be provided at no charge thanks to our sponsors! March CINNUG – MIX Highlights by Jeff Blankenburg Tuesday, March 23rd - 6:00PM; Social Time, 5:30PM - MAX Technical Training - Mason, OH Jeff Blankenburg is coming to speak to us about all the cool announcements and highlights from the Microsoft MIX conference. MIX Highlights: This presentation will cover the highlights of Microsoft’s Mix 2010 conference.  We will discuss development for Windows Phone 7 Series, Silverlight 4, ASP.NET MVC 2, and Visual Studio 2010, among other topics.  This will be an overview of these subjects, and will also include demos as well. Our own Joe Wirtley will be giving the grok talk as an Introduction to Continuous Integration with Teamcity. April Bitslingers Monday, April 5th - 6:00PM at Panera Bread on Mason Montgomery in Mason, OH What is Bitsligners? This is an informal meetup of people interested in learning from one another. Bring your laptop and pair up with someone to work on an open source project, learn a new technique, or even dabble in a new language. There is no agenda or specific topic, just a time set aside for people to pair. The meetup officially kicks off at 6:00PM, but lasts until the last pair breaks up, or they kick us out. Feel free to come and join us for as long, or as short, of a time as you want to. NOTE: There will be no food provided, but hey, we're at Panera. Cincinnati Programmers Guild Thursday, March 4th – 6:30PM to 8:30PM - MAX Technical Training - Mason, OH Guild founder Troy Davis will rededicate the Cincinnati Programmers Guild and its mission of education on Thursday, March 4th, 6:30 PM at Max Technical Training in Mason, Ohio. He'll show off some code recently written for Amazon's S3 and SimpleDB services, written in PHP and Ruby, as well as talk a bit about Merb, a framework that is being merged with Rails to create Rails 3. Check out http://cincypg.org for more information. UPCOMING EVENTS: Next Generation Testing with Visual Studio 2010 Thursday, March 4th – 5:30PM to 8:30PM – Microsoft Offices – Mason, OH Join us for a sneak peek at some of the new capabilities in Microsoft(r) Visual Studio(r) 2010, a landmark release of the premier development and testing toolset for Windows(r), Web and Cloud development. Microsoft has made significant investments to improve the Testing/QA tools in Visual Studio 2010.  The Next Generation Testing Event is your exclusive opportunity to experience the incredible power and capabilities these new tools bring to the QA and testing process.  At this event, you'll get a comprehensive overview, as well as a deep dive, into the range of new tools and how they can enable you to improve the way you develop and test software on the Microsoft platform. This will be an invaluable opportunity to learn how to take software development to the next level with Visual Studio 2010's new testing features. Registration information Day of Mobile Saturday, March 6th – 8:00AM to 4:00PM – Illinois Institute of Technology – Chicago, IL Day of Mobile (www.dayofmobile.com) is an all day event for mobile developers and enthusiasts that will take place at IIT on March 6, 2009. The overall goal of the event is to better prepare both Chicago's application development community and companies with mobile initiatives for the upcoming mobile revolution. We will cover a myriad of different topics relative to mobile development and strategy such as platform SDKs, cross platform development, multimedia, CMS/SMS, mobile business models and many more. The event will begin with a breakfast at 8AM and conclude after a keynote speech and hackathon awards ceremony at 4PM. Throughout the day, there will be talks running concurrently with one another in two adjoining ballrooms. Sign up today for only $39.95. They are also offering a student discount ticket price of $29.95 if you bring a student identification along with you the day of the event. Registration for the event is at http://techinthemiddle.eventbrite.com/. Mobile Development Firestarter Saturday, April 24th – 9:00AM to 5:00PM – Microsoft Offices – Mason, OH We are targeting the first quarter of 2010 for a Mobile Development Firestarter. This firestarter will cover how to get started in mobile development across three platforms: Windows Mobile, iPhone and Android.  We wanted to cover multiple platforms so that people could get a good view into the tools and technologies used across all three. This event will be hosted by CINNUG and the iPhone Developer's Group which also meets at MAX. For more information see our Special Events page. This event is being sponsored by Pillar Technologies, Cincinnati Bell Technology Services, Sogeti and PSI Group. Register Now! CiNPA Tech Fair Saturday, April 24th – 9:00AM to 5:00PM – Crowne Plaza North Hotel – Cincinnati, OH The Cincinnati Networking Professionals Association (CiNPA) will be having an all day Tech Fair at the Crowne Plaza North on Chester Road in Sharonville, OH. There will be valuable breakout sessions, opportunity to meet and talk first hand with many vendors of IT Hardware, Software and Services, a GREAT Keynote presentation by Paul Thurrott of WindowsIP Pro Magazine and a catered lunch all for only $10. Registration is at the CiNPA web site. Stir Trek 2010 Friday, May 7th – 8:00AM to 6:00PM – Marcus Crosswords Theater – Columbus, OH Stir Trek is an opportunity to learn about the newest advances in web and mobile development. There will be 20 sessions, in four tracks, so you’ll be able to pick the content that interests you the most. In addition, the day will include lunch, a raffle with some significant prizes, and a private screening of the new IronMan 2 movie, which opens in theaters the day of this event. There is a $25 fee to register. Check out http://stirtrek.com for more information. Posted Mar 02 2010, 10:18 PM by jengriff with 11 comment(s)