Hey Folks!
Last month we held elections and the votes are in! Congratulations to the new CINNUG Directors:
- Phil Japikse
- Ernerst Stormann
- Parag Joshi
- Kim Painter
In addition to director elections, Marcus King was here and gave us an introduction to Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP). Marcus King showed us some great examples of tracing and exception handling using PostSharp.
Suganthi Giridharan gave a grok on creating animation using Expression Blend. She also showed the XAML behind the animation using Visual Studio.
This month the CINNUG meeting will be held one week early due to the Thanksgiving holiday! Joe Wirtely will discuss Pivot technology and introduce the tools and techniques needed to build both static and dynamic Pivot collections.
We will also look at using the Silverlight PivotViewer control to make your Pivot collections accessible on the web.
Ben Von Handorf's grok talk will cover options for doing MultiTouch development, including a variety of options for different circumstances and budgets ranging from expensive to almost free..
The CINNUG team
What's in this Newsletter?
- November CINNUG - 11/16/10
- November CinArc - 11/18/10
- December BitSlingers - 12/06/10
- 2010 Dog Food Conference - 11/04/10 & 11/05/10
- Microsoft Certified Career Conference - 11/18/10
- Our sponsors - they pay for the pizza
UPCOMING MEETINGS:
November CINNUG - Pivot and the Silverlight PivotViewer Control by Joe Wirtley
Tuesday, November
16th -
6:00PM; Social Time - 5:30PM - MAX
Technical Training - Mason, OH
The November meeting will be held one week early due to the Thanksgiving holiday!
Pivot is a technology that makes it easy to explore massive amounts of data in a visually compelling way.
In this session, Joe Wirtely will discuss the Pivot technology and introduce the tools and techniques needed to build both static and dynamic Pivot collections.
We will also look at using the Silverlight PivotViewer control to make your Pivot collections accessible on the web.
Ben Von Handorf’s grok talk will cover options for doing MultiTouch development, including a variety of options for different circumstances and budgets ranging from expensive to almost free.
If time allows, he will also give a brief overview of some of the development options for starting your own MultiTouch projects.
November
CinArc
Thursday, November 18th - 6:00PM - MAX
Technical Training - Mason, OH
Come join this new special interest group aswe discuss topics related to software architecture.
This meeting is run using an open discussionor openfishbowl technique where the attendees are encouraged to share theirthoughts with everyone while keeping the meeting from becoming a free for all.:)
What topic will we cover? Well, that'sup to the attendees!
As usual, pizza will be provided at no charge thanksto oursponsors!
December
BitSlingers
Monday, December
6th -
6:00PM- Panera Bread - Mason Montgomery - 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.
UPCOMING
EVENTS:
2010 Dog Food Conference
Thursday, November 18th
& Friday, November 19th - Microsoft Office - Columbus, OH
This is a
local conference by community IT professionals showcasing Microsoft
technologies.
There will
speakers will be from MS Gold Certified Partners, MS MVPs, IT authors,
community leads, and MS Corp subject matter experts.
There will be designated areas for hardware
demos from HP, Polycom, Dell and Windows Phone 7.
Agenda and schedule for hardware demos at download agenda links.
Register now at http://www.dogfoodcon.com/dogfood/registrationForm.html.
Microsoft Certified Career Conference
Thursday, November 18th
- Virtual Event
On
November 18th, jump-start, re-start, or catalyze your career at the Microsoft Certified Career Conference.
The
Microsoft Career Conference is a virtual event for anyone where you can meet
potential employers, hone your technical knowledge, acquire job-seeking skills,
network with fellow professionals, and glean career advice from real-life experts
in the field.
Highlights
include:
-
Career
Fair - Meet employers seeking technically skilled professionals
-
"Soft
Skills" sessions - Learn resume-writing secrets, interviewing tips, marketing
yourself in a digital world, and more
-
Technical
sessions for IT Professionals, Developers, and Office power users based on
Microsoft Official Courses, delivered by MCTs and courseware authors
-
People
and Technology - How new and upcoming technologies present career
challenges-and opportunities
-
Exam
review sessions - Prepare for your MCP and MOS certification exams
-
And
more-join our Facebook event page for agenda and
speaker updates as they happen