CINNUG Blog

May 2013 Newsletter

2013-05-09T10:38:00Z

CINNUG

Tuesday May 28th, Max Technical Training in Mason, OH

May 28th, 6pm at our monthly CINNUG meeting, we welcome Michael Levy with a talk on The future is Futures.

Abstract:
If you're a [web] developer, the next couple of years will prove to be interesting times. A November 2012 survey [1] confirms that Internet users, at least shoppers, are expecting instant gratification in their online experiences. The survey reports that 61% of the surveyed shoppers abandoned a web page after waiting at least 30 seconds [2].

What is a [web] developer to do? After all, we have multiple sources of data that must be accessed to render a page: profiles, catalogs, metrics, comments, and histories just to name a few. Accessing all these data sources takes time. Let's also not forget about the latency of making the round-trip from the browser to the server.

Now be honest. As developers we always have a solution even before we completely understand the problem. Weren't you thinking "obviously asynchronous processing" as you read the above paragraphs? Asynchronous processing would be my first thought and in this presentation, I'd like to look at using a technique called Futures and explore how using them allows us to write asynchronous code that parallels the synchronous solution [3].

[1] http://blog.monitis.com/index.php/2012/11/21/monitis-survey-finds-more-than-half-of-frequent-online-shoppers-have-cancelled-an-order-due-to-slow-response-time/"
[2] I'll admit that, in general, 30 seconds it really a long time so, maybe, picture all this happening on a mobile browser and play along for the moment.
[3] With some caveats of course.

Bio:
Michael Levy is the Microsoft Practice Director for Strategic Data Systems (SDS). Mike has been delivering software solutions to clients, in a variety of industries, for over 20 years. He is an active participate in the software community and, through the years, has spoken on a variety of topics at multiple conferences and user groups. As you read this, Mike is probably in front of a computer practicing the ancient art of Sleeping with Your Eyes Open when he should be working on the presentation.

This month there will be no GROK talk. Immediately following the main speaker and pizza we will be holding another CINARC (Cincinnati Software Architecture Group). This session will feature more discussion on topics chosen the night of the meeting. The focus of the meeting will be to discuss issues of software architecture relevant to the members of the community.

Pizza and drinks will be provided by our sponsors.

On deck for the June 25th CINNUG is Mark Haskamp on An Overview of Visual Studio Tools for Git.

All Things Mobile – RubyMotion – Bill Klos

Thursday May 9th, 6:30pm, Max Technical Training in Mason, OH
via Parag Joshi

Abstract:
RubyMotion is an alternate way of building iOS apps for when you really don't want to be saddled with learning Objective-C. We will talk about the pros and cons of this approach, and look at what is really gained or lost versus developing iOS apps on other platforms. Additionally, we will walk through building a RubyMotion app so you can see for yourself how completely awesome it can be to be a command line jockey.

Bio:
Bill’s career has spanned many aspects of computing and at times has architected solutions from the perspective of data, networking, enterprise, and security – but is primarily an application architect. Most recent experience has Bill providing solutions around Mobility, Cloud, and Big Data architectures as well as API design and development.
Bill Klos has been involved with technology since abandoning his desire to be an architect and stumbling into his first computer science class in 1985. Since then he has typically pushed companies into “what’s next”

Meetings are held the second Thursday of each month, 6:30 PM at Max Technical Training in Mason, OH.

Queen City Merge Conference

When: May 9th and 10th
Where: Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati

It's a two-day conference without cubicle divisions — where developers, marketers, designers and social media types share what they know. It all starts this May 9th & 10th, 2013.

For more in formation and tickets go to http://qcmerge.com/

Bitslingers / Clean Coders

Wednesday June 5th, 11:30am, Gaslight Offices, 11126 Kenwood Road, Suite C, Blue Ash
via Ryan Cromwell

Join us for an informal interest group in Clean Coding. The core tenants of the interest group will focus on helping people write better more maintainable, testable, and manageable code and understanding the patterns and practices to help achieve it consistently.

Meetings are held the first Wednesday of the Month from 11:30AM – 1PM at the Gaslight Offices. Topic suggestions, or general questions can be emailed to cromwellryan@hotmail.com

South West Ohio Give Camp

When: October 19th - 21st
Where: Miami University Voice of America Learning Center, West Chester Ohio

Signups are open for both volunteers and charities. Anyone interested in helping organize can contact Ryan Cromwell at ryan@southwestohiogivecamp.org.

For more information or to signup visit http://southwestohiogivecamp.org/

Upcoming Regional Conferences

Columbus, OH

Cloud Develop Conference – August 30th

Call for speakers open.
For More information see http://clouddevelop.org/

Knoxville, TN

Code Stock Conference – July 12th and 13th

Registration open now.
For more information see http://www.codestock.org/

Chattanooga, TN

devLink – August 28th - 30th

Registration open now.
For more information see http://www.devlink.net/

MS Download Links - Download Free Software and Earn Swag for CINNUG!

Windows 8
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131624
Visual Studio 2012 Express
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131625
Windows Phone
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131627
Windows Azure Free 90-day Trial
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131626
Hyper-V Server 2012
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200145000
System Center 2012 Suite
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131628
Microsoft Virtual Academy
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131630

Apress UG Program

Apress is offering 30% discount for all eBooks for all User Group Members!
Use the code UGC30 during checkout at http://www.apress.com.

April 2013 Newsletter and Training Opportunity for the Unemployed

2013-04-07T22:28:00Z

Fully Subsidized Developer Apprentice Training Program in .NET for the Unemployed

What: A recruitment fair for a Developer Apprentice Program in .NET
When: Monday April 8th – 1 PM to 4 PM
Where: Super Jobs Center, 1916 Central Parkway, Cincinnati 45214

Details:
With the goal of providing skilled workers to companies that need .NET developers, the Southwest Ohio Region Workforce Investment Board, Partners for a Competitive Workforce, the Greater Cincinnati CIO Roundtable, and IT employers have joined to fund a Developer Apprentice Program in .NET. They have selected locally owned and operated MAX Technical Training to provide the instruction.

Who should consider this program? Residents of Hamilton County who were laid off from their previous jobs and are not now working, or residents of other counties who were laid off by Hamilton County employers and are not now working, may be eligible for this training. Good candidates include those with a background in IT who want to update their programming skills or those who enjoy math, problem solving and/or puzzles. Musicians and those who enjoy learning foreign languages tend to make good programmers. Previous participants from a variety of backgrounds and experiences have transitioned to programming successfully. Applicants will go through a number of assessments before the class is selected, including an aptitude test for programming, a drug screen and background check.

Minimum requirements & prerequisites:

High school diploma or GED
Fundamental PC & Microsoft Windows skills, basic typing
Work Keys - National Career Readiness Assessments in Applied Mathematics, Reading for Information, and Locating Information; minimum scores of 4 required to maintain eligibility and be considered for enrollment
Programmer Aptitude Test - Minimum score of 80%
Interview with panel which will include company sponsors
Drug screen and background checks

Important Dates:

April 8: Recruitment Fair - Attend to learn more & apply! Bring: Photo ID and resume
April 8-23: WIA eligibility determination, Work Keys assessments, & aptitude testing processes
April 24-May 14: Interviews with sponsoring companies and participant selections
May 14-15: Participant confirmation
May 20 - August 31: Classes and Certification

For more information visit http://conta.cc/17brSVi, and contact Super Jobs at 513-946-7200

CINNUG

Tuesday April 23rd, Max Technical Training in Mason, OH

April 23rd, 6pm at our monthly CINNUG meeting, we welcome Doug Rohrer with a talk on AOP - You're Probably Already Doing it.

Abstract:
Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP for short) is a powerful tool for DRYing up your code and focusing on your business domain instead of plumbing. Using AOP, you can apply wrappers around methods that take care of your typical logging, exception handling, caching, instrumentation, and many times even some security concerns with little to no additional "per-method" coding.

AOP can seem magical, and many people shy away from it due to concerns over performance or lack of understanding of how AOP works. However, I bet anyone writing a modern .Net web application, among many others, is already using some form of AOP without thinking about it. From classic techniques like the Decorator Pattern to ASP.NET MVC Action Filters, AOP is all around your code already.

In this talk, we'll briefly explore some of those familiar use cases, and then dive in to refactoring an existing service class to leverage AOP for several of the above-mentioned concerns. Finally, if time permits, we'll look into how the Unity framework does its interception by digging through some of their code.

Bio:
Doug has over 20 years of software development experience in complex business and scientific systems. He has worked in government research and IT consulting, with much of his consulting career focused in financial services. After almost a decade in consulting, he took several years to work with product companies, including what might have been the first application monitoring system for cloud computing applications that itself ran in the cloud. In late 2012, he returned to the consulting world as a Software Artisan at Neo, focusing on Ruby on Rails and iOS development.

Pizza and drinks will be provided by our sponsors.

On deck for the May 28th CINNUG is Mike Levy with a talk tentatively titled The future is Futures.

All Things Mobile – Windows Azure Mobile Services

Thursday April 11th, 6:30pm, Max Technical Training in Mason, OH
via Parag Joshi

Abstract:
Windows Azure Mobile Services makes it incredibly easy to connect a scalable cloud backend to your client and mobile applications. It allows you to easily store structured data in the cloud that can span both devices and users, integrate it with user authentication, as well as send out updates to clients via push notifications. With client support for iOS, Android, Windows 8, Windows Phone, and HTML, you're covered on all the major mobile platforms.

We'll take a tour through everything that Windows Azure Mobile Services offers as well as look at some examples of apps that go 'beyond the Quick Start'.

Bio:
Brett Samblanet is a Software Design Engineer in Test at Microsoft. He has worked on several projects during his eleven years at the company, including MSBuild, Silverlight, WCF RIA Services, and Windows Azure Mobile Services.

Meetings are held the second Thursday of each month, 6:30 PM at Max Technical Training in Mason, OH.

Bitsligners / Clean Coders

Thursday May 1st, 11:30am, Gaslight Offices, 11126 Kenwood Road, Suite C, Blue Ash
via Ryan Cromwell

Meetings are held the first Wednesday of the Month from 11:30AM – 1PM at the Gaslight Offices. Topic suggestions, or general questions can be emailed to cromwellryan@hotmail.com

Cincinnati Code Retreat 2013

When: Saturday April 13th – 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Where: Pinnacle World HQ in Montgomery (9122 Montgomery Rd, Suite 201, Cincinnati, OH 45242)

Code Retreat, espoused by Corey Haines, et al. and explained in detail at coderetreat.org
Register at http://cincycoderetreat2013.eventbrite.com/

Release Cadence Report

Release Cadence Report is an effort by Ryan Cromwell to provide the software development community with information about the importance of release frequency for organizations, employees and customers.

Please take a moment to fill out the survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/releasecadence and ask your team members to do the same. Sign up for a partner code to be included in the published report.

For more information visit http://releasecadencereport.com or contact Ryan Cromwell (ryan@echelontouch.com)

A description of the origins can also be found at http://cromwellhaus.com/2013/03/

Queen City Merge Conference

When: May 9th and 10th
Where: Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati

It's a two-day conference without cubicle divisions — where developers, marketers, designers and social media types share what they know. It all starts this May 9th & 10th, 2013.

For more in formation and tickets go to http://qcmerge.com/

Upcoming Regional Conferences

Columbus, OH

Global Windows Azure Bootcamp – April 27th

Where: Microsoft Office Polaris
Register Now at https://wabc-columbus.eventday.com

Cloud Develop Conference – August 30th

Call for speakers open.
For More information see http://clouddevelop.org/

Louisville, KY

Code PaLouza Conference – April 25th – 27th

Registration open Now!
Register at http://www.codepalousa.com/

Knoxville, TN

Code Stock Conference – July 12th and 13th

Early Bird Registration coming soon.
For more information see http://www.codestock.org/

MS Download Links - Download Free Software and Earn Swag for CINNUG!

Windows 8
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131624
Visual Studio 2012 Express
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131625
Windows Phone
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131627
Windows Azure Free 90-day Trial
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131626
Hyper-V Server 2012
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200145000
System Center 2012 Suite
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131628
Microsoft Virtual Academy
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131630

Apress UG Program

Apress is offering 30% discount for all eBooks for all User Group Members!
Use the code UGC30 during checkout at http://www.apress.com.

March 2013 Newsletter

2013-03-18T12:41:00Z

CINNUG

Tuesday March 26th, Max Technical Training in Mason, OH

March 26th, 6pm at our monthly CINNUG meeting, we welcome Travis Smith with a talk on Enterprise Messaging in .NET.

Abstract:
Using messaging to hook together different systems or distribute existing complex systems is a common practice to help get a handle on complexity. We will go over some examples of systems using messaging and why they might have taken that approach. Then dig into how one might construct a system based upon messaging and show some simple code example. Primary messaging systems discussed will be MSMQ and RabbitMQ, but many of the topics will apply to other message queues as well.

Bio:
Travis is a polyglot developer with a physics background, who has had the chance to build some really cool things and some not so cool other things. He is mostly focusing on building mobile applications for healthcare right now. Travis spends his time speaking at events, teaching about technology, watching his cat chase a laser pointer, and playing board games. Follow Travis at @legomasternet on twitter.

Pizza and drinks will be provided by our sponsors.

On deck for the April 23rd CINNUG is Doug Rohrer with a talk on AOP (Aspect Oriented Programming) - You're Probably Already Doing it.

CINNUG Special Event - Node.JS Workshop and Hackathon with Microsoft's Glenn Block - Saturday, March 23

When: Saturday, March 23, 2013 from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM (ET)

Where: Microsoft Offices in Mason, OH (4605 Duke Drive, Suite 800, Mason, OH 45040)

Register: http://cinnug.eventbrite.com/

Node.js offers a powerful and fresh platform for building server side (and cloud based) applications in Javascript which are highly scalable. It also offers a really rich modularity story with a fantastic selection of modules for you to choose from. So why should a .NET group be interested in Node? It's a great back end platform to host your API on for your web based applications and your mobile apps whether they be Windows Phone, Windows 8, iOS or Android.

This workshop will cover:

An overview of node.js
Hands-on experience working with developing node.js applications whether you are using a Mac, Windows or Linux.
Using common npm modules, and taking them to the cloud with Windows Azure at ultrasonic speed using git or github based deployment.
Building node powered mobile backends using Windows Azure Mobile Services.

After we learn about Node and Windows Azure Mobile Services we’ll put our new skills to the test with a Hackathon. Attendees can group together or work alone to create a project using Node. At the end of the day all hackathon participants will have a chance to win some prizes with the top prize being an AR Drone 2.0 provided by GitHub.

If you want to participate in the hands on labs, please bring your laptop!

Lunch will be provided.

CINNUG Welcomes Glenn Block, Senior Program Manager at Microsoft!

Glenn is based in Seattle, and currently working as Senior Program Manager for the Windows Azure SDK for Node.js. Prior to that, he was a Senior Program Manager for WCF - Windows Communication Foundation

This great event is made possible by our Annual Sponsors

Also, our grand prize for the hackathon is being provided by GitHub!

All Things Mobile

Thursday March 14th, 6:30pm, Max Technical Training in Mason, OH
via Parag Joshi

For March, we are going to continue down the path set by the Feb meeting on notifications and cover Push Notifications and OpenId integration with Windows Azure Mobile Services.Windows Azure mobile services allows us to easily add OpenId Integration and a cloud backend as well as gives us the ability to do push notifications. We will create an app and add OpenId integration as well as a basic cloud backend and then we will explore how to send push notifications to the users. See http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/mobile for more information.

Meetings are held the second Thursday of each month, 6:30 PM at Max Technical Training in Mason, OH.

Bitsligners / Clean Coders

Thursday April 3rd, 11:30am, Gaslight Offices
via Ryan Cromwell

Meetings are held the first Wednesday of the Month from 11:30AM – 1PM at the Gaslight Offices. Topic suggestions, or general questions can be emailed to cromwellryan@hotmail.com

Cincinnati Code Retreat 2013

When: Saturday April 13th – 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Where: Pinnacle World HQ in Montgomery

Code Retreat, espoused by Corey Haines, et al. and explained in detail at coderetreat.org
Register at http://cincycoderetreat2013.eventbrite.com/

Windows Azure Event - Cincinnati and Dayton

Dayton - March 21st, Event Code 9371604
Cincinnati - March 26th, Event Code 5131605

Keith Mayer, IT Pro Technical Evangelist (http://KeithMayer.com) will be hosting See and Do: Build Virtual Machines in the Cloud with Windows Azure for IT Pros. Folks can register at http://nhcomputerlearning.com/seminars using the event codes listed above.

Stir Trek - Darkness Edition

When: Friday May 17th
Registration: PI Day, Thursday 3/14 at 1:59 PM
Where: Marcus Crosswoods Theater, in Columbus, Ohio

Stir Trek is a one-day conference focused on teaching software developers, and others in the industry, the latest and greatest in technologies, techniques, and tools. The full day of content is always concluded with a private screening of a blockbuster film on its opening day.

For more information see http://stirtrek.com/

MS Download Links - Download Free Software and Earn Swag for CINNUG!

Windows 8
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131624
Visual Studio 2012 Express
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131625
Windows Phone
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131627
Windows Azure Free 90-day Trial
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131626
Hyper-V Server 2012
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200145000
System Center 2012 Suite
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131628
Microsoft Virtual Academy
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131630

Apress UG Program

Apress is offering 30% discount for all eBooks for all User Group Members!
Use the code UGC30 during checkout at http://www.apress.com.

February 2013 Newsletter

2013-02-17T00:25:00Z

CINNUG

Tuesday February 26th, Max Technical Training in Mason, OH

February 26th, 6pm at our monthly CINNUG meeting, we welcome Samidip Basu with his talk on SignalR across Web, Windows Phone & Windows 8 Apps.

Abstract:
SignalR is a very cool piece of (now ASP.NET) technology that provides async signaling library to build real-time, multi-user interactive applications connecting disparate systems. On the other hand, Windows Phone & Windows 8 brings together what you care about most, and lays it out to you in an innovative and simple Modern UI interface. Such smartphone/tablet platforms feed our mobile lifestyle. Could SignalR and Mobile be combined?

We start slow by introducing & using SignalR for web applications. Next, what do you get when we take SignalR to mobile platforms? We get instant real-time communication between phone/tablet & backend server. We get location service applications. Chat. Stocks. Alerts. Endless possibilities! Would non-MSFT mobile platforms be left in the dark in this fun? Come join us as we explore some of these new opportunities through demos & code samples.

Bio:
Samidip Basu (@samidip) is a technologist, author, speaker, gadget-lover and MSFT Mobility Solutions Lead for Sogeti USA working out of Columbus OH. With a strong developer background in Microsoft technology stack, he now spends much of his time evangelizing Windows 8/ Windows Phone platforms & cloud-supported mobile solutions in general. He passionately helps run The Windows Developer User Group (http://thewindowsdeveloperusergroup.com/), labors in M3 Conf (http://m3conf.com/) organization and can be found with at-least a couple of hobbyist projects at any time. His spare times call for travel and culinary adventures with the wife. Find out more at http://samidipbasu.com.

Pizza and drinks will be provided by our sponsors.

On deck for the March 26th CINNUG is Travis Smith with a talk on Enterprise Integration and Messaging.

MS Download Links - Download Free Software and Earn Swag for CINNUG!

Windows 8
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131624
Visual Studio 2012 Express
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131625
Windows Phone
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131627
Windows Azure Free 90-day Trial
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131626
Hyper-V Server 2012
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200145000
System Center 2012 Suite
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131628
Microsoft Virtual Academy
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131630

Apress UG Program

Apress is offering 30% discount for all eBooks for all User Group Members!
Use the code UGC30 during checkout at http://www.apress.com.

All Things Mobile

Thursday February 21st, 6:30pm, Max Technical Training in Mason, OH
via Parag Joshi

We will cover notifications on IOS , android and Windows Phone. Notifications are a key component of many apps. Matthew Sheets will be on hand to explain how notifications work.

Also by popular vote, the developer(s) of the best CodeMash conference app will get their pick out of the raffle box!

Remember it must be a new or modified app for CodeMash 2013.

Meetings are held the second Thursday of each month, 6:30 PM at Max Technical Training in Mason, OH.

Bitsligners / Clean Coders

Thursday March 6th, 11:30am, Gaslight Offices
via Ryan Cromwell

Meetings are held the first Wednesday of the Month from 11:30AM – 1PM at the Gaslight Offices. Topic suggestions, or general questions can be emailed to cromwellryan@hotmail.com

Windows Azure Event - Cincinnati and Dayton

Dayton - March 21st, Event Code 9371604
Cincinnati - March 26th, Event Code 5131605

CINNUG Special Event

Keep a eyes peeled and your ears to the ground for more information about special events sponsored by CINNUG that we hope to announce in the near future.

Mid-January 2013 Meeting Reminders

2013-01-20T13:50:00Z

CinNUG Director Election Results

The 2013 CinNUG board of directors was elected at the December CinNUG meeting. Directors for 2013 (including biographical information) are:

Phil Japikse: Lead Director (Sponsorship Coordinator)
Russ McMahon: Director
Parag Joshi: Director (Speaker Coordinator)
Charlie Retzler: Director (Communications)

CinNUG / CinARC New format for 2013

Starting in January the CinARC meeting will take place during CINNUG meetings, and CINNUG meetings will have the following agenda:

5:30 - 6:00pm: Welcome
6:00 - 7:15pm: Headliner
7:15 - 7:30pm: Grok Talk (if applicable)
7:30 - 7:50pm: Pizza/Social
7:30 - 8:45pm: CINARC
8:45 - 9:00pm: Giveaways

CINNUG

Tuesday January 22nd, Max Technical Training in Mason, OH

Jaunuary 22nd, 6pm at our monthly CINNUG meeting, we welcome our own Bill Steele with his talk on Windows Phone 8.

Abstract:
Windows Phone 8 is out and brings exciting prospects with regards to connectivity with your Windows 8 PC, along with a huge list of changes from its predecessor. Come and see Bill Steele (@wjsteele) talk about Windows Phone 8 Development.

Twitter: @wjsteele

Grok Talk: Andrew Swerlick - Building a Killer Client Side Development Environment With Live.Js and Visual Studio

Abstract:
Visual Studio may be great for .NET development, but what about when you have to work on the frontend of the Web? This talk will show you how to use the Live.js javascript library to enhance your client side development experience with live refresh, automated testing, and other goodness. Whether you're working in WebForms or MVC, this will make it easier to write and debug your client side code.

Pizza and drinks will be provided by our sponsors.

On deck for the February 28th CINNUG is Samidip Basu with a talk on Signal R.

MS Download Links - Download Free Software and Earn Swag for CINNUG!

Windows 8
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131624
Visual Studio 2012 Express
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131625
Windows Phone
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131627
Windows Azure Free 90-day Trial
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131626
Hyper-V Server 2012
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200145000
System Center 2012 Suite
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131628
Microsoft Virtual Academy
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131630

Apress UG Program

Apress is offering 30% discount for all eBooks for all User Group Members!
Use the code UGC30 during checkout at http://www.apress.com.

Bitsligners / Clean Coders

Thursday February 7th, 6:00pm, Max Technical Training in Mason, OH
via Ryan Cromwell

Meetings are held the first Thursday of each month, 6:00 PM at Max Technical Training in Mason, OH. Topic suggestions, or general questions can be emailed to cromwellryan@hotmail.com

New Usergroup - CincyPASS

Tuesday February 12th, 6:00pm, at the Microsoft Store at Kenwood Towne Center

The inaugural CincyPASS meeting will be held on February 12, 2013 at 6:00PM with guest speaker Kyle Neier.

Kyle has been working professionally with computers since 1995, the past 10 years being dedicated to SQL Server. He currently works as a Sr. Microsoft Consultant for Perpetual Technologies (PTI.net) where he continues to chase his passion to automate DBA processes. He is a proud father of 5, a leader of the local PASS chapter (www.indypass.org), a Microsoft Certified Master (MCM), and enjoys sharing his passion for SQL Server with others by speaking and mentoring at local and regional events.

Kyle will be presenting on Locks, Blocks, and Deadlocks. These terms seem to be thrown around all the time – but what do they all mean? In this session we’ll explore the different isolation levels in SQL Server and how they affect the way that blocking and locking behave within the database engine. We’ll dive into the most common locks and how they can be leveraged and avoided to improve your application experience. Once locks are explored, we’ll discuss the dreaded deadlock and explore techniques to detect and mitigate this troublemaker in your environment.

Space is limited so please RSVP at http://cincypass0213.eventbrite.com/

For more information on our monthly meetings please visit us at http://cincypass.sqlpass.org

All Things Mobile

Thursday February 21st, 6:30pm, Max Technical Training in Mason, OH
via Parag Joshi

Jan meeting will be held directly at CodeMash. So next meeting at Max is on Feb 21st (note the changed date for Feb 2013). We will cover notifications on IOS , android and Windows Phone. Notifications are a key component of many apps. Matthew Sheets will be on hand to explain how notifications work.

Also by popular vote, the developer(s) of the best CodeMash conference app will get their pick out of the raffle box!

Remember it must be a new or modified app for CodeMash 2013.

Meetings are held the second Thursday of each month, 6:30 PM at Max Technical Training in Mason, OH.

Director Bios:

Phil Japikse: Lead Director (Sponsorship Coordinator)

An international speaker, Microsoft MVP, MCSD, CSM, and CSP, and a passionate member of the developer community, Phil Japikse has been working with .Net since the first betas, developing software for over 20 years, and heavily involved in the agile community since 2005. Phil works as a Developer Evangelist for Telerik's RadControls for Windows 8 as well as the Just family of products (JustCode, JustMock, JustTrace, and JustDecompile), and serves as the Lead Director for the Cincinnati .Net User’s Group and the Cincinnati Software Architect Group. Phil founded Agile Conferences, Inc., a non-profit dedicated to advancing agile in all aspects of software development. Phil also serves as Cub Scout Committee Chair for his sons’ Cub Scout Pack, volunteers for the National Ski Patrol, and is a recently retired Firefighter/Paramedic. You can follow Phil on twitter via www.twitter.com/skimedic and read his blog at www.skimedic.com/blog.

Russ McMahon: Director

Russ McMahon has been teaching IT related subject matter for more than 30 years. He has been teaching full-time at UC for 14 years and helped create the Information Technology Bachelor of Science degree which started in 2004 and received ABET accreditation in 2006. He teaches computer programming, database administration, business intelligence, and IT security. He is very active in the IT user group community and helped create TechLife Cincinnati which is for those who have an interest in what is going on in the local IT scene. He has been researching the history of computing at UC and is writing a book on UC’s first 50 years of computing. Prior to coming to UC he was a teacher at several local high schools, as well as a couple of local companies. He is married and has 3 grown children. Besides his teaching, he has been a track and field official for 40 years and enjoys competing in local road races from 5k’s to marathons.

Parag Joshi: Director (Speaker Coordinator)

Parag Joshi (@ilovethexbox) is a Mobile Architect working for Centric Consulting LLC (http://www.centricconsulting.com) and has over 13 years software development experience working on various Microsoft based technologies. He is a director of the Cincinnati All Things Mobile User Group (Catmug.org). He spends his spare time playing tennis with his 8 year old and writing android and iOS apps to track tennis scores or write games for his 2 year old daughter.

Charlie Retzler: Director (Communications)

Charlie Retzler is an application developer working for Resurgent Capital Services. He is currently focusing on secure application development practices. He has been developing for the Microsoft platform for the past 12 years, after several years of Unix development, and has earned both MCTS and MCPD certifications. In his spare time he plays in a a cover band, The Dublin Defense. He also enjoys collecting, repairing, and building guitars and amplifiers.

January 2013 Newsletter

2013-01-20T13:21:00Z

CinNUG Director Election Results

The 2013 CinNUG board of directors was elected at the December CinNUG meeting. Directors for 2013 (including biographical information) are:

Phil Japikse: Lead Director (Sponsorship Coordinator)
Russ McMahon: Director
Parag Joshi: Director (Speaker Coordinator)
Charlie Retzler: Director (Communications)

CinNUG / CinARC New format for 2013

Starting in January the CinARC meeting will take place during CINNUG meetings, and CINNUG meetings will have the following agenda:

5:30 - 6:00pm: Welcome
6:00 - 7:15pm: Headliner
7:15 - 7:30pm: Grok Talk (if applicable)
7:30 - 7:50pm: Pizza/Social
7:30 - 8:45pm: CINARC
8:45 - 9:00pm: Giveaways

CINNUG

Tuesday January 22nd, Max Technical Training in Mason, OH

Jaunuary 22nd, 6pm at our monthly CINNUG meeting, we welcome our own Bill Steele with his talk on Windows Phone 8.

Twitter: @wjsteele

Pizza and drinks will be provided by our sponsors.

On deck for the February 28th CINNUG is Samidip Basu with a talk on Signal R.

MS Download Links - Download Free Software and Earn Swag for CINNUG!

Windows 8
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131624
Visual Studio 2012 Express
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131625
Windows Phone
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131627
Windows Azure Free 90-day Trial
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131626
Hyper-V Server 2012
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200145000
System Center 2012 Suite
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131628
Microsoft Virtual Academy
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131630

Apress UG Program

Apress is offering 30% discount for all eBooks for all User Group Members!
Use the code UGC30 during checkout at http://www.apress.com.

Bitsligners / Clean Coders

Thursday February 7th, 6:00pm, Max Technical Training in Mason, OH
via Ryan Cromwell

Meetings are held the first Thursday of each month, 6:00 PM at Max Technical Training in Mason, OH. Topic suggestions, or general questions can be emailed to cromwellryan@hotmail.com

New Usergroup - CincyPASS

Tuesday February 12th, 6:00pm, at the Microsoft Store at Kenwood Towne Center

The inaugural CincyPASS meeting will be held on February 12, 2013 at 6:00PM with guest speaker Kyle Neier.

Space is limited so please RSVP at http://cincypass0213.eventbrite.com/

For more information on our monthly meetings please visit us at http://cincypass.sqlpass.org

All Things Mobile

Thursday February 21st, 6:30pm, Max Technical Training in Mason, OH
via Parag Joshi

Also by popular vote, the developer(s) of the best CodeMash conference app will get their pick out of the raffle box!

Remember it must be a new or modified app for CodeMash 2013.

Meetings are held the second Thursday of each month, 6:30 PM at Max Technical Training in Mason, OH.

Director Bios:

Phil Japikse: Lead Director (Sponsorship Coordinator)

Russ McMahon: Director

Parag Joshi: Director (Speaker Coordinator)

Charlie Retzler: Director (Communications)

Mid-November 2012 Meeting Reminders

2012-11-27T23:09:00Z

CINNUG

Tuesday November 27th, Max Technical Training in Mason, OH

November 27th, 6pm at our monthly CINNUG meeting, we welcome our own Phil Japikse with his talk on ASP.NET 4.5: I'm Not Dead Yet! AKA The Resurgence of Web Forms.

Abstract:
Despite the rumors to the contrary, ASP.NET WebForms hasn't ridden off into the sunset. WebForms and the ASP.NET core Runtime has received a lot of love in the .NET 4.5! In this session, I will take you through as many of these new features that we can fit into one session and show you that WebForms is far from "legacy."

Blog: http://www.skimedic.com/blog/
Twitter: @skimedic

Grok Talk: Mike Wood with a talk on Shared Access Signatures with Windows Azure Storage

Pizza and drinks will be provided by our sponsors.

No CINNUG meeting will be held in December, but join us for our holiday party!

CINNUG 2013 Director Elections

Tuesday November 27th during CINNUG Meeting

October 23rd at our monthly CINNUG meeting, we held nominations for the 2013 CINNUG directors. Nominations were as follows:

Lead director (one to be elected):

Phil Japikse

Director (Three to be elected):

Parag Joshi
Russ McMahon
Charlie Retzler

During the November 27th CINNUG meeting, we will hold the election for these positions.

MS Download Links - Download Free Software and Earn Swag for CINNUG!

Windows 8
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131624
Visual Studio 2012 Express
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131625
Windows Phone
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131627
Windows Azure Free 90-day Trial
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131626
Hyper-V Server 2012
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200145000
System Center 2012 Suite
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131628
Microsoft Virtual Academy
http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200131630

CinArc

Thurdsay November 15th, 6:00pm Max Technical Training in Mason, OH

This month CinArc (Cincinnati Software Architecture Group) will feature more discussion on topics chosen the night of the meeting. The focus of the meeting will be to discuss issues of software architecture relevant to the members of the community.

The meeting is open to both seasoned architects and those who strive to know more about software architecture. Pizza and drinks will be provided by our sponsors.

MAX Technical Training: FREE First Look Clinics and Webinars

You've asked and we listened. MAX is pleased to offer Microsoft First Look Clinics for FREE. These 1/2 day clinics can be taken at MAX with an instructor or anyplace through our MAXLive technology. The choice is yours!

FIRST LOOK CLINICS:

Apress UG Program

60% Off Apress eBooks*
Click this link: http://app.streamsend.com/public/hbs1/iZ0/subscribe
When prompted for your user group:
"CINNUG – Cincinnati .NET Users Group"
Valid between now and 10-Dec
*Not valid CyberMonday – 26-Nov

Bitsligners / Clean Coders

Thursday December 6th, 6:00pm, Max Technical Training in Mason, OH
via Ryan Cromwell

Meetings are held the first Thursday of each month, 6:00 PM at Max Technical Training in Mason, OH. Topic suggestions, or general questions can be emailed to cromwellryan@hotmail.com

CINNUG / CinARC Holiday Party

Thursday December 20th, 6:00pm, Microsoft Office in Mason, OH

Join us for our annual holiday celebration!

Join us for:

Games
Food
Holiday Cheer

Please RSVP at http://cinnug.eventbrite.com/.

All Things Mobile

Thursday February 21st, 6:30pm, Max Technical Training in Mason, OH
via Parag Joshi

That's right! We are not meeting in December as we have a Cinnug party. All Cincy Mobile group members are welcome to join. See note for RSVP for December 20th party and game nite.

Also by popular vote, the developer(s) of the best CodeMash conference app will get their pick out of the raffle box!

Remember it must be a new or modified app for CodeMash 2013.

Meetings are held the second Thursday of each month, 6:30 PM at Max Technical Training in Mason, OH.

Mid-October 2012 Meeting Reminders

2012-10-23T20:06:00Z

CINNUG

Tuesday October 23rd, Max Technical Training in Mason, OH

October 23rd, 6pm at our monthly CINNUG meeting, we welcome Elizabeth Naramore with a talk on Technical Debt.

Abstract:
Technical debt is something that most project teams or independent developers have to deal with - we take shortcuts to push out releases, deadlines need to be met, quick fixes slowly become the standard. In this talk, Elizabeth will discuss what technical debt is, when it is acceptable and when it isn't, and strategies for effectively managing it, both on an independent and team level.

Blog: http://naramore.net/blog
Twitter: @ElizabethN

Grok Talk: Joe Wirtley with a talk on AutoMapper

Pizza and drinks will be provided by our sponsors.

On deck for the November 27th CINNUG is our own Phil Japikse with a talk on ASP.NET 4.5.

CINNUG 2013 Director Nominations/Elections

Nominations: Tuesday October 23rd
Elections: Tuesday November 27th

October 23rd at our monthly CINNUG meeting, we will hold nominations for the 2013 CINNUG directors. Positions available include: lead director (currently Phil Japikse) or director (currenty Kim Painter, Parag Joshi and Andy Douglas). After nominations are taken at the October meeting, during the November 27th CINNUG meeting, we will hold the election for these positions.

In order to be eligible to vote, you must have attended 3 meetings between June 2012 and November 2012 (inclusive). CINNUG, CinArc, All Things Mobile and BitSlingers / Clean Coders all count towards the 3 meetings. Those interested in running for a position may run for the lead director position or a director position. You will need to be nominated by another CINNUG member either before or during the November meeting in order to be eligible to run for a position. After the election, the lead director will assign each director his/her role: communications, sponsorship, or speaker coordinator.

Bitsligners / Clean Coders

Thursday November 1st, 6:00pm, Max Technical Training in Mason, OH
via Ryan Cromwell

Meetings are held the first Thursday of each month, 6:00 PM at Max Technical Training in Mason, OH. Topic suggestions, or general questions can be emailed to cromwellryan@hotmail.com

All Things Mobile

Thursday November 8th, 6:30pm, Max Technical Training in Mason, OH
via Parag Joshi

CodeMash Coding challenge! - Nov 8th @ 6:30 p.m.

There is a little known conference named "CodeMash" coming up in Jan 2013. It's time for another challenge. Lets get together and build CodeMash session apps whether they are built in Windows Phone 8 or Android or IOS or better yet all three.

On hand, there will be code samples handy to access and return JSON data from the CodeMash API. Bring your laptop or just watch.

RSVP at http://www.catmug.org or (http://www.meetup.com/All-Things-Mobile-Cincinnati).

Meetings are held the second Thursday of each month, 6:30 PM at Max Technical Training in Mason, OH.

Dog Food Conference

Thursday-Friday November 8-9, Microsoft Office in Columbus, OH

What
This a 2-day conference sponsored and managed by community IT professionals showcasing Microsoft technologies. There will be speakers from MS Gold Certified Partners, MVPs, IT authors, MS partner software companies, community leads, and MS Corp subject matter experts. Dog Fooding is and IT term to use your own products before releasing to the customer. There will 96 overviews on the following: Windows Azure, System Center suite 2012, best practices for desktop upgrades, SQL, SharePoint 10/13, Office 365, .NET, XBOX, Skype, HTML 5.0, Powershell, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8, Unified Communications, Lync, Project Server, MS licensing, Server Performance, Business Intelligence, Windows Phone 8 and 7 and OData. Dog Fooding is an IT term to use your own products before releasing to the customer.

Why
To educate all IT organizations on their IT investments, meet and chat with subject matter experts and raise the community's knowledge and partnerships.

Who
Who should attend? CIO, CISOs, CFOs, developers, Server admins, desktop managers, help desk, virtualization leads, DBAs, HR, marketing, architects, collaborations admins

Where
Microsoft Columbus Ohio
8800 Lyra Dr
Floors 1, 3, 4
Columbus, OH 43240

CinArc

Thurdsay November 15th, 6:00pm Max Technical Training in Mason, OH

The meeting is open to both seasoned architects and those who strive to know more about software architecture. Pizza and drinks will be provided by our sponsors.

October 2012 Newsletter

2012-10-02T17:19:00Z

CINNUG

Tuesday October 23rd, Max Technical Training in Mason, OH

October 23rd, 6pm at our monthly CINNUG meeting, we welcome Elizabeth Naramore with a talk on Technical Debt.

Blog: http://naramore.net/blog
Twitter: @ElizabethN

Grok Talk: Joe Wirtley with a talk on AutoMapper

Pizza and drinks will be provided by our sponsors.

On deck for the November 27th CINNUG is our own Phil Japikse with a talk on ASP.NET 4.5.

CINNUG 2013 Director Nominations/Elections

Nominations: Tuesday October 23rd
Elections: Tuesday November 27th

Bitsligners / Clean Coders

Thursday October 4th, 6:00pm, Max Technical Training in Mason, OH
via Ryan Cromwell

Meetings are held the first Thursday of each month, 6:00 PM at Max Technical Training in Mason, OH. Topic suggestions, or general questions can be emailed to cromwellryan@hotmail.com

All Things Mobile

Thursday October 11th, 6:30pm, Max Technical Training in Mason, OH
via Parag Joshi

Mono Touch and Android dotnet fun! - Oct 11th @ 6:30 p.m.

The proof is in the pudding! We have had sessions on Mono Touch and Mono for Android and now its time to show how they work together. Besides the fact that you can write c# code and create Android and iOS apps, you can also use the power of dotnet assemblies and share code.

Well we will attempt to do just that. We will take a business logic dll written in dotnet and share it between the Mono Touch and Mono for Android projects. Brian Starr will code the business logic dll and the iOS UI and Parag Joshi will duplicate the same on the android side.

At the end we will have shared code running in iOS and Android apps.

RSVP at http://www.catmug.org or (http://www.meetup.com/All-Things-Mobile-Cincinnati).

Meetings are held the second Thursday of each month, 6:30 PM at Max Technical Training in Mason, OH.

CinArc

Thurdsay October 18th, 6:00pm Max Technical Training in Mason, OH

The meeting is open to both seasoned architects and those who strive to know more about software architecture. Pizza and drinks will be provided by our sponsors.

Southwest Ohio Give Camp

Octobober 19-21, West Chester, OH

GiveCamp is a weekend-long event that brings together a community of volunteers who donate their time and talents to provide web and software solutions for local non-profit organizations. The volunteers include designers, developers, database administrators and other technology professionals as well as staff from the various charities. Since its beginnings in 2007, the GiveCamp program has spread to many communities throughout the United States, including Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Lansing, and Southwest Ohio.

For more information and to register as a volunteer: click here.

Mid-September 2012 Meeting Reminders

2012-09-25T02:20:00Z

CINNUG

Tuesday September 25th, Max Technical Training in Mason, OH

September 25th, 6pm at our monthly CINNUG meeting, we will hold a special Visual Studio 2012 Release Event.

Abstract:
Join us for a special CINNUG meeting celebrating the launch of Visual Studio 2012. We will be bringing you the best of the Official Microsoft Launch content live and in person at our regularly scheduled monthly meeting. A panel of experts will also be on hand to field questions on MVC4, Webforms 4.5, Windows 8 [REDACTED] Development, as well as help you with other questions you might have about the latest tools coming out of Microsoft's Developer Division.

Download the Code and get SWAG for CINNUG!

VS 2012 Express: http://bit.ly/PxgAlj
Windows Server 2012: http://bit.ly/UDdZsL
Azure Trial: http://bit.ly/Pxilit
Windows Phone: http://bit.ly/ScpsKW
System Center: http://bit.ly/SeDC2G
30 Day Win8 App Journey: http://bit.ly/SM3LBX
MS Virtual Academy: http://bit.ly/Up0cmW

Grok Talk: Joe Wirtley with a talk on AutoMapper

Pizza and drinks will be provided by our sponsors.

On deck for the October 23rd CINNUG is Elizabeth Naramore with a talk on Technical Debt

CINNUG 2013 Director Nominations/Elections

Nominations: Tuesday October 23rd
Elections: Tuesday November 27th

Cloud OS Signature Event Series

Tuesday, September 25th, Columbus OH

Every great Developer knows the key to enhancing their skills is to keep learning. Join us at The Cloud OS Signature Event near you and you'll find out how the new Visual Studio 2012 and Windows Azure can help you create better applications and give you the opportunity to write in any language you choose.

For more information and to register, click here.

Bitsligners / Clean Coders

Thursday October 4th, 6:00pm, Max Technical Training in Mason, OH
via Ryan Cromwell

Meetings are held the first Thursday of each month, 6:00 PM at Max Technical Training in Mason, OH. Topic suggestions, or general questions can be emailed to cromwellryan@hotmail.com

All Things Mobile

Thursday October 11th, 6:30pm, Max Technical Training in Mason, OH
via Parag Joshi

Meetings are held the second Thursday of each month, 6:30 PM at Max Technical Training in Mason, OH.

CinArc

Thurdsay October 18th, 6:00pm Max Technical Training in Mason, OH

The meeting is open to both seasoned architects and those who strive to know more about software architecture. Pizza and drinks will be provided by our sponsors.

Southwest Ohio Give Camp

Octobober 19-21, West Chester, OH

For more information and to register as a volunteer: click here.

October 2010 Meeting Recap

2010-11-04T01:40:00Z

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 18^th- 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 18^th & Friday, November 19^th - 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.

Microsoft Certified Career Conference
Thursday, November 18^th - Virtual Event

On November 18^th, 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

October 2010 Meeting Reminder

2010-10-18T23:53:00Z

Hey Folks!

It’s election time! Nominees will be announced at the next CINNUG meeting.We will also vote for the new directors.

Elections will also be held at the next CINNUG meeting, October 26^th.

Eligibility to vote/be elected:

Attended 3+ of last 6 meetings (including October)

In addition to director nominations, Marcus King will be here to give us an introduction to Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP). Marcus King is a Software Engineer for http://mycontent.com, a web startup company.

Suganthi Giridharan will give a grok on creating animation using Expression Blend.

The CINNUG team

What's in this Newsletter?

October CinArc - 10/21/10
October CINNUG - 10/26/10
November BitSlingers - 11/01/10
Southwest Ohio Give Camp - 10/22/10 - 10/24/10
NWA Code Camp - 10/23/10
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:

October CinArc
Thursday, October 21^st - 6:00PM - MAX Technical Training - 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!

October CINNUG - Introduction to Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) by Marcus King
Tuesday, October 26^th - 6:00PM; Social Time - 5:30PM - MAX Technical Training - Mason, OH

Marcus King will discuss Aspect-Oriented Programming.

Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) is an approach to software development that goes further in the direction of separation of concerns. Separation of concerns is one of the most important rules in software development. It states that the same concern should be solved in a single unit of code. This is also called modularization.

Some concerns cannot be implemented successfully using a pure procedural or object-oriented programming. An example is code security. If you want to secure objects and methods, you have to modify the code of each method. That's why security is said to be a crosscutting concern, because it crosscuts the unit of modularization of the programming paradigm, in this case the class.

An aspect is a concern that cross-cuts many classes and/or methods. So AOP is a technique that allows you to address issues that cross-cuts objects. AOP is frequently used to implement caching, tracing, security or failure injections.

Suganthi Giridharan will give a grok on creating animation using Expression Blend. She will show some practical examples of animations that can be used in business applications to provide better user experience.

November BitSlingers
Monday, November 1^st - 6:00PM- Panera Bread - Mason Montgomery - Mason, OH

What is BitSlingers?

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:

Southwest Ohio Give Camp
Friday, October 22^nd thru Sunday, October 24^th - Miami VOALC - West Chester, OH

Give Camp is a weekend-long event where software developers, designers, and database administrators donate their time to create custom software for non-profit organizations. The only limitation is that the project should be scoped to be able to be completed in a weekend.

If you are a developer/designer/project manager looking to make a difference and use your skills to assist others, this is the place to be October 22, 23, 24, 2010! Please visit the Volunteer section to get signed up!

NWA Code Camp
Saturday, October 23^rd - 8:00AM to 5:30PM - Tyson World Headquarters - Springdale, AR

This year the Northwest Arkansas Code Camp is aligning this event with the Tyson Development Conference, a 2 day internal conference for Tyson Foods.

Tyson is sponsoring this event by providing the venue and keeping some speakers from their conference another night so they can present at this event.

This year we will celebrate the growth of our community with the addition of new tracks for Project Managers, Designers, and more.

2010 Dog Food Conference
Thursday, November 18^th & Friday, November 19^th - 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.

Microsoft Certified Career Conference
Thursday, November 18^th - Virtual Event

On November 18^th, jump-start, re-start, or catalyze your career at the Microsoft Certified Career Conference.

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

September 2010 Meeting Recap

2010-10-03T23:32:00Z

Hey Folks!

CINNUG held nominations for the directors at the September meeting and the official nominees will be announced at our next meeting.

Elections will be held at the CINNUG meeting, October 26^th.

Eligibility to vote/be elected:

Attended 3+ of last 6 meetings (including October)

In addition to director nominations, Randy Pagels, from Microsoft, was here. He talked about Visual Studio 2010 Diagnostics and Analysis Tools and showed us ways to improve software quality using them (including IntelliTrace^TM and Test Automation).

Mike Wood gave the grok talk on the LinqPad tool.

The CINNUG team

What's in this Newsletter?

October CinArc - 10/21/10
October CINNUG - 10/26/10
November BitSlingers - 11/01/10
Software Quality Fire Starter - 10/09/10
Houston Tech Fest - 10/09/10
Columbus Code Camp - 10/16/10
Southwest Ohio Give Camp - 10/22/10 - 10/24/10
NWA Code Camp - 10/23/10
Microsoft Certified Career Conference - 11/18/10
Our sponsors - they pay for the pizza

UPCOMING MEETING

October CinArc
Thursday, October 21^st - 6:00PM - MAX Technical Training - Mason, OH

Come join this new special interest group as we discuss topics related to software architecture.

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!

October CINNUG - Introduction to Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) by Marcus King
Tuesday, October 26^th- 6:00PM; Social Time - 5:30PM - MAX Technical Training - Mason, OH

Marcus King will discuss Aspect-Oriented Programming.

November BitSlingers
Monday, November 1^st - 6:00PM- Panera Bread - Mason Montgomery - Mason, OH

What is BitSlingers?

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:

CINNUG Software Quality Fire Starter
Saturday, October 9^th- 8:30AM to 5:00PM - Microsoft Office, Mason OH

Whether you consider yourself a craftsman, a professional or simply a developer who cares about what you are doing building quality software is probably on your mind.

One would think that quality software is the goal in any project, but it always seems like there are hurdles in the way.

CINNUG is hosting a day long special event devoted to Building Quality Software. We'll cover topics like unit testing, performance and load testing, continuous integration and more.

In addition to our presentations we will host a panel at lunch to have an open discussion on the main topic of Software Quality.

Registration opens September 9^th at http://cinnug.eventbrite.com.

Houston Tech Fest (HTF)
Saturday, October 9^th- 8:00AM to 6:00PM - University of Houston Main Campus - Houston, TX

The agenda is set for HTF. Check it out as there is something for everyone.

The Website for Houston Techfest 2010 is now open for Pre-Registration. They had 853 attendees last year and are looking to break 1000 this year!

They have a great line up of speakers this year with over 80 presentations on the Agenda. Their Keynote speaker is Venkat Subramaniam.

This is the single largest event in the Central Region. Register now so you can come out and be part of the awesomeness!

Columbus Code Camp
Saturday, October 16^th- Starts at 9:00AM - TechColumbus - Columbus, OH

Code Camp is a relatively new type of community event (following the Code Camp Manifesto) where developers learn from their peers. All are welcome to attend and speak.

Sessions will range from lightning talks to chalk talks to more formal presentations. There will be a mix of presenters -- some will be experienced public speakers, some may be making their first-ever public presentation.

If you have something you're passionate about as a developer, please share it at the Columbus Code Camp. They are currently looking for speakers.

Potential Presenters:

Have a php configuration hack you love?
Figured out a better way to debug linux USB drivers?
Found a way to navigate a Windows registry in lisp?
Got a one-liner shell pipeline that you can type by muscle memory?
Have a pattern you can't live without?
Figured out a better way to count story points with a .NET widget?

Sign up to share it! Click on the Proposals tab at http://columbuscodecamp.com and tell them what you'd like to talk about.

Southwest Ohio Give Camp
Friday, October 22^ndthru Sunday, October 24^th - Miami VOALC - West Chester, OH

If you are a developer/designer/project manager looking to make a difference and use your skills to assist others, this is the place to be October 22, 23, 24, 2010!

Please visit the Volunteer section to get signed up!

NWA Code Camp
Saturday, October 23^rd- 8:00AM to 5:30PM - Tyson World Headquarters - Springdale, AR

This year the Northwest Arkansas Code Camp is aligning this event with the Tyson Development Conference, a 2 day internal conference for Tyson Foods.

Tyson is sponsoring this event by providing the venue and keeping some speakers from their conference another night so they can present at this event.

This year we will celebrate the growth of our community with the addition of new tracks for Project Managers, Designers, and more.

Microsoft Certified Career Conference
Thursday, November 18^th- Virtual Event

On November 18^th, jump-start, re-start, or catalyze your career at the Microsoft Certified Career Conference.

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

Microsoft ALM Webcasts & ALM Catalyst Live Workshops

2010-09-28T00:23:00Z

On behalf of your Heartland District DPE Sales Team, we want to make you aware of this training.

Microsoft ALM Webcasts – Online Training

Microsoft Webcasts are FREE and provides a valuable online training resource you can
attend to help ramp up on the latest information covering hot topics like Visual Source Safe
Migration, Team Foundation Server, Lab Management, SharePoint developmemt, Testing, etc.

Also, check out these workshops!

ALM Catalyst Live Workshops – The Smart Way to Learn

To help you learn more about Microsoft’s ALM solutions, we are offering an online series of free and interactive Live Workshops. Each workshop addresses a specific area of ALM implementation, laying out important principles for success, with the majority of workshop time dedicated to interactive discussion between you and the instructing trainer.

Topics include:

o    Upgrading to TFS 2010: Why and How

o    Migrating from VSS to TFS 2010: Why and Pre-migration planning

o    Migrating from VSS to TFS 2010: Migration & Post-migration steps

o    Using Visual Studio 2010 Load Testing Agents to improve quality

o    Using Visual Studio 2010 Lab Management

o    Using Team Foundation Server to manage the SharePoint life-cycle

o    Using Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate to improve your application development

Live Workshops are available each week, Monday through Thursday. We hope that you can join us!

September 2010 Meeting Reminder

2010-09-23T00:52:00Z

Hey Folks!

CINNUG will accept nominations for the following positions at the September meeting:

Lead Director
Three Additional Directors

Main responsibilities

Speaker Coordinator
Finance
Marketing

Only Supporting Members can nominate/be nominated!

Eligibility to nominate/be nominated: Attended 3+ of last 6 meetings (including September)

Elections will be held at the CINNUG meeting, October 26^th.

Eligibility to vote/be elected: Attended 3+ of last 6 meetings (including October)

In addition to the Directors nominations, Randy Pagels, from Microsoft, will show us how to Kill Bugs Faster using
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Advanced Diagnostics (IntelliTrace^TM and Test Automation).

Mike Wood will give a grok talk about the LinqPad tool.

The CINNUG team

What's in this Newsletter?

September CINNUG - 09/28/10
October BitSlingers - 10/04/10
October CinArc - 10/21/10
Software Quality Fire Starter - 10/09/10
Houston Tech Fest - 10/09/10
Columbus Code Camp - 10/16/10
Southwest Ohio Give Camp - 10/22/10 - 10/24/10
NWA Code Camp - 10/23/10
Microsoft Certified Career Conference - 11/18/10
Our sponsors - they pay for the pizza

UPCOMING MEETINGS:

September CINNUG - Kill Bugs Faster using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Advanced Diagnostics (IntelliTrace^TM and Test Automation) by Randy Pagels
Tuesday, September 28^th- 6:00PM; Social Time - 5:30PM - MAX Technical Training - Mason, OH

Randy Pagels is a Sr. Developer Technology Specialist and part of the Developer Platform and Evangelism tools team covering the Heartland District (MI, OH, KY and TN). He will show us how to Kill Bugs Faster using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Advanced Diagnostics (IntelliTrace^TM and Test Automation).

Microsoft Test and Lab Manager enables testers to collect more detailed diagnostic data during a test run leading to higher quality bugs that provide more insight to the developers on what actually went wrong when the bug occurred.

The grok talk about the LinqPad tool will be given by one of our directors, Mike Wood.

October BitSlingers
Monday, October 4^th - 6:00PM- Panera Bread - Mason Montgomery - Mason, OH

What is BitSlingers?

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.

October CinArc
Thursday, October 21^st - 6:00PM - MAX Technical Training - Mason, OH

Come join this new special interest group as we discuss topics related to software architecture.

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!

UPCOMING EVENTS:

CINNUG Software Quality Fire Starter
Saturday, October 9^th- 8:30AM to 5:00PM - Microsoft Office, Mason OH

Whether you consider yourself a craftsman, a professional or simply a developer who cares about what you are doing building quality software is probably on your mind.

In addition to our presentations we will host a panel at lunch to have an open discussion on the main topic of Software Quality.

Registration opens September 9^th at http://cinnug.eventbrite.com.

Houston Tech Fest (HTF)
Saturday, October 9^th- 8:00AM to 6:00PM - University of Houston Main Campus - Houston, TX

The agenda is set for HTF. Check it out as there is something for everyone.

The Website for Houston Techfest 2010 is now open for Pre-Registration. They had 853 attendees last year and are looking to break 1000 this year!

They have a great line up of speakers this year with over 80 presentations on the Agenda. Their Keynote speaker is Venkat Subramaniam.

This is the single largest event in the Central Region. Register now so you can come out and be part of the awesomeness!

Southwest Ohio Give Camp
Friday, October 22^ndthru Sunday, October 24^th - Miami VOALC - West Chester, OH

If you are a developer/designer/project manager looking to make a difference and use your skills to assist others, this is the place to be October 22, 23, 24, 2010!

Please visit the Volunteer section to get signed up!

Columbus Code Camp
Saturday, October 16^th- Starts at 9:00AM - TechColumbus - Columbus, OH

Code Camp is a relatively new type of community event (following the Code Camp Manifesto) where developers learn from their peers. All are welcome to attend and speak.

If you have something you're passionate about as a developer, please share it at the Columbus Code Camp. They are currently looking for speakers.

Potential Presenters:

Have a php configuration hack you love?
Figured out a better way to debug linux USB drivers?
Found a way to navigate a Windows registry in lisp?
Got a one-liner shell pipeline that you can type by muscle memory?
Have a pattern you can't live without?
Figured out a better way to count story points with a .NET widget?

Sign up to share it! Click on the Proposals tab at http://columbuscodecamp.com and tell them what you'd like to talk about.

NWA Code Camp
Saturday, October 23^rd- 8:00AM to 5:30PM - Tyson World Headquarters - Springdale, AR

This year the Northwest Arkansas Code Camp is aligning this event with the Tyson Development Conference, a 2 day internal conference for Tyson Foods.

Tyson is sponsoring this event by providing the venue and keeping some speakers from their conference another night so they can present at this event.

This year we will celebrate the growth of our community with the addition of new tracks for Project Managers, Designers, and more.

Microsoft Certified Career Conference
Thursday, November 18^th- Virtual Event

On November 18^th, jump-start, re-start, or catalyze your career at the Microsoft Certified Career Conference.

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

Special offer for Microsoft Certified Professionals: use promotional code MCP50 for a 50 percent discount on your registration fee if you register
by September 23.