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October 2010 Meeting Recap

jengriff — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 01:40:00 GMT

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

jengriff — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 23:53:00 GMT

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

jengriff — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 23:32:00 GMT

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

jengriff — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:23:00 GMT

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

jengriff — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:52:00 GMT

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.

August 2010 Meeting Recap

jengriff — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:46:00 GMT

Hey Folks!

CINNUG appreciates all your feedback! We gathered all the suggestions and read your ideas. Now we are ready to hold our next Fire Starter, Software Quality, on October 9, 2010 (see details below).

Last month one of our directors, Mike Wood, gave a soft skills presentation on Becoming a Better Developer. If this presentation left you wanting more, check out the rest of the series at http://mvwood.com/beabetterdeveloper.

The grok talk on Configuration Data and Dependencies was given by Mike Levy.

The CINNUG team

What's in this Newsletter?

September BitSlingers - 09/13/10
September CinArc - 09/16/10
September CINNUG - 09/28/10
Cincinnati Day of Ruby - 09/11/10
Software Quality Fire Starter - 10/09/10
Houston Tech Fest - 10/09/10
Southwest Ohio Give Camp - 10/22/10 - 10/24/10
NWA Code Camp - 10/23/10
Our sponsors - they pay for the pizza

UPCOMING MEETINGS:

September BitSlingers
Monday, September 13^th - 6:00PM- Panera Bread - Mason Montgomery - Mason, OH

This month BitSlingers will meet on the second Monday of the month due to the Labor Day holiday.

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.

September CinArc
Thursday, September 16^th - 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!

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, TN). He will show us how to Kill Bugs Faster using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Advanced Diagnostics (IntelliTrace^TM and Test Automation).

As applications become more complex and pressures to decrease costs increase, we need tools to facilitate reducing the turn-around time for testers and developers to find and fix bugs.

With the addition of Test Strips, testers can generate automation as an artifact of their test runs helping to not only increase coverage of the application, but reducing the time it takes to manually test the application.

Test Impact Analysis helps developers test the right automated tests from within Visual Studio, while testers know what the right set of tests to prioritize and run are given recent changes introduced by the development organization.

~~The grok talk on Jump Lists in Windows 7 will be given by one of our directors,~~ ~~Mike Wood~~. The grok talk about the LinqPad tool will be given by one of our directors, Mike Wood.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Cincinnati Day of Ruby
Saturday, September 11^th - 7:30AM to 4:00PM - Miami University's VOALC - West Chester, OH

This one day session takes you through the basics of Ruby the language in the morning and then how to make something real in Ruby on Rails in the afternoon.

Get your hands on the future while surrounded by the experts to help you along.

This is how the day flows:

Registration 7:30-9:00
Laptop setup help 7:30-8:30
Introduction to Ruby with Koans (EdgeCase's Jim Weirich) 9:00-12:00
Lunch (provided) 12:00-13:00
Rails in a day (Gaslight Software's Chris Nelson & Doug Alcorn) 13:00-16:00

For more information and to register, please visit http://cincydayofruby.eventbrite.com/.

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^nd thru 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.

August 2010 Meeting Reminder

jengriff — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:46:00 GMT

Hey Folks!

This month one of our directors, Mike Wood, will give a soft skills presentation on Becoming a Better Developer.

Mike Levy will give the grok on Configuration Data and Dependencies.

One of our former members, Jeff Handley, works out on the Silverlight team in Redmond. He's asked us to get a gauge on the level of interest in RIA Services. Please take a few moments to fill out this 2 question survey.

The CINNUG team

What's in this Newsletter?

August CINNUG - 08/24/10
September BitSlingers - 09/13/10
September CinArc - 09/16/10
Cincinnati Day of Ruby - 09/11/10
Houston Tech Fest - 10/09/10
Southwest Ohio Give Camp - 10/22/10 - 10/24/10
NWA Code Camp - 10/23/10
Our sponsors - they pay for the pizza

UPCOMING MEETINGS:

August CINNUG - Be a Better Developer - Mike Wood
Tuesday, August 24^th - 6:00PM; Social Time - 5:30PM - MAX Technical Training - Mason, OH

Mike Wood, one of the directors of CINNUG, will give a soft skills talk on how to Be a Better Developer.

As a developer you end up wearing a lot of different hats: researcher, designer, janitor, mediator, teacher, student... the list can go on.

If you want to become a better developer you'll have to learn how to switch these hats out easily and what it means to wear each one well.

Most talks often focus on a given technology or tool; some resource that you can use. This talk focuses on how to improve the best resource you have: YOU.

The grok talk on Configuration Data and Dependencies will be given by Mike Levy.

September BitSlingers
Monday, September 13^th - 6:00PM- Panera Bread - Mason Montgomery - Mason, OH

This month BitSlingers will meet on the second Monday of the month due to the Labor Day holiday.

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.

September CinArc
Thursday, September 16^th - 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:

Cincinnati Day of Ruby
Saturday, September 11^th - 7:30AM to 4:00PM - Miami University's Voice of America Learning Center - West Chester, OH

This one day session takes you through the basics of Ruby the language in the morning and then how to make something real in Ruby on Rails in the afternoon.

Get your hands on the future while surrounded by the experts to help you along.

This is how the day flows:

Registration 7:30-9:00
Laptop setup help 7:30-8:30
Introduction to Ruby with Koans (EdgeCase's Jim Weirich) 9:00-12:00
Lunch (provided) 12:00-13:00
Rails in a day (Gaslight Software's Chris Nelson & Doug Alcorn) 13:00-16:00

For more information and to register, please visit http://cincydayofruby.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^nd thru Sunday, October 24^th - Miami University's Voice of America Learning Center - West Chester, OH

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.

July 2010 Meeting Recap

jengriff — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:12:00 GMT

Hey Folks!

Last month Tim Wingfield came down from Columbus to talk to us about using IronRuby to make unit
testing our code simpler. We also took a look at RSpec and how a dynamic language makes testing more
expressive.

Michael Kramer gave the grok on an introduction to using Rake and Albacore to drive our builds.

This month one of our directors, Mike Wood, will give a soft skills presentation on Becoming a Better
Developer.

Mike Levy will give the grok on Configuration Data and Dependencies.

One of our former members, Jeff Handley, works out on the Silverlight team in Redmond. He's asked us to
get a gauge on the level of interest in RIA Services. Please take a few moments to fill out this 2 question
survey.

The CINNUG team

What's in this Newsletter?

August CinArc - 08/19/10
August CINNUG - 08/24/10
September BitSlingers - 09/13/10
Cincinnati Day Of Agile - 08/14/10
SQL Saturday - 08/21/10
Houston Tech Fest - 10/09/10
Southwest Ohio Give Camp - 10/22/10 - 10/24/10
NWA Code Camp - 10/23/10
Our sponsors - they pay for the pizza

UPCOMING MEETINGS:
August CinArc
Thursday, August 19th - 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!

August CINNUG - Be a Better Developer - Mike Wood
Tuesday, August 24th - 6:00PM; Social Time - 5:30PM - MAX Technical Training - Mason, OH

Mike Wood, one of the directors of CINNUG, will give a soft skills talk on how to Be a Better Developer.

As a developer you end up wearing a lot of different hats: researcher, designer, janitor, mediator, teacher,
student... the list can go on.

If you want to become a better developer you'll have to learn how to switch these hats out easily and what
it means to wear each one well.

Most talks often focus on a given technology or tool; some resource that you can use. This talk focuses on
how to improve the best resource you have: YOU.

The grok talk on Configuration Data and Dependencies will be given by Mike Levy.

September BitSlingers
Monday, September 13th - 6:00PM - Panera Bread - Mason Montgomery - Mason, OH

This month BitSlingers will meet on the second Monday of the month due to the Labor Day
holiday.

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:
Cincinnati Day of Agile
Saturday, August 14th - 8:00AM to 5:00PM - Microsoft Offices - Mason, OH

At this one day event on Saturday, August 14th, 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.

Visit http://cincydayofagile.org/ for more information and to register.

SQL Saturday
Saturday, August 21st - 8:00AM to 5:30PM - Nashville Tech - Nashville, TN

SQL Saturday is the training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL
Server.

Many of the local, regional, and even national SQL Server experts (including Microsoft MVP's) will be here
sharing their knowledge and experiences.

Learn from renowned authors, speakers, and industry experts:

Over 30 sessions
More than 20 great speakers (many Microsoft MVPs and authors)
4 Tracks: DBA, App Dev, BI and Professional Development
Located at Nashville Tech
Admission is free; optional $10 fee for lunch
Registration and details at http://www.sqlsaturday.com/51/eventhome.aspx

Houston Tech Fest (HTF)
Saturday, October 9th - 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 22nd thru Sunday, October 24th - Miami University's Voice of America Learning
Center - 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 23rd - 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.

July 2010 Meeting Reminder

jengriff — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:59:00 GMT

Hey Folks!

This month Tim Wingfield will be coming down from Columbus to talk to us about using IronRuby to make unit testing our code simpler.

Michael Kramer will grok Albacore from 10,000 Feet.

Do you have an idea for a Firestarter Event, Special Event or One-day Event? Send your suggestions to marketing@cinnug.org.

The CINNUG team

What's in this Newsletter?

July CINNUG - 07/27/10
August BitSlingers - 08/02/10
August CinArc - 08/19/10
Windows Phone 7 Boot Camp - 07/29/10
Cincinnati Day Of Agile Iteration 2 - 08/14/10
Our sponsors - they pay for the pizza

UPCOMING MEETINGS:
July CINNUG - Testing Your C# with IronRuby by Tim Wingfield
Tuesday, July 27^th - 6:00PM; Social Time - 5:30PM - MAX Technical Training - Mason, OH

Tim Wingfield will be coming down from Columbus to talk to us about using IronRuby to make unit testing our code simpler. This talk is going to go into testing our C# code with IronRuby, and what advantages there are to this.

Michael Kramer will grok Albacore from 10,000 Feet.

August BitSlingers
Monday, August 2^nd - 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.

August CinArc
Thursday, August 19^th - 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:
Windows Phone 7 Boot Camp
Thursday, July 29^th - 8:00AM to 5:00PM - Microsoft Offices - Mason, OH

Join us for a day of Windows Phone 7 hands-on training. You'll learn how to build Silverlight-based applications that take advantage of the many Windows Phone 7 platform features.

We'll introduce all the basic concepts required to get started building Silverlight applications including the Windows Phone 7 platform and frameworks as well as the designer and developer tools. We'll also cover the process for submitting your application or game to the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace.

Bring your laptop! Topics covered will be reinforced with an opportunity to explore hands-on-labs using your own laptop. Windows Phone 7 experts will be on hand to help you explore Windows Phone 7 development.

Registration Options:

Event ID: 1032456040

Cincinnati Day of Agile Iteration 2
Saturday, August 14^th - 8:00AM to 5:00PM - Microsoft Offices - Mason, OH

At this one day event on Saturday, August 14th, 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.

Visit http://cincydayofagile.org/ for more information and to register.

Southwest Ohio Give Camp
Friday, October 22^nd thru Sunday, October 24^th - Miami University's Voice of America Learning Center - West Chester, OH

CINNUG Special Announcement

jengriff — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:14:00 GMT

Southwest Ohio Give Camp Volunteer Registration Open

Ready to connect with the local tech community for a good cause?

GiveCamp needs your support. For one weekend in October, we’ll take on the technology wish lists of 10 non-profit organizations, and we’re looking for about 60 volunteers, both technical and non-technical, to help us do it. http://southwestohiogivecamp.org

We need:

· Developers (any language)

· Web and User Experience Designers

· Data Base Administrators

· Project Managers

· Anyone who wants to help!

You will:

· Create custom software for non-profit organizations

· Donate your time

· Work as part of a team and meet new colleagues

· Share your skills and learn new ones

· Walk away knowing that the world is a better place

When and where:

From 5pm on Friday, October 22 to 5pm on Sunday, October 24, 2010 at Miami University's Voice of America Learning Center in West Chester, Ohio (http://www.muohio.edu/voalc).

Are you a non-developer?

There are many ways that non-developers can help.

· Before the event Business Analysts can help review the Charities requirements to help them organize their ideas and get them ready for the developers.

· On the day of the event, volunteers are needed to help set out food, stocking the refrigerator, blogging, podcasting and generally just checking up on the teams to see how they’re doing.

· The bottom line is – if you want to participate in a GiveCamp event, we’ll find a way for you to do it!

To sign up, go to http://southwestohiogivecamp.org/Volunteer/Signup.

June 2010 Meeting Recap

jengriff — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:16:00 GMT

Hey Folks!

One of our former members works out on the Silverlight team in Redmond. He's asked us to get a gauge on the level of interest in RIA Services. Please take a few moments to fill out this 2 question survery.

Last month Mike Eaton gave us a great introduction to Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and talked to us about the new features in WPF 4.

Phil Japikse showed us some cool features to incorporate into our Windows 7 development.

This month Tim Wingfield will be coming down from Columbus to talk to us about using IronRuby to make unit testing our code simpler.

Michael Kramer will grok Albacore from 10,000 Feet.

Do you have an idea for a Firestarter Event, Special Event or One-day Event? Send your suggestions to marketing@cinnug.org.

The CINNUG team

What's in this Newsletter?

July BitSlingers - 07/05/10 - CANCELLED
July CinArc - 07/15/10
July CINNUG - 07/27/10
Our sponsors - they pay for the pizza

UPCOMING MEETINGS:
July BitSlingers
Monday, July 5^th - CANCELLED - Panera Bread - Mason Montgomery - Mason, OH

This BitSlingers meeting is cancelled due to the Fourth of July holiday. The next scheduled meeting is August 2, 2010.

Have a safe holiday and see you in August!

July CinArc
Thursday, July 15^th - 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!

July CINNUG - Testing Your C# with IronRuby by Tim Wingfield
Tuesday, July 27^th - 6:00PM; Social Time - 5:30PM - MAX Technical Training - Mason, OH

Michael Kramer will grok Albacore from 10,000 Feet.

July Bitslingers is cancelled

MikeWo — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:37:00 GMT

We had previously advertised that the July Bitslingers would be held on Monday, July 5th; however, that falls on a holiday for most folks. So, we will meet for Bitslingers again on Monday, August 2nd instead.

If you have any questions, please reach out to one of the directors.

June 2010 Meeting Reminder

jengriff — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:27:00 GMT

Hey Folks!

The Central Ohio Day of .NET was a success! Thanks to all those who attended.

This month Mike Eaton will come down to gives us an Introduction to Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and also talk about what's new in WPF 4.

Phil Japikse will give the grok on aspects of developing for Windows 7.

CINNUG has received some great feedback but we're still looking for more. We want your ideas for a Firestarter Event, Special Event or One-day Event? Send your suggestions to marketing@cinnug.org.

The CINNUG team

What's in this Newsletter?

UPCOMING MEETINGS:

June CinArc
Thursday, June 17^th - 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!

June CINNUG - Intro to WPF & What's New in WPF 4
Tuesday, June 22^nd - 6:00PM; Social Time - 5:30PM - MAX Technical Training - Mason, OH

This month Mike Eaton will give us an Introduction to Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and also talk about what's new in WPF 4.

WPF provides a unified framework for building applications and high-fidelity experiences in Windows that blend application UI, documents, and media content.

Phil Japikse will give the grok on aspects of developing for Windows 7.

July BitSlingers
Monday, July 5^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.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Team Foundation Server 2010 Overview, ALM Integration with the SCRUM Framework
Tuesday, June 22^nd and Wednesday, June 23^rd - Columbus, OH

This Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) session will be led by two community leads.

This 2 day briefing will discuss ALM, from initial conception through requirements gathering, design, development, testing, build & review processes.

We also integrate the SCRUM framework, integration with non-Microsoft development and offerings for Visual Studio 2010 Team System. There is no charge for this event.

Click here for registration information and event schedule. Please use registration code: TFS.

SQL Saturday
Saturday, June 26^th - Goodwill Columbus - Columbus, OH

SQL Saturday is a free training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server.

What SQL Saturday have to offer?

Content, Content, Content! There will be 25+ sessions for you to explore and learn more about: Database Administration, Business Intelligence and DatabaseDevelopment bygreat speakers from around the country.
Face to Face interaction with other DBAs and Database professionals
FREE Lunch
Amazing giveaways and SWAG from top vendors
After Party!

See http://www.sqlsaturday.com/42/eventhome.aspx for more details.

Admittance to this event is FREE. All costs are covered by donations and sponsorships.

Please register soon as seating is limited.

May 2010 Meeting Recap

jengriff — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:58:00 GMT

Hey Folks!

Last month Sam Corder, one of our members, gave us an overview of MongoDB. Sam talked about the main features of MongoDB and discussed collections and scheme design.

Russ McMahon gave the grok on Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle Tools.

CINNUG is still looking for topics for a Firestarter Event, Special Event or One-day Event? Send your suggestions to marketing@cinnug.org.

The CINNUG team

What’s in this Newsletter?

June BitSlingers – 06/07/10
June CinArc – 06/17/10
June CINNUG – 06/22/10
CloudCamp Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky – 06/03/10
Central Ohio Day of .NET – 06/05/10
Windows Azure Boot Camp – 06/10/10 & 06/11/10
Application Lifecyle Management Event – 06/22/10 & 06/23/10
SQL Saturday – 06/26/10
Our sponsors – they pay for the pizza

UPCOMING MEETINGS:
June BitSlingers
Monday, June 7th - 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.

June CinArc
Thursday, June 17th - 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!

June CINNUG – Intro to WPF & What’s New in WPF 4
Tuesday, June 22nd - 6:00PM; Social Time – 5:30PM - MAX Technical Training – Mason, OH

This month Mike Eaton will give us an Introduction to Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and also talk about What’s New in WPF 4.

WPF provides a unified framework for building applications and high-fidelity experiences in Windows that blend application UI, documents, and media content.

Phil Japikse will give the grok on Features for Windows 7 Developers.

UPCOMING EVENTS:
CloudCamp Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky
Thursday, June 3rd – 5:30PM to 10:00PM – The METS Center – Erlanger, KY

CloudCamp is an unconference where early adopters of Cloud Computing technologies exchange ideas. With the rapid change occurring in the industry, we need a place where we can meet to share our experiences, challenges and solutions.

At CloudCamp, you are encouraged to share your thoughts in several open discussions, as we strive for the advancement of Cloud Computing. End users, IT professionals and vendors are all encouraged to participate.

Check out http://www.cloudcamp.org/cincinnati/2010-06-03 for more information.

NOTE: RSVPing on the Meeting up site WILL NOT sign you up for this event. You must register at http://cloudcamp-cincinnati-2010.eventbrite.com/ to attend!!

Central Ohio Day of .NET (CODODN)
Saturday, June 5th – 9AM to 6PM – Roberts Centre – Wilmington, OH

There’s still time to register for this event. Seating is limited. You can register here.

The sessions have been posted! We've got 30 sessions lined up with the great speakers. You can check out the list of sessions here.

Do you plan on coming to the CODODN this year? How about some bling for your website!

The event is a FREE day of technology discussions devoted to helping the local development community grow. For more information about Day of .NET events check out http://dodn.org.

Windows Azure Boot Camp
Thursday, June 10th and Friday, June 11th – Microsoft Offices – Mason, OH

Windows Azure Boot Camp is a two day deep dive class to get you up to speed on developing for Windows Azure.

The class includes a trainer with deep real world experience with Azure, as well as a series of labs so you can practice what you just learned.

This two day training event is FREE! You will need to bring a laptop with the preloaded software listed here.

Find out more at http://windowsazurebootcamp.com. Register for this event at https://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=148232.

This event is sponsored by Microsoft and Strategic Data Systems.

Team Foundation Server 2010 Overview, ALM Integration with the SCRUM Framework
Tuesday, June 22nd and Wednesday, June 23rd – Columbus, OH

This Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) session will be led by two community leads.

This 2 day briefing will discuss ALM, from initial conception through requirements gathering, design, development, testing, build & review processes.

We also integrate the SCRUM framework, integration with non-Microsoft development and offerings for Visual Studio 2010 Team System. There is no charge for this event.

Click here for registration information and event schedule. Please use registration code: TFS.

SQL Saturday
Saturday, June 26th – Goodwill Columbus – Columbus, OH

SQL Saturday is a free training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server.

What SQL Saturday have to offer?

Content, Content, Content! There will be 25+ sessions for you to explore and learn more about: Database Administration, Business Intelligence and Database Development by great speakers from around the country.
Face to Face interaction with other DBAs and Database professionals
FREE Lunch
Amazing giveaways and SWAG from top vendors
After Party!

See http://www.sqlsaturday.com/42/eventhome.aspx for more details.

Admittance to this event is FREE. All costs are covered by donations and sponsorships.

Please register soon as seating is limited.

May 2010 Meeting Reminder

jengriff — Thu, 20 May 2010 03:06:00 GMT

Hey Folks!

This month Sam Corder, one of our members, will be giving us an overview of MongoDB. Russ McMahon will give the grok on Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle Tools.

In case you missed it...our Mobile Development FireStarter was recorded by SDRNews. The entire set has been published at http://sdrnews.com/index.php/firestarter-cinnug.

Do you have a topic for a Firestarter, Special Event or One-day Event? CINNUG is looking for feedback. Send your suggestions to marketing@cinnug.org.

The CINNUG team

What's in this Newsletter?

May CINNUG - 05/25/10
June BitSlingers - 06/07/10
June CinArc - 06/17/10
Open Source & Security Squared - 05/17/10
CloudCamp Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky - 06/03/10
Central Ohio Day of .NET - 06/05/10
Windows Azure Boot Camp - 06/10/10 & 06/11/10
SQL Saturday - 06/26/10
Our sponsors - they pay for the pizza

UPCOMING MEETINGS:

May CINNUG - An Introduction to MongoDB on .NET
Tuesday, May 25^th - 6:00PM; Social Time - 5:30PM - MAX Technical Training - Mason, OH

This month Sam Corder, one of our members, will be giving us an overview of MongoDB.

In this talk we will explore a popular alternative to the RDBMS called Mongo from one who has battled with BSON to write the original .Net driver.

You'll learn basics of schema design, document manipulation, several ways to get at your data, something odd called map/reduce and all from the comfort of the .Net platform.

Russ McMahon will give the grok on Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle Tools.

June BitSlingers
Monday, June 7^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.

June CinArc
Thursday, June 17^th - 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:

Open Source & Security Squared - Dispelling the Myths
Monday, May 17^th - 8:00AM to 5PM - The METS Center - Erlanger, KY

Join IT professionals, attorneys, and open source advocates for a day of instruction, discussion and networking; all centered on further developing the open source community of knowledge.

Stay up-to-date on the latest developments by attending sessions presented by leading professionals in open source technology and open source legalities.

CloudCamp Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky
Thursday, June 3^rd - 5:30PM to 10:00PM - The METS Center - Erlanger, KY

CloudCamp is an unconference where early adopters of Cloud Computing technologies exchange ideas. With the rapid change occurring in the industry, we need a place where we can meet to share our experiences, challenges and solutions.

At CloudCamp, you are encouraged to share your thoughts in several open discussions, as we strive for the advancement of Cloud Computing. End users, IT professionals and vendors are all encouraged to participate.

Check out http://www.cloudcamp.org/cincinnati/2010-06-03 for more information.

NOTE: RSVPing on the Meeting up site WILL NOT sign you up for this event. You must register at http://cloudcamp-cincinnati-2010.eventbrite.com/ to attend!!

Central Ohio Day of .NET (CODODN)
Saturday, June 5^th - 9AM to 6PM - Roberts Centre - Wilmington, OH

Registration is open but you better act fast. You can register here.

The sessions have been posted! We've got 30 sessions lined up with the great speakers. You can check out the list of sessions here.

Do you plan on coming to the CODODN this year? How about some bling for your website!

The event is a FREE day of technology discussions devoted to helping the local development community grow. For more information about Day of .NET events check out http://dodn.org/.

Windows Azure Boot Camp
Thursday, June 10^th & Friday, June 11^th - Microsoft Offices - Mason, OH

Windows Azure Boot Camp is a two day deep dive class to get you up to speed on developing for Windows Azure.

The class includes a trainer with deep real world experience with Azure, as well as a series of labs so you can practice what you just learned.

This two day training event is FREE! You will need to bring a laptop with the preloaded software listed here.

Find out more at http://windowsazurebootcamp.com/. Register for this event at https://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=148232.

This event is sponsored by Microsoft and Strategic Data Systems.

SQL Saturday
Saturday, June 26^th - Goodwill Columbus - Columbus, OH

SQL Saturday is a free training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server.

What SQL Saturday have to offer?

Content, Content, Content! There will be 25+ sessions for you to explore and learn more about: Database Administration, Business Intelligence and DatabaseDevelopment bygreat speakers from around the country.
Face to Face interaction with other DBAs and Database professionals
FREE Lunch
Amazing giveaways and SWAG from top vendors
After Party!

See http://www.sqlsaturday.com/42/eventhome.aspx for more details.

Admittance to this event is FREE. All costs are covered by donations and sponsorships.

Please register soon as seating is limited.