 Monday, July 14, 2008
Posted by Kelly White: WHAT: July PDXUX.Net Meeting WHEN: Tuesday 07/15/2008
6:30 p.m. Pizza
7:00 p.m. Presentation WHERE: Robert Half Technology
KOIN Center (Map)
222 SW Columbia Street
Portland, OR 97201 
WHO: Erik Mork
Erik Mork is a speaker, consultant and Silverlight enthusiast in the Portland area. He specializes in Smart Client/RIA application development with Silverlight, ASP.NET AJAX, and other technologies. He's focused on making the web V.Next, and his consulting company can be found at http://www.silverbaylabs.org/. TOPIC: What's new in Silverlight 2 - Beta 2
What's the big deal with Silverlight 2? What's the story with the latest beta release? Is it ready for primetime? Erik tackles these questions by reviewing what Silverlight 2 is and where it's going. If you're new to Silverlight, this is an opportunity to understand it, and if you've already played with Silverlight, it's a chance to further learn about the platform. Applications will be presented for 1) fighting corporate greed and 2) mindhacking with Silverlight. Erik will have the mindhacking source code available for all attendees.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
I know you are all probably thinking about the upcoming weekend; I know I am. But with these crazy temperatures lately, what a great time to hide in the air conditioned spaces of the Tigard Microsoft office?
| WHAT: |
July PADNUG Meeting |
| WHEN: |
Tuesday 07/01/2008
6:00 p.m. Pizza (by Ascentium)
6:30 p.m. Presentation
~9:00 p.m. After Words at Gustav's |
| WHERE: |
Microsoft Portland Office located in Lincoln Tower
10260 SW Greenburg Road
Suite 600
Portland, OR 97223 |
| WHO: |
Stuart Celarier
Stuart is a Microsoft MVP on Connected Systems (WCF, WF, and CardSpace) and a software architect at Fiserv. He is active in the professional software community including volunteering with the Software Association of Oregon and INETA. Stuart blogs at http://visualstuart.net. |
| TOPIC: |
WF - Why, What, and How?
You’ve probably read about Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) somewhere and thought, “Why would I want one of those?” WF represents very powerful concepts in the way we put software together and run it. You probably already deal with workflow concepts all the time, and haven’t separated that part out. WF allows you to organize software that has complex interactions, like compensations, and may execute for a long time, perhaps days or months. Microsoft continues to invest in WF -- this is a key technology to understand and track as the .NET platform evolves. Come wrap your head around what WF really does, and how it does it. |
While you are at it, consider visiting our Premium Sponsors that make these meetings possible:
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O'Reilly - http://www.oreilly.com/
Robert Half Technology - http://www.roberthalftechnology.com/
SubMain and CodeIt.Right - http://submain.com/codeit.right
JetBrains - http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/
Looking forward to seeing you all there!
Monday, June 23, 2008
Via Ben Hickman at Microsoft:
The monthly Microsoft Portland SharePoint User Group meeting will be held on Wednesday June 25th in the Microsoft Office. We have a great speaker, topic, and give-away this month. Details are below.
We are doing away with registration, but will still be providing lunch. Also, be sure to bring your business card to register for our great give-away this month.
We now have a user group web site: www.portlandsharepoint.com kindly created and hosted by Netropole (www.netropole.com).
For June we have a great presentation from James Curry, an instructor with Mindsharp (www.mindsharp.com). We also have a fantastic give-away this month. Mindsharp has generously donated a $3,000 voucher for admission to their upcoming training event in Portland! The training event is from July 28 – August 1 and includes the following sessions:
- 5-day WSS 3.0 Developer (syllabus)
- 5-day 2007 SharePoint Designer (syllabus)
- 3-day 2007 SharePoint Power User (syllabus)
Mindsharp is also offering a 15% discount to this upcoming training event.
| WHAT: |
June Portland SharePoint User Group (PSUG) Meeting |
| WHEN: |
Wednesday 06/25/2008
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
| WHERE: |
Microsoft Portland Office located in Lincoln Tower
10260 SW Greenburg Road
Suite 600
Portland, OR 97223 |
| WHO: |
James Curry
James is a respected computer scientist and consultant with over 15 years of programming experience. In his role as a Mindsharp instructor, James uses his knowledge of Microsoft products to provide students with a dynamic, hands-on classroom experience.
James is a contributing author of a SharePoint products and technologies book. He has been invited to speak at user groups on subjects such as Customizing SharePoint 2007.
As a computer scientist with InfoPro Corporation in Huntsville, Alabama, James developed information management solutions for organizations of all sizes. Prior to joining Mindsharp, James focused on developing Web applications for a large governmental organization. James currently resides in Huntsville, Alabama. |
| TOPIC: |
Field Types and Field Controls
James Curry from Mindsharp will discuss Field Types and Field Controls. Fields are the underlying data types for SharePoint list columns and site columns. SharePoint provides a number of fields, such as Number, Counter, Multi-Choice, Boolean, and URL. Custom fields can be created to allow custom validation of data and presentation beyond what is possible with the native SharePoint fields. Field controls are Server Controls or User Controls that can be used to provide custom presentation of data stored in a given field type. Server controls allow information stored in SharePoint lists to be presented in a very rich manner. As an example, a single line of text that contains an address could be presented using a field control as push pin on a map. Field Controls provide a far superior method of custom presentation than using the options natively available in a Field Type. |
Friday, June 20, 2008
From George Clingerman:
We've had our third meeting of PAXNAUG and it went really well. We had an interesting discussion on sprite movement and the presentation and demonstration went swimmingly. We had quite a lot of snacks and refreshments as well. We had the room reserved, the signs posted and even put up reminders on the PAXNAUG site.
We did have one slight issue though. Small turnout.
It's ok. We know you were busy. But we did miss you just a little.
We want to start bringing in speakers from great faraway lands. Other XNA MVPS, book writers and community evangelists. Maybe even some of the legendary XNA team themselves! But we want to have just a few more people consistently coming to give them a decently sized audience.
It's our fault I know. We're pretty new at running a user group. We're getting better though. We swear! And we're making an even greater effort this time to spread the word about the next meeting. We're planning on contacting some of the local college campuses, getting in touch with the .NET user group and there's also a local game development group that we can get in touch with.
If you're reading this, help us out a little and spread the word yourself.
Here's the details.
| WHAT: |
XNA MVP George Clingerman (that's me!) will be speaking on "An introductory look at creating games for the Zune" |
| WHEN: |
Wednesday June 25, 2008
6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. |
| WHERE: |
River East Center (next to OMSI) in Portland Oregon |
| WHO: |
Portland XNA User Group (PAXNAUG) |
Hope to see you there!
Friday, June 13, 2008
The Code Trip is near its end at the MVP summit. Join us Thursday at the Corillian Cafe to cheer the team on through the final leg of their journey.
| WHAT: |
June PADNUG SQL SIG Meeting |
| WHEN: |
Tuesday 06/17/2008
6:30 p.m. Presentation
~8:30 p.m. After Words at Cornelius Pass Roadhouse? |
| WHERE: |
Corillian Cafe, now part of CheckFree, now a part of FiServ
3400 NW John Olsen Place
Hillsboro, OR 97124 |
| WHO: |
William R. Vaughn
Bill retired from Microsoft (in 2000) after 14 years to focus on mentoring, speaking, and writing. His specialty is data access application design especially when connecting to SQL Server. Bill has worked in the computer industry since 1972. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Mary Hardin-Baylor and a Master's degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Texas. He's also been awarded an Honorary PhD. from the University of Advancing Computer Technology in Tempe Arizona. Bill spent his early years working in the mainframe data processing industry and transitioned to the personal computer side in the late 70s. Along the way, he worked for the Texas DPS Narcotics Service, EDS (where he was recruited by and worked for Ross Perot), at Mostek/United Technologies, Challenge Systems, Digital Research, and CPT Corporation. After having surfed the PC industry for many years, he began his Microsoft years in 1986 working for the Windows developer liaison team at Microsoft in 1986. For the next 14 years, he worked in various divisions at Microsoft including Microsoft University, the Visual Basic documentation and Visual Studio marketing and Internal Technical Education teams before retiring in 2000 to form his own company, Beta V Corporation.
Bill has written seven editions of the popular Hitchhiker's Guide (the 4th, 5th and 6th published by Microsoft Press) and books for APress, including the bestseller ADO and ADO.NET Examples and Best Practices. Peter Blackburn and Bill also coauthored the Hitchhiker's Guide to SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services (Addison- Wesley). His latest work is Hitchhiker's Guide to SQL Server Everywhere-his first e-Book. He writes lead articles for SQL Server Magazine where he is a contributing editor, MSDN, and others. Bill also writes a bi-weekly editorial for Processor.COM magazine. Bill is a top-rated speaker at conferences worldwide, including keynotes and sessions at TechEd, DevWeek, Dev Connections, SQL Connections, VBUG, and many others - where his wit and no-holds-barred technical insights win him rave reviews. Bill is a Microsoft MVP. |
| TOPIC: |
Visual Studio Reporting
The inside scoop on how to get the most out of the new ReportViewer control and how it's evolved in Visual Studio 2008. This discusses how to leverage your Reporting Services skills and RDL reports to create application-based reports and how to manage the myriad of issues that come up when trying to emulate Reporting Services functionality like parameters, connections, pick-list population and much more. This session previews the SQL Server Reporting Services technology coming with SQL Server 2008. |
While you are at it, consider visiting our Premium Sponsors that make these meetings possible:
Aivea - http://www.aivea.com/
Ascentium - http://www.ascentium.com/
Microsoft - http://www.microsoft.com/
O'Reilly - http://www.oreilly.com/
Robert Half Technology - http://www.roberthalftechnology.com/
SubMain and CodeIt.Right - http://submain.com/codeit.right
JetBrains - http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/
Looking forward to seeing you all there!
Tuesday, June 3, 2008 Thursday, May 22, 2008
It's Nerd Movie time again already!
Of course, it's driven by the movie that is playing. After almost twenty years, Indiana Jones is back in the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. How can any self respecting nerd pass this one up?
As usual, we'll do this at Cinetopia. The movie starts at 3:30PM. If you are under 21, there is a showing at 4:15PM in the Grand Theater, too, though. If this is right for you and you would like to see your fellow nerds, let us know and we can meet up before or after.
Speaking of that, Vinotopia - the restaurant at the theater - is great to bring your special someone to. Consider making that a part of your afternoon/evening.
Consider buying your tickets early. I'd imagine that there will be a pretty good turnout for this movie.
What: Portland Nerd Dinner Movie
Where: Cinetopia Theaters - 11700 SE 7th St, Vancouver, Washington
When: Monday, May 26, 2008, 3:30PM Showing in Living Room Theaters
Why: Indiana Jones is Back!
Let any and everyone that might be interested know. And of course...
...Be There and Be Square!
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Nick Muhonen, a Portland area resident, has been working in and teaching Microsoft .Net technologies for the past 8 years. He currently works for his company, Useable Concepts, as a freelance certified trainer and software architect, helping others reach technical goals and new levels of understanding.
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) was released in November of 2006, yet very few developers that I talk to are using it. Learning WPF can be a daunting task, and really who wants to subject themselves to learning this when it is unclear what the reasons and benefits are for moving to this platform.
This presentation will briefly explain the Whys and then show how you can start learning and developing for what has become the new standard for Windows Client Development.
| WHAT: |
May PDXUX.NET Meeting |
| WHEN: |
Tuesday 05/20/2008
6:30 p.m. Pizza (by White Horse)
7:00 p.m. Presentation |
| WHERE: |
Robert Half Technology
KOIN Center
222 SW Columbia Street
Portland, OR 97201 |
| WHO: |
Nick Muhonen
Nick, a Portland area resident, has been working in and teaching Microsoft .Net technologies for the past 8 years. He currently works for his company, Useable Concepts, as a freelance certified trainer and software architect, helping others reach technical goals and new levels of understanding. |
| TOPIC: |
Using WPF Now - the Why and the How
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) was released in November of 2006, yet very few developers that I talk to are using it. Learning WPF can be a daunting task, and really who wants to subject themselves to learning this when it is unclear what the reasons and benefits are for moving to this platform.
This presentation will briefly explain the Whys and then show how you can start learning and developing for what has become the new standard for Windows Client Development. |
While you are at it, consider visiting our Premium Sponsors that make these meetings possible:
White Horse - http://www.whitehorse.com/
Robert Half Technology - http://www.roberthalftechnology.com/
O'Reilly - http://www.oreilly.com/store/
Looking forward to seeing you all there!
Thursday, May 15, 2008
PADNUGers are invited... [via Ben Hickman]
The monthly Microsoft Portland SharePoint User Group meeting will be held on Wednesday May 28th from 11:45am - 1:00pm in the Microsoft office:
10260 SW Greenburg Rd.
Lincoln Tower, Suite 600
Portland, OR 97223
I am very happy to announce that we will have Jason Noble from Neudesic presenting on Master Page development. I saw Jason’s presentation earlier this year at the Office Developer’s Conference and it was excellent. Don’t miss this one.
Developing Master Pages with SharePoint Designer
The Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies stack provides amazing out-of-the-box capabilities for enterprise and web content management, search, and business intelligence solutions. These capabilities can be further extended using custom .NET solutions developed in Visual Studio or using the no-code approach offered by Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2007. In this discussion we will put forth a predictable process for creating master pages using SharePoint Designer. This will include the creation of wire frames, and provide clear direction on the various content regions available in SharePoint.
About Jason Noble
With over fourteen years of experience in building complex, mission critical applications, Jason Noble brings extensive knowledge in advanced enterprise applications, specializing in web, database and portal application development using SharePoint. Moreover, Jason has spent a number of years working with C# and ASP.NET, creating a variety of business applications, and has been actively involved with Microsoft’s .NET environment since it was introduced at the Professional Developer’s Conference in 2000. Lunch will be provided and begin promptly at 11:45AM. The presentation will be from 12:00PM to 1:00PM. A meeting invite is attached.
We will have a drawing for some give aways immediately following the meeting, so bring your Business cards to participate in the drawings!
Please register so we get an accurate head count for lunch. Click here to register. Please specify in the mail if you have any special dietary needs.
For questions or comments please contact Ben Hickman, SharePoint Technology Specialist, Microsoft NorthWest District.
Microsoft Portland SharePoint User Group
Microsoft Portland SharePoint User Group is dedicated to helping customers design, develop, deploy, and administrate applications on Microsoft SharePoint platform technologies.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Call this a Public Service Announcement. On the heels of publishing his new book, Code Leader, Patrick Cauldwell will be presenting at the monthly SPIN seminar at OGI. You must sign up - so visit http://www.cpd.ogi.edu/course.asp?n=08-SPIN-0612 and register. It may seem like it is asking you to pay, but in the end, there is no cost for the event. Details are as follows and posted on the site . There is a lot more to delivering a software project on time and within budget than just writing code. In fact, in many modern software development efforts, the code is the least challenging part. The hard part is setting up a build, test and deployment infrastructure that allows developers to work together effectively and efficiently. Working efficiently with your source control system, and establishing a Continuous Integration process can go a long way toward achieving those goals. We'll look at how to organize your team and use the right tools to make the development process as efficient and effective as possible.
Friday, May 2, 2008
What a wonderful Spring that is upon us! Let's have a Nerd Event. Last time we did a movie (Portland Nerd MOVIE- Beowulf in 3D!), we had to go to the "Grand Theater" to enjoy the 3D view. This time, we return to the Living Room theaters! The movie starts at 4:00PM. If you are under 21, there is a showing at 4:30PM in the Grand Theater, too, though. If this is right for you and you would like to see your fellow nerds, let us know and we can meet up before or after. Speaking of that, Vinotopia - the restaurant at the theater - is great to bring your special someone to. Consider making that a part of your afternoon/evening. Consider buying your tickets early. I'd imagine that there will be a pretty good turnout for this movie. What: Portland Nerd Dinner Movie
Where: Cinetopia Theaters - 11700 SE 7th St, Vancouver, Washington
When: Sunday, May 04, 2007, 4:00PM Showing in Living Room Theaters
Why: Because Iron Man will Rock! Let any and everyone that might be interested know. And of course... ...Be There and Be Square!
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 Monday, March 31, 2008
You know it's been coming... It's almost here... PDX Webfoot is coming April 12 at the OGI School of Science and Engineering. For the latest information, go to the PDX Webfoot Website. Some of the topics and people already on the agenda (subject to change at this point): Topics: - Safe Internet Browsing
- Silverlight 2
- Internet Explorer 8
- XNA
- Adobe Flex/Air
People: - Scott Hanselman
- Adam Kinney
- Tim Heuer
- Jason Mauer
- Ryan Miller
- Kelly White
- Erik Mork
There will be good food (not just pizza) and there will be games and activities for spouses and kids (think Rockband and Mindstorms, though we can't guarantee either of those yet).
InnoTech: Oregon’s Largest Technology Event InnoTech – The Business & Technology Innovation Conference & Expo
Presented by Easystreet Online Services & Software Association of Oregon
April 16 & 17, Oregon Convention Center The InnoTech folks have come through again to help our members attend the show. This year, you have two options: a discount for the full package or free access to the general admission portion. Check out the Developers Track and the new Open Source Summit at InnoTech on April 17.
Information and registration at www.innotechoregon.com. Option 1: Discounted InnoTech Oregon Conference & Exhibits Pass includes Breakfast Presentation with Don Tapscott, Author, WIKINOMICS, at the reduced rate of $45.00 per person ($60.00 per person standard price.) Click to select INNOTECH GENERAL REGISTRATION and enter Discount Code ES345 to confirm your place at the breakfast. Option 2: Complimentary InnoTech Oregon Conference & Exhibits Pass does not include breakfast presentation with Don Tapscott. Click to select INNOTECH GENERAL REGISTRATION and enter Discount Code ES303. This year includes an impressive line up of national and local sponsors and supporters (all posted on the www.innotechoregon.com web site...check it out!) Here are a few of the InnoTech conference tracks & special events (ALL great reasons to take part in InnoTech): - Green IT/Clean Technology – April 16
- Open Source Summit – (five distinct presentations about open source and the business of software)
- Virtualization, data storage, cloud computing, security and much more
- InnoTech Happy 45-Minutes (the perfect place to mingle over complimentary beverages, appetizers, live music and exhibits)
- Developers Track – (Ruby, Agile, LINQ and more)
- And more!
I almost hate to admit that I found this humorous, but Scott Adams of Dilbert fame made me genuinely Laugh Out Loud today when I read his thoughts on the Large Hadron Collider. The first paragraph: My favorite story recently is about the lawsuit to stop the $8 billion Large Hadron Collider out of fear that it might shrink the universe to the size of a gnat turd. And I don’t mean the plump and juicy kind. .... Too much fun. I'm sure my mom would not like to know I laughed at that, though.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Next week Adam Kinney will be coming down from Microsoft to present an "Overview of Silverlight 2" and answer questions about other content presented at this year's MIX conference. This is a meeting you'll want to be sure to attend. Details are included below and can also be found at http://pdxux.net/.
| WHAT: |
March PDXUX Meeting |
| WHEN: |
Tuesday 03/18/2008
6:30 p.m. Pizza (by White Horse)
7:00 p.m. Presentation
~8:30 p.m. Drinks and continued discussion |
| WHERE: |
Corillian Cafe, now part of CheckFree
3400 NW John Olsen Place
Hillsboro, OR 97124 |
| WHO: |
Adam Kinney
Adam works for Microsoft as "a guy who loves UI platforms like
Silverlight, WPF and Microsoft Surface." He often talks about these
technologies from a developer and designer prespective. |
| TOPIC: |
Overview of Silverlight 2
Adam will be presenting an overview of Silverlight 2 and answering
questions about other stuff from MIX. I'm not one to speak for Adam,
but I'm betting you'll be seeing Deep Zoom related content, and maybe
even something about what the Olympics are doing with Silverlight. |
Be sure to join us afterwards at Cornelius Pass Roadhouse for drinks and continued discussion.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
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