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Guelph Coffee and Code: Week of Sept. 26, 2010

27 Sep

MSCERT-70536 Last week was the first discussion and code review period for the Study Group, and I am quite impressed with the results. We had a new member last week, which was a great surprise, I look forward to continuing through on our accelerated timeline.

This week we have been learning Services, Threading, Configuration, and Diagnostics. You can learn more about our progress on the Forum.

Our next meeting which takes place on September 30th we will be having a discussion on the topics listed above, feel free to join our conversation even if you aren’t part of the group. The more questions we have leads to a better discussion, and a better understanding of the topics that were covered.

What: Guelph Coffee and Code
This week we are having another Study Group Meeting. Please feel free to come by and join the Discussion.
When: Thursday, September 30, 2010 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Where: The Red Brick Cafe

8 Douglas St.
Guelph, Ontario N1H2S9 Canada

User Group Meetings

Canada’s Technology Triangle .NET User Group

What: BieberSmash and Other Windows Phone 7 Games
People love games and they take their phones everywhere, making phone gaming a winning combo. Watch Microsoft Developer Evangelist Joey deVilla walk you through the building of simple 2D game for Windows Phone 7 in which you poke Justin Bieber, from “File -> New” up to the point where you have pop’s most annoying star under your thumb. He’ll talk about the basic principles of 2D game development, from sprite movement and animation of collision detection, to working with touch, show you the XNA game framework and get you started on the road to videogame development for the phone. It’ll be entertaining, irreverent and also your chance to try out a Windows Phone 7 device, up close and personal.
When: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Where: Manulife Financial

25 Water
Kitchener, Ontario N2G 4Y5 Canada

Waterloo Wellington IT Professional User Group

What: Intro to VoIP and Asterisk
Synopsis: Voice over IP is a flexible, featureful and cost friendly way to communicate and it’s becoming engrained in businesses of all sizes. VoIP architectures allow endless combinations of protocols, configurations and off-the-shelf hardware. This give VoIP a steep learning curve. This presentation will outline VoIP protocols and hardware options from the ground up and describe their use. Typical configuration combinations will be described. Asterisk is a free and open source VoIP solution that you can use today to provide a comprehensive business phone solution including automated attendant functionality, voice mail and a wide range of high-end telecommunication functions. John will cover a simple installation and configuration of Asterisk that might be suitable for a small office.
When: Monday, September 27, 2010 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Where: Market Square

110 King Street East K (Ground Floor)
Kitchener, Ontario N2G 4L3 Canada
 
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This Weeks Meeting….

18 Aug

Photo Taken By Cory FowlerCome on out to The Albion Hotel [49 Norfolk St, Guelph, Ontario] between 6pm – 8pm on Thursday for your weekly dose of Coffee and Code.  

Come out and join other like minded individuals from your community. We enjoy talking code, technology, and brainstorming community projects. It’s a great place to come out and get some help if you need it too.

Best part, it’s free to attend [food and beverages are extra].

Upcoming in the Community

Our friends over at CTTDNUG are holding their first monthly meeting of the season Wednesday August 25th, 2010 at the Manulife Building in Kitchener [25 Water St. Kitchener, Ontario]. Admission is free, however they do ask for you to register for the meeting, as there will be Pizza and Beverages provided. This months meeting is on Windows Phone Series 7 Development with Presenter Mark Arteaga from RedBit Development.

Upcoming Events

techdays_magnify Don’t forget about Microsoft Tech Days 2010 Canada. This 2 day Development Conference is jam packed full of both Development and IT Professional Education.

It is also possible to speak at Tech Days by entering to become a Local Flavours Session, if you’d like to show off your mad programming skill, or an open source project you have been working on that will help the community at large, submit a Local Flavours Submission Form and contact the track organizer.

 
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CTTDNUG: August 25th Windows Phone 7

13 Aug

windows-phone-7 On August 25th join Canada’s Technology .NET User Group [@CTTDNUG] for a presentation on Windows Phone Series 7 with Mark Arteaga. If you would like to learn how to develop for the phone, or would just like to see one of the devices up close and personal this is the place to be.

That’s right, up close and personal, Mark will be bringing his Developer Edition device along with him to show off what Windows Phone 7 really has to offer.

Head over to the CTTDNUG Community Site to register.

Session Abstract

Developing for the “Third Screen” – Windows Phone 7

windowsphone7-layoutFor the longest time Microsoft has been talking about their “Three Screens and the Cloud” strategy but did not really have a compelling mobile story. With the arrival of Windows Phone 7, the third screen has arrived and with that the new Windows Phone developer story has arrived. During this session you will get a high level overview of the platform plus go into some of the new APIs available for Windows Phone 7. We will cover the new application model, Windows Phone 7 specific services, sensors, multimedia plus more! Come and learn how to build for the third screen, build for Windows Phone 7.

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CTTDNUG Event: Visual Studio 2010 Extensibility

25 Mar

The Canadian Technology Triangle .NET User Group (CTTDNUG) is based in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.  This group founded by David Totzke, has been providing educational lectures to Microsoft Developers for over 7 years. After nearly a year of inactivity Cory Fowler came on the scene and offered to help revitalize the group. This group runs with a team of 8 volunteers which all lend a hand in their own way, and is held at their generous Location Sponsor Manulife Financial [25 Water St. Kitchener, Ontario].  CTTDNUG meets on the last Wednesday of every month.

This month’s speaker is Marcel Bradea from Infusion Development. Here’s a little bit about Marcel and his presentation.

Bio

Marcel Bradea is an eccentric, young, energetic software consultant who is passionate about technology and its impact on the world. With a UX-driven philosophy to developing technologies, this approach to software is all about sophisticated simplicity. A proponent of TDD/BDD, collaboration, creative atmospheres, grassroots innovation; Marcel enjoys influencing the social factors that produce phenomenon’s within organizations. A former Google employee and aspiring serial entrepreneur, Marcel sees the world of software as ripe with opportunity. His past work includes multi-touch technologies (Microsoft Surface), social networks and distribution systems, and his outlook towards the future promotes the evolution of computer interaction, of software development, and the inter-weaving of software outside the traditional uses of desktop computing.

Abstract

What is new in the world of Visual Studio extensibility? With a completely rebuilt editor at its core, a brand new Extensions Manager to deliver extensions straight through the IDE and the recently released MEF add-in framework to support it all, Visual Studio 2010 unlocks a new direction for the development experience on the .NET platform. We will be exploring the extensibility options available and taking a first-hand dive into building a Visual Studio 2010 editor add-in. Bring your curiosity. Bring your long-awaited wishes and ideas!

Registration

Event Date: Wednesday March 31, 2010.
Event Time: 6pm – 8:30pm
Additional Information + Registration: http://www.cttdnug.org

 
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