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Microsoft Event: Tech Days 2010 – Coming this fall

16 Jun

Microsoft Tech Days Research Microsoft Tech Days is coming back for it’s third straight year!  Tech Days is a two (2) day conference which focuses on current technologies like Windows 7, Office 2010, Sharepoint 2010, Windows Azure, SQL Server 2008 R2, and much more. Tech Days is a Cross Canada Conference which lands in 8 cities including Vancouver [Sep 14-15], Edmonton [Oct 05-06], Toronto [Oct 27-28], Halifax [Nov 02-03], Ottawa [Nov 09-10], Montreal [Nov 23-24], Winnipeg [Dec 07-08], and Calgary [Dec 14-15].

Mix and Match the sessions you attend out of the Five Tracks, which span various topics including Development, Development Fundamentals, Collaboration, Deployment, Management and Security. This year Microsoft is introducing a Sixth track which is a Community Track called “Local Flavors”, which is meant to give local developers that are passionate about sharing their knowledge and expertise showcase a topic that they are passionate about in their region. You can Register for a Community Session for a chance to show off your expertise during the Conference in your area!

 One of the best things about Tech Days is Microsoft selects knowledgeable Speakers from your region [if available], so you have the ability to connect with the speakers after the Conference.

What are you waiting for! Be sure to Register Now for the early bird price of $349.99 [+ applicable taxes] which is available up to 6 weeks prior to each event. After that the price nearly doubles to the full Conference price of $699.99 [+ applicable taxes].

Not only do you walk away with an incredible amount of knowledge from the conference, but you also get an excitement kit, which traditionally gives you all the tools you need in order to leverage all the information you have absorbed in any of the sessions you attend [Excluding Local Flavors].

 

Getting your feet wet with Open Data

10 May

This weeks Guelph Coffee and Code event will be focused on starting up the @OpenGuelph Project.  John Rockefeller will be leading the efforts this week as Cory Fowler will be presenting on Windows Azure at the Toronto Visual Basic User Group [TVBUG].

John will be leading a PHP application to bring an open data feed from Vancouver, or Edmonton and overlaying it on a Google or Bing Map.

If you’d like to join in on the PHP Project here are the details:

Venue: The Albion Hotel
Location: 49 Norfolk St. Guelph, Ontario
Date: Thursday May 13, 2010
Time: 5:00pm – 8:00pm

Witness the Power of OpenData

If you’re not too sure what OpenData is watch this TEDTalk, “The Year Open Data went World Wide” by Tim Berners-lee on how Open Data helped the search teams in Haiti after the earthquake.

 

.NET Writers Wanted… Apply Within

20 Apr

ASP.NET 3.5 - Application Architecture and Design Packt Publishing is looking to expand its catalogue of books covering .NET Development Topics and is looking for community authors to write them.  The best part is, there is no past experience necessary.

If you love the .NET Framework and would like to venture into the world of writing, contact Packt at author@packtpub.com with your book idea. If you don’t have a book idea, but would still like to give writing a book to try Packt would still like to hear from you.

If you are interested in becoming an author, check out what they are looking for and submit your ideas.

 
 

Community Event: Toronto Code Camp

03 Apr

code_camp_logo The Fifth Annual Toronto Code Camp, a free .NET community sponsored event, will be held on May 1st, 2010! Last years event was a huge success with over 350 attendees, 25 sessions, 24 speakers, 20+ volunteers and contributors including Microsoft, Manulife Financial, ObjectSharp Consulting, Infragistics, GFI, FarPoint and DevTeach. This year we have moved to a new venue at Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology. This has allowed us to offer more content to the attendees of the Code Camp. We will be offering 40 sessions (that’s 60% more) this year.

Quick Links

  • Toronto Code Camp Website
  • Speaker List
  • Sessions
  • Call for Contributors form
  • Call for Speakers form
  • Contributors

    Contributors are a vital part of the Toronto Code Camp, and provide the funds and infrastructure for executing a successful event! If you are interested in participating, download the Call for Contributors form, and contact them. They definitely want to hear from you!

    Speakers

    The Toronto Code Camp is now accepting submissions for speakers! Download, fill out and submit the Call for Speakers form. Keep in mind that the spots are limited therefore sign up as soon as possible.

    What is a Code Camp all about?

    The answer is actually very simple. A Code Camp must follow these rules:

    1. By and For the Developer Community
      Code Camps are about the developer community at large. They are meant to be a place for developers to come and learn from their peers. Topics are always based on community interest and never determined by anyone other than the community.

    2. Always Free
      Code Camps are always free for attendees.

    3. Community Developed Material
      The success of the Code Camps is that they are based on community content. All content that is delivered is original. All presentation content must be provided completely (including code) without any restriction. If you have content you don’t want to share or provide to attendees then the Code Camp is not the place for you.

    4. No Fluff – only Code
      Code Camps are about showing the code. Refer to rule #1 if you have any questions on this.

    5. Community Ownership
      The most important element of the Code Camp is always the developer community. All are welcome to attend and speak and do so without expectation of payment or any other compensation other than their participation in the community.

    6. Never occur during work hours
      We understand that many times people can’t leave work for a day or two to attend training or even seminars. The beauty of the Code Camp is that they always occur on weekends.