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A few weeks back I sat down with Larry Clarkin to record an episode of the Thirsty Developer (a podcast that he and Dave Bost put out) prior to my doing my SOLID session with the WI-Ineta group. Larry and I sat down at a local starbucks to chat about the session as well as just talk shop (Dave was off...
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This Wednesday, June 17 th , the Chicago .NET Users Group, CNUG , has invited me to bring my JavaScript presentation to their monthly meeting. Despite of what the event description might lead you to believe, the talk is hardcore JavaScript, not much specific to Ajax at all, although I believe the material...
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The ALT.NET universe in Chicago gets together again on June 10 th , this time to learn and talk about Git , the SCM you're probably tired of hearing people jabbering about and still have not taken the time to look at. The presenter will be myself and I hope to explain how Git works and how it can...
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As a brief inspection of your RSS reader will quickly tell you, it's Code Camp season. Not to be left out of this party, the developers in the Chicago and Milwaukee areas have a great option this year. The Chicago Code Camp , which happens on May 30th, is strategically located right between these...
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We have finalized the session list for the Chicago Code Camp (may changes if speakers have to bow out). Below is the sessions that will make an appearance at the camp Speaker Session Title Aaron Erickson Code that Writes Code Aaron Erickson Introduction to F# Chris McAvoy Python Cory Miller Introduction...
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Next Chicago ALT.NET meeting will bring a practical look at F#, showing that it does not need to be seen as a niche language. F# Outside the Lab 6:00 pm Pizza and networking time 6:30 pm It seems that almost every time we hear about F# being used it is always in a experimental setting or in a niche application...
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I know it may be kinda lame to self promote like this, but I thought I would put out a list of the upcoming speaking sessions I have over the next few months, plus it is my blog so there…:) Groking the MVC Framework – Rockford .Net UG – April 28th The MVC (Model-View-Controller) pattern...
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We're happy to announce the first partial list of talks selected for the Chicago Code Camp . We hope there's a good mix of various different technologies and that it could spark even more interest in the event. There are still a good number of time slots undecided for this event. If you want...
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Hey all, I just wanted to say congrats to Tim for being voted in as a ASPInsider . Tim is a very knowledgeable ASP.Net guy who has recently converted over to the MVC side. I look forward to the input that time has to offer to the ASP team. If you do not know what an ASPInsider is, well here...
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When I posted a call for a geek get-together over at NerdDinner.com I never thought so many people would RSVP. Now I don't know how many of those are just folks playing with the site and how many really intend to come (some of the user names really look like test accounts) In its current state, NerdDinner...
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After two successful iterations of the Iowa Code Camp it only seems fitting to have a third. This third version will held May 2nd in Cedar Rapids, Iowa at Kirkwood Community College continuing the trend that Iowa Code Camp will move to serve its constituents all over the state. I'd like...
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Wow, it has been a long, fun and exciting time. Today we release our 100th episode on Dimecasts.net , I was not even sure I would stick it out to release the 50th let alone the 100th. In honor of this milestone I thought I would put out some stats on the site along with various nuggets of information...
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UPDATE: Steve has published the video of the presentation . There are still a few seats left for the next Chicago ALT.NET meeting. The meeting is on April 8 th and we will have a demonstration of FitNesse by Robert Martin. FitNesse is used by many people for acceptance testing and many in our group wanted...
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Next Tuesday, March 24 th I'll give a JavaScript talk at the Rockford .NET user group. This talk will be basically the same one I gave for the LCNUG back in December. The few opportunities I had to give this talk were highly rewarding. It's priceless to see developers realizing how mistakenly...
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So, the long awaited release of Asp.Net MVC has gone gold, it is in the books and out the door. This is a great achievement for Phil Haack and the MVC team. I am really glad to see this thing finally get out the door as I personally feel this is a great new product and will go a long way...