Yeah to me!!! My first article on Code Project just got published. Click here to see it! I wrote a POP3 email client in .NET, utilizing TcpClient, NotifyIcon, Browser Control (for email preview) and other classes. Check it out.
Archive of entries posted on May 2008
SQL Server Users Group
Yesterday I went to my first SQL Server Users Group meeting in Atlanta. There were about 50 people there, way more than I expected. I went to see Whitney Weaver’s, my colleague at Magenic, presentation on dynamic management views. I enjoyed the presentation as well as overall environment of the users’ group. I am definitely planning to attend more of their meetings whenever I have a chance.
First meeting of Gwinnett, Georgia Microsoft User Group
Yesterday I attended the first meeting of GGMUG. There were about 30 or so people there, which is really more than I expected for the first meeting. Both Microsoft developer evangelists in Atlanta, Glen and Doug, attended the meeting. Doug presented on WCF. There was one more presentation by Noah Subrin on WF. Overall I was very pleased with how the first meeting turned out.
It is sometime hard to make it all the way to Alpharetta from Gwinnett to attend Atlanta .NET Users group. It is much easier to stay in Gwinnett. Having said that, I will probably keep on trying to attend meetings at Microsoft headquarters anyway.
Magenic Technology Summit
The first ever Magenic Technology Summit is being held on Friday June 20 in Downers Grove near Chicago, and yours truly is invited.
This is a full day of Magenic-provided training, available by invitation only to customers and potential customers of Magenic. We have lined up an impressive array of speakers and topics in two tracks, .NET development and Microsoft servers. And we have lined up two keynotes.
Our first keynote speaker is Jay Schmelzer, who is the Group Program Manager for RAD tools. This basically means he runs the teams for all the Visual Studio designers and related RAD tools. He’s an excellent good speaker and should provide some great insight into the present and future of RAD development tools from Microsoft.
Our second keynote speaker is Rockford Lhotka, Magenic’s Technology Evangelist and the creator of the very popular CSLA .NET development framework.
But more importantly, two tracks of in-depth technical content straight from the experts at Magenic. Topics covering the present and future of .NET development and key Microsoft server products. An event like this doesn’t come along every day, and shouldn’t be missed!
The event is FREE to customers (though they’ll need to cover any travel costs), and includes lunch and a reception at the end of the day.
Click here to see the agenda.