I was scheduled to speak @ the Richmond.NET User Group's December meeting on last Thursday. Around 40+ people showed up for the meeting including Kevin Hazzard and Justin Etheredge.

Decent crowd showed up (40+) and I had fun speaking about IIS 7.0 and its integration with ASP.NET. I am making the slides available on this blog; I hope that would help.

IIS 7.0 Architecture and Integration with ASP.NET [ Presentation ]

I just came to know about this. SharePoint Saturday is organizing a daylong conference style event on Saturday, January 10^th, 2009. There will be sessions on SharePoint and its related technologies.

The best part? It's FREE!

The following is what they have to say about it.

Join SharePoint architects, developers, and other professionals that work with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for 'SharePoint Saturday', on Saturday, January 10th, 2009 at the ATC in Virgina Beach, VA. SharePoint Saturday will be an educational, informative & lively day filled with sessions from respected SharePoint professionals & MVPs, covering a wide variety of SharePoint-orientated topics. SharePoint Saturday is FREE, open to the public and is your local chance to immerse yourself in SharePoint!

I am going there! Are you?

If you live in or around Richmond and have been laid off, then it's your opportunity to mingle with peer developers, recruiters and company representatives. Greater Richmond Technology Council is organizing an event with the help of the local companies.

More information about the event can be found here.

I will be speaking @ the December Richmond .NET User Group meeting which will be on December 4th. The following summarizes what will be covered in the presentation.

Microsoft recently released IIS 7.0, new version of good old IIS. IIS 7.0 bring new concepts and architecture. The aim of this presentation is to discuss the new features of IIS 7.0 and also discuss what it brings to table for the ASP.NET developers. We will discuss IIS 7.0's integration with ASP.NET as well.

We will be meeting @ the Markel Plaza which is located @ 4600 Cox Road, Glen Allen, VA 23060

Hope to see you there!

Following are some of the upcoming In Person MSDN/TechNet events in Virginia. Check them out. I am planning to attend the Richmond events.

Richmond

TechNet Events: Windows Vista, Windows Power Shell and Group Policy

MSDN Event - Visual Studio 2008, WPF and Vista Security

Reston

TechNet Events: Windows Vista, Windows Power Shell and Group Policy

MSDN Event - Visual Studio 2008, WPF and Vista Security

Roanoke

MSDN Mid-Atlantic Roadshow

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Last night I spoke @ the Richmond .NET User Group meeting. The topic was Advanced ASP.NET Concepts and Tips/Tricks. A decent number of people showed up (around 40+) and I sure had fun delivering the presentation. I hope the attendees also had fun and were able to grasp some of the concepts and techniques that I shared with them.

After the presentation I received the email addresses of around 16 people who wanted me to email them the copy of the presentation and the code. I will do that tonight and I am also making the presentation and the code available for download from the following links.

Advanced ASP.NET Concepts and Tips/Tricks [ Presentation ] [ Code ]

As described in this post, I was scheduled to speak @ the Richmond Code Camp 2008.1 on last Saturday.

Oh boy, that was fun. Decent crowd showed up for the code camp; around 15-20 people attended my session on "WSS and SharePoint for Developers". Presentation went smooth, no hiccups except the quality of the projector in my room L The projector was of a poor quality and attendees of the session complained about it. Setting aside the projector related problem, ECPI has been a great host for such events; kudos to them for providing their facility and for making sure everything goes smooth.

Following is the link to the presentation download.

WSS and SharePoint For Developers [ Presentation ]

During the key note, Andy Leonard announced that he is leaving VA and going to Atlanta GA. That's for sure is a great loss for the developer community in Richmond and surrounding area. He is a fine architect, author, speaker and one of the few good people around us. I wish Andy and his family best of luck in their future endeavors. Andy and the family, God bless you.

In the end, big thanks and appreciations for Kevin Israel, Andy Leonard, Darrell Norton, Robin Edwards, Susan Lennon and the team for making this code camp one more success. Guys, you rock!

I will be speaking @ the May meeting of the Richmond .NET User Group. The topic is Advanced ASP.NET Concepts and Tips/Tricks.

You might be wondering why I chose this topic. Well, let me bring you in context. I have been interviewing .NET candidates for quite some time now. My personal experience from those interviews is that most of the developers lack the knowledge of some of the powerful ASP.NET concepts. So I decided to share some of my knowledge and personal experience with those technologies.

I am sure it is going to be fun. So stop by.

Information about the event is as follows.

Thursday, May 1, 2008, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Social Time starts at 6:00!

Location: Markel Plaza

4600 Cox Road

Glen Allen, VA 23060