TechEd Events Site Launched

Are you going to Tech·Ed North America 2011 in May? If so, you might want to check out the updated site I launched called Tech·Ed Events.  Tech·Ed Events will be your one stop shop for all of the events and after parties at Tech·Ed North America.

Anyone can create an event on the site. All you need to do is sign in with your Windows Live credentials, and link to create an event will appear.  Please note, the event will not be available until it is reviewed and approved for display.

I added a few social media features like integration with Facebook and Twitter.  A cleaner more consistent UI, bitly url shorten for sharing the event. And better support for Bing maps.

Check out the site.

Staying connected

Don’t feel like checking out the site every day to see what is happening? Here are a few resources to help you.

The site
http://www.techedevents.info/default.aspx

RSS Feed
http://www.techedevents.info/rss.ashx 

GeoRSS Feed
http://www.techedevents.info/rss.ashx?format=geo

iCal Feed
http://www.techedevents.info/calendar.ashx

Map of events
http://www.techedevents.info/map.aspx

Flickr
http://www.techedevents.info/flickr.aspx

Mobile Users

You will be able to view all of the events that are happening, even filter by day. In addition, you can view the events on a Map, and check out the event info.

Mobile Site
http://www.techedevents.info/m/default.aspx

Mobile Map
http://www.techedevents.info/m/m.aspx

Windows Phone 7 App
Coming Soon

iPhone and iPad App
http://t.co/fgttFEn

Atlanta

In case you do not want to check out the events. Here are some other resources, also accessible from the site.

Bing Local – Atlanta

http://www.bing.com/local/default.aspx?q=Atlanta%2C+GA&go=&form=LLSV

Transportation - Atlanta MARTA

http://www.atlanta.com/marta.php

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Party Bus from LA to Chandler for Desert Code Camp

Back in January at SoCal Code Camp Fullerton, Daniel Egan, Woody Pewitt and I were chatting about the different camps and how can we collaborate better. That's where the idea of the party bus can up.  We said "What about getting a bus from LA to go to Chandler for Desert Code Camp?" If it was successful, we would do the same for the next SoCal Code Camp in San Diego.

That being said, come and join the party bus from Los Angeles County to Desert Code Camp. The tickets are $60 round trip. The loction will be announced shortly, it will most likely be in Riverside or Ontario.  Drinks and snack will be provided on the bus. Reserve your seat here.

If you are worried about where you are going to stay, don't. The organizers of Desert Code Camp have partnered up with the San Marcos Crowne Plaza in downtown Chandler, AZ to bring you a  great hotel deal. Please visit the Desert Code Camp / San Marcos Crowne Plaza reservation page to make you reservation.   Please note that the reservation for the hotel is separate from that of the bus ticket and you will be responsible for both.

You can check out the sessions for Desert Code Camp 2011.1 at http://apr2011.desertcodecamp.com/sessions.

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MVP Summit Events Site Relaunched

Are you going to Microsoft 2011 Global MVP Summit in February? If so, you might want to check out the updated site I launched called MVP Summit Events.  MVP Summit Events will be your one stop shop for all of the events and after parties at MVP11.

Anyone can create an event on the sign. All you need to do is sign in with you Windows Live credentials, and link to create an event will appear.  Please note, the event will not be available until it is reviewed and approved for display.

I added a few new social media features like integration with Facebook and Twitter.  A cleaner more consistent UI, bitly url shorten for sharing the event. And better support for Bing maps.

Check out the site.

Staying connected

Don’t feel like checking out the site every day to see what is happening? Here are a few resources to help you.

Mobile Users

You will be able to view all of the events that are happening, even filter by day. In addition, you can view the events on a Map, and check out the event info.

Bellevue / Seattle

In case you do not want to check out the events. Here are some other resources, also accessible from the site.

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Announcing Desert Code Camp 2010.2

I am pleased to announce the date for Desert Code Camp 2010.2, aka Nov2010 code camp.  It will take place Saturday, November, 13th, 2010.

There are a few changes for this camp.

New Web Site

The web site have been changed to accommodate history in the Desert Code Camps. This means that each Code Camp will have it’s own url, so you can see what sessions have taken place in the past.

This Desert Code Camp’s, 2010.2, url is http://nov2010.desertcodecamp.com and is ready to accept sessions.

May 2010 Desert Code Camp, 2010.1 Desert Code Camp, is http://may2010.desertcodecamp.com. I am in the process of adding in the Desert Code Camps from 2009. You can go to http://desertcodecamp.com to get the list of Code Camps that the site has.

New Location

, will be hosting the event on their Pecos Campus.

• This facility is right off of the Loop 202 (SanTan Freeway) and Gilbert Road at the intersection of Gilbert Rd and Pecos Rd, in Chandler, AZ.
• The facility provides plenty of free parking
• There is free wifi with no requirements or software installed on your pc.
• There is a student center for socializing and networking.
• Modern facilities. In fact, Desert Code Camp will most likely take place in their brand new Ironwood Hall (IRN).
• Larger room sizes.  We will be able to hold several 120+ sessions.

Speaker Dinner

I am going to try and have a speaker dinner also at this Desert Code Camp.  The speaker dinner will take place on Friday night, pending a sponsor. More information will be provided when we get closer. If you want to sponsor the speaker dinner for about 40 people, send me an email at jguadagno @ sevdnug.org.

After Party

We are working with the City of Chandler, and local businesses downtown to have several after parties going on in Downtown Chandler after the Code Camp.  Downtown Chandler is approximately 3 miles away from Chandler – Gilbert Community College.

If you want to help, shoot me an email at jguadagno @ sevdnug.org.

Social Media

This Desert Code Camp we want you to use all of the Social Media avenues you can. We have the following:

•  A Twitter Account: @DesertCodeCamp
•  A Facebook Group: facebook group
•  A Facebook Event: facebook event

Hope to see you there!
Joseph Guadagno
Camp Director

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Announcing PDCEvents.info

Back a while ago, I created a site to track events at the Microsoft MVP Global summit. I did this because there are so many after parties or events that happen at this summit as well as other conferences.  Well I put up a site to track events at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC), it is PDCEvents.info

Check it out. I have already added the events two events to the site. 
Welcome Reception: http://bit.ly/pdc_1
Attendee Party:http://bit.ly/pdc_2

The site has lots of feeds available, here are some links for the site:
Home Page: http://bit.ly/PDCEvents
iCal Feed: http://bit.ly/PDCEventsCal
RSS Feed: http://bit.ly/PDCEventsRSS
Maps Feed: http://bit.ly/PDCEventsMap
Mobile Site: http://bit.ly/PDCEventsMobile

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Announcing PDCEvents.info

One thing that I have noticed of the past few years when it comes to conference or “Summits” is that there are a lot of after parties, tweets, etc. that happen.  Most of the time it is difficult to get the word out about these events or even find out about them.  This sparked the creation of MVPSummitEvents.com. Now it is time for PDCEvents.info. From the site you can add events, create venues, display events, subscribe to the RSS feed or iCal feed, download an event to outlook or calendar client that can consume a .VCS file. Note: the creation of events and venues requires you to sign in using your Windows Live Id account, no information from Live is used within our site.

Site: http://pdcevents.info

RSS: http://pdcevents.info/rss.ashx

iCal: http://pdcevents.info/calendar.ashx

GeoRSS: http://pdcevents.info/map.aspx

If you tag events with #PDC10, they will appear on http://pdcevents.info/Flickr.aspx

Let me know what you think at jguadagno@sevdnug.org

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Visual Studio Theme Generator

I've been looking to PIMP my IDE by changing some of the colors to it.  I came across this post on DEvHammer which pointed http://frickinsweet.com/tools/Theme.mvc.aspx#. This web application allows you to create a Visual Studio theme based on three colors.

It is Frickin Sweet, as implied by the domain name.

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