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To enroll, email Roy Lawson with "RSVP" in the subject or register online using through our posted events. Note: I will not respond so consider yourself registered if you send an RSVP or register online. I use the the count to determine how much food, drink, and books to bring.

Location:
University of South Florida Polytechnic
3433 Winter Lake Road
Lakeland, FL 33803

Room: LTB 2117 (This is a large campus, so look at this image to locate building LTB)

When: Third Tuesday of the month at 6:30 pm

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Author:	Roy Lawson	Created:	2/26/2009 8:01 PM
This blog is Roy Lawson's take on technology, community events, and comments on recent user group meetings.

TRAC plugin for Visual Studio 2005 and 2008

By Roy Lawson on 4/22/2009 10:16 AM

At last nights user group meeting which David Hayden spoke on, we got into an interesting discussion regarding TFS, Subversion, and ultimately TRAC. My main concern with TRAC was that it wasn't integrated with the IDE where you are able to manage work items quite easily in TFS.

There may be a solution to this problem.

March Lakeland .NET User Group Meeting – Featuring Paul Jackson on Parallelism

By Roy Lawson on 3/17/2009 6:28 PM

The March Lakeland .NET User Group is off to a great start! I've decided to live-blog our meetings so...

March Bass Fishing in Central Florida + Photos

By Roy Lawson on 3/15/2009 11:35 AM

Florida, and especially Polk County, is home to some really good lakes and if you know when and where...

Basic Software Design Principles

By Roy Lawson on 3/14/2009 2:11 PM

One thing I feel we (the developer community) do is focus heavily on the more advanced topics. After...

Unhealthiest job in the world

By Roy Lawson on 3/11/2009 9:51 PM

Unless there is a twinky taster out there, I would venture that software developer tops the list of unhealthy...

I.M. Wright’s “Hard Code”

By Roy Lawson on 3/10/2009 9:36 PM

Thank you Microsoft (Joe Healy) for the I.M. Wright's "Hard Code" book which is probably going to become...

Domestic Outsourcers Now Favored By Most Tech CFOs

By Roy Lawson on 3/9/2009 7:36 PM

In an interesting twist, American CFOs appear to favor American outsourcers over foreign firms. The lay...

Silverlight a black eye for Netflix – or Netflix a black eye for Silverlight?

By Roy Lawson on 3/4/2009 11:39 PM

First, let me say that I am a big fan of Silverlight. It's a great technology and in my view it is going...

WCF: REST or SOAP?

By Roy Lawson on 3/4/2009 9:44 AM

After my last post, I wandered over to Brian Noyes' blog and read some of his comments from earlier this...

Roy’s Soap Box – Who is the Best Developer in the World?

By Roy Lawson on 3/3/2009 11:06 PM

How can you identify the best software developer in the world (or at least your office)? Truth be told,...

Lakeland .NET User Group

Reminder...

Our next user group meeting is on Tuesday, August 17th @ 6:30 pm. We will be featuring a Chris Hance who is going to speak on .Net fundamentals! This is a can't miss for those of you who have been asking for a back to basics meeting!

And as usual you can expect free soda and a drawing for door prizes. If you can make our Tuesday meeting please RSVP by emailing Roy Lawson with the subject line of "RSVP". For those of you who have never attended a meeting, it is free. Be sure to invite your friends and co-workers.

When:
Tuesday, August 17th at 6:30pm.

Where:
University of South Florida Polytechnic
3433 Winter Lake Road
Lakeland, FL 33803
Room Number LTB 2117

About the speaker...

Chris Hance is a Windows application developer who dabbles in WCF, database design, and whatever else needs fixing that day. He has earned MCDBA, MCPD, and a BS in IT, generally long after learning on his own. Current interests include software craftsmanship, design patterns, carpentry, and keeping up with a two-year-old.

User Group Event Survey - Login to Vote

1. If the Lakeland .NET User Group were to host a training event, what would you be most interested in learning?

.NET RampUp - Covers the basics of .NET, object oriented programming, and programming fundamentals. (2)

18%

.NET Architecture "For Developers" - this would provide developers with the information they need to better design their applications. (5)

45%

Silverlight for Business Applications - Covers Silverlight basics and prepares developers to build Silverlight business applications. (4)

36%

2. What is your preferred training format?

Day-Of: A full day focused on a single topic (7)

64%

Weekend Bootcamp - Every Saturday until the topic is complete. (1)

"Lock-in" Bootcamp - One hardcore weekend where the entire training is conducted. (2)

18%

During the week, after work. (1)

3. Would you be interested in participating as:

Speaker (4)

25%

Student (8)

50%

Event Volunteer (4)

25%

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