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April 01

Silverlight Rehab from Channel 10

Very funny. . . .

Silverlight Rehab - You're not alone

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March 19

.NET Architecture and Design: Building Distributed Applications with .NET course begins 5/5 in Orlando

Hi Shawn,

I thought to let you know the .NET Architecture and Design: Building Distributed Applications with .NET course begins 5/5 in Orlando.

The course is for developers who want to design and build large scale systems. The course presents key concepts in distributed systems and shows you how to build systems that are scalable, reliable and secure. Discussions range from object-oriented programming to enterprise patterns, networking to Web Services, caching to distributed databases, and client/database applications to very large-scale web sites. http://www.develop.com/training/course.aspx?id=377

You’ll get answers to these questions:

• How do I build scalable and reliable systems?
• How can I use patterns to design extensible, reusable services?
• What’s the best way to communicate between distributed layers?

20% discount for Orlando .NET Users group members

DevelopMentor provides in-depth, hands-on software development training for experienced developers looking to expand their knowledge while gaining new skills efficiently and effectively. Our instructors are experienced developers, world-renowned subject matter experts and respected authors.

Please call or email me with any questions or feedback. Have a nice afternoon.

Best Regards,

Chris Gonzalez

Regional Accounts Manager

DevelopMentor

781 935 3905 DD

978 884 3380 Cell

781 935 4394 Fax

www.develop.com

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March 12

Free LINQ Book from Jamie King and Bruce Eckel

I got this email and thought I would pass it along.

I understand you're the leader of the local .NET user group. My coauthor Bruce Eckel and I have recently completed a sample text on LINQ. It is 239 pages with 82 exercises including the solutions.

You may download the book for free at:
http://www.mindviewinc.com/Books/CSharp/Index.php

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February 27

Apress Seeks Reviewers! Feb 2008

Apress is actively seeking fresh voices to write about our books. As a publisher, we rely on independent writers and reviewers to speak forcefully and honestly about our products to the larger technology book-buying community.

Which of these VB 2008 titles would you like to review immediately?

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"Beginning VB 2008: From Novice to Professional"
By Christian Gross | ISBN: 1-59059-938-1
http://apress.com/book/view/1590599381

"Accelerated VB 2008"
By Guy Fouché and Trey Nash | ISBN: 1-59059-874-1
http://apress.com/book/view/1590598741

"Beginning VB 2008 Databases: From Novice to Professional"
By Vidya Vrat Agarwal and James Huddleston | ISBN: 1-59059-947-0
http://apress.com/book/view/1590599470

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Please take a moment to read the review-writing guidelines we've posted: http://www.apress.com/userGroups/writeareview.html. In general, we like to see reviews posted to Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Slashdot, and/or Bookpool--to name a few places.

Email cheryl.martinez@apress.com, if you are interested in posting a prompt, thorough review on one of these books.

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Feb 2008 Info from Wrox Press

Introducing Wrox Blox
Wrox Blox provide the information that you need to get your most pressing programming task done! They are short pdf documents, that you can download to get the latest updates and code on today's hottest programming topics. They are $6.99 and DRM free. Check them out today at www.wrox.com/go/blox

Wrox is on Facebook
Join the Wrox: Programmer to Programmer group on Facebook. Stay up-to-date with fellow programmers, and find out what's new at Wrox Press everyday. See you there! http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=17831253704

Win $500 from Wrox Press
Let your members know about a great sweepstakes from Wrox. You can enter once a day until February 29th!
http://newsletter.wrox.com/contest.asp?sid=KCA7JGWBTXU35EUV285Q&id=57&cid=wroxsweepsfeature

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February 21

Free Software for Students

How would you like a free copy of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008? How about the entire Microsoft Expression Studio? Not enough...... how about Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and more?

For once, something that sounds too good to be true really is this good and really is true. Starting today (or soon in some areas), students worldwide will be able to download our professional development and design tools for free! It's called DreamSpark and it is upon us.

http://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/2047/

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February 12

www.dotnetvideos.net

www.dotnetvideos.net is a unique multi media content site with over 100+ FREE videos for registered users. The site primarily focuses on ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET and SQL Server 2005. All of the data tutorials from www.asp.net written by Scott Mitchell have been visualized into bite size videos under 10 minutes in duration. There are over 240 additional videos in the pipeline and will be added soon. http://www.dotnetvideos.net/ will focus primarily on .net tools and technologies and will be adding new series of videos on upcoming and latest technologies from Microsoft.

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January 29

Students to Business (S2B)

Looking for a job after graduation? Summer internship? Check out Students to Business (S2B)
It's that time of year again to start thinking about how you'll spend your summer vacation. Luckily we have some resources to help you get started. To help connect students to jobs, Microsoft is working with our partner community to develop a unique Web site called Students to Business (S2B). The site will offer a variety of training opportunities to help connect you to internships and entry-level jobs at one of over 15,000 Microsoft partner companies in the US.

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January 28

Addison-Wesley Professional's Advanced Windows Debugging on promotion at Barnes & Noble!

On Behalf of Pearson Education

Dear User Group Leader:

I hope you’re well! If you haven’t yet purchased your copy of the book, Advanced Windows Debugging (Addison-Wesley Professional ISBN 0-321-37446-0), it will be easy to find at your local Barnes & Noble, where it will be on promotion throughout the month of February. It can always be ordered, at a member discount, at BN.com (http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?ISBN=9780321374462). Of course, it’s also available at Pearson’s site, InformIT, with your regular user group discount.

Here’s a sample chapter that you can pass along to your members – Memory Corruption Part II—Heaps:http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1081496

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January 24

Funny Videos

Excerpt from TechNet Flash (1/23/2008)

Accused by your family, friends, and neighbors of being a boorish geek? On the verge of getting that Windows Home Server but wondering how to break it to the kids? Check out "The Stay at Home Server". (http://www.stayathomeserver.com)

And just to further prove that servers can be funny, The Lone Server video is a tragic tale of the last server at Microsoft.com running Windows Server 2003. Even the best eventually hang up their cables. (http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver/pages/about-lone-server.aspx)

Speaking of sendoffs, this one has already been making the rounds but if you haven't seen it yet, check out Bill Gates, Jay-Z, and other celebs in Bill's hilarious Last Day video, which debuted at his CES keynote address. See what it might be like for Bill on his last day at Microsoft. (http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?vid=be9075bb-df0a-41c9-8d86-7ded46627e26)

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January 20

Configuring Visual Studio to Debug .NET Framework Source Code

Want to debug into the .NET Framework, Shawn Burke has the instructions on how to enable this in VS 2008. http://blogs.msdn.com/sburke/archive/2008/01/16/configuring-visual-studio-to-debug-net-framework-source-code.aspx

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January 19

Usability and Human Factors

Does your company do usability and human factors work here in Orlando? Do you know a company that does, please let me know shawn@onetug.net.

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Sitefinity Challenge
Telerik is the leading vendor of User Interface (UI) components for ASP.NET and Windows Forms, and .NET Reporting solutions. Building on our expertise in interface development and Microsoft technologies, Telerik helps customers build applications with unparalleled richness, responsiveness and interactivity. Check out the latest release featuring our RadControls for ASP.NET, ASP.NET AJAX controls, Silverlight tools, RadControls for WinForms, and Telerik Reporting: http://www.telerik.com. Enter our Sitefinity Challenge and win a complimentary copy of our CMS, an $899 value!

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VISUAL STUDIO MAGAZINE FREE

Your professional involvement in the IT community may qualify you for a complimentary subscription to Visual Studio Magazine. Complimentary subscriptions are available for US addresses only. To receive your complimentary subscription, please go to https://subscribe.1105pubs.com/sub/VO?WP=NEWFREE&TC=1&P=IHMVS1.

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