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Link / News: University of Illinois gets funding to take parallel computing mainstream
My alma mater, The University of Illinois, just announced a joint venture with Microsoft, Intel, and the University of California at Berkeley which will enable commodity computer systems to make use of parallel computing techniques previously in the exclusive...

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Announcement: C# / LINQ Minicamp taught by Richard Hale Shaw
We are now working with Richard Hale Shaw to deliver expert .NET training classes in Ann Arbor. The first of these is the one day C# / LINQ Minicamp hosted at SRT Solutions, taught by Richard Hale Shaw, on Friday March 14th. The cost breakdown encourages...

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My CodeMash Recap
The advantage of writing my recap of CodeMash a little later is that I can start by pointing at one everyone else has written. To begin, Jim Holmes shows the strain of organizing CodeMash. After a break, he discusses what happened at CodeMash. As is usual...

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My CodeMash Agenda
As I finish my talk preparation for CodeMash, I'm putting together my schedule. You can view the silverlight page here: http://codemash.org/sessionscheduler/?1=2&2=28&3=4&4=7&5=3&7=42&8=14 However, that doesn't let me annotate...

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MVP status renewed, RD status renewed
Yup, it's that time of year. My MVP award was renewed, as was my RD status. Both are prestigious awards that represent contributions to the technical community around various products. In addition, Patrick Steele, one of our senior consultants re...

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Some Holiday thoughts (now that we've attacked leftovers)
At some level, we all spend a little time over the holidays thinking about something other than code. At least, I hope so. I'm happy to live in an area that has four seasons, even though there are times when that's a hassle. You see, Dianne and...

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Another link post: MI Flex Group
The Michigan Flex User Group has scored a Flex 3 RoadShow for February 6th. You wil oin Kevin Hoyt to learn about Flex 3. More here: http://www.theflexgroup.org/

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One Cool early Christmas announcement
Dustin Campbell blogged about his new daughter the other day. The good news: She's already more cute than Dustin. She was born 5 weeks early, and that got me to thinking. Were dual cores involved? How'd you get that kind of performance?

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Rich Internet Applications Jam in Ann Arbor, Jan 14-16
If this keeps up, I'll actually be Super Excited (tm). Right after CodeMash, we're hosting a Rich Internet Applications Jam, covering Adobe Flex and Silverlight. James Ward and Bruce Eckel will be there to help attendees learn as much as they...

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CodeMash: I'll be there again this yeare
Yes, CodeMash V20.08 is happening again in Sandusky, OH at the Kalahari resort. I've got two sessions this year: One on Real World C# 3.0, where I'll show how LINQ works with and enhances many of the other tools you're already using. The second...

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User Group: Steven Smith in Ann Arbor on 11/14
Steve blogs about it here: http://aspadvice.com/blogs/ssmith/archive/2007/11/02/Speaking-in-Ann-Arbor-November-14th.aspx . He'll be up in Ann Arbor, discussing ASP.NET caching and performance. I'm on a couple email lists with Steven and I know...

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Open Spaces In Ann Arbor -- Review
A splendid time was had by all We held our first Open Spaces event in Ann Arbor on Wednesday. I think it was a success: We had a great series of discussions with almost 40 people attending. To a very large extent, that success was due to our major co...

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Darrell Hawley: Our new INETA VP of Marketing
A local guy does good (or, well) Darrell posted it here . I just want to add my congratulations on being recognized for all his hard work.

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Local Events: Michigan's Interactive Designers and Software Development (MIDAS)
Announcing the inaugural meeting Michigan's Interactive Designers and Software Development Date: February 27, 2007 Time: 6:30PM Location: Frenchie's 56 E. Cross St. Ypsilanti,MI Phone: (734) 483-5230 From their invite information: The group's...

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What I learned (non-technical) at CodeMash
Some interesting blather about career management for technical folks I learned quite a bit from chatting with different people while hanging out between sessions at CodeMash. In addition to all the great technical discussions, there were quite a few non...

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