Drewby

The Indigo Roadshow is coming to Columbus! This is going to be a great opportunity to hear and see more about the product directly from the product group. The .NET Developers Group of Central Ohio and the Central Ohio SQL Server SIG are hosting this special event. And this event is free!

You’ve heard the buzz about Indigo, Microsoft’s unified programming model for building distributed applications. Attend a FREE event and learn how Indigo technology will simplify your life.

With Indigo, you use the tools and language you’re familiar with, and a single programming model with all the functionality you need. And Indigo is built on standards, so the applications you write will work with applications on all participating platforms.

Join us as we build Indigo demos from scratch and see firsthand how it works. Stop struggling with the dirty work. Indigo makes it easy to develop secure, reliable, interoperable web services, so you can focus on what really matters.

Every attendee will walk away with:

• An inside look at Microsoft’s next-generation web services platform
• The ability to quickly build secure, reliable web services
• David Pallmann’s Programming Indigo Beta1 book
• A special DVD of the latest Indigo bits, content, labs, and demos
• The chance to win T-shirts and an Xbox

This is a great opportunity for our developer community. Don't miss out - register now!

Congratulations to Steve Smith who is the new Regional Director in Ohio. Steve is a respected expert in our industry and has been contributing to the community in many ways including his multitude of community websites such as ASPAlliance.com. He's also on the INETA Speakers Bureau and speaks at many recognized conferences.

We really have an awesome community in Ohio, represented by some of the smartest, most passionate people you'll ever meet. I'm proud to be a part and work with people like Steve.

I've been busy finishing up the end of FY05 at Microsoft - we had several conferences including a very successful Visual Studio 2005 Developers Conference in our region. I was also busy getting some swag together for the user groups that I support. That was fun!

Now, I'm planning for the next year and starting to execute on some of it. Here's some presentations that I have scheduled. If you are in the area for any of these presentations, please attend and say hello!

Introduction to ASP.NET 2.0
Great Lakes Area .NET Users Group
Detroit, MI
Wednesday, July 20 - 6:00pm
http://www.migang.org/

Visual Studio 2005 Team System
Greater Lansing User Group .NET
Lansing, MI
Thursday, July 21 - 6:00pm
http://www.glugnet.org/

Visual Studio 2005 Team System
Northwest Ohio .NET Users Group
Toledo, OH
Tuesday, July 26 - 6:00pm
http://www.nwnug.com/

Outlook Add-in Support in Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office
Developer Care
Detroit, MI
Friday, August 19 - 11:30am-5:00pm
http://www.nhmichigan.com/support/events/developercare.htm

Writing Managed Code for SQL Server 2005
Lexington .NET Users Group
Lexington, KY
Tuesday, September 13 - 6:00pm
http://www.lexdotnet.org

Outlook Add-in Support in Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office
Developer Care
Louisville, KY
Friday, September 23 - 11:30am-5:00pm

Louisville Code Camp
Louisville, KY
Friday, October 7 - Saturday, October 8
http://www.kydotnet.org/codecamp/

Bluegrass Code Camp
Lexington, KY
Friday, October 14 - Saturday, October 15
http://www.bluegrasscodecamp.com/

GLD is the place to be! Our user group leaders rock and we are going to have a fun year!