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Database for Mango

Posted on October 7, 2011 by

Here are the slides and source code from my talk this morning at Tulsa TechFest on using databases on Windows Phone. I will be writing up a longer technical post to go along with these resources, but since so many people asked for them today, I’m publishing them for your convenience. Slides (via SlideShare) Databases [...]

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Windows Phone Lab at Tulsa TechFest

Posted on September 21, 2011 by

My teammate Jeff Blankenburg will be hosting a Windows Phone Development Lab at Tulsa TechFest on Saturday, Oct 8th from 8am-5pm at OSU Tulsa. The Windows Phone lab is a combination Instructor-Led and Self-Directed lab environment that is designed to help you learn about Windows Phone by building applications instead of just listening to sessions. [...]

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Dallas TechFest 2011 – Call for Speakers

Posted on May 17, 2011 by

Starting today – the 4th Annual Dallas TechFest has opened it’s call for speakers!  If you’re interested in speaking, please visit the web site at http://dallastechfest.com and register as a speaker.   To register all you have to do is: open http://dallastechfest.com click on the [Log In] link at the top On the signin page, click [...]

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NWA TechFest–Friday, March 25th

Posted on March 10, 2011 by

Coming to the Center for Non-Profits @ St. Mary’s, for the second year in a row, is the fabulous Northwest Arkansas TechFest! For those new to TechFest, it is a technical conference with a primary focus to provide training/teaching sessions that are immediately beneficial to the broadest range of IT professionals in their day-to-day jobs. [...]

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MVVM in Windows Phone 7

Posted on July 30, 2010 by

For those of you that attended my talk at TechReady 11 or at Dallas TechFest 2010, here is the sample application I built along with my code snippets and my demo script.  I’ll be working on a Hands-on-Lab version of this talk, as well as producing a video the talk, but that will have to [...]

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Time for Dallas TechFest!

Posted on July 20, 2010 by

We’re only 2 weeks away from the 3rd annual Dallas TechFest!  The schedule is set, the bags are being packed and the speakers (including me!) are polishing up their talks.  Dallas TechFest has something to offer everyone, regardless of your particular chosen (or favorite) programming Languages: This year’s schedule features well-known and local speakers from [...]

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NWA TechFest is Almost Here!

Posted on June 16, 2010 by

The time has come to add another fine event to the TechFest family – Northwest Arkansas TechFest 2010 Scheduled for Thursday, July 8th at the Center for Nonprofits in Rogers, Arkansas, NWA TechFest is a community-organized, community-staffed technical conference with a primary focus on providing training/teaching sessions that are immediately beneficial to the broadest range [...]

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Dallas TechFest 2010

Posted on June 9, 2010 by

Dallas TechFest is back and will be occurring at the University of Texas at Dallas this year!  Look forward to another day of phenomenal education by some of the best speakers from around.  As in years past we will be having sessions on a wide variety of technologies including: Microsoft .NET Java ColdFusion Flex PHP [...]

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Tulsa TechFest is almost here!

Posted on October 25, 2009 by

Ok gang � it�s almost November 6, and you know that that means� it�s time for Tulsa TechFest!  TTF is our annual tech conference featuring 13 tracks and over 60 sessions of high-quality, expert contributed content.  I�m really excited about this year�s speaker line-up!  Here are just some of the speaker highlights you can look [...]

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Tulsa TechFest Sessions are Up!

Posted on September 27, 2009 by

The session list for Tulsa TechFest 2009 have been posted to the event website.  I�ve got 2 sessions, one on cloud (that I�m not sure what I�ll be presenting on yet � any suggestions?) and one on C# 4.0 / VS2010.  Agenda: http://techfests.com/Tulsa/2009/Agenda/default.aspx Tulsa TechFest is one of the premier cross-platform, cross-discipline conferences in South [...]

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