Daily Archives: February 24, 2007

Another first in tech awards for women: VT Engineer of the Year

Community Cheerleading

Frances Allen’s Turing award has rightfully created a big buzz as she is the first female in the award’s 40 year history to get this incredibly prestigous technology award. (I love Larry O’Brien’s comment about Grace Hopper (which Kate pointed out to me)!)

But you probably didn’t hear that the Vermont Engineer of the Year award, which has been in place for 46 years went to its’ first female recipient this year, too.

Katherine Norris worked at IBM for 38 years. She started in Fishkill in 1967 and moved up to Vermont to work at the IBM plant eleven years later. She retired only last year.

Can you imagine being a woman in Engineering at MIT in the 60’s? That’s not just engeineering, it’s pioneering!

Read more in this Burlington Free Press article.

Chris & Bob Show – Full Day of FREE .NET 3.0 Training in Burlington on March 1

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Did I really forget to blog this? I know I have sent out emails to VTdotNET members, but we now have TWO MSDN events in March right here in Burlington.

In addition to the “classic” MSDN event on March 13th (Vista/.NET 3.0/Office 2007 Development) [register here: http://www.msdnevents.com/march/]

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there is the Chris & Bob Road Show.

Chris Bowen (our new D.E.) and Bob Familiar, also fo Microsoft New England, will be presenting a full day of .NET 3.0 development. It’s free. it’s at the sheraton. It’s March 1st. Here are details and registration info.

You can thank Bove’s Restaurant for this being on our schedule. Chris is an addict!

Code Camp 7 : Westin hotel rates just dropped!

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The Waltham Westin is our favorite place to stay when we go to Code Camp in Waltham, MA. The next one, Code Camp 7: Deer in the Headlights! is coming Mar 31 – Apr 1.

The Westin has  a great bar/lounge area so it’s a nice place to hang out with all the CC geeks! Breakfast is pretty expensive, but there’s always Dunkin Donuts!

The only problem is that it’s a pricey hotel, but if you keep your eyes open, they will occasionally have specials. Last night, I happened to check (even though I already had a reserveration elsewhere) and the [online non-refundable] room rate for that weekend is now $92 before taxes.

So I’ve cancelled the other, and booked at the Westin along with my roomie, Laura Blood.