Daily Archives: August 23, 2007

Bob & Chris MSDN Roadshow (Burlington Sept 10th) Agenda is now live

Chris Bowen has posted the agenda for the full day of free training aka “Bob & Chris’ MSDN Roadshow” that will make Burlington it’s first whistlestop on Sept 10th.

The day’s topics are:

  1. Coding in a Dynamic World
  2. Practical Silverlight
  3. Developer Productivity Tips and Tricks for Visual Studio 2005 and 2008
  4. Software as a Service, Software + Services, Service with a Smile, Can I Get Some Service, Where is the Waiter?

More details about the day, the topics and registering are here on Chris’ blog.

Also, don’t forget to sign up for Code Camp 8: Rise of the Silverlight Surfer on the weekend of Sept 29/30. Submit abstracts for sessions or chalk talks and register. More details here…

Add great searching to your ASP.NET website for a nominal cost and support the American Diabetes Assn

Scott Cate found a great way to support Scott Hanselman in his goal to raise $50,000 for the American Diabetes Association.

Scott’s company is offerering there site search component EasySearchASP.NET for what looks like maybe only the cost of tax – with all of the real proceeds going directly to Scott Hanselman’s fundraising effort.

So you get a great tool for a crazy cheap price and the entire amount goes to the American Diabetes Association.

You’d be silly not to do it!

Flooding in Findlay Ohio

One of the many midwestern towns that has been impacted greatly by the flooding is Findlay Ohio. Here’s a picture that is currently on the home page of CNN.com.

According to the latest CNN article:

Findlay, Ohio, was enduring its worst flood in nearly 100 years.

“This is the most widespread it’s ever been,” Findlay Mayor Tony Iriti told The Associated Press.

Findlay is a beautiful small city with a lot of glamour to it thanks to it being the home of Marathon Oil. It has a main street right out of the 1920’s and a lot of charming homes from that era as well. Of course, it’s also home to the Sugar Towers, which should be one of the wonders of the world!

I got to go to Findlay last fall on my Central Ohio INETA “tour” (3 groups in 3 nights) and just loved the town and totally enjoyed the attendees at the user group meeting.

I’ve emailed Gary Shank, the leader of Findlay.NET who is currently sitting in a remote office, but still in Ohio and still suffering from the sweltering heat and the floods, but hanging in there.

I wish them all the best and look forward to coming back to do another user group talk and to get some pictures of those Sugar Towers!!