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1. MSDN Connect meeting Wednesday 1^st October 12pm-1.30pm

1. Wednesday 1st October MSDN Connect Lunch Session.

Next meeting MSDN Connect to be held on Wednesday 1st October from 12.00-1.30pm

at
SA Innovation Centre , Level 2, Westpac House, King William Street, Adelaide .

See below for Programme.

Visitors welcome.

12.00    Lunch A light lunch will be served

12.30    Dave Glover–Developer Evangelist – To Windows Internet Explorer: A Developers Overview

http://blogs.msdn.com/dglover/rss.aspx

Windows Internet Explorer 8 for Developers is coming soon and includes a host of new features, enhancements, and other improvements driven from real world scenarios and customer desires that puts the Web at your service. This session will give you more information and examples on how to create rich user experiences and make sure your websites are ready for Windows Internet Explorer 8.

1.30 Meeting Closes

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A reminder for those who expressed interest in attending the session that Shane Morris UXB Microsoft User Experience Evangelist is presenting at the CHI.org meeting next Tuesday at Excom. Shane was one of the top presenters at CodeCampSA.

Tuesday 30^th September User Experience (CHI.org) meeting.

The next meeting of CHI SIG will be held on Tuesday 30th September at 5.45pm

at
Excom Education 191 Pulteney Street (between Flinders and Pirie), Adelaide .

See below for Programme.

Visitors welcome.

5.45    Light refreshments

6.15 PM    Shane Morris UXB – Microsoft User Experience Evangelist – The art and science behind creating a great user experience

blogs.msdn.com/shanemo.

A great user experience means more than drop shadows and rounded corners. It might end with placing elements on a screen, but user experience starts much further upstream, maybe even before requirements! In this presentation we’ll discuss the elements of user experience and how to apply them. We will talk about the role user experience design plays – not just in delivering successful end products and services – but also in facilitating communication and direction within project teams. We’ll cover a mix of tactical and strategic steps to improve user experience. If you could only do one thing to improve your application’s UX, what would it be? (You might be surprised.) What about designers? What do they do? How can you work effectively with them? This talk focuses on practical, realistic ways to ensure your next project delivers a great user experience.

As a User Experience Evangelist at Microsoft, Shane Morris inspires, trains and collaborates with organisations to create great experiences for their products and services.

Bio

Shane has worked as a user experience designer since 1991 and is a recognised leader in the field. He has taught user-centred design techniques around the world and regularly presents and blogs on user experience, interaction design, usability, and of course what Microsoft is up to in user experience. He works with both creative and technical professionals – helping them collaborate to create services that empower, inspire and reward.

Shane’s passion is transforming the complex and constrained into the simple and powerful. Not just because it’s a valuable endeavour that empowers individuals, but because it’s hard – and therefore immensely rewarding.

7.30 Finish

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Agenda for Meeting 163 on Wednesday 1st October 2008

Rostrum Club 10 – Presentation Skills

6 pm (please be there by 5.45 pm.)

to be held at

UniSA, Room H6-09, Hawke Building, North Terrace (cnr Fenn Place), Adelaide

Walk 100m up North Terrace from Tram Terminus to Fenn Place,

enter through main entrance, take lift to 6^th Floor.

If late and locked out, phone Peter Griffith  0408 832 891  to be let in.

5.45pm Light refreshments and networking.  Subway available at $4 ($7 for 2).

BUSINESS

6.05pm Open Meeting Chairman: Helen Bills

· Introduction of guests

· Welcome of guests – MC Ron Johnson

· Apologies –

· Icebreaker – Peter Griffith

· Minutes of meeting number 162

· Business Arising

· Reports  -  President

-  Secretary including correspondence

-  Treasurer

-  Dais Member

· Business Meeting items.

· General Business

PRESENTATION PROGRAMME

MC to introduce each speaker before each presentation – Ron Johnson

Reserve speaker if a scheduled speaker unable to present Neil Hamilton

6.30pm 1^st Presenter – Eun Young Choi (20 mins)

Criticism (5 mins)

6.50pm Set-up break

6.55pm                  2^nd Presenter – Heather Webb (5 mins) –

Criticism (5 mins)

7.05pm Set-up break

7.10pm                  3^rd Presenter – Jack Salagaras (20 mins)

Criticism (5 mins)

7.30pm Set-up break

7.35pm                  4 ^th Presenter – Mark Proedohl (20 mins)

Criticism (5 mins)

8.00pm Review programme for next month (5 mins) – Peter Griffith

Any Other Business

8.05pm             MEETING CLOSE

MASTER OF CEREMONIES – Ron Johnson  – livwords@bigpond.net.au

PRESENTERS please email the following information well before the meeting to the MC

v Purpose v Competency (if applicable)

APOLOGIES TO Program Director- Peter Griffith on 0408 832 891 (H) (pgriffit@senet.com.au) OR Ron Johnson on 8264 5632 (H) (livwords@bigpond.net.au)

Parking:

http://www.unisa.edu.au/about/campuses/cwmap.asp

Metered parking till 6pm north side North Terrace

Or park in Hindley Street or Clarendon Street and walk through to Fenn Place

Peter Griffith MACS

http://pgriffith.wordpress.com

PH: 0408 832 891  08 8365 4993

To register for Wednesday’s meeting, use the “Visitor without an ACS Id” option (unless you are an ACS member) at

http://www.acs.org.au/index.cfm?action=event&area=9005&temID=eventdetails&eveID=10114821916643

This month September 2008

1. ADNUG Meeting Programme – 10^th.September  Please Register (by Wed am would help)

2. MS Press Online Store with UG Specials still available!

3. Employment requests

4. Australian SQL Server User Group meeting – Thu 11^th September

5. ASPUG Adelaide Sharepoint User Group meeting – Tue 16^th September

6. Xmas meeting Quiz Night 10^th December

7. Beta version of new ADNUG website

8. Freebies from Microsoft Press for 2008 launches

9. Join the MSDN Connection

1. ADELAIDE DOT NET USERS GROUP.

The next meeting of ADNUG will be held on WEDNESDAY 10^th September at 5.45pm

at
SA Innovation Centre , Level 2, Westpac House, 91 King William Street, Adelaide .

Visitors welcome. See below for Programme.

PROGRAMME

5.45 pm Finger food and Drinks. Have some nibbles and refreshments before we start

Have something to eat before the meeting.

6.10 pm Questions and answers. Bring along your .Net problems for discussion from members.

6.15 pm Anthony Borton MVP Team System – A Look at the VSTS/TFS Road Map,

http://myvstsblog.com/default.aspx

Anthony will look at:

- Getting the most from your investment in TFS2008

- What’s coming up in Visual Studio Team System codenamed “Rosario”

Anthony is a Microsoft Team System MVP based in Brisbane, offering consulting and training services around Microsoft Visual Studio Team System and Team Foundation Server.

Anthony is in Adelaide to run the following courses

6214 – Effective Team Development Using Microsoft Visual Studio Team System

http://www.ddls.com.au/VendCourseDet/MS+/2/MSVI6214.htm

6215 – Implementing and Administering Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server

http://www.ddls.com.au/VendCourseID/MSVS6215.htm

Link to Radio TFS http://www.radiotfs.com/

7.15 pm Darren Neimke– Community  – Windows Live

http://showusyourcode.spaces.live.com/

Darren has been investigating Windows Live functions for communities such as User Groups to use.  Those who saw Darren’s session at CodeCampSA will be aware of the breadth of functions that Windows Live now provides. Darrens blog is an excellent example as a Windows Live portal.

Darren will talk to us on:

· A user group which introduces Live Mesh and shows the programming model behind it – with examples

· A small business/industry set of talks about the possibilities for using Windows Live in the enterprise

8.00 pm Meeting close

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2. MS Online Press Store User Group Specials

I’m delighted to advise you that our press distributor Woodslane in conjunction with MS has developed an Microsoft Online Press Store which is now LIVE!

www.mspress.com.au

Still available special User Group Members offer of 50% discount on all books on the site. We’d love your help to promote the store to your community by blogging about the site and including the URL in your newsletters and other communication to your User Group Members.

Some of the great advantages of www.mspress.com.au include:

- Express delivery

- Competitive pricing

- Easy Keyword Search facility

- Latest titles and Books of the Month

- Large inventory

- Newsletter sign-up

And until the end of ??? on www.mspress.com.au

- All User Group Members will receive a 50% discount by using this Code at Checkout (members email PG for code).

- Plus go in the draw for a chance to win an XBOX by providing feedback on the site

3. Employment Requests

No employment requests this month

4. AUSTRALIAN SQL SERVER USER GROUP meeting:

Venue: Level 2 Westpac House (91 King William Street Adelaide)

Duration 2 hours (including light lunch) 12:00 – 2:00pm On Thursday 11^th September

http://www.sqlserver.org.au/Events for programme

5. ASPUG ADELAIDE SHAREPOINT USER GROUP meeting:

Venue: 5.45pm Level 26 Westpac House, 91 King William Street Adelaide.

Tuesday 16^th September 2008

Jeff Headley and Daniel Brown will be re-presenting TechEd sessions.

To join ASPUG and/or be on mailing list click on www.aspug.org.au

6. XMAS Meeting Quiz Night:

A Quiz night is being planned for 10^th December.

The Sharepoint, SQL and SBS User Groups have been invited to attend.

Microsoft have been asked to provide Questions and Answers (multichoice).

Sorin will be providing voting handhelds to record and collate the answers in his voting system.

7. Beta of new ADNUG web site

Thanks to Paul for getting the new web site to a stage that we can now get this project underway to further develop the site.

http://paulturner.is-a-geek.com:9001/default.aspx

This is an opportunity to do some work and get experience in Sharepoint 2007.  We are looking for “volunteers” and beginners to get involved. You will be supported and mentored.

See latest suggestions at

http://pgriffith.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/developing-new-adnug-website/

Pick a function that needs to be added to the site and volunteer.

8. NEW – Freebies from Microsoft Press

Free e-book offer and Microsoft Press newsletter

The free e-book includes content from three recent publications from Microsoft Press:

•	Introducing Microsoft LINQ by Paolo Pialorsi and Marco Russo (ISBN: 9780735623910) This practical guide covers Language Integrated Query (LINQ) syntax fundamentals, LINQ to ADO.NET, and LINQ to XML. The e-book includes the entire contents of this printed book!
•	Introducing Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX by Dino Esposito (ISBN: 9780735624139) Learn about the 2007 release of ASP.NET AJAX Extensions 1.0, including an overview and the control toolkit.
•	Introducing Microsoft Silverlight 1.0 by Laurence Moroney (ISBN: 9780735625396) Learn how to use Silverlight to simplify the way you implement compelling user experiences for the Web. Discover how to support an object-oriented program model with JavaScript.

Learn more about the free e-book offer, and sign up for the Microsoft Press Book Connection newsletter, a newsletter that provides news about upcoming and recent releases, special offers, and additional information from those who know our books best.

•	Sign up for the free e-book offer and the Microsoft Press newsletter

Check out these additional Microsoft Press books about Visual Studio:

•	Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Step by Step Teach yourself the fundamentals of working with Microsoft Visual Basic 2008—one step at a time. With this book, you work at your own pace through hands-on, learn-by-doing exercises.
•	Microsoft Visual C# 2008 Step by Step Get the hands-on, step-by-step guide to learning about the latest enhancements in Microsoft Visual C# 2008. Visual C#, one of the tools in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, is a modern programming language designed to deliver a productive environment for creating business frameworks and reusable object-oriented components.

9. Join the MSDN Connection. http://msdn.microsoft.com for details

Going Interstate? For list of Australian User Groups  http://www.microsoft.com/australia/msdn/usergroups.aspx

Subscribe to MSDN Flash  http://msdn.microsoft.com/flash.

Australian Dot Net Users Group ADNUG  http://www.adnug.com

notice of meetings  http://www.adnug.com/notices.htm

Member of INETA http://www.ineta.org

http://www.ineta.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=1&tabid=20

SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS FOR ACCESS AFTER 6PM.

The doors from Topham Mall opposite the lifts for 2nd floor are not locked till 7pm.

Enter through the lane from Topham Mall (where the car park is)

If doors are locked when you arrive, ring  0408 832 891 or 0403 432393 and we will come down to the After Hours exit in Currie St and let you in but only till 7pm..

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