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=10118133346074
This month October 2008
1. ADNUG Meeting Programme – 8th.October Please Register (by Wed am would help)
2. MS Press Online Store with UG Specials still available!
4. Australian SQL Server User Group meeting – Thu 9th October
5. ASPUG Adelaide Sharepoint User Group meeting – Tue 21st October
6. Xmas meeting Quiz Night 10th December
7. Beta version of new ADNUG website
8. Freebies from Microsoft Press for 2008 launches
10. Sponsors
1. ADELAIDE DOT NET USERS GROUP.
The next meeting of ADNUG will be held on WEDNESDAY 8th October at 5.45pm
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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 Paul Turner MCT – Strategic Data Mgmt – .NET WORST PRACTICES
http://paulturner.is-a-geek.com/default.aspx
15 common mistakes in .NET programming from memory to data access.
7.05 pm Rob Farley MVP– Lobsterpot Solutions – T-SQL PotPourri
http://msmvps.com/blogs/robfarley
Most of our applications need to talk to databases at some point, and we are probably all ‘capable’ at this. In this talk, Rob will present some T-SQL tips to improve the way that you communicate with your database.
Rob Farley is an Adelaide-based consultant and trainer. He has recently started his own company, called LobsterPot Solutions, and also acts as a mentor for SQLskills in Melbourne and other firms around Australia.
8.00 pm Meeting close
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2. MS Online Press Store User Group Specials
User Group Members offer of 30% 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
- All User Group Members will receive a 30% discount by using this Code at Checkout (members email PG for code).
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 9th October
http://www.sqlserver.org.au/Events/RegisterMeeting.aspx?EventId=359
to Register
5. ASPUG ADELAIDE SHAREPOINT USER GROUP meeting:
Venue: 5.45pm Level 26 Westpac House, 91 King William Street Adelaide.
Tuesday 21st October 2008
To join ASPUG and/or be on mailing list click on www.aspug.org.au
A Quiz night is being planned for 10th 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.
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:
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Introducing Microsoft LINQ by Paolo Pialorsi and Marco Russo (ISBN: 9780735623910) |
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Introducing Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX by Dino Esposito (ISBN: 9780735624139) |
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Introducing Microsoft Silverlight 1.0 by Laurence Moroney (ISBN: 9780735625396) |
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.
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Sign up for the free e-book offer and the Microsoft Press newsletter |
Check out these additional Microsoft Press books about Visual Studio:
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Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Step by Step |
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Microsoft Visual C# 2008 Step by Step |
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.
10. GROUP SPONSORS and SUPPORTERS
Microsoft Pty Ltd http://www.microsoft.com/australia
Better Software Pty Ltd http://www.bettersoftware.com.au
MGM Wireless Ltd http://www.mgmwireless.com
O’Reilly UG Program http://www.oreilly.com
Australian Computer Society http://www.acs.org.au/sa
GUI-Visuals http://www.gui-visuals.biz
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
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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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