[Shacs] Houston Techfest 2008 <==attend

[peter at pseale.com]

All, the second annual Houston Techfest is coming, September 13th at U of H. I'm pasting in the standard "everyone gets this message" below; for SHSU I'll also say:
Some sponsors are local consulting companies that are hiring. If you are looking for a job, even if you haven't graduated yet, show up. I don't know exactly how it works, because you're not going to show up in a suit and tie, with your resume printed on special paper, at an informal techfest, but there are recruiters there looking for people like you--just the fact that you're willing to attend a technical event on your own time says something to companies. So, show up and talk to the recruiters; just by being there, body-present, you'll stand out. My current employer (consulting company; we do everything in the Microsoft stack and we're all over the board elsewhere) hires entry-level and would prefer six months or more of experience.
Further note to the current students: even if you absolutely hate the technology stacks (Java and/or .NET), show up just to get a bit of flavor, a little bit of the professional (enterprise?) developer culture. It's intimidating at first, but show up anyway. Techfests are unique in that they encourage students to attend. So show up.
I'll be there. That should be reason enough for everyone to attend :)If you plan on attending and want to meet up (current students too), reply back and let me know. I recommend everyone wear garish SHSU orange, that would be awesome.
Don't let the "long drive" be an excuse. The drive to U of H is like 1 hour, and it's all highway. No traffic on a Saturday. This event is worth your time, and is the only event of its kind in Houston this year. 

Announcing: Houston Techfest 2008 - 09/13/2008 at U of 
H 

The second 
annual Houston Techfest takes place on Saturday, September 13th, 
at the U of H main campus. This year the Techfest has expanded to over fifty 
sessions. Make the time to attend!

This is a free, community-driven event that (this year anyway) features 
mostly Java-related or .NET-related content, with a smattering of just about 
everything else. 

This is your only chance to attend such a wide variety of in-depth 
sessions, in one place, without getting on a plane and flying 
somewhere. If you're bored by flashy tech demos, attend the Methodology, 
Security, and ALT.NET (AKA Continuous Improvement) tracks. On the other hand, 
if you love flashy tech demos, we've got those too! Lots of them! I'm 
also happy to say that most of the sessions cover advanced topics, so if you're 
an information nut like me, you'll find something new at the Techfest. And it's 
not all business either; there'll be fun sessions on XNA, Deep Zoom, and 
Robotics Studio. Don't forget, the price is right! 
Houston Techfest 2008 Topics List

A Deep Dive in the ADO.NET Entity Framework Getting started with Linq Keynote: Having fun in building Web Applications using 
Ruby/JRuby/Rails LINQ to SQL and 
Gotchas manageability, operation and 
monitoring of .NET applications. Using the 
new Features in C# 3.0 ASP.NET AJAX and the 
Future of Web Development Creating Services 
which Rock DotNetNuke Dynamic Data A look 
into the Ajax Frameworks A Look into Windows 
Workflow Foundation in .NET Framework 3.5 ASP.NET 4.0 (Ajax Templeting, MVC Dynamic Data, MVC Ajax, 
etc) Developing with .Net and Oracle 
Technology Parallel Computing with .NET 
: Design Patterns in .Net Getting Started with NHibernate Intro to Test-Driven Development Mocks and Stubs TDD, 
DI, and SoC with ASP.NET MVC Improving 
Application Performance using Team Suite Oracle SQL Tricks and Traps Oracle URM (Universal Records Management) and Microsoft 
Sharepoint Robotics Studio - Interfacing 
with the real world. XNA and Game 
Studio Building a blog with ASP.NET 
MVC Cross-Platform .NET: Mono and 
Moonlight Parallelizing Mature Algorithms 
using OpenMP Virtual Worlds and Virtual 
World Evangelism: From Here to Eternity Java 
FX Scene Graphs Java Solutions to Capacity 
Issues Concurrent Programming Topics in 
Java Google Web Toolkit Instrumenting your code to reduce support 
headaches Bandwidth and performance 
considerations in Ajax/RIA/polling applications Eclipse RCP Managing 
Software Complexity Migrating to Maven 2 
Demystified The Point of Exceptions 
Building SOA Applications using BPEL, Open ESB, 
JBI, GlassFish and JavaFX Script is a 
compiled, declarative scripting language that runs on New in Spring 2.5 and the world of Spring OSGi, Spring Dynamic Modules, and SpringSource 
Application Platform The Productive Polyglot 
Programmer Adopting Process One Bite at a 
Time Behavior Driven Design: OO Priniciples & the Cure for Badly Designed 
Applications Principles of Object Oriented 
Design Scrum-tastic Development with Visual 
Studio Team System and Light Weight Scrum Making Your Test Lab Obsolete with Virtualization 
Securing and Protecting Applications and 
Services Static Analysis Techniques for 
Testing Application Security The OWASP Top 
10 WS-Federation 5 Things I Learned from Lean that Could Have Saved My 
Last Agile project Intro to Silverlight 
2.0 Silverlight Deep Zoom WPF and Silverlight Data Binding WPF and Silverlight Styles and Templating

  
..oO( Full Houston Techfest 2008 Agenda )Oo..  
==> 
To attend, you must register! <==
Register as a user on the Techfest site. Here 
is a direct link to the registration page. 
Without closing the browser (and without losing your session) visit 
the Agenda page and select each session you'd like to attend.
Links
Houston Techfest home page 
Agenda 
(calendar-style view) 
All 
sessions, including descriptions 
Prizes 
(yes, there will be prizes) 
Football 
games you will miss by attending the Techfest - it's important to know what 
you'll be giving up


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