FW: [Shacs] Houston Techfest 2008 <==attend
Bronius Motekaitis
bronius.motekaitis at gmail.com
Sun Sep 14 19:16:58 CDT 2008
Anyone know if this happened? Ike seemed to pull a lot of limbs, windows,
and power cords in that neck o' the woods Saturday.
-bronius
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:01 AM, Pilling, Drew <AAP006 at shsu.edu> wrote:
> I love it when these things are free! I'm already registered with what I
> want to learn more about so if anyone wants to carpool from Huntsvegas to
> Houston that day I'd prefer to use gas driving my suburban down there
> hauling more than one person in it. I also don't mind ridding with someone
> else if anyone is ok with me hitching a ride in a more gas efficient
> vehicle.
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> -Drew
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> *From:* shacs-bounces at shsu.edu [mailto:shacs-bounces at shsu.edu] *On Behalf
> Of *peter at pseale.com
> *Sent:* Monday, August 18, 2008 9:53 PM
> *To:* shacs at shsu.edu
> *Subject:* [Shacs] Houston Techfest 2008 <==attend
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> 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.
>
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> *Announcing: Houston Techfest 2008 - 09/13/2008 at U of H<http://www.houstontechfest.com/dotnetnuke/HoustonTechFest/Agenda/tabid/55/Default.aspx>
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> The second annual Houston Techfest<https://webmail.sogeti.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.houstontechfest.com/dotnetnuke/HoustonTechFest/Agenda/tabid/55/Default.aspx>takes place on Saturday, September 13
> th, 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..
> <http://www.houstontechfest.com/dotnetnuke/HoustonTechFest/Agenda/tabid/55/Default.aspx>
> *==> To attend, you must register! <==*
>
> 1. Register as a user on the Techfest site. Here is a direct link to
> the registration page.<http://www.houstontechfest.com/dotnetnuke/Home/tabid/37/ctl/Register/Default.aspx>
> 2. Without closing the browser (and without losing your session) visit
> the Agenda page and select each session you'd like to attend<http://www.houstontechfest.com/dotnetnuke/HoustonTechFest/Agenda/tabid/55/Default.aspx>
> .
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> *Links*
>
> - Houston Techfest home page <http://www.houstontechfest.com/>
> - Agenda (calendar-style view)<http://www.houstontechfest.com/dotnetnuke/HoustonTechFest/Agenda/tabid/55/Default.aspx>
> - All sessions, including descriptions<http://www.houstontechfest.com/dotnetnuke/HoustonTechFest/Sessions/tabid/56/Default.aspx>
> - Prizes (yes, there will be prizes)<http://www.houstontechfest.com/dotnetnuke/HoustonTechFest/Prizes/tabid/58/Default.aspx>
> - Football games you will miss by attending the Techfest<http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/schedules?week=3&season=2&year=2008&groupId=80>- it's important to know what you'll be giving up
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