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• Jeffrey Palermo set to speak Thursday in Northwest Arkansas

  For those that weren't able to attend last Tuesday's Northwest Arkansas .Net User Group meeting, 8/5/2008, Zach Young (our Vice President of the group) was able to secure Jeffrey Palermo as a speaker for a special meeting this Thursday (8/14/2008... Posted Aug 11 2008, 11:30 PM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: Northwest Arkansas, Local Events, NWA DNUG

• Nashville devLink conference sold out!

  August 22-23 For those that don't know, devLink in Nashville is one of the best (if not THE best) community driven conferences out there. I'm super excited to have been invited by John Kellar to host a couple of the Open Spaces sessions. If you... Posted Jul 30 2008, 03:36 PM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: .Net, Microsoft, Local Events, Accomplishments, devLink

• Congratulations & Thanks to Jay Smith & Michael Paladino

  A big heartfelt thank you and congratulations to two of the developer community builders in the Northwest Arkansas area, Jay Smith and Michael Paladino with special mention to Zach Young. As a Microsoft MVP, one of our benefits this year, is the ability... Posted Jun 09 2008, 06:29 PM by Randy Walker with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: .Net, Northwest Arkansas, Local Events, MSDN, NWA DNUG

• MVP Summit, Being Busy, plus Presenting @ the Little Rock .Net User Group

  I suppose I was naive in thinking that once I received my Microsoft MVP award, I could breathe a bit. But we've had sooo much Developer Community activity, I haven't had a chance to breathe, much less blog. I still haven't had an opportunity... Posted Jun 05 2008, 12:53 AM by Randy Walker with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Local Events, Accomplishments, SQL Server

• Northwest Arkansas SQL Server User Group 1st Meeting

  I have vastly been neglecting my blogging. So as not to be outdone by Chris Koenig .... I was able to meetup with the organizers of the event, Jason Pluenneke, Curt Wolfe, Boyd Evert, & Dennis Berk several weeks ago. I am personally very excited about... Posted May 09 2008, 04:28 PM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: .Net, Northwest Arkansas, Local Events, Accomplishments, SQL Server, NWA DNUG

• Pictures of the 1st Fort Smith .Net User Group Meeting

  A bit thank you goes out to Anthony Potts for sharing these pictures. Posted Mar 11 2008, 04:14 PM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: Northwest Arkansas, Local Events, NWA DNUG

• First Fort Smith .Net User Group Meeting

  Last night was the first meeting for the Fort Smith .Net User Group. It was a great turnout of 38 people and featured Raymond Lewellan talking about Behavior Driven Development. You can read more about the event from the following blogs: Michael Paladino... Posted Mar 04 2008, 02:38 PM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: .Net, Northwest Arkansas, Local Events

• Upcoming March speaking events - SQL Server Reporting Services

  For those interested in hearing me speak (or avoiding me altogether ;) I will be speaking at the Tulsa SQL Server Group on March 17th, 2008 and at the Little Rock TechExpo on March 27th, 2008. Tulsa SQL Server Group March 17th, 2008 Location: Oklahoma... Posted Feb 27 2008, 11:16 PM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: Presentations, Local Events, Accomplishments, SQL Server

• MSDN Express Event Take #2 - Feb 27 1-5pm

  We've scheduled the 2nd MSDN Express event to take place on February 27th, from 1pm-5pm. Zain Naboulsi (our MSDN Evangelist) will be presenting topics TBA. Location will be at the New Horizons office in Rogers. Sponsored by NWA DNUG , New Horizons... Posted Jan 28 2008, 07:34 PM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: Training, .Net, Microsoft, Local Events, MSDN, NWA DNUG

• We Are Microsoft 2008 Event in Dallas

  This past weekend seems like a dream. That's probably because it was a sleep deprived coding marathon of epic proportions. Some getting more sleep than others. Of course it didn't help that I didn't get much sleep the night before we left... Posted Jan 21 2008, 03:25 PM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: Microsoft, Local Events, Accomplishments

• Dallas TechFest 2008

  The date & location is set! May 3rd at the Addison Conference Center in Addison (Dallas suburb) Texas. This event used to be known as the Dallas Code Camp. I'm actually really excited by this event, since befitting the DFW area's size, it... Posted Jan 15 2008, 05:43 PM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: Training, .Net, Internet, Microsoft, Local Events

• Participating in the We Are Microsoft Event - Jan 18-20 2008

  Please come join us at the Charity event "We Are Microsoft". Throughout the weekend, starting this Friday, we will be working on charity software development. Right now Mark Leon Watson and I will be working on Irving.Net web project, and I'm... Posted Jan 15 2008, 01:49 PM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: .Net, Microsoft, Local Events, Accomplishments

• Carpooling to the Tulsa InstallFest - Dec3, 6pm - Free Visual Studio 2008 Pro

  We will be carpooling to the following event in Tulsa. Dec 3rd - Visual Studio 2008 InstallFest / Holiday Party Please attend our special event - Visual Studio 2008 InstallFest / Holiday Party on Monday, December 3rd, 2007 - 6pm to UPDATE! Seating is... Posted Nov 26 2007, 11:31 PM by Randy Walker with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Local Events

• MSDN Express event here in Northwest Arkansas - Confirmed

  I've arranged and confirmed the MSDN Express event to be at New Horizons office in Bentonville for Dec 4th from 1-5pm. Seating is limited to 30 people. Please signup here . The three 1-hour topics are as follows: Ever worked with an existing system's... Posted Nov 05 2007, 11:29 PM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: Training, .Net, Northwest Arkansas, Microsoft, Local Events, MSDN, Accomplishments, NWA DNUG

• Northwest Arkansas User Group Meeting Recap

  There was a good chance I wasn't going to be able to present at the most recent NWA DNUG meeting. Fortunately my root canal didn't happen today and I was happy to see the full room. For those that weren't there, I did an Intro to SQL Server... Posted Oct 03 2007, 03:08 AM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: Presentations, Northwest Arkansas, Local Events, Accomplishments, NWA DNUG