Nikita Polyakov

Mobility Roadshow for .NET CF 3.5 with VS2008 and Windows Mobile 6.x

Nikita Polyakov — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:52:47 GMT

I am going to the Tampa one this Friday:

DevFish (Joe Healy) wrote:

Mobility Roadshow for .NET CF - east coast usa
Posted on 5/1/2008 12:13:46 PM

Dani Diaz, Glen Gordon, and myself(Joe Healy) are making an East Coast run of the Mobility Roadshow. We'll be teaching about the .NET Compact Framework 3.5 and using VS2008 to develop Windows Mobile SmartClient Applications. So join us for a full day of programming for Windows Mobile.

One note, lots of folks like to sign up for the classes with fake emails and fake phone numbers. We had to change the dates on two of these. If you sign up with fake emails and phone numbers we have no way of getting in touch with you.

Overview
This session is geared towards familiarizing the attendee with developing smart clients using the .NET Compact Framework 3.5 on Windows Mobile 6.x. Labs will be by demo only (not hands on), and will be available for download after the class. Lunch will be provided. Class times: 9:00 AM–12:00 PM, 1:00 PM–5:00 PM.

Topics

Intro to Win Mobile

Tools: Intro/SDK/Emulators/VS2008/Debug/Deploy Debug/Deploy

Managed Code: NET CF Managed APIs

Data Guidance

Location Date and Time Registration

New York City
Microsoft Office
1290 Avenue of the Americas, 6FL
New York, NY 10104 May 19, 2008
9:00 AM–5:00 PM Register
Event ID: 1032378393

Malvern, PA
Microsoft Office
Great Valley Corporate Center
45 Liberty Blvd., Suite 210
Malvern, PA 19355 May 22, 2008
9:00 AM–5:00 PM Register
Event ID: 1032378485

Alpharetta, GA
Microsoft Office
1125 Sanctuary Parkway, Suite 300
Alpharetta, GA 30004 June 24, 2008
May 27, 2008
9:00 AM–5:00 PM Register
Event ID: 1032378497

Tampa, FL
Microsoft Office
3000 Bayport Drive, Suite 480
Tampa, FL 33607 June 20, 2008
May 29, 2008
9:00 AM–5:00 PM Register
Event ID: 1032378498

Reston, VA
Microsoft Office
12012 Sunset Hills Rd.
Reston, VA 20190 June 12, 2008
9:00 AM–5:00 PM Register
Event ID: 1032378501

Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Microsoft Office
6750 North Andrew Ave., Suite 400
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 June 19, 2008
9:00 AM–5:00 PM Register
Event ID: 1032378500

]inbetween[ - Microsoft Commmunity Summit 2008 - June 7 and 8 - Orlando, FL

Nikita Polyakov — Mon, 26 May 2008 21:03:44 GMT

]inbetween[ - Microsoft Commmunity Summit 2008 - June 7 and 8 - Orlando, FL

So what is it? Basically, the Florida User Group Communities were asked what would they do with the Orlando Convention Center for a weekend? What they came up with was a FREE weekend with loads with loads of great content.

A few people and I are also in charge of OpenSpace; I will be at the registration table all day.

OpenSpace

OpenSpace in a few words is - huge area to give a presentation and have a group discussion.

We have 4 full presentations spaces and lots of group tables - check out the Floor Map of the space.

It's a place to sit down and talk to a group of peers in a relaxed environment. It's where the track speakers go after presentations.

Speakering schedule is udpated live, as speakers sing up. There will be a twitter feed to keep you posted during the event.

100% informal, 100% open to everyone, 100% relaxed.
More FAQs about OpenSpace

We got cool blog bling, here: http://openspace.devfish.net/BlogBling.aspx

Here are quick list of events going on at the ]inbetween[ with registration links:

>>>Saturday events

SQL Saturday - http://www.sqlsaturday.com/eventhome.aspx?eventid=5

OpenSpace talks - http://OpenSpace.DevFish.net

.NET CodeCamp - http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=128059

Day of Agile - use the .NET CodeCamp Registration - http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=128059

ITPro Camp - http://itprocamp.com

>>>Sunday events

SQL University - http://www.sqlsaturday.com/eventhome.aspx?eventid=6

OpenSpace talks - http://OpenSpace.DevFish.net

OCS University - http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=128555

DotNetNuke OpenForce - login then you can register for the event - http://www.openforce08.com

.NET U presents BizTalk Basics - http://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=128288

.NET U presents SharePoint Fundamentals - http://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=128289

.NET U presents Service Oriented Development in .NET 3.5 University - http://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=128291

Toolshed - http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=128763

ImagineCup US Finals - Sunday - Prep Day

Nikita Polyakov — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:47:42 GMT

Sunday was a prep day at the US Imagine Cup US Finals.

Top Software Design [SDI] teams from all over US are gathered in Los Angeles, CA for the next few days to show case their creations.

Sunday we had the SDI teams do some dry runs and had a chance to hear first hand commentary from a panel on the presentations and content.

One of the presentations for students was given by Philip DesAutels and earlier one of the panelists mentioned Guy Kawasaki's Presentation skills 10/20/30 Article, a great read if you are ever doing presentations.

Stay tuned for the next few days for more content from the event.

Don't forget about Community-Credit

Nikita Polyakov — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:12:12 GMT

Community-Credit community is working hard with you & for you to continue developing this great community.

Blog, write, speak, rant, share, attend user group events or code camps?

If so, get noticed, share/learn and meet with peers, and GET REWARDED!

Win silly geek prizes for your efforts!

Does it get any better?

There is not a reason you should not sign up!

Bar Camp Orlando is tomorrow!!!

Nikita Polyakov — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:22:06 GMT

Packed and ready for - BarCamp Orlando- April 5 and 6th

Event is in two parts - Saturday is Developer Day and Sunday is New Media

I will be in attendace for full day1 and will come in a little late for second.

I heard nothing but great things about it, I missed the last one and was kicking myself later.

http://www.BarCampOrlando.org/

Also, MVP Summit coming up just around the corner.
If you are an MVP in South East US - then hit this link to get on a list for a special event.

I will be at Interactive Media SIG tonight

Nikita Polyakov — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:49:55 GMT

[Unfortunately the registration has already closed, not sure if they take walk-ins - this is gonna be an interesting event]

"Interactive Media SIG"
Tuesday, April 1, 2008 from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m.

AMA Tampa Bay is proud to announce the second in a series of forums for business and marketing professionals to increase their knowledge of new media and interactive marketing. Come interact with some of the area's most knowledgeable practitioners through discussion groups - the best format to ask questions and get the answers you need.

This time around there will be beginner and advanced groups for each topic, and you will be able to attend two discussion groups during the evening. Once again seating is limited at this event, so please register early to ensure admission!

Here are some of the talks I am intersted in:

Social Networking:
A Viable Branding and Advertising Tool for Your Business in 2008?

To Pay or Not to Pay:
Evaluating the Value of Paid vs. Organic Search

Blogging: Turning Buzz Into Business

MIX08 - Robert Scoble, Facebook and more

Nikita Polyakov — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:47:31 GMT

My last video of the Ch8 @ MIX08 mini series is now posted, check it out [click on the title]

Ch8 @ MIX08 - Day 3 - Robert Scoble, Facebook and more..

This is the last video of the CH8 @ MIX08 series - Day 3 Interviews, I got a chance to talk to some amazing people.

I hope you enjoyed the little mini series, and seen the bonus interviews of geekSpeak and theCodeTrip bus.

Here is who I talked to on the 3rd day at MIX08:

@ Web 2.0 sustainability & biz models panel:

Dave McClure - Talks about careers and his facebook class at Stanford

Robert Scoble- Gives lots of advice to students

@ Social networks panel:

David Morin - Talks about the facebook platform

@ OpenSpace labs:

Giorgio Sardo, Microsoft, talks about silverlight mobile

BarCampOrlando is coming up April 5 and 6th

Nikita Polyakov — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:38:11 GMT

BarCamp Orlando- April 5 and 6th

Event is now 2 days - one is Developer Day and one is New Media

I will try to attend both days, you will see me at the first day for sure.

I missed the last one and heard nothing but great things about it.

http://www.BarCampOrlando.org/

Tampa Software Architect's group - IASA : "My 10 Years In Identity"

Nikita Polyakov — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:00:36 GMT

IASA Tampa - March 2008 Meeting

Topic: My 10 Years In Identity – A Veteran’s Experience Succeeding With Identity Management

Speaker: Mark Willoughby, Product Marketing Manager, CISSP, Symplified, Inc.

Date:	Thursday, March 27, 2008
Time:	6:30pm - 8:00pm
Location:	Microsoft Corporation
Street:	3000 Bayport Drive, Suite 480
City/Town:	Tampa, FL

Please RSVP, if you could be so nice, here is a link to the event on facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=8508022209

You should also join our facebook group, while you are at it:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5630314139

-Nikita

MIX08 Report Video Day 1 & 2 Interviews posted

Nikita Polyakov — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:49:26 GMT

I just posted the Day 1 and 2 Interviews.

Click here: Ch8 @ MIX08 - Interviews Day 1 & 2

Here is some of the coverage I did at Mix for you guys.
See the first two days at MIX08 through student eyes.

I had a great experience and I hope you enjoy it.

Dan Waters, ADE - says good morning

Following people give advise to students:

Day 1:

Jim Duffy, TakeNote.com

Rob Zelt, ASP.NET MVP

Miguel de Icaza, MONO Project

Infragistics crew

Day 2:

Andrew Flick , infragistics, past MS Student Ambassador

PIXEL8 Community - new podcast site for UX

David Laribee - CodeBetter.com

Day 3 coming very soon. [Video is being processed as this is being typed.]

-Nikita

I asked Steve Ballmer questions @ MIX08

Nikita Polyakov — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:38:59 GMT

no really. I did. Go to 0:58 of the 2nd MIX08 keynote to see me ask the question and see Steve's response: http://www.visitmix.com/blogs/News/Watch-Steve-Ballmer-and-Guy-Kawasaki-Live/

[Update: A fellow Ch8er - Ivana Tilca - has excert of the video with my question here. ]

Ch8 got up a post about me regarding this: http://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/3656/

So, yes, I was the student at MIX08 at second keynote with Steve Baller and Guy Kawasaki that asked Steve about they future efforts in academia and possibility of hosting and/or infrastructure for students.

But first, I got to thank him, well Microsoft, about efforts behind DreamSpark, Channel8 and Microsoft Student Partners.

Question was received with mixed reviews and there were even a few negative Twitter comments about those questions too ;) it's all good though. Because Ch8 is now on the map.

I was actually at MIX08 representing Ch8 and those 3 minutes of my life made the rest of the interviews a lot easier for me the rest of the conference, of course once all the speakers I wanted to talk to left or had other plans then sitting down for 3-5minutes with the best place to advocate their voice to the student developer community...

Watch Ch8 home page for the rest of my MIX08 videos coming up soon.

My Ch8 Day 1 Teaser video: http://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/Ch8--MIX08-Day1/

MIX08 Day 1 Report Video

Nikita Polyakov — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:30:19 GMT

I have my first ever video up. It's a report from Day 1 at MIX08 conference.

This is a student take on MIX08 conference. More MIX08 content to come soon.

Watch it on Ch8 here:
http://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/Ch8--MIX08-Day1/

MIX08 - On my way

Nikita Polyakov — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:25:02 GMT

In a few hours I will be flying out to MIX08

If you are going, you can find me on Facebook.com - Nikita Polyakov - and we can surely meet up.

There will be daily reports posted on Ch8.

Nikita

Facebook Development Lab @ USF Today

Nikita Polyakov — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:31:02 GMT

[I know it's late posting this Student event here, it's been on Facebook and site for a week though]

Vista sidebar gadgets: The Best/Most Useful gadgets ever!

Nikita Polyakov — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:01:23 GMT

Ch8 Has a forum post The Best/Most Useful Vista sidebar gadget ever! , so I thought I'd share my picks with everyone else here as well.

Here are my picks for top gadgets for Vista Sidebar:

CPU Multi-Meter shows individual cores and memory, because you have to know what's up. [there is also a quad version]
http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=f5b13626-b266-4334-b2e5-157bd66ca5af

Volume Gadget, because clicking on Volume icon and adjusting at high resolutions is too much work.
http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=90ab2b0d-633e-4f28-8177-6d77f23852bf&bt=1&pl=1

Live Search Maps' Traffic Gadget. Do I even need to say why? [hope u live in top 50 US cities though]
http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=d5ad423c-05bd-4de4-8803-b05ecc339397&l=1

Built-in Weather Gadget. I have 3 of them tracking city where I live, work, go to school. [long story] helps to know where it's raining.

Location	Date and Time	Registration
New York City Microsoft Office 1290 Avenue of the Americas, 6FL New York, NY 10104	May 19, 2008 9:00 AM–5:00 PM	Register Event ID: 1032378393
Malvern, PA Microsoft Office Great Valley Corporate Center 45 Liberty Blvd., Suite 210 Malvern, PA 19355	May 22, 2008 9:00 AM–5:00 PM	Register Event ID: 1032378485
Alpharetta, GA Microsoft Office 1125 Sanctuary Parkway, Suite 300 Alpharetta, GA 30004	June 24, 2008 May 27, 2008 9:00 AM–5:00 PM	Register Event ID: 1032378497
Tampa, FL Microsoft Office 3000 Bayport Drive, Suite 480 Tampa, FL 33607	June 20, 2008 May 29, 2008 9:00 AM–5:00 PM	Register Event ID: 1032378498
Reston, VA Microsoft Office 12012 Sunset Hills Rd. Reston, VA 20190	June 12, 2008 9:00 AM–5:00 PM	Register Event ID: 1032378501
Ft. Lauderdale, FL Microsoft Office 6750 North Andrew Ave., Suite 400 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309	June 19, 2008 9:00 AM–5:00 PM	Register Event ID: 1032378500

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