Andrew Westgarth : VBUG

VBUG Newcastle – W2008R2 and Windows 7 - Links

Andrew's Blog — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:45:25 GMT

Thanks to Richard Fennell for stepping into the breach this evening and covering the content for us so well. As soon as I have a link for the slides from the event, I’ll publish it here on this post. In the meantime here is the link for you to be...(read more)

VBUG Newcastle: PowerShell 0-60 in One Evening – Tuesday 24th March 2009

Andrew's Blog — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:09:43 GMT

Damn, just noticed this has been sat in my blog drafts folder :( Hope this catches people in time. The next VBUG Newcastle meeting will be held at Newcastle University on Tuesday 24th March 19:00-21:00 (18:45 registration) and will be delivered by Jonathan...(read more)

VBUG NEWCASTLE : REARRANGED Parallel Programming in .Net (VS2010) with Eric Nelson Now 24th February

Andrew's Blog — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:52:07 GMT

I’m pleased to announce that we have rearranged Eric Nelson’s session on Parallel Programming in .Net (VS2010), which was unfortunately cancelled due to the poor weather, and the event will now be held on TUESDAY 24th FEBRUARY at the same venue. ...(read more)

EVENT CANCELLED: VBUG Newcastle 3/3/2009 Parallel Programming in .Net

Andrew's Blog — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:25:00 GMT

Unfortunately due to the adverse weather conditions we are experiencing across the UK at the moment, we have had to cancel tomorrow night's event. Unfortunately Eric is not able to make the trip up at this time due to being grounded at the Airport...(read more)

VBUG Newcastle Future Roadmap Ideas

Andrew's Blog — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:22:50 GMT

Over the course of the next four to six months, I have decided to change the regularity/format of the meetings for the usergroup in the North East. I had been speaking with a fellow Twitterer, Jonathan Noble , about desires for usergroups in the...(read more)

VBUG Newcastle: Parallel Programming in .Net (VS2010) with Eric Nelson – 3rd February 2009

Andrew's Blog — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:22:32 GMT

VBUG Newcastle kicks off 2009 on Tuesday 3rd February with Eric Nelson, Microsoft Developer and Platform Evangelist, visiting to cover Parallel Programming in .Net using Visual Studio 2010. Session Overview: The next version of the .NET Framework will...(read more)

VBUG Newcastle: Introducing OpenXML with Craig Murphy – Wednesday 29th October 2008

Andrew's Blog — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:36:51 GMT

I’m very pleased to be able to welcome Craig Murphy to VBUG Newcastle on Wednesday 29th October to give us his introduction to OpenXML. Craig has this to say about the topic: Overview With the release of Office 2007, Microsoft moved their document...(read more)

11th VBUG Conference 4th and 5th November 2008 – Book Now!!

Andrew's Blog — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:15:55 GMT

I have been heavily involved with the Agenda for this year’s VBUG Conference and am pleased to say that we have been able to set up a great selection of topics and a plethora of excellent speakers including the Keynote by Roy Osherove , sessions from...(read more)

VBUG Online Meetings Return: Tuesday 21st October – CSLA.Net Introduction with Andrew Hallmark

Andrew's Blog — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:02:13 GMT

At VBUG we are pleased to announce the resumption of our Online Meetings, and we resume with CSLA.NET Introduction by Andrew Hallmark next Tuesday, 21st October 2008, from 19:30 – 20:30. I know a few people in my own region have asked for this topic...(read more)

VBUG Newcastle Event: Sept 4th 08 - ASP.Net MVC Framework Preview with Alan Dean

Andrew's Blog — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:41:15 GMT

Next month sees the resumption of the VBUG Newcastle meetings and I have Alan Dean coming up to deliver a session on the ASP.Net MVC Framework Preview. I am looking forward to Alan's visit and seeing if he can convince me about MVC as I am still not...(read more)

MSDN Roadshow Newcastle - Review

Andrew's Blog — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:43:47 GMT

On Friday 16th May 2008, Newcastle hosted the MSDN Roadshow event - www.msdnroadshow.co.uk . This was the last Roadshow event of 2008 and if the other locations were anything as packed as the Newcastle one then I reckon they must have been great successes...(read more)