Un-MVP’ed
Posted by merill | Filed under Community
It had to happen. Two years ago I made a conscious decision to make my family the center of my universe and my #1 priority. Joshua is now 16 months and Rafael is 2 months old, these are the best years of my life and I want to make every minute count with them!
This of [...]
The two Scotts
Posted by merill | Filed under Community
One of the cool things that happened at the MVP Summit this year was that I got to meet two people I really admire and both of them are Scotts.
What was even cooler was that Scott Hanselman recognized me at the summit, now that’s one cool dude who knows his readers. Hai [...]
About the author?
Posted by merill | Filed under Community
If your in the local forum you’ll know by now that I’ll be speaking today on RAD as in RoR speed.
What’s funny is the ‘About the author: (Same as before)’ on the session outline.
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SQL Server User Group
Posted by merill | Filed under Community
Dinesh, our very own SQL Server MVP, just announced the launching of the SQL Server User Group along with an online forum for all things SQL Server at www.sqlserveruniverse.com. They’ll be holding their inaugural user group meeting this Thursday at the Microsoft office.
Way to go!
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Free Microsot Exam Voucher [Limited Number]
Posted by merill | Filed under Community
Microsoft Sri Lanka is offering a generous gift (limited number) this Christmas season to all dotnetforum community members on a first come first serve basis.
The only catch being that the exam voucher expires on 31-Dec-2006, so you’ll need to be ready to do the exam in super quick time.
The voucher entitles you to take one [...]
Introduction to .NET 3.0 slides and links
Posted by merill | Filed under Community
Thanks a lot for all the positive feedback I’ve been hearing from you guys on yesterday’s presentation. I need to make a public apology to Manzi though, sorry man for cutting into your presentation time.
As promised you can download the .NET 3.0 Overview Presentation [10MB]. Ed saved my day but had to fight the devil [...]
Introduction to .NET 3.0 – October User Group Meeting
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I will be presenting an ‘Introduction to the .NET Framework 3.0’ today at the October User Group meeting which will be held at the Microsoft – Sri Lanka.
Manoj too will be co-presenting with me on Atlas, so remember to drop in early before the house gets full.
NB: If your planning on attending, you might be [...]
August User Group Meetup
Posted by merill | Filed under Community
Quick note out to all you guys that we’ve shifted the user group meeting to the Microsoft office at WTC and unfortunately you can only attend if you registered early due to seating issues.
Don’t keep that from holding you back though, feel free to gate crash if you don’t mind standing!
Remember: There will be no [...]
June User Group Meeting
Posted by merill | Filed under Community
This month’s user group meeting would go down as one of the funnier ones. Imagine me presenting in a pitch dark room with no lights, I only realized how hilarious it was after I saw Wela doing his presentation (mine was the first). All I could see from the back was his black silhouette against the [...]
Imagine Cup – Panchayudha Wins!
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After a gruelling 3 hours the winners of Imagine Cup ‘06 were announced for the Sri Lanka. It was great to see the time and effort that all the teams had put into preparing their presentations. There were video clips and full 3D animations to convey the solutions they were offering.
Unfortunately although four of the five [...]
