Today (June 12th, 2010) I had a great time presenting at NoVA CodeCamp spring edition.
The topic of my presentation was on Building Mobile App with jQTouch and jQuery. For more information you can check our my blog post from last week. [More]

Ladies and gentlemen, start your laptops… It's Hackathon-time, hosted by the Capital DotNetNuke User Group. What is a Hackaton? Hackathons are developer events with a goal of increasing developer knowledge on a specific technology aspect in a casual, collaborative environment. They are also designed to encourage participation by people who are not familiar with the technology, basically providing them with an immersive quick start. Hackathon Events are: built around a single programming concept (for example: DotNetNuke MVP Pattern) encourage participation... [More]

That’s right folks, it is time for another MSDN roadshow, this time focus on Windows Azure. The first events will take place next week, kicking off with Richmond on March 3rd. Read on for dates, locations, and registration links. [More]

First, a big thank you to all the 70+ people who came out to CapArea.NET to watch this presentation. I hope that you enjoyed the event as much as I did. I posted the presentation slides on SlideShare for your viewing pleasure. I also posted them on my SkyDrive account along with the code samples; you can download them by clicking the folder icon below:     Finally, I do appreciate feedback, good and/or bad. Please feel free to let me know how I can improve on both this presentation as well as on my presentation skills using the comments section below. ... [More]

In the past 4 weeks I have given the Mash-Up Your DotNetNuke Using RESTful APIs presentation at the following three user groups: 10/21 - Capital DotNetNuke User Group (CDUG) 10/28 - Frederick MD .NET User Group (FREDNUG) 11/10 - Orlando DotNetNuke User Group (ODUG) Needless to say it has been a very busy couple of weeks, but I truly enjoyed speaking at each of them and will certainly consider doing it again. The topic was also popular and well received by many, so much so that Will Strohl of ODUG wrote a very flattering blog post about the event in Or... [More]

Get ready folks, the Microsoft Software Developer Network (MSDN)  has announced a new set of upcoming roadshows for the last quarter of 2009. The following is a list of locations and dates scheduled for the Mid-Atlantic region: 11/12/2009 – Pittsburgh, Pa 12/1/2009 – Harrisburg, Pa 12/3/2009 – Reston, Va 12/8/2009 – Roanoke, Va 12/10/2009 – Malvern, Pa The MSDN “Mid-Atlantic” Roadshow is piloted by G. Andrew Duthie, Dani Diaz, and Dave Isbitski and they are great events for learning about what Microsoft “is up to” without having to trave... [More]

Yesterday afternoon Hal Hayes and I were invited to speak at the SharePoint Technology Conference hosted and organized by the SharePoint User Group DC (SUGDC). The following is some information about the event: For two exciting days, you'll be eating, drinking,  talking and living Microsoft Office SharePoint  with Microsoft's Most Valued Professionals (MVP's) from across the country. There are tracks for developers, users, managers, and administrators. There will be time to network with some of the areas top employers where you will discover just how much ... [More]

While the first half of 2009 is almost behind us, there is a lot more community work left to get done. As I try to arrange my life-work-community schedule I see that I have quite a busy couple of months coming up yet. I am still waiting for responses from other community leaders and events such as the SDN/Open Force Europe, so I won’t list those here just yet. Meanwhile, here is what I’ve got lined up. 6/26/2009 Sharepoint User Group DC Session: Sharepoint VS DotNetNuke (3:00pm – 4:00pm) Prepare for the battle of the titans! Which platform is ri... [More]

On June 26th, I will take the stage once again at the Regional SharePoint User Group. I will be joining Hal Hayes in a battle that from the looks of it may rival “David and Goliath”. The event topic is labeled as follows: Prepare for the battle of the titans! Which platform is right for you? Each one has its uses depending on the audience. If you are interested in watching this battle in real-time the register for this event and join us on June 26th between 3:00PM and 4:00PM. Here is some more information: For two exciting days, you'll be eating, drin... [More]

The June Capital DotNetNuke User Group event promises to be yet another great meeting chuck-full o’great insight and information. DotNetNuke module development still remains one of the most requested event topics. On June 17th, Chris Busse will demonstrate how to mash-up external Web 2.0 web services with your modules to provide right user experiences. With the proliferation of "Web 2.0" sites and applications, such as Google Maps, Twitter, and Basecamp, has come the ability to programmatically interact with many sites using APIs (Application Programming Inter... [More]

MSDN road shows are FREE events organized and managed by the Microsoft Developers Network to educate, train, and share knowledge with everyone and anyone interested. I particularly like this event as it is a one day event packed with lots of valuable information. I’ll be attending the event in Reston, VA on June 2nd. Here is what’s in store: AGENDA Session 1: Developing on Microsoft Windows 7 Building applications that are easy to use, visually appealing, and offer high performance is a challenge that developers face every day. Innovative applications can greatly i... [More]

Today Joe Brinkman announced the official OpenForce ‘09 Call for Speakers. Apart from being excited about the event and what it has in store, I particularly liked the way the topics were split into 4 simple and concise categories: Development Design Administration Open Source If you are an avid DotNetNuke user, then I am sure that you are asking yourself: how do I join in the fun? Well, Joe put it best by answering that question with the following quote: “Are you a DotNetNuke expert?  Do you like to share your DotNetNuke knowledge with the... [More]

If you live in the Washington DC area you cannot help but be consumed with the constant news about the presidential inauguration and related events. Never have been so many streets been closed, and never has the anticipation of the attendance of million people been so high. With that being said, and although I am not looking forward to the chaos that the inauguration promises to bring, I am very excited to have Joe Brinkman, DotNetNuke Corp. Co-Founder and Technical Fellow, come to our User Group to give a presentation on DotNetNuke and JQuery. Here is the abstract: ... [More]

As I mentioned in an earlier blog post, I had a great time speaking at the RockNUG (Maryland .net User Group) this past Wednesday, October 8th, 2008. RockNUG hosts their meetings at the Montgomery College Campus, and I have to admit, it felt really weird standing in front of a full classroom while "playing professor"; If you were in school with me you'd understand where I am coming from... trust me, I paid a couple of visit to the principle's office quite a few times. If only my teachers and professors could see me now, ha! The presentation was called &qu... [More]

Following my CodeCamp Presentation back in May of this year I was invited to do a repeat of my "DotNetNuke Module Development" talk for the Rockville (Maryland) .net User Group. Tomorrow night (10/8/2008) I will have the pleasure of spending the evening with .net and DotNetNuke enthusiast alike, and am privileged to share my knowledge on the topic. I am also happy to see that the RockNUG website is powered by DotNetNuke, as are many user group websites in the DC area. Event Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2008 6:30-9:00 PM Event Location: Montgomery College, ... [More]

Hello again everyone, First, a big "thank you" to all those who were able to attend tonight, watch me speak, and for helping me get through the nuaces of Sharepoint :-) As usual I enjoyed spending the evening with you and look forward to many more. Click here to download the presentation material and feel free to post any questions you may have on the forums! See you next month!

I will be doing a talk on Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 at the Capital DotNetNuke User Group. For those of you interested, here are the details: Title: Enabling SharePoint Authentication Against DotNetNuke Start: 9/17/2008 7:00:00 PM End: 9/17/2008 9:00:00 PM Description: You probably already know that you can setup SharePoint to authenticate via Forms Based Authentication and better yet using the AspNet Membership and Role providers as its bac... [More]

I am excited to join this great group of people in Las Vegas for this year OpenForce / DevConnections conference, and most of all honored for the opportunity to give the following talk. Done in 60 minutes: Build a Custom Membership Provider The Provider Model is a design pattern introduced in .net to provide a simple way to extend API functionality.  DotNetNuke uses this architecture to allow some of its core functionality to be  replaced without modifying core code.  In this session Antonio Chagoury will give you a high-level overview of the core... [More]

For those of you who are in the Washington DC metro area and are interested in learning more on building DotNetNuke Modules, I will be presenting at NoVa CodeCamp South on Saturday, March 29th at the Strayer University Woodbridge Campus. NoVa CodeCamp is a free all-day developer event and has become an international trend where peer groups of all platforms, programming languages and disciplines band together to bring content to the community. My presentation, Developing DotNetNuke Modules, is scheduled for Saturday from 1:00pm - 2:15.pm  Registration is limite... [More]

On January 16th at 7:00pm, I will be giving my first talk of 2008: a Best Practices for anyone who intends on upgrading their production DotNetNuke portals. Here's the skinny: Upgrading your websites can be a daunting experience whether you are using DotNetNuke or any other platform. On high volume websites you must ensure the least amount of downtime, that data loss does not occur and that you always have a way to revert back to an original state. During this event I will demonstrate best practices and recommendations that should be applied before, during and ... [More]

Once again, November 28 2007, was time for another Capital DotNetNuke User Group meeting. A good buddy of mine, Alec Whittington was supposed to help me out with this presentation since he happened to be in town, but unfortunately he had to return home earlier than expected. Alec is also a project lead for the DotNetNuke Links module and is well known and respected within the DNN community. I am sure the User Group members would have enjoyed meeting him in person. Oh well.... he'll be back! Although I literally had only an hour to prepare for this presentation, the s... [More]

Last year I founded and begun organizing the Capital DotNetNuke User Group, a group dedicated to all DNN professionals, enthusiasts and hobbyists alike. Although running a user group has not been as easy and glamorous as I originally anticipated it does give me a great sense of accomplishment especially on nights like Thursday, June 21st, 2007. Thursday night I had the pleasure (again! ;-)) to do the honors and do a presentation on building a DotNetNuke module using the DotNetNuke Visual Studio StarterKit. Attendance was great, pizza, chicken wings and drinks we... [More]

A humorous poem written in VisualBasic.NET [More]