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QMSDNUG is the first contact point for Brisbane and Queensland .NET developers dedicated to sharing knowledge with and learning from each other. We primarily work with Microsoft technologies and acknowledge the support we receive from Microsoft.

QMSDNUG has operated continuously since 1998, before .NET!

Meeting Dates: Meetings are generally held on the 3rd Tuesday of each month, apart from December where that's a bit late in the month.  See below for details of our upcoming meetings.

Location and Time: Meetings are held at Microsoft's Brisbane Office, Level 9, Waterfront Place, 1 Eagle St, Brisbane.  Most arrive around 5:30pm for a 6pm start and we are normally finished around 7:30.  It is important to arrive before the building lifts are locked at 6pm.  Late arrival procedure: see Monthly Meetings.

All welcome; bring your friends and colleagues.  Whenever possible, pizza and drinks are supplied.

February MeetingTue 16 Feb 2010

Our main speaker for QMSDNUG's February meeting is Robert Crago who will take us through the 3D features of WPF.  But first…

Joel Pobar : Visualisations of myschool.edu.au data

Joel Pobar will briefly show us how he used F# to relate disparate datasets and create his amazing visualisations of myschool.edu.au data.

Robert Crago, Revelation Computing :
An Introduction to WPF 3D

Robert Crago is a long-standing QMSDNUG member and freelance developer here in Brisbane.  Robert has been working with WPF since mid 2008.  WPF is finding steadily-increasing use in development projects where the UI is important and supports a complete 3D engine “out of the box”.  To his knowledge the 3D aspects of WPF have not yet been explored at an MSDN meeting here in Brisbane.

This talk will cover both the concepts and code you need to get started with 3D in WPF.

1. What you can do in 3D
2. 3D basics using Expression Blend
3. A simple 3D example without writing code
4. Making a scene
5. Using 3D in Line of Business apps
6. Applying 3D to a real world example

Date:	Tuesday 16 February 2010
Time:	17:30 for 18:00
Location:	Microsoft Brisbane office, Level 9, Waterfront Place, 1 Eagle St, Brisbane

RSVP:
All welcome.  Bring your colleagues.
An early rsvp by email to mike@fitzsimon.com.au will help with planning.

Also of interest to Brisbane / Queensland developers...

• Australian Launch of Windows Azure
  The one and only Dave Lemphers will be here for a one-week whirlwind tour of Australia to coincide with the launch.  He'll be doing a technical briefing at Microsoft's Brisbane office for members of QMSDNUG and other Brisbane user groups on Wed 24 Feb at 12:00-13:00.  Rsvp details: watch this space (or just rock up)
   
• Australian ALM Conference
  Sydney 13-14 April 2010.
  QMSDNUG members (on our mailing list) who register before the end of February 2010 are eligible for a 10% discount.
  E-mail Mike for the discount code.
   
• SharePoint 2010 & Office 2010 Launch
  Live keynote at 11 am EST. May 12, 2010 (= 1 am Thu May 13 in Brisbane)
   
• WebsiteSpark  Does your company have 10 or fewer employees?
  Receive Windows Web Server and SQL Server Web Edition at no cost to host new websites.  See www.microsoft.com/web/websitespark.
   
• Tech.Ed Australia 2010
  Tue 24 Aug - Fri 27 Aug 2010.   Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre
   
• More developer-related events on Mike's blog.
   
• Facebook and Linked-In users...
  ... are invited to QMSDNUG's Facebook and Linked-In group pages.  Start discussions and connect with other QMSDNUG members.
   
• ausdotnet mailing list.
  Get your .NET questions answered by your peers working in your timezone.  To subscribe, send an empty message to ausdotnet-subscribe@lists.codify.com.  FAQ at www.codify.com/ausdotnetmailinglist.
   
• Regular 30% off MSPress books for QMSDNUG Members
  See our Member Offers for more details.