Microsoft's Kinect represents a major leap forward in computer interaction.  With a Kinect attached, a computer can now see into the physical world.  We will demonstrate how to set up a development environment in Visual Studio with C# using the Microsoft Kinect SDK and developing for fun (profit requires waiting for the next version of the API).  We will also look at some techniques for interacting with the Kinect and the computer to create live-action special effects.

Speaker: David Walker

My name is David Walker.  For the past year and a half, I have been a software architect and consultant with the state of Nebraska.  In the past 12 years, I have served as either a lead developer or architect on projects such as online banking, various business applications, and virtual eyeglass try-on  In my spare time, I am researching technologies that mix the real and virtual worlds for purposes such as computer interfaces, smart phone interfaces and movie special effects.

• High-level data parallelization on the GPU or multicore CPU.
• The Task Parallel Library
• Debugging multithreaded applications

We've done recap meetings for most of Microsoft's major developer conferences, but none like this.  We're doing this one laptop meeting style!  We have several members who are attending BUILD this year, and we will encourage them to share 15-30 minutes of material they learned from a session or sessions at BUILD.

This won't be limited to people who actually attended though - anyone who wants to share material related to what was revealed at BUILD can do so.

To get on the schedule, please submit your topic on our Contact Page.

Oh yes. Building web applications on the Microsoft stack continues to evolve. There’s lots of great tools to leverage but it can be difficult to keep up with all the options. In this technical and fast-paced session, you’ll learn from Scott Hanselman how the pieces fit together. We’ll look at ASP.NET MVC 3, MvcScaffolding, Entity Framework Code First (Magic Unicorn Edition), SQL Compact 4, jQuery and whatever else you want to hear.  We’ll also see how many times Scott can say “unobtrusive” in a single talk. You’ll leave this session with a clear understanding of the technology options available on the Microsoft Web Stack. What’s changed? What direction are we going? Let’s see what we can build in an PowerPoint-free hour with the Microsoft Web Stack of Love. All this and random stuff, too.

Speaker: Scott Hanselman

My name is Scott Hanselman. I work out of my home office for Microsoft  as a Principal Program Manager, aiming to spread good information about  developing software, usually on the Microsoft stack. Before this I was  the Chief Architect at Corillian Corporation, now a part of Checkfree,  for 6+ years. I was also involved in a few Microsoft Developer things  for many years like the MVP and RD programs and I’ll speak about computers (and other passions) whenever someone will listen.  

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Parking

Park on the west side of the Southeast Community College Continuing Education Center, then walk around to the North entrance.  We'll be upstairs!

Here's a map to help you find your way.

As programmers we often get lost in the abstract world of software that lacks any physical interaction.  We build programs that retrieve data, manipulate it, and display this information to our users who in turn give us some more data which we again change and ultimately save.  How boring!  Let’s take a break, have some fun and talk about a platform that interact with the real world!  In this discussion I will be looking into the .Net Micro framework which is a very small version of the full .Net framework that runs on embedded devices (some as small as a quarter).  We’ll learn about a few different devices available, how to build several simple application and consider some real world applications for these tiny devices.  You’ll walk away wanting to learn more about this fascinating technology.

Matt Ruwe

I am currently a Managing Consultant for Sogeti USA in Omaha.  I have spent the last 14+ years developing on the Microsoft stack.  Most of that time has been focused on web based technologies (CGI, ASP, ASP.Net, and other IIS related platforms) but I have strong experience with WF, WCF, WPF, and Silverlight.  In fact, I now love Silverlight more than any other technology on the planet.