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  • T-SQL Tuesday #41: How I Started Presenting

    T-SQL Tuesday #41: How I Started Presenting

    For my first T-SQL Tuesday post this is an appropriate title. I love speaking. It all started when the call for speakers came out for the very first South Florida IT Pro Camp. At the time I was a practicing project manager and was looking for excuses to keep my technical skills up-to-date. I was finding…


  • How dotNet Miami was started

    How dotNet Miami was started

    After the inspiration of starting a community and creating the vision the big question in my mind is how am I going to start this thing? Luckily, I had a guide. I started off by reading Dr. Greg Low’s (blog|twitter) The Rational Guide To Building Technical User Communities. This short book is a must read for…


  • What dotNet Miami is all About

    What dotNet Miami is all About

    After deciding to start a .Net community the next step was to decide why dotNet Miami should exist. It’s not enough just to have a desire of community. If I was going to start a community what benefit would it provide? How would this new community provide value to it’s members and the Miami technical…


  • Why I Started a .Net User Group

    Why I Started a .Net User Group

    “If there is dissatisfaction with the status quo, good. If there is ferment, so much the better. If there is restlessness, I am pleased. Then let there be ideas, and hard thought, and hard work.” – Hubert H. Humphrey Last year I started a journey. For years, I had been observing people interact in groups.…