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Category: Community
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Tech Conference Attendee Bill of Rights
I have the opportunity to attend and speak at conferences pretty frequently. But it wasn’t always that way. It wasn’t too long ago that I was only able to attend a conference every other year. So when I was able to get away to a conference it was a pretty big deal. I tried to get…
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Summit 2013 In Review: The Good
The PASS Summit had a lot to live up to. I’ve heard so much about the Summit from my fellow PASS members I fully expected it to be located in the Land of Oz, staffed by the Kermit the Frog and the Muppets, and the speakers carried lightsabers while moving you to tears by just…
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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…
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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…
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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.…