BSDA - BUG.NET Christmas Party
It’s party time! The Birmingham Software Developers Association and the Birmingham .Net Users Group are joining forces to throw a holiday blast. The event will take place Tuesday, December 2nd 6:00 pm at Richard’s BBQ and Grill on Acton Road, just off Interstate 459. This is a family friendly event, spouses and children are encouraged to attend. We promise to keep the geek talk to a minimum.
The clubs want to extend an invitation to all user groups in the Birmingham community. No matter what your group we’d like to extend a special invite to all to attend. Rumor has it there will be some swell door prizes and swag to give away.
Please be aware the event is BYOW! Bring Your Own Wallet. Each family will be responsible for it’s own bill. Not to worry though, Richard’s rates are very reasonable, and they have a wide variety of food to pick from. In addition to BBQ they have a nice meat and three selection, and some of the best burgers you ever put in your mouth.
Please RSVP to altechevents@gmail.com by close of business Monday, November 30th with how many will be attending so we can give the restaurant a semi-accurate count. Look forward to seeing you all then!
RubyHam Lunch Monday December 8th
Mark your calenders, the next RubyHam lunch
meeting is at the Cocina Superior, Monday, Dec.
8th at 11:30am til 1:00pm or so.
Please RSVP by 10:00 am before, so we know
how many people to expect. Cocina can
accommodate tables of up to 10 people without
prior notice.
Cocina Superior 587 Brookwood Village in
Homewood http://www.thecocinasuperior.com
205-259-1980
Map to Superior
http://www.thecocinasuperior.com/location.html
Brookwood Village is in Homewood, located
between Highway 280 and Highway 31, it’s next
door to Brookwood Hospital. Cocina Superior is
located in the outdoor shopping area (not inside
the mall). It’s near the restaurant Brio. You
can park along the street that runs between the
restaurant and the mall, or park in the parking
garage entrance just past the restaurant.
TechMixer Unplugged - November 13th
Just a last minute reminder, TechMixer Unplugged is coming up Thursday, November the 13th. This is Birmingham’s biggest geek social of the year, so be sure not to miss it!
November Steel City SQL Meeting Cancelled
Due to some last minute unforeseen circumstances, plus the conflict with PASS, the November Steel City SQL Meeting has been cancelled. Members are encouraged to attend the BUG.NET meeting which is also taking place at New Horizons at the same time the Steel City meeting had been scheduled.
We apologize for the last minute cancellation and hope to see you at BUG.NET or the TechMixer Unplugged event.
See jQuery at the BUG.NET Meeting November 11th, 2008
Todd Miranda will present “Getting Started with jQuery” at the next Birmingham .Net Users Group meeting on Tuesday, November 11th 2008. The meeting will start at 6:30 pm at the New Horizons facility in Homewood.
jQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development. jQuery is designed to change the way that you write JavaScript. Recently, Microsoft announced that jQuery will be included in and supported by Visual Studio 2010. Get a head start now. In this presentation, you will get a look at how to get started using jQuery in your applications immediately.
Drawings will be held for swag at the end of the meeting.
BSDA Meets 1 Week Early, Thursday Nov 6
Due to a conflict with TechMixer Unplugged, the BSDA (Birmingham Software Developer Association) will meet 1 week early. The November meeting will take place on the 6th, at 6:30 pm. One of our members, Gordon will present an introduction to Ruby.
This months meeting will take place at it’s usual place, the New Horizons learning center in Homewood AL.
Rubyham Lunch Monday Nov 3rd
Mark your calenders, the next RubyHam lunch meeting is at the Cocina
Superior, Monday, November 3rd at 11:30am til 1:00pm or so.
Cocina Superior
587 Brookwood Village in Homewood
http://www.thecocinasuperior.com
205-259-1980
Map to Superior
http://www.thecocinasuperior.com/location.html
Brookwood Village is in Homewood, located between Highway 280 and
Highway 31, it’s next door to Brookwood Hospital. Cocina Superior is
located in the outdoor shopping area (not inside the mall). It’s near
the restaurant Brio. You can park along the street that runs between
the restaurant and the mall, or park in the parking garage entrance
just past the restaurant.
RubyHam http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/rubyham/
Rubyham hosts lunches on the first Monday of every month (except for holidays). Check our official user group page on Yahoo Groups for all the details.
Steel City SQL October Meeting
Join us on Tuesday the 21st at New Horizons Computer Learning Center for our October meeting. The October meeting will feature a presenation from Brad Bonner of Computer Technology Solutions, CTS, presenting on PerformancePoint Server 2007.
The meeting will begin at 6:00pm with a group networking session and the presentation will follow at 6:30pm. Brad is a Software Architect who has been with CTS for seven years. Since 1996, he has worked for UAB, the UAB Vision Science Research Center, Veteran’s Administration Hospital/UAB, and Ascension Corporation where his jobs have included electronics design, biofeedback control systems, IT support, and software development. In his current role, Brad oversees the Business Intelligence Center of Excellence for CTS and consults, manages and designs data warehousing and BI projects. The presentation will provide an overview of how to use PerformancePoint Server 2007 to incorporate unstructured and disparate data lying outside their enterprise-reporting tool into company reports, analytics and forecasting.
Food and beverages will be sponsored this month by Hamilton-Ryker.
October Open Spaces at BSDA
Come join us in October for a very special Birmingham Software Developers Association meeting. We will be having a Open Spaces session, to expose members and visitors to the concept. In Open Spaces, participants place topics for discussion on the board, then the group votes on the topics they’d like to discuss. A moderator moves the discussion along, and when the topic is worked out moves onto the next topic.
Some possible topics might include open source software, imperative versus declarative languages, and more. Any topic is open for debate and discussion, so please come prepared to discuss!
The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday October 9th at the New Horizons Training Center in Homewood, AL. Everyone is welcome.
Rubyham Lunch Monday Oct 6th 2008
Mark your calenders, the next RubyHam lunch meeting is at the Cocina
Superior, Monday, October 6th at 11:30am til 1:00pm or so.
Cocina Superior
587 Brookwood Village in Homewood
http://www.thecocinasuperior.com
205-259-1980
Map to Superior
http://www.thecocinasuperior.com/location.html
Brookwood Village is in Homewood, located between Highway 280 and
Highway 31, it’s next door to Brookwood Hospital. Cocina Superior is
located in the outdoor shopping area (not inside the mall). It’s near
the restaurant Brio. You can park along the street that runs between
the restaurant and the mall, or park in the parking garage entrance
just past the restaurant.
RubyHam http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/rubyham/
Rubyham hosts lunches on the first Monday of every month (except for holidays). Check our official user group page on Yahoo Groups for all the details.
