Wallace B. McClure : .NET User Groups

August 14, 2007 - Huntsville - North Alabama talk on .NET Orcas

Wallym — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:22:00 GMT

I'll be at the HUNTUG meeting on August 14th, 2007 to talk about .NET Orcas and some of the things coming down the pipe in the next version of .NET.

Miami, FL on May 17th - ASP.NET AJAX UpdatePanel

Wallym — Thu, 17 May 2007 03:13:00 GMT

I'll be in Miami, FL (USA) on Thursday night to talk about the ASP.NET AJAX UpdatePanel.

http://www.miamiusersgroup.org/

Naples, FL tonight - Sql Server CLR Objects

Wallym — Wed, 16 May 2007 17:09:00 GMT

I'm in Naples, FL (USA) tonight talking about Sql Server CLR Objects. If you are in the area, please come to the user group meeting.

http://naplesdot.04.websecurestores.com/

PS. I am actually hanging out at a place called Calistoga Bakery & Cafe this afternoon in Naples.

Lori McKinney jingle from Huntsville

Wallym — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 23:36:00 GMT

Lori sent me this jingle that was published in the Huntsville .NET / VS.NET mailing list. I wish she would sing it for the podcast.

(chorus)
Oh there's no user groups quite like Huntsville has,
VS NET, IT Pro, or Office fan,
If you pine for geek fellowship or techno-talk,
We get that in Rocket City, Alabam'

(verses)
We've had two speakers come from Tennessee, Ron C. and Wally M.,
plus Greg Y., Marks B. and D. from north G-A,
Russ F. and Joe and Blain came traveling up from Tampa's sunny shore,
TechNet John came up from Texas, DE Doug did not neglect us.

From the east coast, INETA Rock Stars Brian, Julie and Miguel,
Up from Texas, Chris, and Russ from bright LA, (plus Wally M.)
We so appreciate your insights and your coming all this way,
From Atlantic to Pacific, thanks folks, you were all terrific.

As for our locals, five guys stepped up, ably handling meeting chores,
Thanks to Josh for January's launch event
And then to Ben, Kevin and Eric and to Rodney, thanks again,
With pride in them I'll be vocal, they're great talents right here local.

Thanks to Todd M. who drove from Birmingham and Andrew from Mobile,
Thanks to all who came to talk at Code Camp, too,
The guys from CLS and Compuware and all the volunteers
who taught folks from Valley Garden, our success, you've had a part in.

As always, thank you goes to Intergraph for giving meeting space,
and to Dominos and Pepsi for the nosh
Thanks telerik, ADTran, CODE Magazine, VS Net Pro, and more
Culminis and our INETA, your support could not be better!

(final chorus)
Since there's no place like home, we'll not meet this month,
Happy Holidays, best wishes for next year
Hope to see you all soon and together find
that we'll all be running Vista on new gear!

Chattanooga, TN on November 14, 2006

Wallym — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:47:00 GMT

I'll be in Chattanooga, TN on November 14 to talk at the Chattanooga .NET User Group. The topis going to bethe Microsoft AJAX Library.

South Bend, IN on November 21, 2006

Wallym — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:14:00 GMT

I will be speaking in South Bend, IN on November 21, 2006, the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. The subject will be Sql Server 2005 CLR Objects. If you are in the area, please come out. I will have some books to giveaway. I might have some more tshirts, but that is questionable right now.

Jacksonville, FL .NET User Group on Wednesday, September 6, 2006 - Atlas

Wallym — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:43:00 GMT

I will be at the Jacksonville, FL .NET User Group on Wednesday, September 6, 2006. I will be speaking on the subject of Microsoft Atlas. I was unable to speak at their code camp this past week, however, this is part of my making it up for not being their for the code camp.

Charlotte - Atlas UG talk

Wallym — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 19:18:00 GMT

Pictures: http://morewally.com/cs/photos/charlotte2006atlas/default.aspx

Charlotte was great yesterday. It was my first official talk as a member of the Ineta Speaker's Bureau. Bill Jones, Jr, the UG leader there, told me to expect about 75, he produced 104 by my count, and I am not sure that I got everyone either. I talked for way too long, as usual, but I think everyone really enjoyed it. There were a lot of really good questions. I got back a bit after two last night.

Wally

MVPs are paid? Where is my money - Issue Resolved

Wallym — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 12:09:00 GMT

***** Original Post *****

It is interesting what people think. According to the microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet newsgroup, MVPs are paid by Microsoft to promote their technology. I'm an MVP. This is my third year as an MVP. I haven't seen the first check from Microsoft. Perhaps they were lost in the mail.

Anyone that knows me knows that I don't just sing the party line because someone tells me to. Given the cost of going to events (flights, hotels, missed work time), the MVP award that I have gotten has cost me much more than some free access to MSDN.

***** Finished ******

Update: As you can probably imaging, discussion on this has continued. As often happens, a joke Alvin was making was taken out of context. Alvin has appologized for the original statement. Personally, I am not sure that there is much to apologize for. Jokes get taken out of context all the time.

ASP.NET Podcast Show #57 - Wally on Interfaces

Wallym — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 21:51:00 GMT

Subscribe. You KNOW you want it.

Download. Kinda like your father’s Oldsmobile.

URL: http://aspnetpodcast.com/CS11/blogs/asp.net_podcast/archive/2006/06/29/340.aspx

Show Notes:

I got an iPod.
Upcoming Events.
- Tampa on July 15.
- Jacksonville on August 26.
- Memphis on August 26.
- Nashville on October 13
- Charlotte on July 27.
- Road Trip to Alabama.
- http://www.codecampevals.com/
- Columbus, OH.
- Washington, DC.
Interfaces.
using System;

namespace CallingInterface

{

/// <summary>

/// Summary description for Class1.

/// </summary>

public interface ICalling

{

bool GetConfig();

bool Start();

bool Stop();

string Test();

string ConfigFileLocation

{

set;

get;

}

Dynamic Loading & Calling a mehod
string strConfigFile;

string strType = String.Empty;

ArrayList aryListClassInfo;

cLoader objLoad = new cLoader();

AssemblyTypeClassInfo atci;

strConfigFile = objLoad.GetConfigFile();

Assembly assembly;

aryListClassInfo = objLoad.LoadAssemblyInfoConfigFile(strConfigFile);

foreach(Object obj in aryListClassInfo)

{

atci = (AssemblyTypeClassInfo)obj;

assembly = Assembly.LoadFile(System.Windows.Forms.Application.StartupPath + @"\" + atci.AssemblyLocation);

if (null != assembly)

{

foreach(Type typDyn in assembly.GetTypes())

{

if ((typDyn.FullName == atci.ClassName) && (typDyn.IsClass == true))

{

try

{

object objClass = Activator.CreateInstance(typDyn);

if ( objClass is CallingInterface.ICalling )

{

atci.TypeOfObject = typDyn;

atci.objRef = objClass;

typDyn.InvokeMember("ConfigFileLocation", BindingFlags.SetProperty | BindingFlags.Default, null, objClass, new Object[] {strConfigFile}); // Set a property

object Result = typDyn.InvokeMember("GetConfig", BindingFlags.Default | BindingFlags.InvokeMethod, null, objClass, null); // Call a method.

Result = typDyn.InvokeMember("Start", BindingFlags.Default | BindingFlags.InvokeMethod, null, objClass, null); // Call another method.

}

catch(Exception exc)

{

Console.WriteLine("Exception: " + exc.Message);

}

finally

{

}

Code Camp Videos

Wallym — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 15:57:00 GMT

I just ran across these the other day and I have to post about. It looks like Russ Fustino (mostly Russ) and Joe Healy are producing videos of some of the Code Camps that they are involved with. Wow, are they into community or what?!? I love the music that Russ puts with them.
http://www.devfish.net/FullBlogItemView.aspx?BlogId=198
http://www.jaxdug.com/codecamp/JacksonvilleCodeCampPubClubs.wmv
http://www.netpubclub.net/Portals/0/Tampa/CodecampTampa2005.wmv
http://www.fladotnet.com/codecamp/codecamp_2005/codecamp.wmv

Doug Turnure's sample code and presentation files from Multi-threading in .NET

Wallym — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 13:07:00 GMT

Doug came to Knoxville and did a really good talk on Multi-threading in .NET. I have uploaded his sample code and presentation to my site, if you are interested in reading it.

Zip file with the presentation and source code: http://morewally.com/cs/files/4/presentations/entry90.aspx

Doug Turnure

Wallym — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:40:00 GMT

Doug Turnure, a Microsoft Developer Evangelist in Atlanta, came to Knoxville and did a talk on Multithreading in .NET. I've always enjoyed Doug's talks and this was no exception. In March in Atlanta, I listened to Doug talk about interfaces and really enjoyed it. Doug takes these complicated concepts and breaks them down into really simple items. I didn't know this, but Doug had previously worked at Developmentor. I guess that's why he is pretty good at explaining these concepts, he has worked as an instructor doing that. To go one step further, I think that Atlanta, which is where Doug is based, is outside of his georgraphic area as a MS DE.

Anyway, thanks to Doug for coming to Knoxville and presenting.

East Tennessee .NET User Group - Doug Turnure - "Multithreading in .NET"

Wallym — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:56:00 GMT

June 27, 2006 - http://www.865got.net/

The .NET Framework introduces four new and easy ways to write asynchronous code, including asynchronous delegates, thread pool queueing, timers, and creating new OS threads. It is very easy to write multithreaded code with the .NET Framework. It is not so easy, however, to write correctly behaving multithreaded code. Without understanding synchronization, data inconsistency is sure to appear over time, so it is critical to understand how to use monitors, reader/writer locks, and other synchronization techniques. Knowing when to use multiple threads is just as important as knowing how. And knowing how to properly synchronize your data is even more critical. This talk will introduce the concept of threads, and particularly how to do it safely when it is the appropriate solution.Doug Turnure is a Developer Evangelist with Microsoft Corporation, focusing on .NET technologies. He serves numerous enterprise clients as a developer, author, trainer, and occasional conference speaker. His specialties include .NET internals, memory management, and distributed communication, although he enjoys anything pertaining to .NET. Prior to joining Microsoft, he spent five years as an instructor and course author with DevelopMentor and Aggelos, Inc. His primary topics of instruction include VB.NET, C#, and ASP.NET. Doug is currently based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Doug Turnure is a Developer Evangelist with Microsoft Corporation, focusing on .NET technologies. He serves numerous enterprise clients as a developer, author, trainer, and occasional conference speaker. His specialties include .NET internals, memory management, and distributed communication, although he enjoys anything pertaining to .NET. Prior to joining Microsoft, he spent five years as an instructor and course author with DevelopMentor and Aggelos, Inc. His primary topics of instruction include VB.NET, C#, and ASP.NET. Doug is currently based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Writing a book? Too much time and effort. Taking over the Java Section? Priceless

Wallym — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 02:29:00 GMT

Posted from David Yack's Blog.