NxtGenUG - News Archive

Latest Headlines

Three members of the UK Community and NxtGenUG Speakers had been recognised in the latest MVP Awards.

More...

DevExpress have just announced their new FREE Silverlight AgDataGrid

Coming Events

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Southampton - Silverlight Assault Course

Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Oxford - To Be Continued ...

Monday, August 11, 2008

Coventry - XNA, Silverlight and Gaming

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Cambridge - The Entity Framework...

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Birmingham - Run MVC ...

Event Calendar...

Conferences

DDD 7

Partner Showcase

Voices for Innovation is a global community, supported by Microsoft that works to ensure the awareness and participation of local entrepreneurs and innovators in important policy discussions around the world.

News Archive

July, 2008

The 3 MVP's	July 18
Three members of the UK Community and NxtGenUG Speakers had been recognised in the latest MVP Awards.

DevExpress release new FREE Silverlight Control	July 17
DevExpress have just announced their new FREE Silverlight AgDataGrid

DevExpress Sponsor Silverlight Assault Course!	July 17
We're pleased to announce DevExpress are sponsoring the Silverlight Assault Course.

June, 2008

New SQL Server Courses Available!	June 30
4 Top UK Community SQL Server guys have formed SQL Know How, and are offering some TOP SQL Server Courses!

FEST08 G(r)eek Dinner	June 01
We're having a G(r)eek diner just before FEST08 - please feel free to join us if you're in the area

May, 2008

Daniel Moth - Final Appearance	May 22
Daniel Moth is to make his final presentation, before heading off to Redmond, at Fest08 in a SwanSong Nugget - bring the hankies - it'll be a tear jerker.

April, 2008

Ridgian Are Hiring!	April 30
Ridgian (Company Dave works for) are looking for a Business Analyst right now!

VBUG One Day Conference	April 08
Want to catch up on Silverlight, WPF, MOSS, Workflow Foundation and Visual Studio 2008 ? - VBUG have a one day conference on 24th April 2008 in Birmingham.

March, 2008

NxtGenUG is Multiplying ... Again!	March 29
NxtGenUG is Multiplying ... Again!

Senior Developer/Technical Architect Needed	March 28
Chris Sexton, long time member of NxtGenUG and XSLT 'Nuggetteer' runs PET Learning in Coventry and is after a senior developer ...

DDD Ireland - Begorra!	March 07
DDD Moves to the Emerald Isle - "Techprechaun" is born on Saturday 3rd May 2008!

February, 2008

NxtGenUG Announce Fest08	February 24
Save the Date : June 12th 2008 - That's the date for Fest08 - The NxtGenUG boys annual conference. This year the subject is "Data Today, Data Tomorrow".

NxtGenUG Forza MotorSport 2	February 18
If you own an XBox 360 and have Forza Motorsport 2- why not get a custom NxtGenUG paint job ...

NxtGenUG is Multiplying ...	February 16
Two new Lombardi's arrive ...

InnerWorkings Providing FREE Training	February 13
InnerWorkings is been running a special promotion giving away 10 hours of free training ...

January, 2008

Great New Iterative Training Courses!	January 25
NxtGenUG's primary partner for Training, is running a fantastic course with Michele Leroux Bustamante with 15% Discount for members.

Voting open for SQLBITS 2008	January 03
Voting is now open for the next SQL Bits Community Conference which takes place 1st March 2008.

December, 2007

PDC 2008 Announced	December 07
Microsoft have announced the date for the next Professional Developers Conference (PDC) 2008 - October 27th-30th in Los Angeles.

Mix Session Online	December 05
The Mix07:UK sessions are online - That's not new news, but they've just added Dave and Rich's legendary Micro-Presentation. Live the Legend!

November, 2007

Jeff Wharton wins Speaker Idol	November 08
Australian Jeff Wharton has scooped TechEd developers 2007 Speaker Idol Competition in a thrilling final.

October, 2007

Missing You Already	October 29
Missed Daniel Moth last Monday? - Never Fear, pop over to the VBUG meeting on Thursday 1st November to hear what all the fuss is about with VS2008

Joel Spolsky's World Tour is coming to Cambridge!	October 24
Joel Spolsky's World Tour is coming to Cambridge!

DDD6 Registration is now open!	October 24
DDD6 Registration is now open!

Barry Dorrans is an MVP!	October 03
Barry Dorrans is awarded Microsoft Most Valued Professional (MVP)

September, 2007

TechEd Ticket Competition is now closed	September 29
The TechEd ticket competition is now closed. Thanks to all people who entered, and if you haven't won. Why not visit the TechEd site or the Facebook group.

Where can it be?	September 28
Time is running out on the TechED ticket competition, and Rich has had an update...

Silverlight Course Available - 8th October	September 25
JBI Training are running a Silverlight course on 8th October

WIN A FREE DAYS WPF TRAINING!	September 25
Win a day's Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Training in our latest competition.

NXTGENUG OPEN A NEW REGION IN SOUTHAMPTON!	September 20
Then there were 5! Two months, two new regions, first Cambridge now Southampton!

NxtGenUG partner with Iterative Training!	September 19
NxtGenUG have an exciting new partner in the form of Iterative Training!

DDD6 Announced	September 18
DDD6 will be held on Saturday 24th November 2007 at Microsoft Campus, Thames Valley Park, Reading

(Un)Official Press Photos	September 12
Dave and Rich, booked a session in a studio to have (un)official press photos done - I think we look good

Treasure Hunt Extended	September 09
The TechEd ticket competition has been extended for two further weeks, and now closes on the 28th September.

SQLBits takes place on Oct 6th!	September 01
Saturday Oct 6th sees the first SQL Community conference called SQLBits!

August, 2007

4 MVPs and a Mobile Phone ...	August 29
Criag Murphy has released a 'open discussion' podcast, of sorts ...

MSDN EVENT IN BIRMINGHAM!:	August 22
MSDN Event coming to Birmingham!

NxtGenUG announce new Region!	August 17
The Boyz from NxtGenUG are absolutely delighted to announce the opening of a brand new NxtGenUG region - this time in Cambridge!

TechEd Ticket Update	August 09
Barry Dorrans has been out and about helping us to locate the TechEd ticket. Find out what he discovered. (Clue #2)

July, 2007

Win a ticket to TechEd 2007 in Barcelona	July 31
Good news and bad news... We have a ticket to TechEd 2007 Developers in Barcelona. Bad news it went missing and we need your help to find it.

NxtGenUG sponsors of TechEd 2007	July 27
NxtGenUG are proud to be supporting Microsoft TechEd 2007 Developers conference in Barcelona in November this year.

Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 Available	July 27
Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 is now available for download on the Microsoft sites, almost all features are complete!

NxtGenUG are on Facebook!	July 25
NxtGenUG are on Facebook, so if you are part of this social network hook up with the NxtGenUG group and say hi!

Mix07 Registration Open!	July 25
Registration for Mix07:UK is now open. Register now to take advantage of the £199 early bird discount and see Scott Guthrie :-)

NxtGenUG TechEd 2007 Page	July 21
If you can't attend TechEd 2007 Barcelona this year then head on over to the NxtGenUG TechEd 2007 Page, for all the information on this years event.

TechEd 2007 - Barcelona	July 17
The NxtGenUG boys, Dave, Rich and John will Speaking, Entertaining, Podcasting, and SWAGing at TechEd 2007 Barcelona this year - and you could be going too.

3d Desktop for Vista ...	July 12
Dave's got a 3d Vista Desktop!

Chris Sexton NxtGenUG member is after recruiting a .NET Developer	July 11
Chris Sexton NxtGenUG member is after recruiting a .NET Developer

How many Pizzas can 35 developers eat?	July 10
Last night NxtGenUG Coventry saw Microsoft's Mike Ormond, presenting on Silverlight, XAML and WPF. John had a nightmare with Restart manager and Pizza won the day.

Craig Murphy of Scottish Developers is podcasting!	July 10
Craig Murphy of Scottish Developers is podcasting and including interviews with key community people.

Presenting at Mix07 UK	July 02
Mix07 UK is looking to be an excellent event, there is an awesome line up of top speakers,and could Dave and Rich be making an appearance?

DDD5 - The Aftermath!	July 01
DDD5 on Saturday June 30th yet again showed that the UK Community is not only alive, it's thriving!

June, 2007

RedGate XBOX 360 Winner	June 27
Last night at the Coventry NxtGenUG Ruby on Rails Event Chris Sexton picked up his Redgate XBOX 360 for submitting feedback for Fest07

Mix07 - UK	June 21
Not Everything that goes on in Vegas, stays there. Mix07 is coming to the UK (London) on the 11th and 12th of September 2007 - Wow!

Downloads from Brum Meeting Available	June 20
The slides and sample code from Monday's NxtGenUG Birmingham meeting are now available.

NxtGenUG : Coventry Event Change	June 14
NxtGenUG Coventry July Event : The Coventry “Murder on the SQL Express” event has been rescheduled for October 15th 2007.. But there's good news...

Fest07 Speaker Awards	June 13
At Fest07, Rich, Dave and John presented awards to the top speakers in each region - see the main presentation which took the top prizes.