Friday, July 25, 2008
 

John Kellar is an independent consultant specializing in Microsoft® .NET solution design, development and implementation. John is a Solutions Architect at Anvil Systems and Technical Consultant for Compuware Corporation in Nashville, TN.  In addition to being Founder and Chairman of the devLink Technical Conference, he is a member of the Nashville .NET User Group Board of Directors and an occasional speaker at technical events. John has worked on solutions in several markets including healthcare, government, financial services and manufacturing.  John was most recently recognized and a Microsoft MVP in Visual C#.

 

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Author: Admin Account Created: 3/7/2008
My thoughts on .NET Development, the devLink Technical Conference and other issues of interest.

By Admin Account on 4/24/2008

www.devlink.net

So I have been working endlessly to get devLink ready to go this year.  I opened up registration on April 22 and in less than 48 hours there are already close to 25 registrations.  That may not sound like much, but most days you only see about 2 or 3 registrations so the numbers are pretty good.  A sneak peek of some familiar names who will be speaking:

  • Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell from DotNetRocks
  • Charlie Calvert (Microsoft) who will be talking on C# and LINQ
  • Sara Ford (Microsoft) who will be talking ... Read More »

By Admin Account on 4/16/2008

MVP Summit

     I had the opportunity this year to attend my first Microsoft MVP Summit in Seattle, WA.  This was not my first visit to Microsoft, but it was a great experience. If you are not a Microsoft MVP, you can find out more information here about the program.

    I was delighted to see several folks who I have known from the South Central District Dave McKinstry, ... Read More »

By Admin Account on 3/28/2008

  I had a great trip to Little Rock for Tech Expo 2008. It was great seeing several familiar faces from my old stomping grounds. As usual the drive was not fun, but Tommy Norman was riding along so it was not boring. The final numbers for the event were 200 registered and 130 in attendance. This was the first event for Terry Horton and Larry Taylor and they both did a tremendous job keeping things running smoothly. Great job guys!!!
  My C# 3.0 session in the morning was to a full room and a pretty active crowd. I had several great questions from the attendees. Since I didn't have any books to give away I offered one person a free pass to devLink 2008 instead. It was a great discussion and I even unveiled some C# 2.0 capabilities that some of the audience were not familiar with.
  I landed the short straw for my afternoon session and presented right after lunch ... Read More »


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