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Twin Cities Code Camp – Oct 11

donnfelker — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:47:05 GMT

I will be presenting at the 5th Twin Cities Code Camp on October 11th.

My session is entitled …

Smooth Operator: Using the Workflow Rules Engine Within WCF

Ever changing business logic requires rule systems that are flexible to business demands. The majority of the time the business requires that these rules systems must be consumable by other applications. Come see how we can utilize the Rules Engine within Windows Workflow Foundation to evaluate our rules and simplify our rules configuration. We will then encompass this functionality within a Windows Communication Foundation Service which will enable consumers to utilize the service.

Visit twincitiescodecamp.com to sign up!

The Twin Cities Give Camp

donnfelker — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:13:14 GMT

I’ve presented at code camps and given presentations to technical audiences and institutes and I will continue to do so. I have a passion for giving back to the community that has helped me become the what I am today. I’ve decided that I want to give back to the community even further. After doing some research to find someone (or a group) who might already be setting up a Give Camp I’ve come to the conclusion that they don’t exist here in the Twin Cities.

Therefore, I’ve decided to start up the Twin Cities Give Camp (site not complete). The web site is www.twincitiesgivecamp.org.

I’ll be updating the site this week with all relevant info in regards to the Give Camp. No dates have been set, but as soon as we have one the site will be updated.

What is a Give Camp?

A Give Camp is a weekend-long event where software developers, designers, and database administrators donate their time to create custom software for non-profit organizations. This custom software could be a new web site for the nonprofit organization, a small data-collection application to keep track of members, or a application for the Red Cross that automatically emails a blood donor three months after they’ve donated blood to remind them that they are now eligible to donate again. The only limitation is that the project should be scoped to be able to be completed in a weekend.

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At the Give Camp, there is an expectation of “What Happens at Give Camp, Stays at Give Camp”. Therefore, all source code must be turned over to the charities at the end of the weekend (developers cannot ask for payment) and the charities are responsible for maintaining the code moving forward (charities cannot expect the developers to maintain the codebase).

Source

More in depth info can be found here: www.givecamp.org

Do you want to be a part of this awesome experience?

We are in need of volunteers, developers, designers, DBA’s, volunteers, Project Managers, Charities, Prizes, Giveaways, sponsors and more volunteers. If you would like to participate or sponsor this event, please let me know. I will update this blog as soon as www.twincitiesgivecamp.org is updated. I will be in contact with the local PMI, IIBA, and ISSA, AITP and local .NET User Groups.

More info to come soon!

Presenting at the Phoenix Arizona Desert Code Camp

donnfelker — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:32:10 GMT

That's right! I will be presenting at the Phoenix Arizona Desert Code Camp on May 31st 2008.

I will be presenting a course on Dependency Injection / Inversion of Control. The time's have not been posted yet but as I find out more information I will update this blog.

I hope to see you there. Click here to sign up for the code camp.