Presenting Azure Mobile Services @ DVLUP Day Tampa 11/16/2013

Nokia, through its DVLUP program, is putting on DVLUP day in various cities from Nov. 16 - Dec 6.  I'll be in Tampa on the 16th of November presenting Azure Mobile Services.

I'll give an overview of:

• Getting Started
• Push Notifications
• Visual Studio 2013 Tools for Azure
• General Q & A

I will also be around all day if you have any questions about Portable Class Libraries or Advanced features of Azure Mobile Services such as complex data types, authentication, etc.

Event Summary

Spend a day with two of our top Nokia Developer Ambassadors, Bill Reiss (@billreiss) and Atley Hunter (@atleyhunter). Together, Bill and Atley will guide you through the process of publishing your apps to the Windows Phone Store - either from scratch, or porting from iOS or Android.

Whether you’re a first-time developer, or a seasoned pro who wants to know more about Windows Phone, this event is for you.

If you are in the Tampa Area, there is still space so sign up! There are other dates and locations available and they can be found on the DVLUP site (http://www.dvlup.com/Events/138).

You will need to have your DVLUP account ID. If you haven’t signed up already, sign up today at  www.dvlup.com

 To win a device you need to complete one of these DVLUP challenges:

http://www.dvlup.com/Challenge/32

http://www.dvlup.com/Challenge/125

Your app must be published within 14 days of your event to win.

If you are attending, be sure to tweet and use the hashtag #DVLUPday #tampa and follow @dvlup

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User Groups - What do you want from them?

There are many user groups, meetups, developer groups, etc depending on where you live that are available to get involved in.  This is one of many ways to meet other developers, see what they are doing, what projects and so fourth are going on in your neck of the woods that you wouldn't necessarily know about.  But, one thing that I'll say is that the format is about the same from the 3-5 groups that I participate in the Central Florida Area.  I even run a Windows Phone/8 group here too, and the same could be said.

Now, one thing that I wanted to do was sponsor contests. So I started the Dark Sky App contest to try and put a little something different into the mix, but I wanted to throw the general question out to the world.  What do you as a developer, designer, etc. want out of these types of groups?

Typically it's a meeting where on or a few people present on a topic, there is some Q & A and generally some free stuff given away.  Now I'm always good for some free nerdy swag or a book, and I will never discount the general social interaction that I get from these groups. Not to mention I have made some pretty good friends and networked with really cool people along the way.  Is that all we are looking for?  Is there something else you "need" from these presentations or gatherings?


Please comment below and let me know...

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