Eric D. Boyd
Director, Chicago + Cloud Practice at @Centare. Passionate about innovation, technology, startups and agility. Husband and father with a wonderful family.

You must register with your full name on the day before the meetup, at the latest. Otherwise, you won't be able to get past security.

Node.js will one day run my life. For now, it just runs my house.

It was a cold winters day in Chicago when a few guys, a case of beer and some JavaScript came together to do the unthinkable: open a garage...

We're excited to be holding our May MoMo Chi meeting in the brand new 1871 space! This month, Aric Jacover of Jacover Law will present on the following subject:

What Every Mobile App Developer Needs To Know About Intellectual Property

(How To Protect and Use IP To Maximize Profits and Reduce Risk)

Aric will discuss the life of a mobile app...

In our planning meeting last December, NFC was the number #1 requested topic. So by popular demand, here it is!

In case you are wondering, here is the WikiPedia definition "Near field communication (NFC) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish radio communication with each other by touching them together or...

We are pleased to have Scott Seely join us to lead a discussion and present on "Intro to Windows Azure and Windows Azure Appfabric"

Scott Seely Bio:

Scott is the founder of Friseton LLC (www.friseton.com) and Scott develops training materials for Pluralsight (www.pluralsight.com). Scott is also a Microsoft Regional Director and...

You must register with your full name on the day before the meetup, at the latest. Otherwise, you won't be able to get past security.

 

Location

NOTE: This meetup will take place at the 37signals office--not Groupon. Future meetups will still be at Groupon.

 

Pow, Node.js, and CoffeeScript

Sam Stephenson will talk about Pow, which...

Class, superclass, metaclass, singleton class, eigenclass, class

If you're looking for unbiased, hard-hitting and practical .NET Developer training, look no further than Visual Studio Live! Las Vegas.

Code with the pros and learn how to maximize the development capabilities of Visual Studio and .NET during five action-packed days of pre- and post-conference workshops, 60+ sessions led by expert instructors...

The Detroit Day of Azure is your chance to learn about Microsoft's cloud computing technology. This event features presentations by industry experts, Microsoft insiders and MVPs. Sessions will cover the business value of Azure, details about implementing the technology, case studies, and architectural decisions in cloud computing. You will...

Gamification is the use of game design techniques and mechanics to enhance non-games; in order to make technology more fun, encouraging users to engage in desired behaviors and by showing a path to mastery and autonomy. Jeff Allen, one of the original creators of XBox Live , and J Schwan, President of Solstice Consulting, will lead a discussion on...

For those that didn't get to CES this year, MoMo Chi is bringing the best of CES directly to you. Nokia – winner of the Best Smartphone of CES with its Lumia 900 – sponsors this month's event. Get hands-on time with Nokia's newest Window's Phone devices. Hear plans for the US market and Nokia's new focus...

Please join the Chicago Heroku User Group on Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 6pm

Redis is an advanced key-value store. The entire dataset is stored in memory but saved to disk asynchronously.

Values in Redis can be strings, lists, sets, ordered sets, and hashes. You can run atomic operations on these types, like appending to a string; incrementing...

** IMPORTANT LOCATION CHANGE **

Our normal meeting place at TechNexus is unavailable for our March meetup so for this upcoming meeting we are going to use Clarity's training room at the following address:

1 N Franklin

Suite 3400

Chicago, IL 60606

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Austin Andrews from Maven Wave Partners has put together a talk on design...

Urban Geek Drinks (UGD) is an informal gathering of people interested in technology and urban issues. There is no agenda and there are no speakers; just a group of like-minded, passionate, nerdy folks who gather over cocktails, sodas, and food to discuss what we're working on and scheme about what we might work on next. Bring a handful of...

About the Event ALM Chicago brings industry leaders in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) together with leading companies focused on using ALM to improve how their engineering and R&D resources deliver value and competitive advantage.  ALM Chicago is a unique opportunity to network with your peers at other leading companies, to share best...

ALM Chicago brings industry leaders in Agile and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) together with leading companies focused on using Agile and ALM to improve how their engineering and R&D resources deliver value and competitive advantage. ALM Chicago is a unique opportunity to network with your peers at other leading companies, to share...

Join stackers from all over the world at the OpenStack CloudConnect 2012 party at Fahrenheit Lounge, hosted by Mirantis, Rackspace and Cloudscaling. Open bar, Hors D’oeuvres and music all night long. This is the place to be at CloudConnect on a Wednesday night.     At this party, we'll be celebrating two events at once:  First is the...

Accelerate Your Cloud Strategy at Cloud Connect 2012!

Cloud Connect is the defining conference and expo for IT professionals, developers and cloud providers. Learn about the latest cloud technologies and platforms from thought leaders in Cloud Connect’s comprehensive conference, and see leading companies showcase the hottest cloud platforms,...

Eric D. Boyd presents "Moving Web Apps to the Cloud".

As a developer with years of experience developing web apps using ASP.NET, SQL Server, Windows Server and Active Directory, how do you move to the cloud with Windows Azure? How can you apply your existing skills and experience to developing cloud apps in Windows Azure? In this...

Eric D. Boyd presents Moving Web Apps to the Cloud.

As a developer with years of experience developing web apps using ASP.NET, SQL Server, Windows Server and Active Directory, how do you move to the cloud with Windows Azure? How can you apply your existing skills and experience to developing cloud apps in Windows Azure? In this session, we will...

Dev-ing. Mobile. Cloud. APIs. Good food. Awesome prizes. Interested in building your own app? This hackathon will introduce you the the latest cutting edge tools to deploy your own app with a website backend, fully hosted in the cloud. Alternatively, you can come pitch your idea and sco...ut for developer talent, who ...can help you build your...

AT&T's holding an all-day mobile hackathon in Orlando for iOS, Windows Mobile, Android, and Blackberry (really?) development. You can learn more via the links below. When you RSVP, please do so both here and at the first link so they know you're coming.
iOS represent!
<a href="http://www.techventure2011.com/hackathon"...

ROOM: T323ABSTRACT:You already know jQuery and you use it to interact with your page elements and easily add Ajax to your project. Well, that's only the meat and potatoes of working with jQuery.It may be time for you to kick it up a notch and add a few more jQuery tricks to your utility belt. Come and see what other features are packed in...

ABSTRACT:
You already know jQuery and you use it to interact with your page elements and easily add Ajax to your project. Well, that's only the meat and potatoes of working with jQuery.
It may be time for you to kick it up a notch and add a few more jQuery tricks to your utility belt. Come and see what other features are packed in jQuery that...

Anthony Handley, a Senior Consultant and User Experience Practice Lead at Magenic, will be presenting using Exprtession Blend in Windows Phone development.