Hi. I've been exchanging emails with Jeff Cohen, author of the book "Rails for .Net Developers" to talk to us in a future meeting (no date set yet). He...
I'd vote for the top 10 things. ALT.NET has a fine history of borrowing good ideas from the fine chaps behind Ruby (and RoR); I'd like to see if there's...
I do not want the entire group seeing these photos.Because some may recognize me. Here's the link: http://praveenk.zoomshare.com/files/photos.htm Enjoy babe :)...
Virtual ALT.NET (VAN) is the online gathering place of the ALT.NET community. Through conversations, presentations, pair programming and dojos, we strive to...
We have the following two sessions scheduled for the next two meetings: August: JC Grubbs, aka, the guy that always wins the raffle but is not there to receive...
Please excuse the mild hijacking of this message board - I am posting this announcement to message boards that have programmers with good taste, and...
Lets discuss elements of our jobs...environments..and even personalities which can prevent us from achieving levels of productivity that we strive for but all...
Topic In the spirit of Open Spaces we will be bringing in David Laribee to facilitate a discussion of opinions on Domain Driven Design. Who is Dave? He is a...
Topic Jeremy Miller will be talking about Screen Activation Lifecycle. On his blog he posted the following about the talk: I will be presenting some...
All, As some of you may know my family and I are about to embark on a new adventure and will be moving down to Raleigh NC this week. I had a great time...
I received this open invitation for an event and I thought at least some people in our group might be interested. ... An Evening in the Cloud with David...
As I mentioned in our meeting last Wednesday, I couldn't arrange for anyone to present a topic for us. So this is a great chance for someone that has something...
Hi folks. I'm just passing along a reminder about this year's PDC and the discounted registration for those who act quick. *If you register by September 15,...
Senior .NET Developer Contract/Permanent Hegemony Consulting Group is actively seeking a .NET developer for a full time or contract to hire position in...
OK, nothing like an actual message of those to ask the question. Should we block this type of thing? filter them? or just let them be? I don't even know if...
Here's an interesting event for anyone with their heads in teh cloud. Wait, that may not have been a good way to put it :) Anyway, I'm passing along this...
We have a contest open to create a logo for our group. http://99designs.com/contests/28577 If you have the skills to create a nice logo or have designer...
Alex Pedenko offered to talk about CouchDB in our next meeting, on the 14th. Registration page is up: http://altnetchicago.eventbrite.com/ Get Comfy With...
Heck yeah! I've been wrapping my head around another object database, db4o, for awhile now. I'll definitely be looking forward to hearing how CouchDB pulls it...
Answer: erlang + sweet JavaScript. Did I just use that qualifier for JS? Someone must be cringing right now :) ______________________________________ Sergio...
We're an agile software consultancy in Chicago (566 W. Adams) looking for some excellent .NET developers to join our team. Most of our current projects are...
