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	<description>Caleb Jenkins on Silverlight &#124; .NET &#124; Design &#124; Development &#124; Architecture &#124; Community</description>
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		<title>Lessons learned from speaking at the North Dallas .NET Users Group</title>
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Bring your A game, do your best, leave it all on the field. That’s how I roll… until last night. Last night I presented on MVVM in Silverlight at the North Dallas .NET Users Group. It was a great turn out with a lot of interaction and excellent questions. Huge thanks to the organizers for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://developingux.com/2010/03/04/lessons-learned-from-north-dallas-net-users-group/</link>
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		<title>Speaking in March</title>
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		This is just a quick note that I’ll be presenting at two different events in the DFW area this month. Hope you can make it!

North Dallas .NET Users Group – March 3rd
First, Wednesday March 3rd, I’ll be at the North Dallas .NET Users Group talking about Model View View-Models (MVVM) for your Silverlight Applications. If [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://developingux.com/2010/02/27/speaking-in-march/</link>
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		<title>Microsoft MVP Summit &#8211; 2010</title>
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Last week I had the privilege of attending Microsoft’s Global MVP Summit in Bellevue Washington. While I can’t talk about most of what was covered (NDA) I wanted to mention two projects that I learned about while there and mention some of my thoughts from the event.

First, check out these two Silverlight projects on Codeplex.


The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://developingux.com/2010/02/21/microsoft-mvp-summit-2010/</link>
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		<title>Windows 7 Launch Videos for Developers Available Online.</title>
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		Last month (November 4th, 2009), I had the privilege of speaking at Microsoft’s “The New Efficiency” Launch for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 in Dallas. While no one was there to record *my sessions* specifically, Microsoft has posted similar session from other parts of the country. I wish I could link (or embed) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://developingux.com/2009/12/10/windows-7-launch-videos-for-developers/</link>
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		<title>Dependency Injection on ARCast TV</title>
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		While I was out at the MVP Summit this summer I had a chance to catch up with Brian Prince from Microsoft and we talked about using Dependency Injection for better code level architecture.  Check out the full video on Microsoft’s ARCCast.
When you’re done. Check out my Dependency Injection on Silverlight presentation.
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		<link>http://developingux.com/2009/09/14/dependency-injection-on-microsoft-arcast-tv/</link>
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		<title>Improving Community</title>
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		 I was recently working on another blog post (coming soon) when it occurred to me how much Improving (my employer) does in the .NET / Java / Agile and other technical communities. I thought that it would be nice to summarize some of that work here.


Why is community important?
There are a number of reasons [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://developingux.com/2009/07/20/improving-community/</link>
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		<title>Add some (biz)Spark to your startup!</title>
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In June I’ll be the local Silverlight expert, leading a technology track on Rich Internet Applications (RIA) at a Microsoft’s BizSpark event, SparkStart.
From the official announcement:
SparkStart is a full day of business and technology discussion (open format) and learning event for startups (“startup bootcamp”). This event will also be a networking opportunity for those startups [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://developingux.com/2009/05/26/bizspark-for-startups/</link>
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		<title>Silverlight at the Big Design Conference</title>
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I’ll be speaking at the Big Design Conference in Dallas. From the website:
The Big Design Conference is an intense day of learning within the scope of Strategy, Social Media, User Experience, and Code Development. Experts from across the country will gather to present theories, research, experiences, and best practices to students, professionals, and executives looking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://developingux.com/2009/05/24/silverlight-expert-big-design-conference-in-dallas/</link>
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		<title>Silverlight at the Redmond .NET User Group Tonight!</title>
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		&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 
This week I will be at the Microsoft MVP Summit in Seattle, while I’m there I will take the time to present at the local .NET User Group. If you are in the area be sure to stop by. It’s going to be a “double feature” between my “Developing Loosely Coupled Applications” talk and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://developingux.com/2009/03/02/silverlight-redmond-net-user-group/</link>
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		<title>MVP Summit next week!</title>
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Next week I’ll be attending the 2009 MVP Summit in Seattle with fellow MVP and Improving’er David O’Hara.&#160; I’m especially looking forward to the sessions on the up and coming new technologies and to catch up with the various product teams and other MVPs! If you’ll be in the in the Seattle area next week [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://developingux.com/2009/02/27/mvp-summit-next-week/</link>
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<p>Caleb Jenkins, is a recognized Silverlight expert and Senior Architect Team Lead at Six Flags Corp, a National Speaker for INETA, a Technical Editor for Wrox Press and is a Microsoft MVP. He lives in the Dallas, TX area where he continues to date his beautiful wife and busy himself playing Candy Land and xBox 360 with their four incredible children. Eventually he’ll post some of the gazillion interviews that he's recorded on CommunityCast.tv or blog more... or stop speaking of himself in the third person. <a href="/about/">more...</a></p>

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