Dear members,

   MIND, SPAN, ELITE and Intel IT Community are organizing one great event this coming Saturday in Microsoft Malaysia. Check here for more information http://www.microsoft.com/malaysia/events/communityheroes/

Thanks.

Dear members,

  MIND is endorsing and organizing this event with other user groups in Malaysia for the 1st time in Penang. You can register yourself for this event at http://www.microsoft.com/malaysia/events/communityheroes/

  Looking forward seeing you there.

Thanks.

                            .NET Mamak

Date	10 May 2008 (Saturday)
Time	9.00am to 2.00pm
Venue	Microsoft Auditorium
	Level 29, Tower 2, Petronas Twin Towers.
	Kuala Lumpur City Centre, 50088 Kuala Lumpur.

               Mamak Talk Agenda

8.00am  –   9.00am	Registration
9.00am  – 10.00am	Learn .NET Code .NET
10.00pm – 12.00pm	Breakthrough with Windows Mobile Programming
12.00pm –   1.00pm	Coffee Break
1.00pm –   2.00pm	Silverlight 2.0

Please confirm your attendance by faxing/ emailing the attached registration form to:

Fax : 03 - 7954 0155                                   Email  : dotnetmamak@crystaledge.net

For enquiries, please call 03 - 7958 5155

We look forward to meeting you at our ‘Mamak’ session!
rganizer:                                                        Co-Organizer:

 

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Dear members, 

The ITARC in KL this year is featuring specially invited guests who are key representatives of ASEAN countries such as Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore. These distinguished guests are high profile individuals who are directly working with the government agencies of the mentioned countries (see list below). We are also in the midst of inviting equivalent guests from India, Korea and Vietnam.

o   Dr. Rom Hirunpruk, Deputy President for National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTA), Thailand.

o   Dr. Ir. Eko Indrajit, IT Expert and Director STMIK Perbanas, Personal Advisor of Minister of Communication & Information Technology, Indonesia.

o   Mr. Chau Chee Chiang, Chief Information Officer, Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA), Singapore.

· During the event, our distinguished guests will address the ollowing keynotes:

o   Introduce their national ICT Master Plan and initiatives.

o   Government initiatives in improving quality of ICT projects through IT Achitecture.

o   Government strategies in promoting ICT adoptions and opportunity in the country.

· We are also inviting Pikom and MDeC to be the government representative here to address the same keynote.

· Meanwhile, we are inviting our new minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, YB Datuk Dr. Maximus Johnity Ongkill as the VVIP and National Host of our distinguished guest. We have reserved the VVIP keynote to YB.

When you register at http://www.iasahome.org/web/itarc/KL, please informed them that you are a MIND member. Thanks.

O'Reilly's created a brand new website devoted to the topics in our new book "Beautiful Code" at http://beautifulcode.oreillynet.com.

We give you the opportunity to discuss the book's projects and to contribute information about other projects that illustrate coding
artistry.

The lead programmer for the Beautiful Code website is Michael Feathers, a popular author and expert in Agile Programming who contributed the
chapter "Framework for Integrated Test: Beauty through Fragility."

In a recent post, Feathers writes: "When I was a younger programmer, I felt guilty about being a neat-freak. It was a selective obsession.
There I was, sitting in my office with stacks of papers and books covering every available space, but I was oblivious to it. As long as
my code looked great, I could shut out the chaos around me: the towering stacks of dead tree that could've toppled and crushed me if I had
sneezed."

Feathers continues, "I don't know why I felt bad about being that way, but in retrospect, I think that I felt that I was wasting time caring
about neatness in code. It took me a couple of years to figure out that the ergonomics of code matter, and that the time you spend decluttering
your code can declutter your thoughts as well."

Got a site that fits the spirit of Beautiful Code? Then send us a link so we can blog about it:
http://beautifulcode.oreillynet.com/suggest_site.php


For more information on "Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think" Edited by Andy Oram, Greg Wilson, go to:
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Hi,

We're excited to release the following news. Please share with your
members if you think they will be interested:

The O'Reilly School of Technology has officially opened its virtual
doors with educational offerings for students looking to further or
launch their IT careers, whether they aspire to become alpha geeks or
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Watch one of the speaker’s recorded presentations for our MIND Community Launching for Windows Vista and Office 2007 System

Speaker: Chan Wei Min (Marauderz) VB.NET MVP

Presentation About Vista - Part 1
http://soapbox.msn.com/video.aspx?vid=7d34fc6c-20ca-453c-af99-739e1bd3aa21

Presentation About Vista - Part 2
http://soapbox.msn.com/video.aspx?vid=fc05ac7b-1b53-41dc-ac18-8b2ef9440c84

Presentation About Vista - Part 3
http://soapbox.msn.com/video.aspx?vid=e838ee52-e7a3-4d99-b383-23229ab6ecbd

Enjoy J

It's .NET Month here at O'Reilly and we just put together a special
resource page dedicated to .NET developer essentials including books,
PDF Short Cuts, articles, etc. 
http://www.oreilly.com/go/ugdotnet


Don't forget MIND members can receive 35% off any of these titles when
they use discount code DSUG on O'Reilly's site.

Happy .NET Month.

It's Web Design and Development Month here at O'Reilly and we just put
together a special resource page dedicated to web development
essentials including books, PDF Short Cuts, articles, and author events:
http://www.oreilly.com/go/webdev

Blogging contest for TechEd SEAR 2008.
Never thought of blogging would drive you to win fantastic prizes? Speaking of that,
‘Blog all about Tech·Ed’ contest is back! Calling all bloggers, surfers, geeks, party animals, technology lovers and Tech·Ed fanatics– be our eyes and ears now! We’d love you to start blogging everything about Tech·Ed SEA 2008!
Check this out at http://www.microsoft.com/malaysia/techedsea2008/contest.mspx

Bloggers, don't miss it!

Interested in learning the latest programming language that drives the industry today? Develop the latest games, the coolest applications and much more with Microsoft's .NET platform!

It doesn't matter if you've been tooling around with Java, PHP, COBOL, PASCAL, RPG or Macromedia all this while. If you've got the will, we've got the means to help you get started with .NET easily and affordably!

For 2007–2008 class schedule or registration, please visit www.microsoft.com/malaysia/events/dotnet or contact Jessica at 603 7958 5155

or email dotnetprogram@crystaledge.net

Note: Sessions outside Wilayah Persekutuan and Selangor will be available in 2008

Welcome to the new MIND website, feel free to look around. We will be launching our site officially tomorrow at TechEd 2006 SEA. Mark your calendar September 5, 2006.

Thanks.

Join us on  17^th November 2007
at  2:00pm – 5:00pm
be at    East Auditorium, 29th, Tower II
Microsoft Malaysia
          Kuala Lumpur City Center

Fire up your solutions with hot new skills, designing and coding techniques from MIND gathering!!
This time, we bring you to learn more on Application Architecture for .NET: A Walkthrough. During Application Architecture using Microsoft Technologies Round Table, you can learn the tips and tricks on this field from the experts

Agenda
2:00pm – 2:15pm	Introduction, by MIND
2:16pm – 3:15pm	Application Architecture for .NET: A Walkthrough - Firedancer
3:16pm – 3.45pm	Break
3:46pm – 5:00pm	Application Architecture using Microsoft Technologies Round Table – Firedancer, Patrick Yong
6:30pm – 6:35pm	The End

To register, check here for more information http://mind.com.my/Events/default.aspx

Promotions

 

For the 1st 20 female developers who register and then come for this event will get a chance to win a special edition pouch from MIND Community.