Location: Microsoft's Offices

6:00 Networking and Refreshments
6:30 Windows Phone Metro: Why Design Matters
7:00 Announcements
7:15 Getting Started with SharePoint and Office 2010

Windows Phone Metro: Why Design Matters

Synopsis: Windows Phone is more than a technology.  It is also a philosophical shift for Microsoft from concentrating on functionality to concentrating on user experience.  "Metro" is the design grammar used in Windows Phone.  Think of it as a style guide – but it is much, much more.  It is a new way of thinking about building software.  In this presentation, we will go over the design grammar of Windows Phone 7 and use it as a teaching opportunity about design concepts that will help you build more interesting applications in any technology.

Bio: James Ashley is a Silverlight Business Development Lead for the creative agency Sagepath, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia.  He also leads the Silverlight Atlanta User Group with Corey Schuman and co-runs the Atlanta Leading Edge Microsoft User Group.  James is a Microsoft MVP in Client App Dev.

Getting Started with SharePoint and Office 2010

Synopsis: The SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010 launches are just around the corner. By the date of this meeting the installers will be available on the MSDN downloads section. This meeting is an overview of SharePoint 2010 for the average .Net developer. We'll talk about the platform, the developer experience, and highlight some of the killer features like Office Web Applications and Business Intelligence that may have you encountering this stuff sooner than you might expect.

Bio: Doug Ware is the author of four books on SharePoint and the leader of the Atlanta .Net User Group.

Meeting Location and Directions

Microsoft Corporation
1125 Sanctuary Pkwy.
Suite 300
Atlanta, GA 30004

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