With the first meeting tomorrow at 6:30 PM at CapTech Venture's Richmond office (1118 West Main ST
Richmond, VA 23220), WeProgram.Net begins a new chapter (check out Darrell's post for topic details, a map, etc.). We've been successfully meeting in the Hampton Roads area for a year now (happy birthday WeProgram.Net!), and since some of our group comes from Richmond, we figured it would be good to have sessions up there, too.
To my knowledge, there is another .Net user group in Richmond (at www.RichmondDotNet.com) -- there are certainly enough evenings in a month for us to complement one another instead of compete. It's a true sign of the region's .Net-ification that multiple groups pop up! Maybe we can organize a friendly user group Cricket Match (WeProgram.Net Hampton Roads is having a BBQ and Cricket Match June 12th, contact me for details)?! For that matter, in Hampton Roads, there's the www.HRRSUG.org (who are having an INETA sponsored author next Thursday, May 20th!). At this rate, we could hold a regional user group summit (and have a little Cricket Tournament!). You heard it here first!
I know this WeProgram.Net hands-on Test Driven Development workshop will be very popular -- it's a great way to kick off <cheesyMusic>WeProgram.Net: the Richmond Years</cheesyMusic>. This presentation crushed at OOPsla. I was happy to update Steve Metsker's bio from “author of forthcoming book on C# Design Patterns“ to “author of C# Design Patterns books“ -- it's no longer forthcoming: it's available now; I've got a hard-backed copy watching me from my coffee table as I type this. It wants me to read it.
Anyway, I hope to see you tomorrow night at 6:30 at CapTech! We've got books and other giveaways (I heard a little rumour there's even baseball tickets?); it should be a good time!
Happy .Netting!