NWOACM

Join Microsoft and David Chappell for Breakfast As We Discuss Understanding Software + Services.

The move to service-orientation is well underway, both inside enterprises and on the Internet. What role does traditional software play in a world of on-line services? In particular, how is Microsoft approaching the combination of software plus services? This presentation provides an overview of this area, giving an introduction to and a perspective on this emerging combination.

At the Microsoft Office - Southfield, Michigan.

The April Central Ohio ACM meeting will be Wednesday, April 16.

Ron Hartung, Program Chair, Computer Science at Franklin University, will follow up on his talk of December 2006. Ron led the development of curriculum in systems architecture and artificial intelligence, as well as the redevelopment of the Computer Science and Information Technology undergraduate majors, and the program for the Master of Science in Computer Science. He has been with Franklin University since 1991, and has served as program chair since 2001. He also has extensive experience in private industry,

The next Central Ohio ACM meeting will be March 19th, 2008. James Bender, Project Engineer, Quick Solutions, Inc., will give an Overview of Windows Work Flow (WF). James has been in the computer industry for over 12 years, with the last six being focused on architecture and design of systems of mid-to-enterprise scale. He is often called upon to help teach and mentor others in new techniques and technologies.

Location: Berwick Manor Restaurant and Party House is located at 3250 Refugee Rd (Columbus 43232) on the north-east corner of the intersection with Winchester Pike.

Agenda:

CodeMash is a unique event that will educate developers on current practices, methodologies, and technology trends in variety of platforms and development languages such as Java, .NET, Ruby and PHP.

The first CodeMash was held January 18-19, 2007 at the lush Kalahari Resort in Sandusky, Ohio. Nearly 300 attendees, staff, and sponsors gathered to hear sessions from industry leaders like Neal Ford, Mary Poppendeick, Scott Ambler, Bruce Eckel, and Scott Guthrie. Regional expertise was well-represented by a number of speakers from throughout the Heartland region.

Day of .NET in Ann Arbor is a one-day conference on all things .NET organized by developers for developers. This event is being offered at no cost to anyone interested in .NET development, and will take place on May 5, 2007 at the Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI.

See dayofdotnet.org for more information.

User Interface Smackdown 2007, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 4.

Join SRT for a day of exploration with new toolkits for developing user interfaces.

This forum will include an overview of Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Google Web Toolkit (GWT), and Adobe's Flex.

The Open Spaces format will allow attendees to specify the afternoon's content and direction, taking full advantage of the experts in attendance.

Spring <br> 2007 conference, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, Thursday, March 22. Sponsored by Southeast Ohio Creative Adobe Technology Squad and Adobe.

Attend a world-class conference on user experience, right here in our area. Internet user Experience 2007, in its third year, brings you top industry speakers, practitioners, and authors to provide you with the most complete package of Internet user experience design training, case studies, and real-world examples ever assembled.

IUE has graduated from "an event plus a tutorial" into a full conference event, expanding its scope to include most aspects of web site design and strategy, including user experience design, graphics, branding, marketing message, effective web writing, and enhancements that drive customers to your site.

Dr. Nathaniel S. Borenstein will present at the next MOCHI meeting: Spam and the Limits of Interpersonal Collaboration

Where: University of Michigan - 411 West Hall (Ehrlicher Room)
When: February 14, 2007
at 6:00pm (arrive eat network)
at 6:30pm (talk begins, lasting around an hour + Q&A)

Event Description:
Spam is an extremely complex and, so far, remarkably intractable problem, increasingly affecting not just email but virtually every kind of interpersonal electronic communication. In this talk, I will summarize the state of the art, survey the remarkably wide set of antispam activities currently under way at IBM and elsewhere, and present the outlines of a comprehensive strategy to fight spam. Unfortunately, the bottom line remains that we are still working very hard just to keep the spam problem from getting worse, and no one should expect a quick or painless solution to this problem. However, the fight against spam has the potential to advance technology in several ways that might be broadly useful in enabling new kinds of Internet infrastructure.

Central Ohio Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery, January Chapter Meeting Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Dinner is Free for COCACM members - Reservations are Required, Berwick Manor Party House

QuickBooks: A Practical Model of Software Productization

Allyn W. Brehl, President of CM IT Solutions of NW Columbus

All product software development is tough, but "application" product software
development is even tougher. Application here means end-user applications
which are different from embedded applications. User preferences and
configurability are big factors in achieving a broad market applicability. Al