With the Irish .NET usergroup community in Ireland growing really fast over the last 12 months, we have seen new usergroups form in Dublin, Belfast, Cork, Galway and the southeast, further adding to the .NET community that was in place through IrishDev.com.
We have had many great events in last12 months – orgainsed by INDA in Dublin, Cork, Galway and South-east, by IrishDev in Dublin, and the great work done by the guys in NIMTUG in Belfast – and each group wants to do more.
To help the .NET developer community in Ireland grow even further, INETA have asked me to the INETA liason for Irish .NET Developer Usergroups. This means I will work with all of the usergroups, making sure they have access to information, resources and International speakers. And also, if new .NET usergroups start, helping them out.
Previously this was done by Benjamin Mitchell, who works with the many usergroups across Ireland and the UK. He has done a excellent job helping us guys here in Ireland (and will continue to do so for the UK), helping out all of the usergroups that have formed here in Ireland and orgainsing the great international speakers that have come to Ireland in the last 12 months, such as Christian Weyer, Ingo Rammer, Dino Esposito and Ian Griffiths.
A big thanks to Benjamin for all of the great work with helping out all of the usergroups in Ireland. I know that all of the folks in INDA, IrishDev and NIMTUG very much appreciate his efforts.
So if you are thinking of setting up a .NET usergroup or would like to be a speaker, by all means feel free to contact me or any of the folks in INDA, IrishDev and NIMTUG. The usergroups are a great way to share ideas and thoughts about software development and technology in general. Having 60+ people in a room discussing a topic – sharing ideas and experiences – is one of the best ways of learning about new and current technologies, tools and products.
Overall the .NET developer usergroups are a great idea, you will always meet someone that is working on a technology that is of interst to you, you can share ideas and lessons learnt, and its simply the best way of learning how stuff works and how it should be used, as well as meeting up with folks and having a few beers.
– Paul
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I would love to hear suggestions for topics that folks would be interested in attending talks on. They don’t have to be suggestions about the latest and greatest, it can be about best practices for an existing product/technology or tips’n’tricks. Its your feedback that drives what topics get covered in the talks.