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Max Zilberman, Microsoft Azure™ Services Platform The Azure™ Services Platform (Azure) is an internet-scale cloud services platform hosted in Microsoft data centers, which provides an operating system and a set of developer services that can be used individually or together. Azure's flexible and interoperable platform can be used to build new applications to run from the cloud or enhance existing applications with cloud-based capabilities. Its open architecture gives developers the choice to build web applications, applications running on connected devices, PCs, servers, or hybrid solutions offering the best of online and on-premises. This session will offer a clear view of strategy and architecture of cloud services platform." www.phillydotnet.org Mark www.markm.com

20081216 Social Media Club Philadelphia By Mark Magliocco http://socialmediaclub.pbwiki.com/Philly+LeadershipPhilly.com 1601 Market StreetThe Radian Building - 35th FloorPhiladelphia, PA We'll be talking about blogging, the future of journalism and blogging and more...join us for a super cool time with: Chris Krewson Executive Editor Yoni Greenbaum Executive Producer Bob McGovern Managing Producer

Fantastic Health related junto event at P'unk ave. Our latest gathering attempted to straighten the chicane of the Healthcare industry, specifically the storage and transmission of medical data. Mark Scrimshire of CareFirst BC and HealthCamp led a discussion with PACS Manager at UPHS Brendten Eickstaedt, RN and technology enthusiast Phil Baumann, and health technology strategist Lisa Mizrahi. http://junto.org/2008/12/11/the-medical-cultural-revolution/ Photos http://www.geekswhogive.org/ Philabundance Food Drive & TweetupPlease join us on Tuesday December 9th (6 to 9pm) for our kickoff event at National Mechanics! Admission is a minimum of 5 non-perishable food items to be donated to Philabundance. There will be drink specials and fun prizes. Photos http://www.phillyinteractive.org/index.htm PhIMA strives to provide valuable learning opportunities and networking events for agencies, publishers and clients alike. The organization’s intent is to encourage open communication in a...

http://refreshphilly.org/ Basic InfoType: Internet & Technology - General Description: Refresh Philly is here! From the Refreshing Cities website: http://refreshingcities.com/ Refresh is a community of designers and developers working to refresh the creative, technical, and professional culture of New Media endeavors in their areas. Promoting design, technology, usability, and standards. The Refresh Manifesto * Let's Gather Great Minds* Let's Share All Of Our Knowledge* Let's All Grow And Learn* Let's Promote Local Talent* Let's Be More Than We Think Can Be* Let's Make Our Cities Better Contact InfoEmail: Website: http://twitter.com/refreshphilly Location: Philadelphia, PA Location: Philadelphia PA Comcast center Headed to the first organizing meeting tonight! Keep an eye on this group. My Photos

Headed over to Mobile Monday tonight to catch an intersting discussion on how this technology is affecting the American family. Mark Http://momo-ma.com/ The event was sponsored by http://www.deviceanywhere.com/ Keynote: James E. Katz, Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Communication at Rutgers University where he also directs the Center for Mobile Communication Studies Moderator: Steve Barsh, First Round Capital Panelists: Matthew Berberian, Customer Experience, Virgin Mobile USA Dr. Scott H Reikofski - Director, Office of Fraternity Sorority Affairs University of Pennsylvania Tole Hart, Research Director, Consumer Services, Gartner Andrew Weinreich, Xtify/Meetmoi Overview: Learn how mobility is changing families, education and work in America. If you are a mobile marketer, application developer or investor – this is your chance to interact with leaders who have the research and real world experience to tell you how mobile phones are changing the way we live, work and play. Now that cel...

http://www.webanalyticsdemystified.com/wednesday/ Google sponsored the November 12th event with a special presentation on the new features within public beta. Here was your chance to meet Raku Coryne (East Coast Manager, Search & Analytics) and Rachel Meyer (Metrics Analyst, Search & Analytics) There was a a panel of speakers, using Google Analytics in this months exercise. Each speaker was given the same scenario and data set to work with to share strategy and analysis. It was a wonderful social and learning experience for all. Eric Matisoff and another member gave a review of the Google store using the new tools. Excellent evening! Mark More Photos

Cancer has been my guru,” says Kris Carr, who set out to document her struggle to heal from what seemed to be an incurable form of the disease. With an entertaining blend of humor and emotion, the film accompanies her through her encounters with both the medical establishment and an astonishing variety of holistic healers. Finally, Carr’s illness goes into remission, and she discovers the irony that rather than challenging her will to live, cancer has furnished her with a life-affirming wisdom. A discussion by experts in various aspects of holistic treatment will follow. Before the screening, enjoy a lunch prepared by natural food chef Christina Pirello whose journey to health followed a similar trajectory. She will share her own story and sign copies of her new cookbook This Crazy Vegan Life: A Prescription for an Endangered Species. Location: Painted BrideDate: Nov. 11-16 Please attend and change your point of view on cancer and food! Mark

http://www.msdndevcon.com/Pages/sessions.aspx The nature of software development is radically changing... Are you ready?Prepare yourself for a demanding future. Attend the MSDN Developer Conference.Experience Microsoft’s Cloud Computing Platform Create applications that seamlessly bridge the gaps between PC, Web, and phone Be among the first to see Windows 7 See the latest advances in Multi-Touch Application Development Take your .NET skills to the next level See sessions on WPF 4.0, Silverlight 2, ASP.NET 4.0, Parallel Programming, Live Mesh and more The Cost? Just $99. And, did we mention that attendees will get some cool giveaways? http://www.msdndevcon.com/Pages/start.aspx

Travis Laborde Session Code Camp 2008.3 from Mark Magliocco on Vimeo . More photos If you never have seen Travis Teach you are missing a real treat. Check out his new class forming in Philadelphia December 13. Tell him I sent you and get a discount. Mark Developer Training Day December 13, 2008This training will be held in Center City Philadelphia from 9am till 1pm. The address is:DMi Partners121 South Broad Street - 2nd FloorPhiladelphia, PA 19107Course Description:After attending this class you will have gained working knowledge of: Better code design using the Single Responsibility Principle , Dependency Injection , Inversion of Control , and the Service Locator Pattern . Unit Testing using NUnit , MBUnit , Zanebug , and TestDriven.NET . Setting up and using your own Source Control system with Subversion . Using "virtual" machines to create stable, mobile work environments. Course Requirements: A laptop, if you wish to follow along with the examples and hands-on act...

It's been a while but I wanted to post this video about the crisis on wall street.

Make sure you visit NorthBrook Canoe Company Great Fun Photos

Had a great time thanks to Tim Dodd of http://www.hostmysite.com/ . Who sponsored me for a day at the New Castle Sailing Club More Photos Mark

More Photos We had a wonderfull time celebrating Ralph's surprise birthday. Great job Bunny and team. Mark Ralph C 70th Birthday Party Video from Mark Magliocco on Vimeo .

Great day hanging out with friends on the bay. Photos Mark

Philly dot net code camp 2008.2 was a huge success! Thanks to all involved. Mark Welcome Bill lunch time talk The Danni D Show Featured speakers and quick tour Prizes and conclusion.

Attended the first day of the Microsoft Health & Life Sciences Developer and Solutions Conference 2008. Interesting topics and they had a surface computer. Very cool Photos

PLease Join us in helping a family in need. We will be piggybacking on a run in Gloucester Twp. Please make $50 check payable to Lisa Costa by April 1st. Proceeds will go to college funds for his children as well as the SPAN USA foundation. Please send check to: Metlife c/o Amie Haigh10000 Lincoln Drive WestSuite 7Marlton, NJ 08053 www.lin-mark.com

What can I say nothing but happiness when healthy babies enter the world. If you look close you can see where the world trade centers were in this Picture.

Went to the Heroes Happen Here launch event for VS 2008 products. Great Job by Dani Diaz Lindsey Rutter Rachel Appel Congratulations to Rachel on getting Microsoft MVP Status. Way to go! More Photos

Went for a bike ride in Smedley Park very cool place. Check it out. More Photos

Awesome night using virtual PC. The Rob and Bill show was excellent. Overview of virtualization concepts using Microsoft productsHands-On Lab Kickoff Video Mark

Got to see William Henry and Ani Williams on 3/21/08. Wild stuff. Check out their works Thanks to Sarah Louise of Soulworks for gathereing this event at this time and place. Mark

Me ( right ) and Lou Ferretti We to a wonderful dinner with my Central High school brothers. Had a great time we eat and drank fabulous food at Luna Rosa > My Iphone camera ran out of film. :) see this link for what I am talking about. But I was saved my my central brother Ray Barczak . See his photos here . Jack Dempsey and Ray Barczak

Been crazy busy with life. Here are a few snap shots. Peace Mark Alt .net meeting Dave Larabee on agile Development Me as a kid with two colored laces 2008 Girls BYC Champs On a roller coster in Houston.

Got to hear a presentation at the Breakfast Club Of America On January 25. http://philly.littlesmiles.org/ Welcome to Little Smiles Whether it’s a need for toys, games, videos, computers, outings, special events, limousine transportation, concert and sporting event tickets, specialty dinners and celebrity meet and greets for children, Little Smiles and their community partners strive to fill that need.Little Smiles is a 501c3 charitable organization that strives to provide the things kids love the most while in local hospitals, hospices and shelters. Qualification of a Little Smiles candidate is simply any child residing in a local hospital, hospice or shelter who depends upon the above items and services to make their time in treatment more tolerable and enjoyable. Please check out the website and give if you can More Photos Mark

Got to see Marco Marsan speak at the second meeting of invitation only InnovationLeadershipcouncil at Moore college of Art. Jan 23 2008 Marco Facillitated an excellent brain training session called Think Naked . His books are great check them out. Mark

Speaking at codecamp 2008 -01 -12 By 2011, one-half of all online adults and 84 percent of online teens in the U.S. will use social networking each month," We will review the basics of two Social Networking sites. Open social (Orkut) and Facebook API's are the way programmers can create custom applications that a socially aware. Microsoft has sponsored a toolkit to add to visual studio that allows easy access to the Facebook api REST programming model. We will review basic development process and create a simple app to show how to access friend data and install an app in the Facebook directory. As an added bonus Andy Schwam will give us a sneak peak at a new start up that promises to kick the doors in on this space. Mark Check out Andy's post on the event http://www.blog.ingenuitynow.net/Code+Camp+20081+Follow+Up.aspx