I am having bloggers guilt.  The last few weeks have been seen a low posting volume.  I have not taken any vows of silence; my schedule has got the best of me.  I’m off to the MVP summit, my first, and I’m extremely excited to get a chance to travel to Seattle and meet fellow MVPs, MVP program leads, and MS product teams.  Kevin “I need an Architect Now” Grossnicklaus and I will be rooming together.  We’ll also see several familiar faces from last years Day of .NET.

Expect it to be quiet around here for a few weeks.

To give you something worth your time, how about some upcoming events to keep your eyes on:

  • February 22 5:30 PM – STL .NET Users Group: “The Easy Life: Inversion of Control with StructureMap” My friend and colleague Brad Tutterow is going to present on StructureMap, a great follow-on session to my presentation on SOLID where he will cover Dependency Inversion and what the heck StructureMap does.
  • February 26-28 – STL Innovation Camp“Local technology user groups, area businesses, and the entrepreneur support community will join forces to present a one of kind camp designed to spur innovation in the Information Technology community, support economic recovery, and spark an entrepreneurial renaissance in the Saint Louis Area.”
  • March 10 – Building Rich Internet Applications with Silverlight and WCF RIA Services – “This event will be a half day of technical drilldown into using Visual Studio, Expression Blend, and Silverlight to build compelling applications. The focus will be on building applications that are useful in a business context, and not on “dancing bears” and “world’s funniest videos””
  • April 20 – Gateway to Innovation “An interactive forum highlighting innovation in St. Louis that drives business and community prosperity.  The 2010 conference will explore how IT drives growth in the life sciences, manufacturing, finance, global commerce and industries yet to be discovered. Interactive break-out sessions with regional executives and industry leaders will address the convergence of IT with other business imperatives. An evening gala and awards program will recognize the efforts of local leaders and help foster the region’s most significant economic cluster.”