A Royal Day

Amsterdam’s abuzz today with the Investiture of His Royal Highness King Willem Alexander of The Netherlands and wife Queen Maxima.

A joint session of Dutch Parliament and grand parties around the world, Miami included, celebrate the new King’s ascension to the throne.

TEDxDelrayBeach.comThe Human Experience, is this Friday. If you applied to participate, the last of the acceptance of letters will be issued shortly. Watch live streaming of 16 speakers, 8:30am to 6pm. And the streaming better work, because I’m responsible for supporting it.

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SQL Saturday #226 – June 22

SQLSaturday is a training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server. This event will be held Jun 22 2013 at NSU’s Carl DeSantis Building. Admittance to this event is free, all costs are covered by donations and sponsorships. Please register soon as seating is limited, and let friends and colleagues know about the event.

Spark Growth and Expand

This week I’m pleased to announce that due to popular demand our friend Adam Culp – with help from Adrian Cardenas – will be extending his SoFloPHP User Group meetings to Miami. The first is scheduled for Wednesday, May 15.

Also new on the calendar this month is the Life Sciences and Technology HUB meeting scheduled for April 30. The HUB’s monthly socials are designed to enable professionals within the Life Sciences and Technology communities to gather in an informal atmosphere.

Our friends ‘Spark Growth’ over on Florida’s West Coast have a full weekend of activities planned at the Bradenton Riverwalk from May 2 to May 5

One Community One Goal

Coming up May 8, The Beacon Council – One Community One Goal project will hold a free update event at Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus. Increasing the number of Internships is one important goal of this long-term project that I have personally embraced. Tickets are provided at no charge, but you must register.

Publishing a Windows Store App

Session on the Anatomy of publishing a Windows store app followed by a hackathon.

Join Homnick Systems and the Gold Coast Users Group at Dadeland Microsoft Store on May 23 at 4pm for a Windows 8 presentation and Hackathon

Joe will start the Hackathon with an overview of the three Windows Store Apps he has worked on and published the last couple of months. He will then be available to help you if you want to work on your own Windows Apps until they kick us out. Whether you will be working on an App or not, come on by for a typically interactive and fun presentation by Joe on Windows 8 Apps.

 

 

Girls Who Code

Miami based John S. and James L. Knight Foundation will be funding the expansion of Girls who Code to Miami later this year. Launched in Spring 2012, Girls Who Code is a national nonprofit organization working to close the gender gap in the technology and engineering sectors. Girls Who Code works to educate, inspire, and equip high school girls with the skills and resources to pursue opportunities in computing fields. 

ITWomen is running its Role Model Speakers program in Miami-Dade and Broward throughout the year. If you are interested in joining this worthy cause, please contact Arlene Willis

Women in IT are doing well in South Florida and SherlockTech has some smoking hot jobs available right now. Visit our complete jobs listings and then contact our Miami office to learn more. 
This past weekend SherlockTech sponsored the Costa Rica CodeCamp and SQL Saturday event. Click here for a photo snapshot