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November 2011 - TVUG News and Events

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  • December Meeting, Tuesday December 13th - Brian Peek demonstrates the Kinect for Windows SDK

    Where: Tyler Technologies, Latham, NY
    When: Tuesday, December 13th, 2011, 6:30-8:30PM
    Who: Brian Peek


    Join us as Brian Peek demonstrates the basics of using the Kinect for Windows SDK including:  how Kinect works, installing and setting up the Kinect sensor, setting up the development environment, reading camera, depth and skeleton data, understanding what depth data is and how it works, skeletal tracking and working with the Kinect microphone array to record audio and use speech recognition.

    Before our presentation, we will be holding our officer elections and soliciting feedback on last month's Q&A session.

    Presenter Bio

    Brian Peek is an internationally respected cricket player, gourmet chef, and the house DJ for the State Department.  His crocheted masks of Steve Buscemi sold out on Etsy in a mere 2 hours.  When he is not on tour, he works on stuff for a boutique software company located on the left coast.  His recipe for Blue Waffle was highest downloaded recipe on the FoodTV website during all of 2010. He once made Criss Angel cry.  This is what happens when he lets someone else post his bio.

     

  • November Meeting - Tuesday 11/8/2011 - Open Q&A

    Where: Tyler Technologies, Latham, NY
    When: Tuesday, November 8th, 2011, 6:30-8:30PM
    Who: Peter Lanoie


    The November meeting will have a change in format.  Peter Lanoie will be leading an open Q&A session.  Have a question about something .NET related?  Stuck on a problem with a project?  Bring it in and see if the group can answer or come up with a solution.  Any .NET related topic is fair game.  Participation is encouraged and will be rewarded. Bring your laptops, we will have Wi-Fi connections available.

    Presenter Bio

    Peter Lanoie has been a web and .NET developer for the last 11 years and has been working at Cengage Learning for the last 5 years. He is particularly interesting in build systems and process automation. Outside of work he does woodworking and home improvement. He even installed plumbing for an in-house compressed air system.  He lives in Clifton Park with his wife and two young children.

    His blog can be found at http://www.compiledthoughts.com/ and he can be reached through his twitter account @peterlanoie.


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