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Bret Simmons Presentation

Posted by NNSDG on Apr 26, 2012 in Blogs | 0 comments

Thanks to Bret Simmons for his presentation on personal branding.  You can view his website and use of social media as a great example of a personal brand.  Also, thanks to the rest of the roundtable members: Ryan Polk and Jesse Anderson.

New Meeting Location

Posted by NNSDG on Apr 6, 2012 in Blogs | 0 comments

There are some changes for this meeting and all future meetings.

Bangkok Cuisine South has been a great host to our meetings, but we have a late scheduling conflict this month that we just found out about.  We decided to look at another venue for this month’s and all future meetings.  We will be hosting the meetings at The Firkin and Wolf at Summit Sierra by The Apple Store and Century Theatre.  Here is the map in case you don’t know where The Apple Store or the Century Theatre is.

This venue change brings about some other good changes.  We will have a room that is more conducive to training and presentations.  We will no longer need to have an RSVP count.  Once you get there, please put in your own order from anything the 4 we choose items off the menu.  It will be up to each member to pay for their own food now.  As before, there is no charge to attend the meeting.  If you want to stick around after the meeting and socialize, there are darts and a pool table.

Some members don’t know and we would appreciate everyone letting other members know about the change.

Jason Jarrett Presentation

Posted by NNSDG on Feb 23, 2012 in Blogs | 0 comments

Thanks to Jason Jarrett for his presentation on S.O.L.I.D principles.  You can view the syndication of his posts on his site or right here on the NNSDG site.

Don Morrison Presentation

Posted by NNSDG on Jan 27, 2012 in Blogs | 0 comments

Thanks to Don Morrison for his presentation on Ruby and espousing one man’s love for a language.

NNSDG Holiday Party 2011

Posted by NNSDG on Dec 5, 2011 in Blogs | 0 comments

The NNSDG Holiday Party for 2011 was a resounding success with a fun time had by all.  There was Nerdy Jeopardy where Table 3 pulled out the come from behind victory worthy of a Hollywood movie.  Table 1 had a certain cheater which disqualified his entire table.  Table 2 made an epic blunder with their Final Nerdy Jeopardy wager.

Would like to thank our generous sponsors:

• TekSystems who sponsored the food and kicked in some cool swag.  Not only do they sponsor the Holiday Party, but they sponsor us all year and for that we thank them.
• Syncfusion who sponsored with their award-winning Essential Studio Enterprise Edition and ASP.NET MVC user interface components.  This is a perpetual license with 45 days of support and updates included. Please contact Jonathan Godwin at 919.650.2908 or by email at jonathangodwin@syncfusion.com if you have any questions!
• Rylem who sponsored the party with a $100 Amazon Gift Certificate.  See their Networking Flier for more information on how to get hired for the Amazon.com Prime team
• Ryan Polk who sponsored the party with a nice Zinfandel

We would like to congratulate our winners:

• Jason Jarrett won the TekSystems USB and pen thing.
• Jesse Anderson won the $100 Amazon Gift Certificate and Zinfandel.
• Natalie Malekos won the Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise Edition license.

NNSDG Sad to Announce the Passing of Loren Loiseau

Posted by NNSDG on Nov 12, 2011 in Blogs | 0 comments

Loren Loiseau (1964 – 2011)

Julia Jaundalderis is sad to report the death of her husband Loren Loiseau, who passed away suddenly on November 5, 2011.
Loren was 45 years old and was a loving husband and father. He spent his career as a Software Professional in the Telecommunications, Software and Gaming Industries. A man of great brilliance and integrity, he was well respected in his field.
Loren was a member of the PMI Northern Nevada Chapter and volunteered in many aspects; assisting with policy and procedures library as well as being a knowlegable speaker at several of our dinner meetings.  He will be deeply missed by family, friends,and colleagues.

Loren’s Memorial service will be held Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 3:00pm at Sierra Bible Church,3195 Everett Drive, Reno NV 89503. (If sending flowers for the service, they need to arrive by 3:00pm Friday, November 18.)

Cards to the widow and daughter, Arija Loiseau, may be sent to 660 House Blend Ln, Henderson NV 89052.