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Eclipse Demo Camp 2009 - Greetings VanDev members, The Vancouver Eclipse DemoCamp sponsored by the Eclipse foundation (http://eclipse.org) is on once again! This November 25th come out and showcase your Eclipse based products/tools/research to a crowd of local enthusiasts i Andrew Eisenberg Oct 30, 2009 4:31 PM
Thanks and Final Request - I would like to thank those who have participated in my survey . You have been the most responsive group of the ones that are participating in my survey. Your responses will truly help in this project. I would also invite any who ha James Stephenson Oct 23, 2009 2:49 PM
Introduction and Survey Participation Request - Hello everyone, My name is Jim Stephenson. I am a doctoral student at Capella University and am currently working on my dissertation. I am researching ethics in software development and would like to invite each of you to participate in a James Stephenson Oct 16, 2009 2:17 PM
Meetup details changed: Don’t forget your Resume for our October Social meeting. - I've updated this Meetup. For more details, see the full listing: http://www.meetup.com/VanDev/calendar/11380420/ When: October 6, 2009 7:00 PM Where: Waves Coffee Ho Yosri Sep 28, 2009 12:56 PM
New Meetup: Social meeting for October - Announcing a new Meetup for VanDev: Vancouver's Software Developers Network! What: Social meeting for October When: October 6, 2009 7:00 PM Where: Waves Coffee House West Broadway & Spruce St 1095 W Broadway Yosri Sep 15, 2009 1:08 PM
New Meetup: Social meeting for September - Announcing a new Meetup for VanDev: Vancouver's Software Developers Network! What: Social meeting for September When: September 8, 2009 7:00 PM Where: Waves Coffee House West Broadway & Spruce St 1095 W Broa Yosri Aug 18, 2009 10:50 PM
New Meetup: July Social Meeting for Vandev - Announcing a new Meetup for VanDev: Vancouver's Software Developers Network! What: July Social Meeting for Vandev When: July 22, 2009 7:00 PM Where: Waves Coffee House West Broadway & Spruce St 1095 W Broadw Yosri Jul 16, 2009 11:05 AM
[VanDev] Open Web Conference Discount and other news - We have a busy week with DevTeach/SQLTeach starting today and Open Web Vancouver starting on Thursday. Speaking of Open Web, Kim has secured a discount for us. Just register online through Eventbrite and use the promo code 'VANDEV'. Guy Lancaster Jun 8, 2009 7:36 AM
New Meetup: Social meeting for May - Announcing a new Meetup for VanDev: Vancouver's Software Developers Network! What: Social meeting for May When: May 19, 2009 7:00 PM Where: Click the link below to find out! Meetup Description: Our May Coffee H Yosri May 5, 2009 3:10 PM
[VanDev] Agile meeting April 2nd overbooked - theme continues April 14th - VanDev members, We've got over 30 people on the waiting list for our April 2nd presentation on "Agile - The Good, the Bad, and the Overhyped" and the RSVPs are still coming in. It's great to see such a strong response. We' Guy Lancaster Mar 30, 2009 1:24 PM
Meetup details changed: April Social Meeting "Agile - To Be Or Not To Be" - I've updated this Meetup. For more details, see the full listing: http://www.meetup.com/VanDev/calendar/10070049/ When: April 14, 2009 7:00 PM Where: Waves Coffee Hou Yosri Mar 30, 2009 12:16 PM
[VanDev] Introducing Assistant Organizer Yosri and his Coffee House Networking event on Mar 17th - Several people have suggested that we hold some pure networking events in addition to our presentations and now Yosri has stepped forward to do exactly that. Check out his first event at www.meetup Guy Lancaster Mar 7, 2009 10:15 AM
FBP presentation uploaded - Preview not available Kim Kulak Nov 28, 2008 3:55 PM
VanCPP November 2008 Meeting - Preview not available Vladan Vidakovic Nov 18, 2008 4:14 PM
Re: [softwaredev-17] Want any services to help a company to sell software - To summarize, Frank is looking for B2B services to help him sell software. If you have a specific recommendation, please email it to Frank directly and CC me so that we can post a summary of the responses rather than flooding this email list Guy Lancaster Nov 18, 2008 3:06 PM
Want any services to help a company to sell software - Preview not available Frank Nov 18, 2008 2:48 PM
Re: [softwaredev-17] Becoming a contractor/self employed - Thanks everyone for your great submissions. Before we get an avalanche of emails describing the many different resources available I've opened a new Web page and I'd like to ask 2 things. First, if you have specific information to contribute about Guy Lancaster Nov 13, 2008 12:29 PM
Re: [softwaredev-17] Becoming a contractor/self employed - Preview not available Chuck LeDuc Nov 13, 2008 9:28 AM
RE: [softwaredev-17] Becoming a contractor/self employed - Sherwin Catindig Nov 13, 2008 8:43 AM
RE: [softwaredev-17] Becoming a contractor/self employed - .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana } Gord, You definitely need to read 'The E-Myth: Revisited'. It Michael Polga Nov 12, 2008 6:00 PM
Re: [softwaredev-17] Becoming a contractor/self employed - Hi Gord, I'll (shamelessly :) ) recommend http://www.mhrj.com/aboutus.htm -- they are doing accounting for my firm for a number of years. Ask them what you need to know. Cheers, Dragan -- Dragan Marinkovic CEO Marisol Systems Inc. email: Dragan Marinkovic Nov 12, 2008 5:51 PM
Re: [softwaredev-17] Becoming a contractor/self employed - On Nov 12, 2008, at 4:09 PM, Lisa Doyle wrote: > I'm happy to chat with you more, or hey, if there are more > interested, I can download what the Federal government kindly paid > for to a group. They have recently cut the funding for the program MeisterT Nov 12, 2008 5:13 PM
Re: [softwaredev-17] Becoming a contractor/self employed - Congratulations on the move from an employee to contractor! I would agree with outsourcing stuff like accounting & taxes. FreshBooks and an annual trip to H+R Block has done me well. ( Alex Miller Nov 12, 2008 4:55 PM
Re: [softwaredev-17] Becoming a contractor/self employed - This is great information Lisa. I am definitely interested in hearing some more about what you learned. I've been doing contracting for 4 years now. I moved from a sole proprietorship to a corporation (tax reasons mainly) but there's one th Scott Brown Nov 12, 2008 4:55 PM
Re: [softwaredev-17] Becoming a contractor/self employed - Regarding business license, you do not need one of those unless you have an office, and only for particular businesses. For consulting, its not necessary. I have just been through the Service Canada entrepreneur boot camp (six months of hell Lisa Doyle Nov 12, 2008 3:56 PM
Re: [softwaredev-17] Becoming a contractor/self employed - Look up one stop business registry. They also have an office at waterfront station with many rescources to help you get started. On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Gord Harris < Perry Grewal Nov 12, 2008 3:50 PM
Re: [softwaredev-17] Becoming a contractor/self employed - Hi Gord, I would take a look at Freshbooks for your bookkeeping. This is an online service and I've found it exceptionally easy to use. With an iPhone this tool becomes even more valuable as I can bill time to a project on site, or user 4524627 Nov 12, 2008 3:49 PM
Re: [softwaredev-17] Becoming a contractor/self employed - Yes Bill is absolutely correct. I personally had that experience. Once 1 month and the other for 4 months. On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Bill Horsman < bill@logi user 3352249 Nov 12, 2008 3:39 PM
Re: [softwaredev-17] Becoming a contractor/self employed - Hi Gord, For marketing and promotion it comes down to networking - talking to people and telling them what you're looking for. Word of mouth is weird though - telling people you are looking for work is something that needs to be continually wor Bill Horsman Nov 12, 2008 3:06 PM
Re: [softwaredev-17] Becoming a contractor/self employed - Hi, A few random thoughts: * Outsource stuff that's time-consuming, such as accounting and bookkeeping. * We don't usually do contracts, unless the client offers to write one up. We do short, simple letters of agreement articulating the scope of Darren Barefoot Nov 12, 2008 2:53 PM
Re: [softwaredev-17] Becoming a contractor/self employed - Congratulation! I suggest you hire a very experienced accountant. They save you a lot of money. I have been doing this for last 5 years and managing your books, invoices, tax calculations are more complex that you think they are. cheers, user 3352249 Nov 12, 2008 2:52 PM
Re: [softwaredev-17] Becoming a contractor/self employed - Preview not available Vladimir Pavlovic Nov 12, 2008 2:21 PM
Re: [softwaredev-17] Becoming a contractor/self employed - Hi Gord, You just just took the first step to being a successful entrepreneur. Good job! :D Aaron Hilton Nov 12, 2008 1:57 PM
RE: [softwaredev-17] Becoming a contractor/self employed - Matt Wagner Nov 12, 2008 1:54 PM
Becoming a contractor/self employed - Hi all, During my 10 year career as a softare developer I have always been enaged in the role Gord Harris Nov 12, 2008 12:46 PM
[Spam] To the guy who lived in Hokkaido who was at the Agile talk yesterday - Hi, To the guy who spent some years in the Japanese city Sapporo, did VB.net work there, and is now looking for work here: My friend from Niseko would like to get in touch with you. Also, I think I might have left my jacket in your car when you g David Gelbart Oct 28, 2008 3:32 PM
[VanDev] Welcome to Andrew, our 1000th member - In case you're not on our mailing list and didn't hear already... We had our first meeting 4 years ago this month (see http://softwaredev.meetup.com/17/calendar/3363190 ) and today Guy Lancaster Oct 7, 2008 12:16 PM
[VanDev] Free book for member #1000 - Members, We had our first meeting 4 years ago this month (see http://softwaredev.meetup.com/17/calendar/3363190) and now we're on the cusp of having 1000 members. In honor of this occasion we're going to award a free book to the new member that g Guy Lancaster Oct 7, 2008 11:36 AM
Hosting a Scalability WorkShop on October 21st - I am hosting a Scalability WorkShop on October 21st for those that are interested. See EventBrite posting ( http://scalability.eventbrite.com/ ) for more information. If you Jayson Minard Oct 1, 2008 7:43 PM
VanCpp October meeting - Vladan Vidakovic Oct 1, 2008 4:40 PM
[VanDev] Call For Volunteers - Summer Evening Fair - Fri July 25 - Summer is finally here and we've reserved a large picnic area and playing field to celebrate with an evening of food, fun, and relaxation on Friday July 25th. Bring your family and friends, your tech toys and games, and some food and drink to share. It's Guy Lancaster Jun 22, 2008 10:52 PM
[VanDev] Topic change for April 16 and other news - Notice: Due to a serious family issue, Behdad is not available to give his Website Search Function presentation this month so Gerald is stepping in as a substitute. If this affects your plans to attend then please update your RSVP. Thank-you. -- Guy Guy Lancaster Apr 8, 2008 4:18 PM
[VanDev] We can register separately for the software architecture conference, tutorials, and workshops - WICSA 2008, the Working IEEE/IFIP Conference on Software Architecture, starts in just over a week and they're keen to get more local developers involved. I've been talking to the organizers and I've discovered that we can register separately Guy Lancaster Feb 6, 2008 4:34 PM
RE: [softwaredev-17] Continuous automation using Cruise Control and Team Foundation Server - Terry J Coatta Dec 11, 2007 8:59 PM
RE: [softwaredev-17] Continuous automation using Cruise Control and Team Foundation Server - user 4500525 Dec 10, 2007 4:45 PM
Continuous automation using Cruise Control and Team Foundation Server - Happy Monday everyone! If you know anything about build automation (or would like to know), please continue reading. My "Clark Kent" day job is Buildmaster for a local ski resort company. We have been using Subversion, Nant, and bat Mayur Jobanputra Dec 10, 2007 3:32 PM
Hack Day at Nitobi HQ: Free Beer, Pizza and RIA - Hi all, I wanted to post a quick message about an upcoming event that we figure might appeal to this group. Nitobi is hosting a Hack Day free-for-all on Saturday, October 20 at their new Gastown office. Here's the spiel: "Nitobi will supply the h Darren Barefoot Oct 3, 2007 6:25 AM
Vancouver Tech & Media Event Calendar & Group Directory Now Live - Hello, > If you know of a local software development related event that is not listed then please let me know. The Vancouver Tech & Media Events service (http://vanbeta.com) opened up an event listing and calendar using the Yahoo! Upcoming Gerald Bauer Sep 26, 2007 11:34 AM
[VanDev] October 25th event and lots of other news - In this message: - Presentation October 25 - Multi Core - not just for hard core developers! - Other Events: ----------- Agile and Microsoft developer conferences. - Calendar Policy --------- We're posting events for other groups. Guy Lancaster Sep 24, 2007 8:57 AM
Last days to register for the 2 day Agile Vancouver Conference - Philippe Kruchten Sep 19, 2007 9:44 PM
Re: [softwaredev-17] Job Postings HowTo? - Hi Maik, The discussion was largely on our Yahoo group's list ( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VanDev/ ) and what I concluded is that I should add a list of different sites that accept job postin Guy Lancaster Aug 30, 2007 12:17 PM
Job Postings HowTo? - Hello everyone, I know there was a discussion about this here a while back, but I forget the verdict: Is it ok to post job postings on this list or is there a different, preferred spot for this purpose? Thanks, Maik Maik Aug 29, 2007 2:24 PM
[VanDev] Aug 9th event is full - please keep RSVPs up-to-date - Our August 9th event is now overbooked with 60 yes or maybe RSVPs for a room capacity of 50. There are others who would like to RSVP so if you've RSVP'd as yes or maybe then please keep your RSVP up-to-date at Guy Lancaster Jul 24, 2007 12:48 PM
RE: [softwaredev-17] [VanDev] June 14th event and other news - user 3857145 May 31, 2007 11:03 AM
RE: [softwaredev-17] [VanDev] June 14th event and other news - Terry J Coatta May 30, 2007 6:58 PM
[VanDev] June 14th event and other news - In this message: - Presentation June 14: Building Data-driven Applications with PHP and MySQL using Dataface - Summer Break: No VanDev event in July - Call for Speakers: We're lining up speakers for August thru December - Mailin Guy Lancaster May 29, 2007 8:43 AM
[Fwd: UG News: O'Reilly School of Technology Launches; Discount for Group Members] - Hi, We're excited to release the following news. Please share with your members if you think they will be interested: The O'Reilly School of Technology has officially opened its virtual doors with educational offerings for students looking to fu Kim Kulak Apr 9, 2007 3:55 PM
This is Annie - user 3932595 Apr 5, 2007 10:28 PM