One of my initiatives as Director of Technology for INETA is to further develop INETA Live. To that end, Rachel Appel and I will be hosting five exciting live webcasts this month on Live Meeting, all from INETA speakers. Details below, and remember to stay tuned for more exciting content from INETA Live. If you are interested in doing a live webcast on INETA Live, please contact me.

* All times are Eastern US/Canada

Pete Brown – A Lap Around Silverlight 3
When: April 21st, 2009 at 12:00pm ET
Host: Rachel Appel
Link: https://www323.livemeeting.com/cc/usergroups/join?id=ZBZ3KJ&role=attend

Abstract: Join us for a lap around the new features in Silverlight 3 ranging from business application development to rich media, validation, navigation and out of browser support. If you’re new to Silverlight 3, or new to Silverlight itself, you’ll want to join us for this end-to-end look at Microsoft’s premier RIA platform. We’ll cover the basics from Silverlight 2, but focus primarily on the new announcements from mix09 and new features in Silverlight 3.

Bio: Pete Brown is a Microsoft MVP for Client Application Development (Silverlight and WPF), an INETA speaker, and an Architect/Project Manager for Applied Information Sciences in the Washington, DC area. From his first sprite graphics and custom character sets on the Commodore 64 to 3d modeling and design through to Silverlight, Surface, XNA, and WPF, Pete has always had a deep interest in programming, design, and user experience. His involvement in Silverlight goes back to the Silverlight 1.1 alpha application that he co-wrote and put into production in July 2007. Pete has been programming for fun since 1984, and professionally since 1992. In his spare time, Pete enjoys programming, blogging, designing and building his own woodworking projects and raising his two children with his wife in the suburbs of Maryland. Pete’s blog is at http://www.irritatedVowel.com/Blog , and you can follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/pete_brown.

Steve Andrews – Visual Studio 2008 Tips and Treats
When: April 22nd, 2009 at 12:00pm ET
Host: Rachel Appel
Link: https://www323.livemeeting.com/cc/usergroups/join?id=TNTB2N&role=attend

Abstract: Based on real life experience of 8+ hours a day developing with Visual Studio, learn some sweet tips and tricks to tame the IDE. With something new for everyone, these techniques will give you valuable information to start using right away, increase your productivity, and make you wonder how you survived all this time without them.

Bio: Steve Andrews is a Team System MVP and INETA Board Member and Speaker, and has been working as a developer for more than 9 years. During this time, he has designed and developed applications in such widely varying areas as trust accounting, medical information management, supply chain management, and retail systems. Steve is also a MCTS, ICSOO, and community fanatic.

Claudio Lassala – Design Patterns in .NET
When: April 27th, 2009 at 12:00pm ET
Host: Steve Andrews
Link: https://www323.livemeeting.com/cc/usergroups/join?id=P648S9&role=attend

Abstract: Design Patterns are used every day by most developers in one way or another. A basic understanding of patterns and how to implement them is very useful for all .NET developers, and this session tries to clarify design patterns in a way that everybody can understand and start thinking about patterns in a more natural way.

Bio: Claudio Lassala is a Senior Developer at EPS Software Corp. He has presented several lectures at Microsoft events such as PDC Brazil and various other Microsoft seminars, as well as several conferences and user groups across North America and Brazil. He is a multiple winner of the Microsoft MVP Award since 2001 (for Visual FoxPro in 2001-2002, and for C# ever since), an INETA speaker, and also holds the MCSD for .NET certification. He has articles published on several magazines, such as MSDN Brazil Magazine, CoDe Magazine, UTMag, Developers Magazine, and FoxPro Advisor.Claudio blogs at http://claudiolassala.spaces.live.com, and can be followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ClaudioLassala. More detailed information regarding his presentations and articles can be found in his MVP Profile.