Lately I have been extremely busy helping with the We Are Microsoft – Charity Challenge Weekend. Well that weekend is almost here I am am extremely excited! The list of charities that were put together were absolutely amazing, the people organizing the event are extremely talented, and the event promises to be extremely high energy! The Bartlesville ......

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For those of you that may know, and those of you that don’t, I was scheduled to go to PDC 2008. The the inevitable happened. We ended up having issues with a third party vendor the week before I was scheduled to go. We also ended up having other issues and scheduling conflict that all came together to mean one thing, I MISSED PDC! I was so excited, ......

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I was perusing Zain Naboulsi’s blog today catching up on my blog reading and I noticed a post he had that I knew I needed to pass on. If you have ever had the pleasure to attend one of Zain’s presentations or hear him speak on one of his webcasts probably one of the first things you notice about Zain is that he is a very prolific speaker. One of my ......

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While watching my tweets go through on Twitter, I noticed a call to arms by Caleb Jenkins. He was looking for a discussion around a new contest he is starting for February. If winning your own Visual Studio Team Suite MSDN Subscription, while also getting yourself away from the computer and becoming fit. Then you need to check out Caleb Jenkins' latest ......

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For most of my career I have wanted to make a difference to society. Something that would changes someone's life, or leave a lasting impression. Part of this is because for part of my life I wrote Interactive Voice Response systems. You know the ones that no one likes, where the company you are trying to get support from specifically disallows “zeroing ......

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Here is a job opportunity I was recently notified of for someone interested in working in Tulsa, OK. Senior Level SQL Developer 6 month contract Microsoft SQL Server Developer and Data Analysis Darbi Newman Professional Recruiter JOCO Philtower Building 427 S. Boston, #12C Tulsa, OK 74103 dnewman@jocotulsa.com www.jocotulsa.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/... ......

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Senior Project Manager 3-6 month extendable contract Excellent communication skills Good facilitator Works independently Semi technical Knows Microsoft Project and other MS Office products MUST HAVE 2-3 years current experience as a Project Manager Energy experience is a PLUS!!! Darbi Newman Professional Recruiter JOCO Philtower Building 427 S. Boston, ......

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Ok I had to do it. This is a lot of fun and can be used to pass some time. Check out ElfYourself.com, and Elf Yourself :) Send your own ElfYourself eCards ......

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We had out November Bartlesville .NET User Group Meeting on 11/14/2008. It was an amazing meeting! We had 55 people in attendance. There were 48 developers and 7 recruiters. This was an amazing turnout. I was actually a bit nervous going into the meeting as only 25 people had RSVP'd. However, I knew with the reminders and the marketing I put out the ......

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Being a user group leader (Bartlesville .NET User Group) I get a lot of messages for recruiters looking for jobs. Given the current market situation I like to pass these on. This one looks pretty interesting. If you are interested give Darbi a call and let him know I sent you: Know anyone (maybe you) who might be interested in the following position? ......

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