Last Tuesday I made a presentation for the Inland Empire .NET User’s Group in Riverside California.? This presentation was essentially an introduction to WPF which included building a simplified version of my Senegal XBAP application.? I also gave a brief demo of my Drink Mate Wedding Proof application.?
? The meeting was attended by about 20 people.? Our room was almost full so I guess that attendance must have been better than average.? Also, this group had a lot of questions — something which I enjoy a lot.? The group meets in the facilities of the Riverside Medical Clinic (shown in the photo above).?
To avoid the possibility of arriving late, my flight from the Bay Area arrived? before 1:30 in the afternoon.? After getting my? luggage and my rental car, I arrived in Riverside at around 3:00 (in plenty of time for my 6:30 meeting).? ? ? ? To use this extra time efficiently I went to the public library and practiced my presentation.?
? I would like to give special thanks to James Johnson for arranging this meeting and hosting it.? Everything ran very smoothly and I’m sure that he was principally responsible for that.?
? The next morning my wake up call was at 3:30 AM.? This allowed me to drive to the rental car company lot at LAX by 4:45 and to make my flight to Seattle by 6:15 AM.? Ouch, that two hours of sleep isn’t really enough.? ? Much as I dislike wasting my time sleeping, I undoubtedly need a lot more than two hours.
