This is a great story and just another reason why the Florida .Net community loves Russ “The Toolman” Fustino, Joe “MSN Butterfly” Healy and DotNetRocks (Carl Franklin & Richard Campbell).
Joe Healy sent an email on Friday (7/22/2005) to Dennis Bottjer and myself asking us to “wup on him (Carl and Richard)” for not scheduling a visit to Florida during the DNR road trip. Joe must have also sent emails to a few other influentials including Russ Fustino and Jay Roxe.
Dennis’s flame email to DNR was better than mine (my email sucked…I was using my work email so I had to be a little professional). Carl read Dennis’s email during the show (7/24/2005 – episode #124). Not only did Carl and Richard read the email; they plugged www.jaxdug.com and the upcoming Jacksonville Code Camp during the show.
Chris Kinsman, the DNR guest during the show, plugged the site too! Chris Kinsman is a cool guy and wicked smart. He visited www.jaxdug.com via the INETA Speaker’s Bureau on April 2nd 2003. Chris’s presentation “Creating Smart Clients with .Net” was like a fire hose of .Net knowledge that left the group stunned. Chris’s presentation is still one of the best meetings we have had.
I received an email on 7/26/2005 from Carl suggesting a stop in Jacksonville on October 22nd.
It’s awesome to see first hand how the Microsoft developer community comes together.