Sorry, folks.  I am just unable to get anything together for this month.  I promise, I swear, I guarantee, we'll have a meetup in September.  I am thinking we'll do it after the joint event of Microsoft and Nokia.  That way we'll have some exciting (I hope) news to discuss.

See you in September.  Really.


Rob

Hey folks,

I am sorry to say there will be no meetup for the month of July.  I'm in the middle of a move and I'll be traveling later this month.  My weekends are just booked from now until August.  Sorry!

We'll pick it back up in August.

See you then,

Rob

The support from across the Twitterverse and all of the WP7-centric fan sites out there has been amazing.  This upcoming workshop has gathered more support and more confirmed attendees than I ever imagined.  Thank you.  The following sites are to be recognized and commended for their strong support of the St. Louis WP7 Meetup and its events:

All About Windows Phone: http://allaboutwindowsphone.com/flow/item/14988_St_Louis_USA_Windows_Phone_Mee.php

Windows Phone Daily: http://www.windowsphonedaily.com/2012/06/more-fan-meetups-for-windows-phone-in.html

WMPoweruser: http://wmpoweruser.com/devs-come-join-the-st-louis-wp7-development-workshop-with-nokia-on-june-22/

1800 Pocket PC: http://www.1800pocketpc.com/mark-your-calendars-on-june-22-for-the-st-louis-windows-phone-meetup/32698/

WP Central: http://www.wpcentral.com/st-louis-windows-phone-development-workshop-nokia-reminder

Project-Metro: http://project-metro.com/metropolitan/index.php?action=calendar

I was also featured in last night's second Project-Metro podcast to promote the meetup and talk about Windows Phone in general: http://soundcloud.com/project-metro/pmp2

All of the above fan sites are fantastic and I hope you'll take time to visit each and every one of them.  I also appreciate the countless retweets on Twitter, there's so many I can't possibly begin to list them all.  Thank you all very much for making the upcoming June 22 Dev Workshop a blowout success!  If you haven't already done so, sign up for it here: http://groupspaces.com/STLWindowsPhoneMeetup/item/300937

Thanks to each and every one of you who attended the meetup yesterday.  It was very nice to hand out Nokia shirts and energy drinks to you.  I hope your shirts fit well and that the energy drink tastes good.  I still haven't tried my drink!  Heh.

I completely forgot to get a picture!  Oh well.  We had two new faces this time, which is fantastic.  I hope we can add at least two new faces at each meetup.  It seems that the majority of attendees are pretty serious developers.  That's great, because I should have a real treat for you for the June meetup.  It will be development-focused.  Keep your eyes here and I will be discussing the future meetup and its contents very soon.

I wanted to take a moment and acknowledge the apps made by some of our attendees.  This is not a comprehensive, complete list. 

Elizabeth created Bookshelf, an app that helps you keep track of all your books: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/a5d639ca-fc42-4e5c-8ccf-28fa6c4a17aa

Shubho created MetroLink Timetable, which is self-explanatory: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/a0dfe5ec-b0fa-4d1a-99f7-01017bbd33b7

and a game called Balloons: http://windowsphone.com/s?appid=de454d55-6070-459e-a462-a643ac54291f

Shubho also helped create the WUSTL Dining app: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/42c29cbf-5b48-4ce5-a1a4-d1fc6551c4d9

Giri created getHired, which is a job search engine aggregator: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/f8b913a0-ffbd-4d3e-9da3-0965a22631a1

Elizabeth also maintains a page that lists all the WP7 apps created by Washington University students: http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~acm/hackathon/washUApps.html

As I said, keep your eyes here over the next week.  I should have more info regarding the exciting developer oriented June meetup.

Thanks to all eight of you who took time out of your Saturday to meet me and your fellow WP7 enthusiasts.  It was real nice to meet all of you and see such a variety of Windows phones.  I did a little writeup of this meetup over at the WP Central forums here: http://forums.wpcentral.com/windows-phone-meet-ups/190284.htm

I'm getting things ready for a May meetup.  I hope to do these meetups once a month, though in the vacation-filled summer days of June/July/August we may meet every other month depending on interest.

Yes, the time has finally come. The inaugural St. Louis Windows Phone Meetup is confirmed for Saturday, April 14 from 12 noon to 4 PM at Triumph Grill.  If you have even the smallest interest in WP7, you are invited.  I have been asked if it's ok to come if you do not own a WP7 device.  Of course!  There's no requirements to attend other than having an interest in WP7.  This meetup will be purely social.  A meet & greet, if you will.  I don't have any developers scheduled to speak or instruct you on any technologies this time.  I am confident we'll have development-oriented meetups in the future, though.  So come on out, get some lunch, some drinks, and let's talk WP7.

Follow on Twitter: http://twitter.com/STLWPMeetup

12 PM to 4 PM

Triumph Grill
3419 Olive St.
Saint Louis, MO 63103
314-446-1801

Official website: http://triumphgrill.com/

Bing Maps: http://binged.it/zM1bxf

Google Maps: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=3419+Olive+Street,Saint+Louis,+MO+63103

Just tell the greeter you're with St. Louis Windows Phone Meetup.  You are responsible for your food and drinks.

Thanks for stopping by.  This group is designed to accomodate WP7 newbies, intermediates, grizzled veterans, enthusiasts of all kinds, and of course, the people who make it all happen: developers.

Everyone is welcome to attend, whether or not you actually have a WP7 phone.  If you have an interest in WP7, come to a meetup.  I am not a developer and have no interest in development, but all developers are welcome to come and swap their coding tricks and tips.

I expect the first STL WP7 Meetup to happen in the first half of April.  So sign up and become a member here and I'll keep you informed.  As always, follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/STLWPMeetup

I look forward to seeing you soon.  In the mean time why not head on over to Windows Phone Central Forums and communicate with other WP7 enthusiasts: http://www.wpcentral.com/