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Past events

• WPUG presents WPBarCamp

  Sat, 19 May 2012, 09:30 - 16:00 in London, United Kingdom

  Announcing Windows Phone Bar Camp (WPBarCamp), a new event from the organisers of WPUG.WP Bar Camp combines the best parts of a traditional WPUG meeting with a bar camp.If you're not able to come to an evening meeting or our traditional meetups are a bit to far for your to travel for then this is for you.It's a 6 hour event, on a Saturday, for experienced Windows Phone developers.What constitutes an "experienced Windows Phone developer

• WPUG 18 April 2012

  Wed, 18 Apr 2012, 18:30 - 21:30 in London, United Kingdom

  We're still confirming speakers and demos for this meeting but you can expect the usual mix of Windows Phone related insights, experiences and socialising.If you've got something you want to share please get in touch.Details will be updated here soon.We'll be at our new venue again this time: The Vibe Bar (91 Brick Lane, E1 6QL)Note, we meet from 6:30 for a 7:00 start.If you have any problems registering you can also indicate your intention to attend at

• WPUG Mar 21st: A touch of mono

  Wed, 21 Mar 2012, 18:30 - 21:30 in London, United Kingdom

  Continuing with our theme from last month, we'll be continuing to look beyond Windows Phone and the lessons we can learn from other platforms and the lessons, knowledge and experiences we can take with us if we take Windows Phone apps to other platforms too.Some WPUG regulars will be sharing their experiences:Stuart will be talking about his experiences with creating an MVVM solution that also works with MonoTouch & MonoDroid

• WPUG presents #NotAtMWC12

  Tue, 28 Feb 2012, 18:30 - 21:30 in London, United Kingdom

  While a large number of people in the mobile world will be in Barcelona for MWC, we'll still be in London and we'll be having our regular monthly meeting.Since the world will be paying a bit more attention to "mobile" that week, it seems like a good idea if we take the opportunity to look at the wider world as well.This month we're looking at what it takes to go beyond Windows Phone and what we can learn from other platforms.

• New year, new venue and making more money!

  Tue, 31 Jan 2012, 18:30 - 21:30 in London, United Kingdom

  We all want to MAKE MORE MONEY from our apps. Don't we?Even if you're not making apps for a financial reward we still want to get our apps to as many users as possible. Don't you?That's good, because this month will be joined by Alan Mendelvich from AdDuplex to provide his Developer's Guide to Windows Phone App Marketing and Monetization which will include details of "techniques used by other app publishers to maximize exposure and revenue.

• WPUG Dec 2011

  Wed, 7 Dec 2011, 18:30 - 21:30 in London, United Kingdom

  This will be our final meeting of the year.We've a number of shorter talks about various Windows Phone related subjects lined up along with a few demos.We've space for a couple more demos though, so if you've got something you want to show off then please get in touch. :)Note, we meet from 6:30 for a 6:45 start.

• WPUG 25th Oct 2011

  Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 18:30 - 21:30 in London, United Kingdom

  We're being joined by Paul Foster (from Microsoft) who will be showing us the new Augmented Reality Toolkit and how it can be used on the phone.We also have the normal opportunity to demonstrate your apps or any tips and techniques you may have. Please get in touch if you have an app to show.And, as you may have guessed because of the moving of our meeting to the day before Nokia World, (and as long as all the rehearsals for the keynote go as planned)

• WPUG drinks with Nokia

  Mon, 10 Oct 2011, 16:45 - 18:00 in London, United Kingdom

  Nokia are running some training events to help get Symbian developers up to speed with Windows Phone.The training event is fully booked but Nokia have invited us to join them for networking drinks at the end of the first day.This is a free event open to all members of WPUG* but we ask that you register if wishing to attend to help us plan appropriately. Officially this will finish quite early but we'll likely move to a nearby pub afterwards.Yes this is next Monday.

• WPUG 21st Sept 2011

  Wed, 21 Sep 2011, 18:30 - 21:30 in London, United Kingdom

  This month we're going to be hearing about woking with Azure serivces and Background Audio in mango apps.We'd also love to see some more demos of the apps peopel have been working on. There is space to fit you in if you're interested. Drop us a line if this sounds appealing and you're prepared to share what you've made.If you are designing and/or developing for Windows Phone or are just interested in doing so then please do come along.

• Aug '11 - Designing better apps

  Wed, 17 Aug 2011, 18:30 - 21:30 in London, United Kingdom

  This month we're being joined by Dave Crawford who works for Microsoft as a UX designer in the Windows Phone Depth Partner Support team. He'll be explaining some of the common design mistakes app developers make and providing tips to improve the design of our appsWe'll also have the usual mix of app demos, Q&A and socialising with others who are or are intrested in developing for the phone.

• July '11 - One year on

  Wed, 20 Jul 2011, 18:30 - 21:30 in London, United Kingdom

  Yes, it's really been twelve months since we started. (We had our first meeting in July last year.)To celebrate, we'll have the usual mix of presentations, app demos, Q&A and socialising with others who are or are intrested in developing for the phone. (And there may even be cake!)Rich and Ollie will be joining us to tell us about the WP7Contrib project.Derek Lakin will be showing us how to use the SketchFlow Template for Windows Phone.

• June 2011 - Living in a Mango world!

  Wed, 22 Jun 2011, 18:30 - 21:30 in London, United Kingdom

  After a break in May for Tech.Days, we return to our usual venue and format in June.We'll have the usual mix of presentations, app demos, Q&A and socialising with others who are or are intrested in developing for the phone.There will be some exciting new apps on display but there is also space for you to show what you've been working on if you'd like. Drop us a line if this sounds appealing and you're prepared to share what you've made.

• Mix11 recap

  Wed, 20 Apr 2011, 18:30 - 21:30 in London, United Kingdom

  Paul Foster (from Microsoft) will be recapping all the exciting new WIndows Phone related announcements from Mix11. Come and hear about what was announced and what it will mean for the apps you're making or want to make.We'll alsoo have some demos of the apps people are actually been working on. We've got a few lined up but if you've made an app we'd love to see/hear about it. Please get in touch if you're coming and want to show what you've made.

• WPUG: March 23rd

  Wed, 23 Mar 2011, 18:30 - 21:30 in London, United Kingdom

  This month we're heading back to Shoreditch and will be hearing from Sam Bourton who will be providing an introduction to Expression Blend for Developers and also from Gergely Orosz who will be talking about the performance challenges faced in real-world WP7 applications.Expression Blend for Developers (with Sam Bourton)Not many Silverlight developers seem to be using Expression Blend yet; but those that are, couldn't do without it.

• Designing for Windows Phone 7 (with Matchbox Mobile)

  Wed, 9 Feb 2011, 18:30 - 21:30 in London, United Kingdom

  We're back with our first proper event for 2011. We'll be hearing from James Morse (from Matchbox Mobile) about Designing for Windows Phone 7. Plus we'll be having our regular demo sessions where people can demonstrate the applications they've made and share the lessons they've learned in creating them. (Please get in touch if you have something to share.)We're meeting in the basement of Juno Bar (in Shoreditch) - which is where some of of us went for drinks this week.

• New year drinks

  Thu, 27 Jan 2011, 18:30 - 22:00 in London, United Kingdom

  In case you were wondering, we are busy sorting out the details for our first "proper" meeting of the year and hope to announce the information shortly.However, we didn't want the lack of a proper meeting to get in the way of meeting up and talking about Windows Phone 7 though.As such we're inviting everyone out for drinks and a chat this Thursday.ÂWe'll be at the Juno Bar in Shoreditch from 6:30pm.ÂThis is just a casual, social event.

• Drinks!

  Mon, 13 Dec 2010, 18:30 - 22:00 in London, United Kingdom

  I know it's short notice but it's almost Christmas and Microsoft have invited us all out for drinks.If you're in London and have been to any of out past meetings, would have liked to have come to one of our past meetings or are just interested in talking about Windows Phone 7 then you're very welcome to come join us.There's no need to register, just show up if you can make it.Hope to see you there.

• WPUG: Demos and lessons learned

  Tue, 30 Nov 2010, 18:15 - 20:30 in London, United Kingdom

  This time we're returning to EMC and it's all about demos of the apps people have made and what they  learned in making them.Come and show your app and what you learned in the process of making it. Or just come and see what others have made and learnt.There are more details on the website.Please get in touch if you have any questions or want to talk about your app.

• Image recognition, XPF & Software licensing

  Wed, 6 Oct 2010, 18:15 - 21:00 in London, United Kingdom

  This month we're excited to have presentations from two companies who will be showing new ways we can enhance our programs. Cortexica will be showing their image recognition technology and how we can embed it in our own applications. Red Badger will be showing their new XNA layout framework: XPF.CortexicaCortexica Vision Systems are the creators of a bio-inspired vision system enabling intelligent image recognition using principles derived from the human visual cortex.

• WPUG Mtg #2

  Wed, 25 Aug 2010, 18:00 - 21:30 in London, United Kingdom

  After the success of last time, we're back and we're bigger and better. We've even moved to a bigger venue so more people can come!The format will be the same as our first meeting and will contain a combination of talks and demos combined with a generous helping of Q&A.

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