Join us on the 24th for a presentation to write home about: "Ink in 60 Seconds" by Martin L. Shoemaker (The Tablet UML Company).

So why aren't you writing Tablet PC applications with .NET yet?

Do you think it's too difficult? Do you think you're too busy to learn the Tablet PC API? Well, Martin says you're wrong.

Or do you just not see what sort of Tablet PC app you might build? Do you think that there's no great Tablet PC applications out there for you? Well, Martin says you're wrong again.

And Martin's so sure you're wrong, he's going to prove it to you by building some simple little Tablet PC samples -- samples you can easily adapt into your own applications -- each written in under 60 seconds.

Then after each sample is running, he'll explain to you what he did, how he did it, and how you might expand on it. Some of the samples he'll build include:

• 60 Seconds to Ink: Capturing Ink in a window in your application.
• 60 Seconds to Ink Anywhere: Capturing Ink in any window in your application.
• 60 Seconds to Programmatic Ink: Adding Strokes programmatically to an Ink surface.
• 60 Seconds to Selecting and Resizing: Manipulating the Ink that you draw.
• 60 Seconds to Erasing: Erasing the Ink that you draw.
• 60 Seconds to Color: Drawing Ink in multiple colors.
• 60 Seconds to Transparency: Drawing with transparent Ink.
• 60 Seconds to Pen Shapes: Drawing with different shapes and sizes of pens.
• 60 Seconds to Inkons: Representing data as objects within an Ink drawing.
• 60 Seconds to Simple Handwriting Recognition: Simple handwriting in a form.
• 60 Seconds to Handwriting Recognition On Demand: Handwriting recognition mixed with typing.
• 60 Seconds to Handwriting Recognition Anywhere: Handwriting recognition from any Ink surface.
• 60 Seconds to Speaking: A simple talking application.
• 60 Seconds to Speech Recognition: A simple voice-command application. (New for this presentation!)

And just in case those samples don't inspire you to devise a great new Tablet PC application, Martin will finish the presentation by spending 60 seconds (probably more) describing each of ten different killer Tablet PC applications that he's just too busy to write himself, but which he thinks somebody should be writing.

Martin L. Shoemaker is a software developer with 22 years experience in the industry. He has worked in the fields of color science, on-line shopping, databases, material handling, medical imaging, and customer relations management. He is also a frequent speaker, having presented to the Detroit Colour Council, the Ann Arbor Computer Society, the Ann Arbor IT Zone, the Rubi Con security conference, the Visual Studio Live/Visual C Developers Conference, the Software Development and SD Best Practices Conferences, and the UML World Conference. He is the author of "UML Applied: A .NET Perspective" from Apress, as well as "Requirements Patterns and Antipatterns", coming soon from Addison Wesley. He is also the author of Tablet UML, a UML tool for Tablet PCs. His latest Tablet PC project is the Inkon Logbook.

If you're interested in attending, please RSVP at Contact@DevMI.com so we can get an accurate number for food and seating.