Richard Costall
Welcome to Costall.net
The web site for Richard Costall (MVP, MCSD.NET) and co-founder of NxtGenUG.
International Speaker, Author and Podcaster, Richard spends most of his time developing, presenting and training on Microsoft technologies including Silverlight and MVC3. Richard spends the majority of his spare time co-running the Next Generation User Group (NxtGenUG), a not-for-profit UK Community, with 8 regions across the UK and 3,000 registered members.
Latest Blogs
- Costall website is back, built from scratch in ASP.NET MVC 3 - take a look around! more...
- Check out the NxtGenUG article where I talk about running user group meetings for the last 10 years. more...
- I'll be presenting my popular Silverlight 4 session at DotNetDevNet on the 5th July 2010 more...
- We are pleased to announce a discount of £50 off the course price for the Silverlight Masterclass to any, fully paid up, current NxtGenUG Member. more...
- Want to get ahead of the game on one of the hottest technologies around - Silverlight 4 - Here it is… more...
- Thing's were a little quiet after Mix10 on the conference front, no mention of PDC10 or Mix11, So it was great to hear that plans have started to materialise for TechEd Europe 2010, which will be in Berlin on the 8th-12th November 2010. more...
- My Popular Silverlight 3 session is on the road again, covering 3 more user group sessions. If you are in the area of any of these, drop in and say hi! more...
Latest Videos
- Recorded at "1st Factor" company social evening at 1st Software in 2007 - Richard Costall and Andy Brown performs the Blues Brothers classic song Everybody needs somebody. This was the first time the boys had sung, and they got the evening off to a cracking start! watch...
- Recorded at ReMix 2008 in Brighton - Richard Costall presents his own take on Pecha Kucha - A powerpoint presentation with 20 slides, each showing for just 20 seconds. The slides auto Advance. Richard presents on Silverlight 2, using Silverlight instead of Powerpoint, and Unfortunate Squirrel, his kids and a lot of SLIDER Controls! watch...
- NxtGenUG Dance Video - Recorded at Mix07 UK - Starring the NxtGenUG Boys on Stage, bit like the Dream Boys, but without the Muscles or Dancing Ability. watch...
- NxtGenUG's Dave McMahon and Richard Costall Presenting a session on running a user group in 20 slides, each on the screen for 20 seconds. What could go wrong (apart from getting out of step with the slides) [Recorded at UK Mix07] watch...
- When NxtGenUG decided to Launch Vista, Office and Exchange - they did it on a Cargo Plane. In this Video Richard Costall talks about the NxtGenUG groups and asks the attendees why they come. Channel 9 popped over from Redmond to see what the fuss was about... watch...
