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Sunday Morning. After getting up 4am and unable to sleep to the effects of jetlag, Eben and I had breakfast and then headed off to the conference center to register. The place was already quite busy with many attendees booked for the pre conferences. Below are some the pictures taken with my cellphone (hence the not so great quality). Registration was quick and efficient. Wireless access was already on and totally free so that was useful for some quick browsing The PDC Goodies (minus 160GB which...
The PDC is just about a month away, and we have made some exciting announcements in the last few days: Windows 7 will feature big time. Steven Sinofsky, Senior Vice President will do one of the keynotes that is focused on Windows 7. A total of 22 sessions are now published on the PDC Site . Check out the list at https://sessions.microsoftpdc.com/public/sessions.aspx Attendees will get a 160GB USB drive with all the bits! Scott Guthrie (I was wondering where his name was) and David Threadwell will...
With PDC 2008 around the corner, it got me thinking about other PDC's I attended. The first one was in 2000 when .NET first get announced (can anyone remember what it was first called?). This was in Florida and still sticks out as the best event I attended. Besides the cool content, there was a great bunch of people and nice parties (at Seaworld if I remember correctly). The second one was in 2001, and is often known as the Hailstorm PDC. Hailstorm, aka .NET My Services, is the basis of this...
Yay. Of all the Microsoft events, the Professional Developers Conference is the one I most look forward to. It really is THE event to attend. Microsoft employees attendance at these events is very limited. Luckily, I have been allocated a pass to attend and will be heading to LA at the end of October. The PDC is THE event you want to attend if you need to understand the future of the Microsoft development platform. This year, I am looking forward to information on products and technologies like Software...