Man vs Code : TechEd 2004

You've lost that lovin' feeling

aconrad — Wed, 26 May 2004 00:46:00 GMT

I was pleasantly surprised to learn that the bar where several scenes from Top Gun were filmed is right accross the street from my hotel in San Diego.

I will be making a official visit tonight with several of my wingmen. If I had one of those “100 things I want to do in my life” lists, as of tomorrow, I would have one less thing to do.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

aconrad — Tue, 25 May 2004 23:22:00 GMT

I will be posting more about the changes to the ObjectSpaces release plans in the near future- but in the mean time, I wanted to make sure everyone was aware of that we are willing to listen to any and all feedback about the changes. The following lists all the avenues to do so:

1. Email the feedback alias: orfeedbk@microsoft.com. This will be seen by multiple members of the WinFS program management team.

2. Comment on my blog. I review all comments posted to my blog.

3. Email me directly: aconrad@microsoft.com. I am always perpetually behind with my email, but I read everything eventually.

If you are at TechEd this week, you have a couple of additional options:

4. Come to the Data Access booth and ask for myself or Luca.

5. Come to Luca's O/R talk on Thursday.

6. Visit us in the Sql Server cabana for our scheduled times.

7. Attend the O/R BOF on Tuesday night at 6:30.

I am ready for all feedback. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

O/R BOF talk

aconrad — Mon, 26 Apr 2004 16:09:00 GMT

Scott Bellware has proposed a Object/ Relational birds-of-a-feather talk for TechEd 2004. If you are interested, please make sure you vote for the topic. Based on the strong showing for the same topic at PDC, this talk should be quite lively.

Talk ideas and dinner?

aconrad — Mon, 19 Apr 2004 17:51:00 GMT

I am giving a talk at TechEd 2004 which we have never given before called:

DAT380 Building Applications with ADO.NET ObjectSpaces

Friday, May 28 9:00 AM- 10:15 AM

Speaker(s): Andrew Conrad

Track(s): Data Management, Developer Tools and Technologies

Traditionally, object oriented business objects and relational databases have differing ways of structuring data. As a result of this impedance mismatch, developers are forced to develop a layer of Object-to-Relational "plumbing" code between their business logic and the database access layers. To solve this common data access scenario, Microsoft is developing an Object-to-Relational data access framework called ADO.NET ObjectSpaces. Learn how ObjectSpaces allows the developer to query, modify or persist their CLR business objects without being concerned with the underlying structure of the relational data store. Building on session DAT301 (Object-relational mapping Using ADO.NET ObjectSpaces), this talk will concentrate on demonstrating how ObjectSpaces can be utilized to solve real challenges faced by enterprise application developers.

I general, I have some ideas about content for the talk, but am open to suggestions. My overall goal for the talk is to discuss the challenges facing the developer in enterprise scenarios, and talk about how one can use ObjectSpaces to solve those scenarios. More importantly, I want to give example of common design patterns I see developers having to utilize as the “glue” between ObjectSpaces and their Domain Models.

In addition, let me know if there is any interest in setting up an ObjectSpaces user group dinner at TechEd.

Data Access Panel at TechEd 2004

aconrad — Fri, 09 Apr 2004 20:06:00 GMT

I will be hosting a Data Access discussion panel at TechEd 2004:

DATPNL Data Access Round Table

Thursday, May 27 11:45 AM- 12:30 PM

The following people will be participating in the panel discussion:

Mark Fussell – Lead Program Manager for System.Xml and English soccer apologist

Pablo Castro - Program Manager for ADO.net and Argentinean soccer apologist

Luca Bolognese – Program Manager for ObjectSpaces and Italian soccer apologist

Arpan Desai – Program Manager for XQuery. (No World Cup soccer affiliation I believe).

The goals of discussion are 1) to compare and contrast the current data access technologies and 2) to discuss overall vision and future direction. However, I would also like at least some (if not a majority) of the panel discussion to be customer driven so hence I am asking for topics and questions. Please email me any and all suggestions.