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I mentioned the MSDN Developer Conference earlier in this blog. The site is up now and is open for registrations. Here's some of the stuff you'll see if you can make it to the conference. I'll be presenting a couple of sessions (in bold below) in Orlando in December. I'll post more about that as the time nears.
The nature of software development is radically changing... Are you ready? Prepare yourself for a demanding future. Attend the MSDN Developer Conference. Experience Microsoft’s Cloud Computing Platform Create applications that seamlessly bridge the gaps between PC, Web, and phone Be among the first to see Windows 7 See the latest advances in Multi-Touch Application Development Take your .NET skills to the next level See sessions on WPF 4.0, Silverlight 2, ASP.NET 4.0, Parallel Programming, Live Mesh and more The Cost? Just $99. And, did we mention that attendees will get some cool giveaways? Check out the session line up… Cloud Services Client and Presentation Tools, Languages and Framework Lap Around Cloud Services Windows Presentation Framework (WPF) Roadmap The Future of Managed Languages: F#, C#, and Visual Basic Developing and Deploying Your First Cloud Services Developing Data-centric Applications Using the WPF DataGrid and Ribbon Controls A Lap Around "Oslo" A Lap Around the Live Framework and Mesh Services Building Business Focused Applications using Silverlight 2 "Rosario": A Sprint with the Next Version of Microsoft Visual Studio Team System Developing Applications Using Data Services ASP.NET 4.0 Roadmap Parallel Programming for Managed Code Developers Register for a city near you… Date City 12/9/08 Houston, TX 12/11/08 Orlando, FL 12/16/08 Atlanta, GA 1/13/09 Chicago, IL 1/13/09 Minneapolis, MN 1/16/09 Washington, DC 1/20/09 New York, NY 1/22/09 Boston, MA 1/22/09 Detroit, MI 1/26/09 Dallas, TX 2/19/90 San Francisco, CA Online Community Find our tag cloud under #MSDNDevCon. Join the buzz! MSDN Social Facebook - Join the group Twitter - follow the feed Flickr - post your MDC pictures del.icio.us - share your bookmarks Twemes - global twitter tags
Prepare yourself for a demanding future. Attend the MSDN Developer Conference.
Experience Microsoft’s Cloud Computing Platform Create applications that seamlessly bridge the gaps between PC, Web, and phone
Be among the first to see Windows 7 See the latest advances in Multi-Touch Application Development
Take your .NET skills to the next level See sessions on WPF 4.0, Silverlight 2, ASP.NET 4.0, Parallel Programming, Live Mesh and more
The Cost? Just $99. And, did we mention that attendees will get some cool giveaways?
Check out the session line up…
Register for a city near you…
Find our tag cloud under #MSDNDevCon. Join the buzz!
MSDN Social
Facebook - Join the group
Twitter - follow the feed
Flickr - post your MDC pictures
del.icio.us - share your bookmarks
Twemes - global twitter tags
Just saw this come over the twitter tubes...
XNA Creators Club Online - xna game studio 3.0 is here!
At last XNA Game Studio 3.0 is here! XNA Game Studio 3.0 expands on all the offerings of earlier iterations to include additional functionality to appeal to game developers of every level and enable them to create games to distribute through Xbox LIVE Community Games on the Xbox 360 as part of the New Xbox Experience. Our ultimate goal with XNA Game Studio 3.0 is to continue to provide easy-to-use, approachable tools for hobbyists, academics and indie game developers capable of producing the best games to be shared with the world on Xbox 360, Windows PC and Zune.
At last XNA Game Studio 3.0 is here!
XNA Game Studio 3.0 expands on all the offerings of earlier iterations to include additional functionality to appeal to game developers of every level and enable them to create games to distribute through Xbox LIVE Community Games on the Xbox 360 as part of the New Xbox Experience.
Our ultimate goal with XNA Game Studio 3.0 is to continue to provide easy-to-use, approachable tools for hobbyists, academics and indie game developers capable of producing the best games to be shared with the world on Xbox 360, Windows PC and Zune.
This week has been too fun!
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Coming soon, to a city near you. I'll be speaking at the Orlando event. :)
MSDN Developer Conference (MDC)
Building on the buzz, excitement, and industry-changing announcements of the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC), the MSDN Developer Conference (MDC) will deliver the core message, content, and experience of the PDC in a one-day, multi-track event to multiple cities across the United States. The MDC will give you a glimpse into the future of the Microsoft Application Platform. You will experience Microsoft’s vision for Cloud Computing, our Internet services platform that will enable you to extend existing solutions, creating applications that seamlessly bridge the gaps between PC, Web, and phone. Be among the first to see the full range of advances in Windows 7, the next major version of the Windows client operating system. Sessions include the latest developments in .NET, Silverlight, Live Mesh, and more. Date City12/9/08 Houston, TX 12/11/08 Orlando, FL12/16/08 Atlanta, GA 1/13/09 Chicago, IL1/13/09 Minneapolis, MN 1/16/09 Washington, DC1/20/09 New York, NY 1/22/09 Boston, MA 1/22/09 Detroit, MI 1/26/09 Dallas, TX TBD San Francisco, CA TBD San Diego, CA
Building on the buzz, excitement, and industry-changing announcements of the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC), the MSDN Developer Conference (MDC) will deliver the core message, content, and experience of the PDC in a one-day, multi-track event to multiple cities across the United States.
The MDC will give you a glimpse into the future of the Microsoft Application Platform. You will experience Microsoft’s vision for Cloud Computing, our Internet services platform that will enable you to extend existing solutions, creating applications that seamlessly bridge the gaps between PC, Web, and phone. Be among the first to see the full range of advances in Windows 7, the next major version of the Windows client operating system. Sessions include the latest developments in .NET, Silverlight, Live Mesh, and more.
Date City12/9/08 Houston, TX 12/11/08 Orlando, FL12/16/08 Atlanta, GA 1/13/09 Chicago, IL1/13/09 Minneapolis, MN 1/16/09 Washington, DC1/20/09 New York, NY 1/22/09 Boston, MA 1/22/09 Detroit, MI 1/26/09 Dallas, TX TBD San Francisco, CA TBD San Diego, CA