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In my current job, I don’t get out much. What I mean is that I have an internal focused role, so I don’t get out to meet with customers & partners, attend events, speak to press etc. So when I was at the PDC last month, Lynn Langit asked me to be a guest commentator for TechZulu , I couldn’t resist...

During Steven Sinofsky’s keynote on Day 2 of the PDC09 , he spoke how the windows team uses all the data they collect to make decisions about features and fix bug. One thing that I found really interesting was the statistic about screen resolutions Here’s the slide… What surprised so many folks was that...

It only seems like yesterday that I wrote my XLV post -- I’m celebrating another birthday today . Today I’m XLVI As happened last year, I’ve received best wishes from my friends via email, tweets , re-tweets , facebook and these started the day before, due to my down under crew. Thank you to all who...

I’m in LA this week for the Professional Developers Conference – for me it’s a time to catch up with friends from all over the world , connect with customers and partners again, and as Steve Clayton says, “It’s also a time to fill my brain with tech talk”. Oh, and speaking of filling brains and big heads...

I love the PDC . It’s one of the things I really look forward to, as the PDC has been the epicenter of Microsoft’s developer platforms and technology!! PDC09 registration is now open!   The team is offering a $500 USD discount to customers and partners that register by September 15.  It all...

At the PDC, I met up with Vincent Rithner , who is the man behind Sobees . I wrote a post about bTwitter, which was another neat WPF app from the team. Now the full platform is done! So what is Sobees ? It’s a social desktop aggregator. sobees organizes and integrates Web applications and services onto...

I made the leap to the "PDC release" of Windows 7 on one of my machines. Relatively painless install. I was curious about the User Agent, so I went to UserAgent.org and found out Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC...

PDC 2008 was only last week, but it already feels like an eternity ago! Mike Swanson has created a very useful list of all the PDC 2008 Sessions, with links to the video of the presentation, the slides and where available, the code My favorite session? It has to be Day Two Keynote - Chris Anderson and...

The PDC kicks off on Monday, but it starts for me on Saturday morning as I am involved in one of the pre conferences - WomenBuild I’m trying to get organized before my trip, so I’ve been looking for tips online to help me get sorted and there is plenty : Packing for the PDC The Devil’s Field...

This teaser has started appearing all over my building I like it! Technorati Tags: PDC2008

Back in May, I wrote a post about one of the PDC pre conferences - PDC2008 : WomenBuild... inspiring career paths in technology I offered to help and my offer was accepted! woohoo!! To celebrate, let me share my Frank as a Lego mini-fig   What’s WomenBuild you ask? The WomenBuild program will launch...

Lots of PDC news this week on the PDC web site . Lots of keynote speakers Lots of Windows 7 sessions Lots of Win7 bits and what I love, lots of badges Technorati Tags: PDC , Microsoft

Head over to Ask The Brain , meet Brianna and have intelligent converations, such as the one I just had Hello, I'm Brianna. I am a physical manifestation of the collective intelligence known as the developer community. I'm here to answer your questions, and question your answers, about the Microsoft...

Asli Bilgin sent a note about a wonderful initiative which will be a pre-conference activity at the PDC this year. WomenBuild... inspiring career paths in technology In this workshop, attendees will participate in an environment of rich, interactive experiences by modeling real-life business challenges...

The covers came off the PDC2008 site and registrations are now open. The Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) will be held on October 27 – 30, 2008 in Los Angeles, CA About Agenda Announcements   [RSS] Blog Bling Registration Social And there's PDC2008 goodness all over the interweb...

I've been scanning a bunch of blogs over the past few days and I noticed a few themes, so for my entertainment, I will do my own version of memeorandum Visual Studio 2005 and .NET Framework 2.0 shipped! AnthonyB , Aaron , Joe Sango, Matt , Mitch , Clarke Scott , Geoff Appleby , Kieran Jacobsen...

I got my very own MSDN Webcast Dude . He's really cute, but a bit shy. He's hiding in my new WinFX cup which came to me via the just ended PDC . Some of my team members took pity on my not attending the PDC , so they are trying to cheer me with tchotchkes. It's working. It's also helps...

Day 4 of PDC05 wasn't as big as the previous days, but it was still noteworthy. Day Four Security Symposium Takes the Stage Best practices from Microsoft and industry developers that are building security into the software development process using the Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle...

The news doesn't stop. Day 3 of the PDC continues to be action packed Day Three Announcing: Microsoft Visual Studio Tools For Applications VSTA heralds new era in .NET application customization, enabling ISVs to better meet end user needs. Premium placed on application security and productivity...

MSN gets all Web 2.0 . Check out the new MSN Developer Center on MSDN MSN Search Find the tools and information you need to create powerful applications that retrieve data from the MSN Search Engine . MSN Virtual Earth Now you can build applications that use the great mapping features of MSN Virtual...

Lot's more news from day 2 of PDC05 Day Two Announcing: Windows Workflow Foundation The first details of Windows Workflow Foundation (WWF) were revealed today. WWF represents an investment by Microsoft in workflow technology and provides the tools and programming model needed to quickly develop...

PDC '05 is underway, and Day 1 had a bunch of news, announcements and excitement. Here's some of the stuff I missed. PDC05 Has Begun Day One Watch the Bill Gates Keynote The PDC kicks off as the sell out crowd assembles for the Bill Gates keynote. Top 10 Ways to Light up your apps on...

Angus Logan is blogging from each session. As he told me on a recent IM Angus [Data#3] [PDC in Los Angeles] says: i'm sitting in a session with my laptop plugged in; XDA charging; digital camera out taking pictures and blogging stuff as it happens Keep it up Angus. Let me see what I'm missing...

Dr Neil's star shone brightly today. Two interviews with him were posted today - one on Channel 9 with him chatting with Scoble , and one on G'day World from his time at Tech.Ed . Is this his 15 minutes of fame? Nah, I don't think so. Dr Neil just rocks. Did I mentiin he's also an author and all round...

Just to rub it in that I am NOT attending PDC'05 , Dr Neil points me to a cool app he's developed, which he calls the Virtual Earth PDC Companion - a comprehensive list of all hotels around the convention center along with other stuff all showing up on Virtual Earth maps . So, now not only can I read...