Marc: My Words : Events

Coherent Development Strategy (from PDC)

maholmes — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:21:32 GMT

I loved the keynotes at PDC this year - although as I was trying to edit the Day 1 keynote from 2.25 hours to 30 mins for the #MWord event I wasn't loving it so much. That said, the thing about editing is that you really have to listen and get behind the words being spoken.

I recommend the whole of the keynotes for you - particularly Day 1 with Ray Ozzie and Bob Muglia.

For me, most interestingly from Ray Ozzie's keynote was the discussion of "3 screens and a cloud". You've seen this before probably (maybe from @Stevecla), but here Ray said we were delivering on a "single coherent development strategy" in order to develop for that paradigm(watch from about 15 minutes in - oh, and enjoy the "instant seek" of the smooth streaming experience).

In this he defines the components of that strategy as being:

Tools: Visual Studio and Microsoft Expression
Runtimes: Internet Explorer and Silverlight
Platform: Windows 7 and Azure

Of course there's a lot of detail in this - particularly as Bob began to drill down into the detail of the announcements. I'm still getting my head around the whole thing. (I know there's a lot, because I was given a 72-page FAQ doc - and that was just for Day 1).

If you're thinking about how to get across the PDC topic areas at a reasonable level then these are maybe the things to think about to begin with:

Get your hands on the tools: Visual Studio 2010 and Expression Studio
Have a look at some of the commentary on the work we're doing towards Internet Explorer 9.
Update yourself on Silverlight 4 via this post from Tim, or if you're a detail fan, then head to Mike's blog for 26 blog posts on the new features.
All of the Azure stuff can be found from the main site, but also the delivery of AppFabric - the realisation of the Dublin, Velocity (and Sydney) projects really takes some time to digest.

Sooo much stuff to do. Hope this helps.

Techfluff.tv at MIX 09

maholmes — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:28:55 GMT

As a big fan of Techfluff.tv I was really pleased that Hermione and Sam were making a stop at Vegas to take in some of the event. They’ve been at SXSW just before so you’d imagine they’re getting “all conferenced out”. You can watch the keynotes at http://live.visitmix.com...(read more)

Mix Day 1 Recap

maholmes — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:14:37 GMT

I had a bunch of stuff to do at the same time today – a variety of watching, listening, tweeting, responding, and editing for a recap event tomorrow. Sometimes 3 monitors is just not enough… There seemed to be so much awesome stuff to talk about. Here’s...(read more)

VS2010 and Teleporting Squid

maholmes — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:05:01 GMT

Last Friday, I was involved in an event in London with Rich Erwin and Graeme Scott under the auspices of providing some information about VS2010 and SQL 2008, but also to watch “The Watchmen”. Rich has posted some follow-up on the tools blog , including...(read more)

Build Your Own Surface (amongst other things)

maholmes — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:44:59 GMT

The gang are busy with quite a lot of video production – some of which is going up on YouTube on our channel , and some of which is going to Channel 9 – MikeT’s Live Mesh series is a recent highlight for me. But my favourite at the moment is this effort...(read more)

Live Mesh Blogger Meet-Up – 11th December, Soho

maholmes — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:38:04 GMT

@stevecla will be propping up the bar talking about cloud computing along with top guys like Jeff Hansen and @anguslogan next week at a blogger meet up in London . Deets: If you'd like to join us please edit the wiki to add your name - that way we'll...(read more)

Reflections on Øredev 2008

maholmes — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:19:12 GMT

I wanted to write-up a few thoughts on how Øredev 2008 was as an event. In fact I’ve found my sentiments to match those of Glenn’s and Tim’s . It was a great conference that had a real buzz, a great mix of people and a lot to talk about and sessions to...(read more)

OreDev Presentation: Software + Services

maholmes — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:34:12 GMT

Today, myself and Blooders presented on Software + Services on the Architecture track at OreDev (as previously mentioned). Our intention was to provoke some thought on the pressures on architects, and the drivers for Software + Services, and help architects...(read more)

We’ll always have Malmo

maholmes — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:49:00 GMT

This year the organisers of Øredev in Malmo invited myself and Blooders to speak on the Architecture track at the event. We’ve opted for – surprise surprise – some discussion on Software + Services, particularly in context of the PDC announcements. You...(read more)

AllOfUs and their Microsoft Interactive Canvas

maholmes — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:03:51 GMT

Much as I’m a big fan of working for big corps like Microsoft, I’m always envious of the environs of agencies such as AllOfUs . I first met these guys when I worked with Leslie from their team on some protoyping late last year. Their all new website points...(read more)

ReMix Bargain

maholmes — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:12:42 GMT

Now, I know that you’re already likely to be going to ReMix in Brighton . But if you haven’t booked up, there’s still a bit of time (and hopefully some tickets). I was in Brighton last week and it rained for 2 days solid, so I’m hoping it’ll be a bit...(read more)

Surviving the Digigirlz

maholmes — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 07:58:39 GMT

I barely made it out alive, but the first UK Digigirlz day seemed to be a success. You can see some pictures of the tough crowd below and an apprehensive Scott and David waiting for our bit: As Eileen says , it's the volume levels that are staggering....(read more)

Digigirlz and technical leadership

maholmes — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 07:38:16 GMT

This Friday sees the first Digigirlz day in the UK. I'll be getting involved and probably presenting on the day, which I always look forward to. Right now, I have a work experience student in the lab who is working with XNA Game Studio (seems to be enjoying...(read more)

Munich

maholmes — Tue, 15 May 2007 05:54:55 GMT

I'm in Munich this week for an MTC meeting. It's great to get out and about to a different Microsoft office, as though I travel quite a bit, I tend to be at events rather than remote offices. I've not been to Munich before and was pleased to find that...(read more)

Introducing WCF with Pluralsight at Microsoft UK

maholmes — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:21:55 GMT

Just a heads up that Pluralsight will be running their Introducing Windows Communication Foundation course here in Reading on 27-30 March 2007 . You can find the details on the course here , but highlights include: Architecture Service Orientation Web...(read more)