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Monday, May 12, 2008 7:58 PM

Being Green at PDC2008

As the Content Owner for PDC2008, I'm now a member of the Tier 1 Events Council at Microsoft. This is a group that meets a few times a year to share ideas and best practices around our largest events (like Tech·Ed , MIX, and PDC). We met all day
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Saturday, May 03, 2008 8:48 PM

PDC 2008 Conference Scheduling Using a Genetic Algorithm

If you read my What Do I Do post, you'll know that I'm the Content Owner for this year's PDC 2008 in Los Angeles. MIX08 is behind us, and I've just recently transitioned away from my Web GO role. This means that I can now focus 100% of my time and attention
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Friday, February 29, 2008 10:06 PM

What Does “Sold Out” Actually Mean?

You’ve probably heard that next week’s MIX08 conference in Las Vegas is sold out. But do you know what that actually means? Does it mean that we decided months ago to cap registrations at an arbitrary number of attendees? Or perhaps we picked
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Sunday, January 20, 2008 7:57 PM

What Do I Do? Top sites, MIX08, and PDC08.

A few days ago, I received the following e-mail: Help me out here. I've been reading your blog off and on for years and I can't figure out what it is you do. Your obviously involved with the PDC and MIX conferences, you send a lifesize cardboard cutout
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Friday, May 12, 2006 7:43 AM

PDC05 Session Hosting Extended Through June 30, 2006

We've extended hosting for the PDC05 post-show sessions through June 30, 2006. Hosting was originally scheduled to end on April 15, but because the information is still very relevant and useful, we've pushed everything out by two-and-a-half more months.
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Wednesday, January 11, 2006 4:59 PM

Be Seen at MIX 06

Sure, you can visit the MIX 06 site and read the blah, blah, blah. Or, you can just download the essentials to your brain and register before Web 2.0 passes you by. Let me make it easier for you: if you're a developer, professional designer, or business
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Tuesday, November 15, 2005 10:47 PM

PDC05 Session Downloads

In response to your requests, I've compiled a list of direct download links to the 209 PDC05 sessions that we're hosting. Please note that these zip file downloads are no different than what you can download using the online interface . This is simply
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Saturday, November 12, 2005 2:03 PM

Now Shipping: PDC05 Post-Show DVD Set

If you attended PDC05 in Los Angeles earlier this year, you'll be happy to know that the 4-disc post-show DVD set is shipping out today. As I've mentioned in prior posts , this package will automatically be sent to attendees at no additional cost. If
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Monday, October 24, 2005 11:16 PM

Introducing "Cider" - The Visual Studio Designer for WPF ("Avalon")

Via our friends at ActiveWin , a recently posted episode of MSDN TV features Mark Boulter and Mike Harsh giving an overview of "Cider," the visual designer for Windows Presentation Foundation (formerly code-named "Avalon") that will be part of a future
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Monday, October 24, 2005 7:34 PM

PDC05 Sessions Online

If you were unable to attend the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference 2005 (PDC05) in Los Angeles this year, never fear; 209 breakout sessions, panels, and symposia are now available online . Each session includes a video of the presenter, a navigable
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Tuesday, October 11, 2005 11:07 PM

Top 5 Show Off Videos

If you've been following my blog recently, or if you attended this year's Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles, you've heard me mention Show Off more than a few times . Well, just today we received the results of the printed surveys that
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Monday, October 03, 2005 9:24 PM

Working on the PDC05 Post-Show DVD Set

I've spent the past few days reviewing the first-cut of the PDC05 post-show DVD set, and I have to say that I'm very excited about what we're going to deliver! Because I was part of the team that organized and ran this event, I only had time to attend
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Thursday, September 29, 2005 12:33 AM

PDC05 Show Off Videos Posted

Thanks to everyone who submitted a video for our first-ever Show Off event at PDC05. We had 25 total submissions, and we had time to show 22 of them at Thursday night's 2-hour event. You can find all of the submitted videos on Channel 9 under the showoff
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Sunday, September 04, 2005 10:47 AM

Last Week for PDC05 Show Off Submissions

Whether or not you're attending the upcoming Microsoft Professional Developers Conference 2005 , we'd love to see you submit a short video for our Show Off event. It's a great way to demonstrate what can be accomplished when you pair a great developer
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Friday, August 19, 2005 5:43 PM

Submit Your Show Off Videos

If you've been following my blog recently, I've been talking a lot about the Show Off event we're planning for the Professional Developer's Conference next month. Well, we have most of the details ironed out, and you can read about what it takes to submit
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