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Chris and Don join keynote lineup

Chris Anderson and Don Box will be delivering one of the keynotes at this year’s PDC. For the third consecutive PDC, Chris and Don will defy the odds and perform feats of live coding against “fresh” platform technology in front of thousands of attendees. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 9:00 AM by Denise Begley | 0 Comments
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Wordle of August PDC2008 Content

Mike Swanson delivers again! This time with an amusing Wordle featuring the current PDC content and themes. This Wordle is nestled halfway down his third episode of "PDC2008: A Day in the Life." Take a look and enjoy. Read More...
Posted Monday, August 18, 2008 5:05 PM by Denise Begley | 0 Comments
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Early Bird Discount Extended

Due to popular demand, the PDC2008 Early Bird Discount has been extended three weeks. If you register by 11:59 PM, Monday, September 8th, you will save $200 off the Full Conference Registration $2395. With many out for summer holidays, it just made sense Read More...
Posted Monday, August 18, 2008 4:53 PM by Denise Begley | 0 Comments
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Poems, Pre-Conferences, Prosise and Petzold!

Countdown to PDC2008 : Not only does Content Owner Mike Swanson issue his PDC Hard Hat Geek Challenge in the form of a poem this week (be the first to figure it out and win a limited edition PDC2008 shirt), but Jaime Rodriguez, who is driving the PDC Read More...
Posted Friday, August 15, 2008 1:13 AM by Denise Begley | 0 Comments
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L.A. Insights: A Trip to Koreatown

This vibrant neighborhood 3 miles northwest of downtown hotels has one of the of liveliest nightlife scenes in Los Angeles. When the South Korean government raised the limit on how much its citizens can invest outside of the country to $3 million last Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 14, 2008 11:49 PM by Denise Begley | 0 Comments
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Countdown to PDC2008: Early Bird Discount Ends August 15th

Joan Hoshino, the PDC Business Owner, joins Mike and Jennifer this week to discuss the last chance to save $200 on the registration fee, we answer viewer’s questions, plus we unveil Mike’s Hard Hat Geek Challenge: Be the first to answer the puzzle correctly Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 12, 2008 4:42 AM by Denise Begley | 0 Comments
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New PDC Contests = Fun and Prizes

We wanted to get your PDC2008 creative juices flowing with two new contests. Capture the meaning of PDC and submit an original PDC t-shirt design. The winner will get the joy of seeing everyone wearing their design and get a $500 Visa Gift Card. Capture Read More...
Posted Friday, August 08, 2008 4:18 AM by Denise Begley | 0 Comments
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LA Insights: Exploring the New Hollywood

The Hollywood neighborhood used to be a seedy and occasionally dangerous backwater, the kind of place where “You better hope you don’t run out of gas,” as Ry Cooder sang in 1979. (Think of where Richard Gere picks up Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman). But Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 07, 2008 11:50 PM by Denise Begley | 0 Comments
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Buzz on the Blogsphere

Noise is elevating with the posting of new sessions on August 1st. Brad Abrams highlights sessions and invites feedback. Taylor Brown wrote about Hyper-V's PDC representation. Daniel Moth wrote about Parallel Computing's Pre-Con on Concurrent, Multi-Core Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 07, 2008 5:09 PM by Denise Begley | 0 Comments
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Discount Ends Soon

The $200 PDC2008 Early Bird discount ends on August 15th. Register now and apply that savings towards a Pre-Conference Session , cool trip to and L.A. ice cream spot and other yet-to-be-revealed Fun Fact Friday adventures. Read More...
Posted Monday, August 04, 2008 11:25 PM by Denise Begley | 0 Comments
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Countdown to PDC2008: Content be King

50 new sessions with abstracts announced! Pre-conference workshop popularity soars, Show Off contest launches, microwaves and the e-mail address direct to the content czar’s inner circle revealed. All in 10 minutes or less - Countdown to PDC2008 – it’s Read More...
Posted Friday, August 01, 2008 11:21 AM by Denise Begley | 0 Comments
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Fun Fact Friday: I Scream. You Scream. We All Scream for Ice Cream!

Los Angeles is a great ice cream town. While there are no shortage of Cold Stone Creameries here – in fact, there’s a convenient downtown location at 9th St. and Flower, near the Ralph’s grocery store – there are also numerous homemade or “artisanal” Read More...
Posted Friday, August 01, 2008 12:37 AM by Denise Begley | 0 Comments
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We Just Doubled our Published Sessions

We did a left shift on our published session count today, and we now have twice the geeky goodness for you to consume. You’ll find new sessions on “ Oslo ,” including one by the ever-popular Don Box and Chris Anderson. There are also new sessions on the Read More...
Posted Friday, August 01, 2008 12:31 AM by Denise Begley | 0 Comments
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Keep Track of your Favorite Sessions

Help us help you! Today, we added a new feature to the site called My Sessions that makes it easy for you to keep track of your favorite PDC2008 sessions. We’ll use this data to create a master agenda ( using some geeky genetic algorithms ) that enables Read More...
Posted Friday, August 01, 2008 12:28 AM by Denise Begley | 0 Comments
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First Wave of PDC Sponsors Announced

HP and Developer Express, Inc. are this year's Platinum Sponsors. Microsoft thanks these sponsors for their ongoing support and for making PDC2008 possible. Gold, Silver and Gold Media sponsors have also signed up and can be found here . Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 29, 2008 4:47 PM by Denise Begley | 0 Comments
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