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Cloud and Sunlight at PDC09

PDC09 is my first Microsoft conference, and I wasn't quite sure what to expect. Some excitement at seeing some of leading edge technologies being demonstrated by resident experts, Some trepidation at being presented with a huge variety of different technology and buzzwords. The first session yesterday was a two hour keynote based around some of [...]

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Posted on November 18, 2009 at 4:26 pm by · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Cloudy Days at PDC09

Last week we heard about Richard Morris and Tod Phillips experiences when they visited the Microsoft TechEd conference in Berlin. Well, it's a whole new week, and now there’s a different conference to tell you about. This week Roger Andrews, William Hawkins and I are attending PDC09, which is Microsoft’s Professional Developer Conference, held at [...]

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Posted on November 17, 2009 at 5:19 pm by · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Live from TechED, Updated!

The end of TechED is nigh, and to be honest I'm sort of happy.  It's been an intense week of presentations, workshops and in depth discussions with fellow developers, Microsoft techies and the guys at all the UI control vendors.  I know what our customers mean now after they have attended our SPC: info overload [...]

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Posted on November 13, 2009 at 11:37 pm by · Permalink · Leave a comment
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More from TechEd Berlin – Windows 7 tips – It’s the little things…

My last post from TechED was from my Windows Mobile phone, while having lunch with another 7000 TechHead's!  Currently I'm waiting for the next presentation to begin, so I have a spare few minutes.  No more "swag" has been blagged today, although I did win a flashing blue pen for getting all the Windows 7 [...]

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Posted on November 12, 2009 at 11:38 pm by · Permalink · One Comment
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Live from Microsoft TechED 2009

Time check: November, 2009, 11. 14:00 hours.We are exactly half way through Microsoft TechED 2009.Tod Phillips and myself are in attendance, and I can tell you it's an amazing conference.Thus far we have sourced 5 T-shirts, two yoyos, one boomerang, one flashing bouncy ball, and our welcome pack that includes a top of the range [...]

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Posted on November 11, 2009 at 11:39 pm by · Permalink · Leave a comment
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