Behind the Scenes
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Behind the Scenes with Keynote/Demo staging
Posted Sep 17, 2009 by roberthby Robert Hess
Lights, Camera, Action!
It’s just before 8:30am, you saunter into the keynote room and while the room looks pretty full, you see some available seating halfway up the room on the middle right. You pick up your pace a little bit, because it seems like you aren’t the only one who has noticed that handful of seats. Just as you sit down, the music changes, the lights dim, and you can tell the show is about to begin.
The keynote at the Microsoft PDC is where executives, product managers, and other leaders from the More»
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Countdown to PDC09: Visual Studio and .NET Framework Track Owner Tells All
Posted Sep 11, 2009 by amyrcMeet Drew Robbins, the evangelist organizing the content that is dear and near to all PDC attendees: developers tooling, application lifecycle tools, the CLR and the .NET Framework. Think you’ve seen and heard it all? Think again. As Drew coordinates across 35 product teams (!!), he and his crew have built out user stories this year to insure that PDC attendees are truly going to be hearing and learning new content about our developer products that have not been surfaced below. Listen to Drew as he drops hints about F#, parallel programming, scrum, ASP.NET, the future of VB.NET More»
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Countdown to PDC09: Developers Go 3D!
Posted Sep 3, 2009 by amyrcWatch out James Cameron, the PDC team has done their first ever show in 3D, and that’s because we’ve got the width, the depth, and the length. And how do we have those? Well, check out the dozens of new sessions just announced (with tons more content still to come), that include SQL, WCF, Silverlight, and lots of goodness on Azure including a session on how Azure has changed since Microsoft first described it. But don’t feel left out! You can give a community talk at the PDC via our Birds of a Feather sessions. Check out More»
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Countdown to PDC09: Hard Hat Challenges are Back (sort of)
Posted Aug 31, 2009 by amyrcDo you get car sick easily? If so, you’re in for a ride as Mike and Jennifer ‘go mobile’ and take their show on the road this week. This episode includes the return of the Hard Hat Challenge, starting with the apple pie puzzle from last year that remains unsolved to this day. But there are still other ways to win! Enter the INETA coding challenge and you may win a free ticket to PDC. Additional updates on sessions, hotels, PDC Classics and more are covered in this show, that’s very much on the go.
It’s a More»
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Countdown to PDC09: Win a Trip to PDC
Posted Aug 20, 2009 by amyrcIn a speedy 10 minutes, Mike and Jennifer cram in an update about PDC content, Birds-of-a-Feather, hotel options, the PDC attendee directory, and how to win big bucks and a free trip to the PDC by entering the www.Code7Contest.com. Phew, that’s a mouthful! Don’t forget to email pdc09@microsoft.com with your questions and feedback, and maybe you’ll get a shout out on the show.
Watch the video on Channel 9: http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/LarryLarsen/Countdown-to-PDC09-Win-a-Free-Trip-to-PDC/ More»
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Countdown to PDC09: Discounts, Workshops, and Tweets
Posted Aug 11, 2009 by amyrcIn this week’s episode, Mike & Jennifer talk about how to keep up with PDC news via Twitter, highlight the 7 deep-dive Workshops being offered this year, remind folks that students and professors qualify for a great PDC academic discount (only $595!), and begin to talk about the Birds of a Feather sessions. But, only so much can be squeezed into ten short minutes, so I guess you’ll have to watch next week’s episode to hear the rest of that sentence.
Watch the video on Channel 9:
http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/LarryLarsen/Countdown-to-PDC09-Discounts-Workshops-and-Tweets/ More»
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We Love Your Feedback. Seriously. Really.
Posted Aug 7, 2009 by amyrcHello, I’m Amy…or as some on the PDC09 Core team like to call me, ‘the marketing wolf pack of one’. (If you’ve seen the movie ‘The Hangover’ then you’ll get the reference.) My hands touch everything from PDC09 brand creative, online ads, print ads, and promotional emails to various communications and copy on our conference site, Twitter and Facebook page. It’s a pretty cool gig, and I especially enjoy the opportunity to meet PDC09 followers in-person, so introduce yourself if you see me at the event!
Now let’s get down to ‘business’ here. Back in May, I asked More»
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Countdown to PDC09: 10 Minutes Gets You ‘The Goods’
Posted Aug 4, 2009 by amyrcSet your timers! The Countdown to PDC Show is back with your favorite hosts, Mike & Jennifer. Each week they’ll give you the insider’s perspective on what’s new in the planning process, and introduce you to some PDC09 speakers and team members. In the inaugural Countdown to PDC09 episode, learn more about what the PDC is, who goes, keynotes, pricing, and a whole lot more until the timer cuts them off. But don’t worry, they’ll be back next week! Watch the Countdown to PDC09 show. More»
