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Countdown to PDC09: Monkey == TRUE
Posted Oct 28, 2009 by amyrcThis week, Thomas Lewis (a.k.a. The Spider King) co-hosts with the always loveable Mike Swanson to talk about From The Labs which will debut at PDC09. It kicks off with Mike talking about the $300 discount (you have already registered haven’t you?) and how INETA is “bringing it” with Birds of a Feather (known as BOFs) which are opportunities for attendees to present topics of interest to them in an open way at PDC09. Then Mike and Thomas get brutal talking about From the Labs, a track that focuses on projects and prototypes that are incubated More»
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Countdown to PDC09: Coding4Fun Meets PDC
Posted Oct 14, 2009 by amyrcClint Rutkas joins just Ritzy this week (Mike wasn’t allowed out of his PDC09 keynote cage), to discuss some of the fun we’ll be bringing to LA! The Coding4Fun apps will be on display, including one serving up drinks (really!!). Clint and his crew will be in the Big Room at PDC, showing off their latest innovations that combine both interesting technologies and entertaining hobbies . . . not everything one codes has to be for the man! And speaking of ‘the man’, or rather ‘the guy’….what did the Channel 9 guy say to the More»
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Countdown to PDC09: Da Cloud! Da Cloud!
Posted Oct 7, 2009 by amyrcMeet the owner of the PDC cloud services track, James Conard. Yep, it’s true, general availability of Azure will be announced at PDC (buy a datacenter in the cloud, if you will) but don’t think that’s all we’ve got up our sleeves! The Windows Azure Platform has come a long way in the last year since it was first announced at PDC last year, and we have a lot of progress to talk about, plus new innovations that we’ll unveil at PDC this year – listen to James as he drops hints as to what those announcements will More»
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Countdown to PDC09: The Client Track Unplugged
Posted Oct 1, 2009 by amyrcDid you really think we were going to have a PDC without a boatload of new Windows content? Puhleeeeeze! Meet Tim Sneath, the manager of the Client track, who is guiding and overseeing sessions to make sure we really get in there and make your brain hurt, as the PDC likes to do. And while we’re at it, why not throw in a whole other day of Windows 7 training with the recently announced developer boot camp that will happen on November 16 at the PDC. Whether you are going to the full conference or not, you 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.
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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»