DevConnections 2006 - Day 0 and 1

windsor — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 10:39:03 GMT

This is my first DevConnections and I have to say I'm impressed. I was expecting something similar to the two VSLives I've attended in Toronto but there are ten times as many attendees here and the conference is more upscale. It's really more like a smaller version of TechEd.

The first two days were "Microsoft Days". There were keynotes both Monday night and Tuesday morning followed by breakout sessions the remainder of Tuesday. These were all given by people from Microsoft, mostly members of the product teams.

The highlight of the two days was a slew of product news. There were announcements that Windows Vista, the .NET Framework 3.0, Office 2007, Windows SharePoint Services v 3.0 and likely some others that I missed have all RTM'd. These products should be available for download by MSDN subscribers and volume licensers soon and will be available for retail purchase early in the new year.

DevConnections 2006 - Viva Las Vegas

windsor — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 15:48:00 GMT

I've been teaching a lot lately, virtually every week for the last five or six months and I'm pretty burnt out. <aside>I know - WAAAAA poor baby has to work almost every week, life is really tough. Trust me, teaching a four day course is far more draining than you'd imagine. Doing it several weeks in a row, combined with travel, is killer.</aside> I had a few weeks open in November (note the had - they are all filled now) so I thought a week away would do wonders to rejuvenate me. As I was searching the internet for possible places to go I got an email from my MVP lead about some details around the DevConnections conference in Las Vegas in November. I love Vegas, I love Code, I love Geeks (usually in a very platonic way), so my decision was made - a perfect combination of vacation, technical material, and catching up with friends.

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DevConnections 2006 - Day 0 and 1

DevConnections 2006 - Viva Las Vegas