MSDN Canada Spring 2005 Tour Recap
Well, the whole MSDN Canada Spring 2005 Tour went really well, IMHO. I had a good time but more importantly I have heard some really positive feedback from people who attended all five talks. I did pretty much all of my demos from scratch - very little pre-written code, which is a bit risky when showing beta software. Fortunately there were very few hiccups. Thanks for the encouragement and thanks for coming out to see WinForms 2.0 and Team System.
We had some great dialogue with developers across the country. Some of you asked questions that we couldn't answer on the spot. If you have not received any answer yet, please follow up by using the Contact page for my blog.
This tour included my first trips to Vancouver and Calgary. Both are really great cities. A big 'thank you' to Richard Campbell for taking us out after the event. We went to Gotham for steaks and some great wine (thanks, Rich). We harassed our server a bit too much about his crumber (actually, his obsessive de-crumbing) so he came out with a handheld vacuum ("dust buster"), which (needless to say) left us speechless. It was great!
While in Vancouver I also picked up an Apple Airport Express based on Bristowe's recommendation. A must-have piece of equipment for hotel stays. I should be flogged for not traveling with one before! I found it at London Drugs along with eye drops and shaving cream...
As for Calgary, two big highlights: Chapters had two copies of my book IN STOCK and Moxie's white chocolate brownie. mmmmm....