Now I-Design Code

It's been a while since last post, and it's only few weeks since I officially joined IDesign.

My debut with the new logo on the badge is this week in Frankfurt, BASTA conference. This year the conference is largest than ever regardless of the Launch events around it that are taking place in all countries in Europe and worldwide. Today, I ran the keynote—I believe this is my first time ever I'm invited to give a keynote presentation.

What else is going on these days? Uhm, an important thing that I really don't know if I have to catalog as a "change" or simply an "extension/enhancement". Either way, I realize that I'm slowly but steadily moving my interest towards architecture rather than nitty-gritty code tricks. The fact that I joined IDesign—the .NET architect company—should be seen in this perspective. Also, with the latest baby just hot from printers (Programming ASP.NET 3.5 Core Reference), I'll soon start on a new book project for the first time since Wrox books with a co-author.

I actually have two books in preparation to hit bookshelves this fall--both on .NET architectural topics. One is general .NET architecture for layered systems (patterns, principles, implementation, trade-offs) and will be authored with Andrea Saltarello. Andrea is new to the international audience, but is even more popular than me in Italy and especially on architecture. The second book, simultaneously developed, will be entirely mine and will be the Web complement to the other covering Web architectures and trends for both pure Web and Silverlight.

It's not just wording and smoky concepts. To be a real-world (and credible) architect, you need to know how code works, how code is written, and how technologies are implemented. You basically only save yourself to enter (ever) in code-monkey mode.

Later this year, I'll also have a brand new dazzling Architecture Master Class ready to "ship" at your own company or in public classes worldwide. Really worldwide :) If you're interested, either contact me or make sure you check frequently the IDesign Web site.