Contents tagged with PDC05
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"Windows Internals and Advanced Troubleshooting" training
Later this year, SysInternals/WinInternals founder Mark Russinovich and David Solomon are offering a top-notch class on troubleshooting that covers current OS versions as well as upcoming changes to the OS in Vista (next Windows version)
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Correction: Phidgets URL
Matt, from Phidgets, pointed out that the URL was incorrect for the Phidgets webste in my previous post about the PDC05 exhibitors (unless you live in Canada). Here is the correct URL for the US distributor (who was actually at PDC05).
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PDC05: Hands On Labs rediscovered
Shortly after the end of PDC, Microsoft briefly posted a huge list of all the Hands-On Labs that were available during PDC. Unfortunately, while I was downloading them they removed the files and links from the CommNet site, and later I had a HD crash and even lost those.
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PDC05: Exhibitor reflections
There were a number of interesting exhibitors at the PDC this year. Beyond the swag, I found a few interesting products here and there. Here are a few that leap to mind:
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PDC05: "Ask the Experts", Architectural Symposium, and final day
Last night, David and I stumbled into the "Ask the Experts" and enjoyed talking with Anders Heijlsberg and discussing Linq on the whiteboard. There were noticeable "pods" of developers surrounding the marquis MS "Rockstars" like Don Box and Anders. In addition, there was plenty of lively discussions around the Language teams with Brad Abrams, Eric Meijer, as well as many other product teams. Overall it was a fun night...
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PDC05: Good sessions, great discussions, lots of swag, and extreme exhaustion...
Well, my plan to blog my way through PDC05 didnt work out as planned. I have been so absorbed with the constant train of sessions, and followup discussions that I have been busy from 6:00am to midnight every single day. I'll try to do a brain dump after I get back home, but for now, here are some quick impressions:
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PDC05: Framework Design Guidelines: The Art of Building a Reusable Class Library Pre-Con (#2)
Yesterday I attended the Pre-Con session "Framework Design Guidelines: The Art of Building a Reusable Class Library" presented by Brad Abrams and Krzysztof Cwalina.
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PDC05: Fun with Power Outages
While walking back to today's Pre-con session, the power went out on PDC05. It turns out that it wasnt the hundreds of PC's, network equipment and technology, but was a larger power outage across all of downtown LA (reuters).
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PDC05: A plethora of after-hour PDC choices
One last post before I find a pillow....
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PDC05: Windows Internals Pre-Con (#1)
David Soloman and Mark Russinovich did an excellent job tailoring their typically infrastructure-oriented Windows Internals course to fit us PDC attendees.