On November 7th, Microsoft will be launching Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005 and Biztalk Server 2006 in Toronto! It promises to be a huge event with two tracks (IT Pro and Developer), Cabanas, the works. If that wasn't enough, Microsoft will be giving everyone fully functional "non-evaluation" software...

Cross posted with my Team System blog : I've got two great opportunities if you would like to interact with the VSTS team and help shape V2 of the product. The first opportunity is a chat this Wednesday with the Dev & Test tools team. The chat starts at 10:00 AM PST (1:00 PM EST) - bring your questions...

I just got word last night that: 1) My MVP status has been renewed for a third year, and 2) I am now officially a Team System MVP ! Thanks to Noah Coad , everyone on the product team and everyone in the MVP program for your support! Interestingly enough, Etienne Tremblay and I appear to be the only Team...

The Toronto Code Camp 2006 website is now online! ( http://www.torontocodecamp.com ). The event is slated for January 14th, 2006 and promises to be very exciting. If we can pull this event off, you can bet there will be many others in the near future. The new website has many features including: General...

I'm finally back from the MVP Summit. I had a great time but it was exhausting - kind of a "sleep-deprivation experiment gone wrong" and jetlag. I'll blog some more about the trip but first I thought I would share some of the pictures from the event: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jldavid/ Rob Caron has...

Wow...this is a milestone. My 100th post! :-) While navigating through the MSDN blogs for interesting PDC posts, I found the official blog for the Canadian Launch Tour 2005 . The blog was started up by Mark Relph and is accessible at the following link: http://blogs.msdn.com/canadian_launch_tour_2005...

Chris Dufour (from the East of Toronto .NET User Group ) and I are in the process of setting up a Toronto Code Camp in early January 2006! All the infrastructure is in place - all we need is a location. Expect a website by October 8th - we will be opening up a call for speakers and general registration...

On October 24th, I'll be appearing on BlaBla DotNet , a French radio show on the topic of software development. I'll be chatting with Mario Cardinal about Team System, and more specifically the features of MSF Agile and CMMI (I wrote the MSF chapter in the upcoming book Professional Visual Studio 2005...

I just finished my schedule for TechEd . It was incredibly challenging trying to narrow down what sessions to attend, what time slots to staff the Author/Publisher Community Lounge and bookstore and my BOF. There is such a huge selection of great topics to choose from and so little time to see it all...

Last night, I attended a great talk by none other than Robert Scoble . The title of the topic was "Blogs to Books!". He is currently writing a book with Shel Israel on blogging ( documented on The Red Couch blog ). Robert has recently signed up with Wiley Publishing . There were several points that stood...