Chris, the boy-next-door kinda brainy guy, recounts how he magically managed to get to the Amsterdam conference where he was speaking, with all points against him, recently. It is a trip of pure serendipity. Part 1 Part 2 Looks to me like Cathi Gero was his guardian angel on this particular trip.
Finally – an attendee writes about the Tablet PC Developer events!!
I’ve been waiting to hear what is going on at the TabletPC Developer events as the make their way around the country and around the world! Check teh schedule (U.S. and international) and register here.
Lora Heiny attended teh training in San Jose, CA yesterday and reports on what developers were asking and what answers they were getting.
Garden Tragedies
Last year I was using my pitchfork to get big clumps of grass out of my raised bed when I decided to plant in it after all. After one particular hearty plunge into the grass, I raised up the pitchfork to find a poor froggie half-way up one of the tines – skewered. It took me a while to get over being the perpretrator of that tragedy.
Well, I just came in from my foray with the weedeater in the grass and weeds that grow out by our split rail fence where there are also a lot of plantings. I just can’t do it any more. I know I’m going to go to amphibian hell now when I die. I accidentally weedwhacked a poor garden snake in half. I stood out there for 10 minutes saying “I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry” and just could’t bare to turn the thing back on again. I guess I’ll let Rich whack my beautiful plants if need be…
whaaaaaaa… poor little snake. It’s not even like it was a worm. Remember 10th grade biology? Cut a worm in half and you just have two worms…no problem.
Poor little snake. I’ll just sit here at my computer where I can’t do any harm…
What to Bring to TechEd
wiht one day to go (Saturday doesn’t count since my flight is at 7am) I need to start doin’ my laundry and packing. of course, that’s not happening. I’m working , have an old friend coming for dinner tonight and really want to do some weed whacking around the flowers cause if I leave that for Rich to do the good stuff will all be gone when I return from San Diego.
However, Bill Evjen had made a GREAT checklist for what to bring to TechEd. Check it out.
Also if you have an MSDN Subscription, bring your card. Sometimes they have swag for card carrying MSDN subscribers.
TechEd Blogger Feed referrals
I can see referrals coming in from people’s websites where the teched bloggers feed is. THat means the idea is working. Good job, Drew. I have one here, too, but it might be too low down on the page…
Sam Gentile – new job with a dreamy job title
Sam has hung up (as in put away) his “consultant” sign and signed on the dotted line as a W-2 kinda guy. It had to have taken some awesome company and job to do that, and from the sounds of it Adesso Systems was the one that did it for him. Here is his announcement of his new job – oh the dreamy job title: “Chief .NET Architect” 🙂 – and an introduction to the company as well. If Sam is impressed with this company and the product, this is definitely something to keep an eye on!
“INETA Groups”?
I’ve seen a references here and there to people talking about INETA groups. There is really no such thing (in my own mind – though I am the co-Chair of the User Group Relations committee…) as an “INETA group“. There are .NET user groups and many of those groups are members of INETA. They become members of INETA by applying and going through an approval process based on a set of criteria. If you are curious how that works and for lots of great info on how to start a user group check out this page on the INETA website.
Also INETA has public forums where many user group leaders discuss all kinds of things about running user groups from how the pizza gets paid for to if it’s necessary to be a non-profit. These are not technical forums, but truly dedicated to user group leaders sharing information.
Enjoy!
Speaking at ASP.NET Connections!
Well, it’s official – my name is on the website (although my pic and bio haven’t made it up yet). I will be doing 3 sessions at ASP.NET Connections in November in Vegas.
- Developing Ink-Aware Applications with the Tablet PC SDK
- What’s New in the “Whidbey” Base Class Libraries for ASP.NET Developers
- Web Services Security for Dummies with WSE2
The Tablet talk is the only tablet specific session in the whole DevConnections line-up.
The WSE2 talk is the only WSE session.
The Whidbey talk is definitely NOT the only Whidbey session! 🙂
Vegas, baby!
Steve Smith: ArmySteve.com
Continously interesting reading. I am quite fortunately completely void of any idea how t hings work in the army. www.armysteve.com
New TechEd BOF: How to Start a User Group
Eric King has just added a Birds of a Feather Session to the TechEd schedule. He will be leading a BOF on How to Start a User Group. Eric is someone who is wildly enthusiastic about his group and helping other groups. He is on the INETA User Group Relations Strategic committee and is an enormous help to him.
If you have ever thought about starting up a user group, this would be a great way to get some very useful and helpful information.