PDC2003_bruce's Microsoft PDC 2003 NotesLast post before from the PDC- October 30, 2003 Well, I hear the fat lady singing (or someone's strangling a poor, defenseless little animal), and the PDC is shutting down. The vendors in the Expo are gone, the left over books have been given out (I have 30lbs of extra paper reminding me) and the last session just ended. I could share a few thoughts from that session, but nothing really strikes me right now to note. I'll save it for the travel summary report. Overall, this year's PDC has been interesting, but not earth-shatteringly...http://bbblog.home.att.net/pdc2003/200310archive006.htm#1067527473006 Computing on the Beach: Visions of Mobility- October 30, 2003 No, that's not what I'm doing (unfortunately), but that is the title of this last session. It's a panel discussion about the advancements in a wireless world, and the advancements in software and devices to support that model. We can dream, can't wehttp://bbblog.home.att.net/pdc2003/200310archive006.htm#1067521281006 It's Thursday, time to wind down- October 30, 2003 Yes, Thursday is here already. This year's PDC is almost just a memory with just two more sessions to go. This morning had a few discussion panels on SOA (Service Oriented Architectures), which, of course, Web Services can play a particularly valuable role. Now, I'm in a repeat session of one I couldn't attend before because of a conflict--New Features in Whidbey for XML and Data Access. I did get to the Staples Center to get a ticket for tonight's LA KingsVancouver Canucks hockey game. Not..http://bbblog.home.att.net/pdc2003/200310archive006.htm#1067520658006 Session evals- October 29, 2003 I'm probably like 95% (or more) of the attendees here at the PDC in that I haven't done any session evaluations. At least I haven't yet. I know that when I give talks or presentations I like to get feedback not only on the content but also on my approach, style and clarity. Because I'm thinking of it, I'll probably look to do some evals before the conference party tonight Universal Studios. An Idea: By human nature, people need incentives. Perhaps Microsoft should consider doing some kind..http://bbblog.home.att.net/pdc2003/200310archive006.htm#1067446608006 Gotta love blogging!- October 29, 2003 Just as I was getting the info on PDC Central and blogging it for the people back home, I decided to jump over to PDCBloggers to check up on things. To my astonishment, I had a quote on the main page! That's cool. Then, I clicked on the "More..." link for reading some comments from other bloggers that the site wanted to highlight and I saw that I had a second quote posted. Cool 2! This just goes to prove how blogging helps us create virtual social networks for sharing ideas, thoughts or any..http://bbblog.home.att.net/pdc2003/200310archive006.htm#1067445594006 PDC Central web site- October 29, 2003 If you're looking to get more info on products and technologies being discussed this week at the PDC, check out PDC Centralhttp://bbblog.home.att.net/pdc2003/200310archive006.htm#1067444519006 Speaking of a lousy network- October 29, 2003 Another reason I'm ticked that WiFi isn't working right now (no, let me correct that: WiFi is working; DHCP isn't) is because of the wildfires. I've been trying to keep up with the news but I'd really like to see how the fight last night and this morning has been going. Given the rate of these fires to the north, east and south, LA is somewhat boxed in. This is definitely not what I had in mind when I planned on spending a few extra days out here with a convertible. I guess I can try to...http://bbblog.home.att.net/pdc2003/200310archive006.htm#1067424658006 Conference goodies- October 29, 2003 Yes, this is a vendor conference which means all sorts of goodies, freebies and software. What's in my goodies drawer back in the hotel T-Shirts (including some SharePoint shirts for the development team), demo CDs & DVDs, some lego blocks, a lunch box from MSDN for being a Universal subscriber and, of course, the conference DVDs. I have the current bits for Longhorn, Yukon and Whidbey. I thought about using a spare hard drive I brought with me to load up Longhorn, but I doubt this 900Mhz,...http://bbblog.home.att.net/pdc2003/200310archive006.htm#1067424209006 This PDC network really stinks- October 29, 2003 More DHCP issues. I have my wireless card installed, I'm getting an excellent signal from the access point, and can I get an IP address Nope. Nothing. Nada. I have several blog updates to post, but without the network, I can do that and I can't access the online session schedule to find out about changes. It's a good thing I have a local copy. Even in the Microsoft World of "always online", no one can hear my screams... Actually, I hear that Microsoft outsources the WiFi and wired network...http://bbblog.home.att.net/pdc2003/200310archive006.htm#1067423837006 One note from yesterday's sessions- October 29, 2003 In the Visual C "Whidbey": IDE Enhancements for the C Developer session yesterday, one new feature of Whidbey was shown which was very cool. Sure, it's possible to do something like it today, but not to this degree. What I'm talking about is creatingmaintaining class diagrams within VS.NET Whidbey. This goes way beyond what can be done with Visio Enterprise Architect today. Here's a short list of features: Create class diagrams from existing classes Display class information in flexible...http://bbblog.home.att.net/pdc2003/200310archive006.htm#1067423036006 |