The conclusions of the PDC Podcast Trilogy

The third and final part of Chris and my PDC Odessey is now available as a podcast on the NxtGen site here.

Out of all the awesome people we interviewed at PDC, this was probably the most exciting for me as we interview what seemed like the entire WF team! We also managed to bag a rather excellent WCF interview amoung others. So come download it and enjoy :)

PDC Podcast number 2

The second podcast from my excursion to PDC is now up on the NxtGenUG site here.

In this one Chris and I talk to Silverlight Guru Shaun Burke, and PDC organisers Mike Swanson and Tim Sneath. Mike even lets slip a little nugget about when VS2010 should be around :)

Enjoy.

The third and final podcast should be out in time for the New Year :)

Regions and PDC Hard Disks

I've just started to get my teeth into the Hard Disks we were given at PDC. So the obvious first port of call is the Wf 4.0 stuff I saw demoed.

Virtual Image runs up, good stuff. Put the password in, nope. Hmmm, maybe the caps is on, try again, nope. Realise I'm using a Virtual Image setup for Americans, so try the " key, and we're in :)

I'm pleased to say all the Virtual Labs are included on the Virtual Image, so will be cracking through them and posting stuff about it here :)

I've also installed the M3 release of Windows 7 on my laptop as the main operating system. I know, brave or stupid, you decide ;) The main reason is that I want to take advantage of the ability to mount VHD as actual drives. I'll report back on my progress with that too...

Two bits of sexy news from PDC :)

WF 3.0/3.5 has effectively been taken out back and shot, and replaced with alot sexier version. First look makes it look far easier to use and extend, and can be skinned with WPF :)

VS2010 is being converted to a WPF based app (like the Expression tools), and will be taking advantage of a new extensibility model being included in .Net 4.0.

I can't wait to get hold of the CTPs! :D

I'm off to PDC 08!

I've just booked upto got to PDC 08!

This'll be my first big Microsoft event (barring launches and what not in the UK), come say hello :)