Countdown To PDC2008 : Producing a Ginormous Conference in 10 Minutes or Less!
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Welcome to the inaugural episode of Countdown to PDC, where Jennifer Ritzinger, the PDC2008 Event Owner, and Mike Swanson, the PDC2008 Content Owner, share updates and behind-the-scenes stories about what it takes to produce a ginormous conference like
the PDC. Join them, along with other members of the PDC team, and see how much information they can pack into each 10-minute-or-less episode. After all, “at the ding, they’re done”…no matter what! Got a great question? Add your feedback to this post, and we’ll
try to answer it on a future episode.
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Are you guys pushing the timer thing as a deveopment methodoligy?
Being a developer who hasn't yet hit the jackpot with YouTube.Me (yet); I was wondering if there will be some content streamed live from the PDC08 beyond the KeyNote? Thanks. --Brain
Mike is a creative guy and I knew he could write well but it's nice to see him on camera and just how comfortable he is with speaking.
I wish the general public got to see people like Jennifer and Mike more often instead of just the big boring corporate face of Microsoft, which probably looks allot like John Hodgman, who can't seem to make up their minds about things like branding and advertising and seem to be more interested in stock prices and legal matters.
Microsoft needs more creative geeks, people who understand Illustrator, Photoshop, Expression, photography etc. (there already seems to be a surprising amount of musicians) but are also realy smart, like Mike.
Bust out the hard hat Mike. We know you want to get all up in this video with your coding skillz. Would love to see some intense sessions on cool new stuff. Maybe some topics on how mathematics and how it plays a key role in some of the technologies at MS. Now that would be geeky! Maybe some physics stuff too.
@ZippyV: "Open spaces?" as in: "what are Open Spaces?" Or as in: "please include something on Open Space in a future episode?" Here's a little to get you going: http://www.managed-world.com/2008/06/10/OpenSpaceAtPDC2008.aspx
@dentaku: You have me blushing. I'll pay you later.
@Kosher: Hard hat, eh? Coding skillz? Hmmm...you have me thinking. We'll see what we can do.
Keep the suggestions and questions coming!
Brian
1992: Seattle
1993: Anaheim
1996: San Francisco
1996: Long Beach
1997: San Diego
1998: Denver
2000: Orlando
2001: Los Angeles
2003: Los Angeles
2005: Los Angeles
What am I missing?!?
... However, it would be better if you look in the camera
Great job! This reminds me of the Signal for MIX which gave me a regular check in point to help plan our presence at MIX. Can you maybe have a "review" of Hotels, Transportation etc as many of us are in that stage of choosing those items. If maybe not a full show maybe add an "attendee tip" each week.
Looking forward to future episodes.
-Kurt
I would be interested in the complete list as well. The first was windows 3.1 in Seattle in late summer or early fall of 1991. I think there were 2100 attendees and it was way way more than they expected. The catered it out of a vacant lot in down town Seattle and got a parade permit to move everybody between venues at the end of the day. #2 was July 1992 in San Francisco for NT 3.1 with about 5000 attendees. #3 was November 1993 in Anaheim for Windows 1995. I think February 1994 or 5 was Seattle for NT Server 3.51. They started to blur together for me about then. I missed Denver.
Brian
So, that would make this our 12th PDC. @Bhowden...I'm trying to see which one was the "controversial" one.
Thanks for pointing out our error!
So what do your records show that the NT 3.51 Server conference in the Seattle conference center was? I have the shirt that says PDC (white shirt with a sort of greeny / gold design on the back shoulders). That was where they admitted that they were a bit to hasty in the 1992 pdc by saying theads were cheap and we should use as many as we want. They back peddled, said "not that cheap", and introduced completion points for waiting on an event instead of blocking a thread dedicated to that completion event.
A couple of speakers were late because they thought they could just drive across the bridge and got stuck in traffic.
Brian
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