Countdown to PDC2008: Early Bird Discount Ends August 15 (Channel 9)

Countdown to PDC2008: Early Bird Discount Ends August 15

Posted: Aug 11, 2008 at 6:39 PM

By: Dan Fernandez

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Joan Hoshino, the PDC Business Owner, joins Mike and Jennifer this week to discuss the last chance to save $200 on the registration fee, we answer viewer’s questions, plus we unveil Mike’s Hard Hat Geek Challenge: be the first to answer the puzzle correctly and win a limited edition PDC2008 shirt!

PS: Did you know this PDC is lucky 13? Who’s superstitious? We’re not!

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Rimon Tadros

Aug 11, 2008 at 9:42 PM

This may be a "punched card" with a program that prints "PDC2008" )
just guessing
Brain Smartie

Aug 12, 2008 at 12:51 AM

Mike and Jennifer, some one asked me 'Which PDC2008 session interests you most and why?'.

I'm having a hard time deciding which one(s)!   Perhaps you can help me decide by having some pdc2008 speakers give a 2 min. lighting talk on why I should attend their session? It would be helpful if they show 1 or 2 graphics, or a few code snibbits, or freeze frame preview or two?

My two top choices so far are:
      1) A Day in the Life of a Coud Service Developer
  &
      2) Deep Dive: Building a Optimized, Graphics-Intensive App in Silverlight

Are these good choices... better choices? PS: Need to know before Aug 15 so I can make the early bird deadline.

Many thanks.
--Brain
CKurt while( ( !succeed=try() ) ) { }

Aug 12, 2008 at 2:40 AM

I'm trying to figgure out the 'easy' puzzle but I guess I'm to stupid

It's BRAIILLE, but it's backwards because of the camera mirroring ! OKAY, it's not
mswanson

Aug 12, 2008 at 8:11 AM

Congratulations, Brain! Great job on the decode of the question: 'Which PDC2008 session interests you most and why?'. I wasn't sure how geeky to make the first challenge, but I'm thrilled to see that you guys are up to the task. Feel free to reveal how you decoded the message, unless you want to let others figure it out too.

Regardless, please drop us an e-mail at pdccount (at) microsoft.com, and we'll coordinate your winning shirt.
Quartz Senior UI/UX Engineer

Aug 15, 2008 at 4:45 PM

Cannot get the video to work ? What was the puzzle ?

If you really crave for puzzles go to There is No Spoon , hangout for daily puzzles