Countdown To PDC2008 : Producing a Ginormous Conference in 10 Minutes or Less!

Posted By: Dan Fernandez | Jul 18th @ 6:16 PM

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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IrvTheRobot

Are you guys pushing the timer thing as a deveopment methodoligy? Smiley

Brain
Smartie

Nice inauguration Jennifer and Mike. Like the format and look forward to seeing you two on a regular basis. First off... time for a new timer as it stopped :34 seconds too soon. (1:20 - 10:36 video time). How about a viewable count down for the audience to see with a :30 seconds reserve for a rap-up.

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

ZippyV
Soapbox = Fail

Open spaces?

dentaku

I always read Mike's blog and I've seen Jennifer before on C9 but it's amazing how good some MS employees are on "TV".
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.

Kosher

That's the key differentiator between ****BZZZZZ! lol... classic.

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.

Mark.hu

cool

mswanson

@Brain: Thanks for the timer suggestion. Other than keeping our content short, tight, and concentrated, the timer is a fun way to involve something more analog. There's something special knowing that our show is dictated by a $10 spring. Smiley

As to the countdown idea, I think the Channel 9 viewer already includes this handy feature. Regarding streaming live, perhaps we'll address that on a future episode. Thanks!

@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. Smiley

@Kosher: Hard hat, eh? Coding skillz? Hmmm...you have me thinking. We'll see what we can do.

Keep the suggestions and questions coming!

Bhowden

As a total PDC Junkie that has been to most of them including the first one in Seatle on Win 3.1 (My only PDC shirt that says Proffessional Developers Conference but has no windows logo as that was where it was introduced), I like the idea and I am sure I will watch them all. My favorite PDC slogan that sums it all up was "No Ties. No Salesmen. No Beginners." So which PDC was debateable?

Brian

aldie_lab
aldie_lab

12 (or 13) PDCs? I thought I had been at all but the first one:

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?!?