Entries tagged with pdc - Channel 9

Countdown to PDC09: Win a Free Trip to PDC

Larry Larsen — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:14:00 GMT

Countdown to PDC09: Win a Free Trip to PDC

In a speedy 10 minutes, Mike and Jennifer cram in an update about PDC content, Birds-of-a-Feather, hotel options, the PDC attendee directory, and how to win big bucks and a free trip to the PDC by entering the www.Code7Contest.com. Phew, that’s a mouthful! Don’t forget to email pdc09@microsoft.com with your questions and feedback, and maybe you’ll get a shout out on the show.

ToolShed Tooltip #21 - Developer Community Update By MVP Keith Kabza

Russell Fustino — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:28:00 GMT

How do you find out about developer events? Find out by watching this clip. Save the dates for the PDC and mark your calendar for many SQL Saturdays, Code Camps, MSDN Events, WinMoDevCamps, and more coming your way. Not only is it important to know tools, but it is perhaps even more challenging just keeping up with tool availability and many other developer resources such as thrivedev, bizspark, and Bytes by MSDN . Join Microsoft MVP Keith Kabza as he reviews this very important topic that all developers should be aware of.

This is the first of Tool Shed Tooltips released from Episode 4 of the TV Show Russ Tool Shed presents... "It's All About The Tools" hosted by Russ Fustino and Co-Host Stan Schultes. Download code, ppt and demo script from http://code.msdn.com/toolshed for all episodes. Also, use the links on http://channel9.msdn.com/toolshed to download tools. Finally, check out some more great videos on the Developer Evangelist East site: http://channel9.msdn.com/dpeeast

Toolshed Tooltip #14 - Developer Community Update by MVP Don (XML) Demsak from Episode 3

Russell Fustino — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:07:00 GMT

How do you find out about developer events? Find out by watching this clip. Save the dates for the PDC and mark your calendar for many SQL Saturdays and Code Camps coming your way. Not only is it important to know tools, but it is perhaps even more challenging just keeping up with tool availability and many other developer resources. Join Microsoft MVP Don Demsak as he reviews this very important topic that all developers should be aware of. Don also highlights of some of the other series on Channel9.

This is the first of Tool Shed Tooltips released from Epsode 3 of the TV Show Russ Tool Shed presents... "It's All About The Tools" hosted by Russ Fustino and Co-Host Stan Schultes. Download code, ppt and demo script from http://code.msdn.com/toolshed for all episodes. Also, use the links on http://channel9.msdn.com/toolshed to download tools. Finally, check out some more great videos on the Developer Evangelist East site: http://channel9.msdn.com/dpeeast

Take your Applications to the Cloud and Beyond – PDC, Visual Studio, Azure, Office 14 and Windows 7

Nigel — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:15:00 GMT

This MSDN UNPLUGGED session shares principles, practices, patterns and tools announced at the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in Los Angeles, October 2008.

Presented by http://tr.im/MarkCarroll and http://tr.im/MikeZeff

Using computers in the cloud can make a great deal of sense. Instead of provisioning part or all of your infrastructure you can instead exploit Internet-accessible servers and let others worry about keeping systems up to scratch. But why just stop at the cloud? Some applications may have their code and data both operating in the cloud, others may run inside an organisation storing data in the cloud or relying on other cloud infrastructure services. Applications that run on desktops and mobile devices can use services in the cloud to synchronise information across many systems or in other ways. Whatever approach makes sense exploiting and extending the cloud’s capabilities can open up new choices for applications hosting, storage and interoperability.

Register NOW for the MSDN Developer Conference

Laura Foy — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:01:00 GMT

If you weren't lucky enough to attend the PDC- or if you want to learn a bit more and experience it all again- then SIGN UP NOW for the MSDN Developer Conference. I spent some time with two of my favorite architects- Juval Lowy and Michele Leroux Bustamante- and we got the scoop. CHECK OUT THE VIDEO.

RiSE at PDC 2008

Peli de Halleux — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:44:00 GMT

The Research in Software Engineering (RiSE) from Microsoft Research had a strong presence at PDC 2008 with 3 booths, 4 sessions and 2 panels. Here is the list of talks that you can watch online on Channel9:

BAM, Doloto, AjaxView: http://channel9.msdn.com/pdc2008/TL50/
CHESS: http://channel9.msdn.com/pdc2008/TL58/
Code Contracts and Pex: http://channel9.msdn.com/pdc2008/TL51/
Task Parallel Library: http://channel9.msdn.com/pdc2008/TL26/
Future of Programming Languages: http://channel9.msdn.com/pdc2008/TL57/
Future of Unit Testing: http://channel9.msdn.com/pdc2008/TL61/

This Week on C9: PDC recap and Halloween with Scott Hanselman, Clint Rutkas, and Brian Peek

Dan Fernandez — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:10:00 GMT

This Week on Channel 9, Scott Hanselman, Clint Rutkas, and Brian Peek join us to share their thoughts on PDC, Azure, and even share their thoughts on the best geeky Halloween costumes.

"Damn, Windows 7 is Looking Goooood"

Marcelo Belinazo — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:12:00 GMT

Get an inside scoop on Windows 7 and what the community is saying after the recent PDC 2008 announcements and demos. Follow the live blogs BetaNews and 8 Live Bloggers (Ed Bott, Paul Thurrott, Kip Kniskern, Mary Jo Foley, Rafael Rivera, Tom Warren, Todd Bishop, and Long Zheng).

Show Off and VSIP Passport Winners Announced

D. Begley — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:16:00 GMT

The Show Off votes have been tabulated, and we have winners! In third place: Clipboard History for Visual Studio; in second place: Multi-Channel Virtual Earth and in first place… Brian the Build Bunny. These entries will each recieve $500 Visa Gift Cards. Check out these innovative creations on Channel 9.

William Wallace, from Motive, Inc., is the VSIP Passport drawing winner for Monday, October 27. He is the winner of an Xbox Elite.

Microsoft Azure Aims to Re-define the OS

Marcelo Belinazo — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:45:13 GMT

Blogger Richard MacManus was among a small group of people who had a roundtable today with Microsoft executives Ray Ozzie, Bob Muglia and Amitabh Srivastava. The topic of conversation was Microsoft Azure, the cloud computing operating system announced earlier today. Richards asked Ray Ozzie about the relationship between Azure and the core Windows (in particular the new version, Windows 7). Read Ray’s answer for this question and much more here.

Microsoft Regional Directors make PDC Predictions

Brian Keller — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:35:00 GMT

The Microsoft Regional Directors are fired up for another great PDC! Tim Huckaby threw a rockin' RD party at his house on Saturday and Scott Stanfield was there with his camera to capture some predictions from some of your favorite Regional Directors.

Ray Ozzie: "Windows Azure represents a major platform shift in our industry."

Marcelo Belinazo — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:35:37 GMT

This morning, Ray engaged audience members by reminding them that Microsoft executives "viscerally understood" that for the company to be successful, developers also had to be. Microsoft Watch considered Ray's keynote "refreshing and down-to-earth. His early delivery was unusually engaging for someone who often is too heady in his delivery." Read the full story here.

Bluehoo Application hosted on Windows Azure

D. Begley — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:32:00 GMT

Steve Marks invited Jonathan Greenstead, CEO of Sentinent on stage during Monday's PDC2008 keynote to demo Bluehoo, a rich application hosted by Windows Azure. Built in Silverlight and coded entirely in Visual Studio C++, Bluehoo is a location-based social networking tool to see people that are nearby.

Live Blogging from PDC08: Ray Ozzie Keynote, Windows Azure Announcement

Marcelo Belinazo — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:45:00 GMT

Get the details about Windows Azure and other technologies announced this morning from the live blogs BetaNews, CNET or the community live blogging session done by Long Zheng, Ed Bott, Paul Thurrott, Kip Kniskern, Mary Jo Foley, Rafael Rivera, Tom Warren, and Todd Bishop directly from the fist PDC 2008 Keynote.

Welcome to PDC2008

D. Begley — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:47:00 GMT

We're excited to have you here in L.A. to engage in in-depth discussions around upcoming technologies and the future direction of the Microsoft platform.

Follow PDC All Star Bloggers

D. Begley — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:59:00 GMT

Microsoft enthusiast and blogger Long Zheng arranged for seven bloggers to participate in All Star Blogging from PDC: Ed Bott, Mary Jo Foley, Kip Kniskern, Rafael Rivera, Paul Thurrott, Tom Warren, and Long Zheng. The group will be contributing to a single Coveritlive blog so you’ll be able to read all posts from one site. The link to read the live blog will be embedded into their PDC section and the coverage will include all the latest on Windows Strata, cloud computing, Live Mesh and of course Windows 7.

We Love Robots

D. Begley — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:44:00 GMT

At Microsoft, we love Robots. Turns out, we’re not the only ones. Our friends at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have brought a full scale replica of the Mars Exploratory Rover to display in the “Big Room” next to the Robotics Booth. In addition, some of the actual engineers and scientists from the Pasadena lab working on the Rover will be on-hand to answer questions and geek out with PDC attendees. Make sure to stop by, get a picture of yourself with the Rover, and ask all those questions you have for the “rocket scientists” at NASA!

Meet Silverlight Authors and Anders Hejlsberg at PDC2008

D. Begley — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:04:00 GMT

There's going to be some great stuff going on in the bookstore @ PDC -- including some book launchings, book signings and more. Anders Hejlsberg, who will be signing copies of the C# Programming Language on Monday, October 27 at 3:30 PM, will only be around for 30 minutes, and we're expecting a lot of people to show up!

MSNZ Unplugged - Preparing for Cloud Computing & PDC

Nigel — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:00:00 GMT

I have just finished a road trip talking to developers about preparing for cloud computing, Silverlight 2, IE8 and upcoming announcements at PDC.

The session is intended as a high level over-view to set the scene for the next wave of IT trends and development technologies hitting us square between the eyes at PDC in just under two weeks time.

The start of the presentation is inspired by a very popular talk that Miha Kralj gave at Tech.Ed NZ on the future of IT. I contacted Miha to see if he was comfortable representing his material on cloud computing in my unplugged session which he agreed to.

More demos and details at http://bit.ly/discover

"Oslo": Building Textual DSLs

D. Begley — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:24:00 GMT

As PDC approaches, the buzz surrounding the Microsoft’s modeling platform, “Oslo,” grows louder and louder. The “Oslo” modeling language sits at the center of the “Oslo” platform, and has the potential to change the way developers think about modeling. Join Chris Anderson and Giovanni Della-Libera's session on Day 4 of PDC to learn how you can use the “Oslo” SDK to build your own Domain Specific Language. Learn not only how to put your DSL to work, but how to create an interactive and textual development experience that is a dramatic improvement on today’s solutions.

Put the PDC in your pocket!

D. Begley — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:12:00 GMT

Go to: http://m.microsoftpdc.com/ for the PDC mobile experience.

Rick Rashid: A Researcher’s Researcher

D. Begley — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:12:00 GMT

Countdown to PDC2008: 17 years in the same job? Yep, Senior Vice President of Microsoft Research, Rick Rashid has been doing the same thing since the first day he joined the firm, and he’s still loving it. Listen to Rick talk about all of the cool innovation coming out of MSR, and he foreshadows his PDC keynote warning audience members to be thoughtful about where they sit during his speech. Hmmm. Whatever in the world could that possibly mean? Who cares! Mike’s got apple pie in this, his final PDC Hard Hat Challenge. Bonne chance!

Sessions Times Posted

D. Begley — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:11:00 GMT

Plan your PDC experience using the timeline view introduced on Thursday, October 16. This updated view of sessions allows you to navigate sessions based on day, time and location. Additionally:

If you already have identified and selected sessions for your “My Sessions” group, look for those sessions to be highlighted in green. Select "My Sessions" to view, print or add to your Outlook calendar.
If you have not created a “My Sessions” group, add/remove sessions in real-time by selecting the check box next to the session listing itself.
Looking for a specific session? Select a technology tag, level or speaker to view those sessions highlighted in blue.
Selecting sessions in the list view has not changed – you are still able to read session abstracts, read speaker bios and obtain resource materials and get access to session recordings (after a session has been presented).
Blank time blocks are placeholders and will be updated when sessions are added, repeated or to indicate an overflow location.

We hope this helps you as you plan out your week in Los Angeles at PDC2008!

L.A. Insights: Cinephile's Delight

D. Begley — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:11:00 GMT

Angelenos have a well-deserved reputation as laid-back -- but when it comes to movies, they can be as passionate and serious as the most diehard cinephile. There are convenient places to check out the latest high-profile releases – like downtown’s no-frills Laemmle’s Grande 4-Plex, or the pricey ArcLight in Hollywood. But part of the fun of living in such close proximity to the movie capital of the world comes from the many special screenings and in-person appearances by filmmakers. The week of the PDC is no exception...

To find out more about the nuts-and-bolts of movie-making, you could check out a behind-the-scenes workshop by Richard King, sound editor for the year’s biggest film: The Dark Knight. On Monday night, he’ll be talking at Hollywood’s Egyptian Theater with music editor Alex Gibson about how the two approached the project, complete with pre-dub and post-dub excerpts from the film. If you’ve ever wanted to ask writer/director Alexander Payne (Sideways, About Schmidt) a question, he’ll be doing a Q&A after a screening of his 1999 film Election at the U.S.C. film school on Thursday.

The week of the PDC is also a great week for documentaries. None other than the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences screens Oscar-winning documentaries each Monday, and on the 27th, will be showing two of the winners from 1993: Defending Our Lives, about abused women driven to kill their tormentors, and I Am A Promise, about an inspiring Philadelphia principal in a low-income school. Doc producers will be in attendance to discuss. On Tuesday, the Egyptian will be screening Lioness, a new doc about five female soldiers who saw combat in Iraq, even though technically women are not supposed to be under fire. And along with a panel of distinguished academics, U.S.C. professor Joe Saltzman will screen and discuss Black on Black, the Emmy-winning documentary he produced in 1968 about the devastating riots in South L.A. during that unquiet decade.

Lastly, the annual film festival of the American Film Institute will begin on October 30, which may give you an incentive to stay in town an extra day or two. Opening night will kick off with the world premiere of The Soloist, starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Jamie Foxx, based on the true story of an L.A. Times columnist who befriends a homeless, mentally-ill man on skid row who turns out to be a trained classical musician. But make sure to buy tickets in advance!

Monday, October 27, Behind-the-scenes look at the sound of The Dark Knight (free), Egyptian Theater, Hollywood, 7:30 – red line to Hollywood and Highland.

Defending Our Lives and I Am a Promise ($5), Linwood Dunn Theater, Hollywood, doors open at 6:30 – red line to Hollywood and Vine, walk 4 blocks south to 1313 Vine St.

Tuesday, October 28, Lioness (free), Egyptian Theater – red line to Hollywood and Highland;

Black on Black (free, although RSVP requested at annenberg.usc.edu/rsvp), Annenberg Auditorium, 5 P.M. -- Take southbound commuter Express Bus 422 from stop in front of convention center at Pico and Figueroa -- bus terminates at Jefferson and Hoover, at USC campus. Marked as “ASC” in grid square D4 on this map.

Thursday, October 30, world premiere of The Soloist ($25; $125) – red line to Hollywood and Vine; $25 screening held at Arclight Theater; $125 at Cinerama Dome next door, 7 P.M.

Q. & A. with Alexander Payne and screening of Election (free; although email map.

The Devil’s Field Guide to the PDC2008

D. Begley — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:11:00 GMT

The long awaited “The Devil’s Field Guide to the PDC” is the ultimate insider’s guide to having the best PDC experience ever. It answers questions that attendees of any type of large Microsoft conference event ponder, for example:
• Where do all the Microsofties hang out after the event?
• How do I get the backchannel instead of what the mainstream media wants me to hear?
• How do I avoid standing in lines?
• How do I maintain my stamina?
• How do I talk to a Microsoftie who can actually help me?
Of course, there is a lot more to know so get inside the field guide to find out!