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Using LinkedIn For TechEd 2007

I'm you are a member of the social network site LinkedIn and will be attending TechEd Orlando 2007 , you might want to check out TechEd's social networking site, TechEd Connect . I'm guessing that the very same people that use LinkedIn would be interested Read More... Posted Saturday, June 02, 2007 8:45 AM by donxml | 0 Comments

Filed under: .Net, TechEd, .Net Communities

Party with Palermo: Tech Ed 2007 edition

What's a Microsoft event with Palermo Party? The MVP Summit event was way, way, way over the top. I'll be at TechEd 2007, and wouldn't miss this. Here are the details: Party with Palermo: Tech Ed 2007 edition June 3rd, 2007 @ 7PM - 11PM Glo Lounge: http://www.gloloungeorlando.com/ Read More... Posted Thursday, May 10, 2007 11:27 AM by donxml | 0 Comments

Filed under: .Net, TechEd

Visual Studio Extensibility (VSX) Webcast May 3

In case you haven’t heard (either thru James Lau's blog or Josh Holmes' blog ) I’ll be doing a webcast on Visual Studio Extensibility at 9AM Pacific time (12PM Eastern), May 3, 2007 titled: Do-It-Yourself Tools Inside Visual Studio Read More... Posted Monday, April 30, 2007 10:02 AM by donxml | 2 Comments

Filed under: .Net, TechEd, VSX

Scoble On Costs of Conferences - Forgets About Success of Free Code Camps

Robert Scoble has a nice write up on why tech conferences are expensive to run , but leaves out one of the most successful “nouveaux” conferences around, Code Camps , which happen to be totally free. Thom Robbins (a Microsoft Developer Evangelist) Read More... Posted Monday, January 30, 2006 8:22 PM by donxml | 4 Comments

Filed under: .Net, XML, TechEd, Tech Ramblings

Is Object Oriented Programming The Problem?

I recently told this story to M. David, who got a kick out of it and just had to blog some of it. One of my favorite parts of conferences is hanging out with my ‘net friends, and getting into some deep conversations about topics that make normal Read More... Posted Monday, August 01, 2005 9:43 PM by donxml | 10 Comments

Filed under: .Net, XML, PDC, TechEd

TechEd 2005 – Hits and Misses

It’s the Sunday after TechEd 2005, and I finally recovered enough to sit down and write up the DonXml TechEd 2005 Hits and Misses. Hit – The Cabanas. Hands down, my favorite part of TechEd is the cabanas. The sessions are good, but I’d Read More... Posted Monday, June 13, 2005 3:35 PM by donxml | 2 Comments

Filed under: .Net, SQL Server, TechEd

TechEd Hidden Gem Sessions

Sessions by Don Box, Kimberly Tripp, and Scott Hansleman, and the like, are always guaranteed to draw a crowd (and rock), but lesser know people can have great sessions too. So, I’d like to take some time and point out what I refer to as “hidden Read More... Posted Friday, June 03, 2005 1:27 PM by donxml | 0 Comments

Filed under: .Net, XML, SQL Server, TechEd

My Virtual 3rd Place Becomes Reality for a Week

3rd Place - "Social condensers" -- the place where citizens of a community or neighborhood meet to develop friendships, discuss issues, and interact with others -- have always been an important way in which the community developed and retained cohesion Read More... Posted Friday, June 03, 2005 10:48 AM by donxml | 0 Comments

Filed under: .Net, XML, SQL Server, TechEd

Unofficial TechEd XML Cabana - JW Marriott Lobby Lounge

I was checking in with some of the usual suspect ( Christoph , Kir k, Kent , Jeff Julian , kzu , Christian Weyer , etc.) and it seems as though the XML crew will be spread out amongst the other Cabanas at TechEd. I’m in the DBA Cabana, Kent and Read More... Posted Sunday, May 29, 2005 9:15 PM by donxml | 0 Comments

Filed under: .Net, XML, TechEd

Mentoring Service for New Code Camp Presenters

One of the things that were discussed between Stan and some of the presenters at the Philly Code Camp was the task of getting more people from the local community, and focusing less on “well known” speakers. Someone (and I can’t remember Read More... Posted Monday, April 25, 2005 7:25 PM by donxml | 1 Comments

Filed under: .Net, TechEd

YAS&RV

Yes folks, you asked for it (and even if you didn’t), the dynamic duo known as Scott & Rory (sounds like a morning radio show) have released Yet Another Scott & Rory Video – Revenge of the Sith . They move out of the bathroom and into Read More... Posted Thursday, March 17, 2005 3:59 PM by donxml | 2 Comments

Filed under: .Net, TechEd

TechEd Birds of a Feather Session - XSLT2, XQuery and Saxon.Net

I submitted a suggestion for the Birds of a Feather Sessions at TechEd on XSLT2, XQuery, and Saxon.Net. If you are interested in hanging out and talking about XSLT2 and XQuery and why/how to use it in .Net stop by the site and vote for the session . While Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 15, 2005 1:49 PM by donxml | 0 Comments

Filed under: .Net, XML, TechEd

WS-Potty

Scott Hansleman and Rory released what might be the funniest, inside joke, flick since Kevin Smith’s Jay & Silent Bob Strikes Back. It is a teaser for TechEd, and makes fun of Rory’s infamous meeting with Don Box at XmlDevCon 2003 (and Read More... Posted Friday, March 11, 2005 9:09 PM by donxml | 0 Comments

Filed under: .Net, TechEd

Going To TechEd 2005

I’ll be at TechEd 2005 , and more than likely my wife will be there too. I made sure that I signed up for TechEdBloggers , so the that people who can’t go (and who don’t subscribe to my blog) can get my posts on TechEd, and I added the Read More... Posted Sunday, March 06, 2005 1:45 PM by donxml | 3 Comments

Filed under: .Net, TechEd

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