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Running in tandem with the presentations is an open discussion area where you will choose the subjects and the participants.  Whether you want to mingle with the presenters, talk about an MDC session, a related subject or something else you have the opportunity.  Borrowing from Open Space Technology and other forms of open, community-driven discussion, using fishbowls and free-for-alls, this area is yours.

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Here are my slides for my talk at the TechDays08 in Costa Mesa on November 12th 2008. Yesterday was a fun day and we used Twitter, Facebook, Email to keep comments and questions commig all day long (durring the sessions). We will be doing this today to.

Here are the slides for my talk at the TechDays08 Conference in Costa Mesa CA on Nov 11th.  I will add the code for the talk this weekend.

You can find the code for the demos below. A big thanks go to Stephen Walther for the demos.

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JQueryDemos (2).zip (2.04 MB)

TempateTutorial.zip (3.38 KB)

I have installed an interesting application - BlogJet. It's a cool Windows client for my blog tool (as well as for other tools). Get your copy here: http://blogjet.com

"Computers are incredibly fast, accurate and stupid; humans are incredibly slow, inaccurate and brilliant; together they are powerful beyond imagination." -- Albert Einstein

I have been to many tech events over the years and I have to say, The Underground@PDC  knocks them all out of the water.  From the World Class speakers (Scott Guthrie, Douglas Purdy, Don Box, Chris Anderson, Scott Hanselman), to the venue (The Edison in LA) to the people, this party rocked. If you missed it, here is a quick montage to show you what you missed.

The montage was Produced by: Wm. Marc Salsberry make sure you check out his site on facebook for more photos.

Ran accross this very funny comic... Are you a twitter addict??  hmmmmmmm

Announcing the New .NET Logo!

Microsoft just unveiled the new .Net logo.  I like it (once I got used to it)

Tell me what you think?

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Found a really cool video on Channel 9 on VS 2010 (Code name Rosario)

Check it out http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/ARCast.TV/ARCastTV-Peter-Provost-on-whats-coming-for-Architects-in-Visual-Studio-Team-System/

I gave a presentation on LINQ to the SGV (San Gabrial Valley ) user group last week. Here are the slides and demos from the talk.

PDC is back and so is the Underground.... http://underground.socalcodecamp.com go signup!

Since not everyone in the local community is able to make it to the PDC,  Microsoft and INETA has put together a great event called the underground.  The location is the coolest location a geek event has ever taken place, it’s called The Edison. The Edison was the first private power plant in Downtown LA and much of the old equipment has been incorporated in to the venue. And it’s really under street level so it’s the perfect place to do the event!

I hope you all can make it there not much room at the event so signup quick!

So I was browsing Caleb Jenkins website looking at his new deck on presenting and then headed over to his other website CommunityCast.tv

I ran accross this great episode from the 2007 MVP Summit.  From Palermo's party to, Beth Massey (pre Microsoft) to the DNN guys running around.  Alot of things change in a year and a half. It was nice to look back.

Hey all,

     I just got added to the 12Second.tv beta site so I can now post my 12 Second videos. It is like twitter but video style.  We will see where this goes :) Check out the sidebar for details.

I have some great news and wanted to share it with all of you (well, the two of you anyway). 

They say that the only thing that is constant is change and it is certainly no different for me. After running a successful business for the last few years I have decided to join the team. And by the team, I mean Microsoft. I will be starting on Oct 6th as a DE (Developer Evangelist) in Southern California.

I am really looking forward to working even closer with the community (If that is possible ) to bring great content, great resources, and great training, (yea yea yea... swag too) to the great developers in Southern California. It will be a great honor to work with such a vibrant developer community.

Look for more coming from me soon... I just wanted to share the good news.

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