In the first installment of this pre-PDC blog post series, I published the list of the sessions I’ll likely attend and a list of sessions that would be cool to see, but that isn’t really target material (for me). Microsoft has now published the time & location of each session, and I must say that [...]
So, we’ve reached November 1st – the day after Halloween and it’s only 15 days to the PDC! (Woohoo! ) I’m travelling with two of my colleagues and we’re staying at the Omni from the 14th, send me a message (typically on Twitter: larsw) if you want to hang out before / during the conference. [...]
Build error: Value cannot be null. Parameter name: path1. Now that’s a cryptic title, right? First of all; a big thanks to Jason Barile/MSFT that set me in contact with Aaron Hallberg that in turned found a workaround for the bug I’m about to describe. Second; The bug is fixed in MSFTs trunk version of [...]
A few days ago, Gøran Hansen of Capgemini and a an active member of the Norwegian Microsoft scene – as well as active in the Twittersphere, wrote a blog post called “A Software Craftsman’s Bookshelf” containing a picture of his book shelf with Software Development-related books, as well as a brief review of the titles. [...]
Yesterday, I received an email I have been hoping for (more than any of the Christmas gifts I got ) with the subject: Congratulations 2009 Microsoft MVP! I’ve known for some time that I was nominated for the Connected Systems Developer MVP, so I have really been anticipating the arrival of 2009 – 01 – [...]
Today, August 15th, is the last day you get a discount when you sign up for the Microsoft Professional Developer Conference 2008, held in Los Angeles, CA. I have not been sure if I was going to make it to the PDC this year, giving that I’ve just started in a new company and I [...]
Found out through the PDC’08 Facebook group today that they have published 16 sessions. A couple of weeks ago, I read on Don Box’ blog that 10 is the new 6 but I didn’t exactly understand why. It is a mantra of the VC++ team and is refering to the long-living version 6 (with a [...]