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A while ago I was appointed as the project manager of the final development phase of the XP2Win7 project done at Sela for MS Redmond and presented at the PDC 2009 expedition (Note: the latest build of the project has not yet been published). The application was almost complete at that time but there were still quite a few features to be developed and several bugs to be fixed. The whole XP2Win7 application development was extensive and involved several developers for several months, but this final...
The last day of PDC is over. Unfortunately, I felt really bad today so I was unable to attend any sessions. In conclusion, the PDC was not so innovative yet it was interesting, intensive and fun. I really liked the 2nd day keynote and the different sessions about concurrency and parallel programming. From the Agile aspect though, there wasn’t any insightful session, but it was fascinating to listen how different people in the community cope with the challenges of Agile implementation in their projects...
Today’s keynote session was really exciting. It started with Windows 7 development process and cool new features, continued with the announcement of Silverlight 4 , and concluding with Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010. Sasha ( 1 , 2 , 3 ) and Eran ( 1 , 2 , 3 ) elaborated on these pretty much in their blogs and you can hear more at the upcoming SDP conference. In addition, a Windows 7 PDC Laptop was given for free to every PDC attendee!!! After the keynote I attended a panel discussion on the future...
In the afternoon of the first day of PDC, I attended two interesting sessions regarding Agile. I was glad to see that in both sessions the halls were full. There were even several people standing around the chairs. This just stressed the fact that Agile concepts are penetrating into more & more teams and organizations worldwide. Agile – Tales of Triumph, Tribulation, Tools, and Teams This session was actually an open discussion about Agile, mainly motivated by stories and queries presented by...
This is my first time at a conference as big as the PDC . It’s like Israel’s Tech-Ed scaled up and out! Opening the conference was keynote speaker Ray Ozzie, Microsoft’s chief software architect, introducing a wide range of new Microsoft technologies in cooperation with colleagues from Microsoft and it’s partners. He especially emphasized cloud computing realized by Windows Azure, presenting the “infrastructure/platform as a service” concept. After the keynote I attended the Future Directions for...
I’m in LA for the upcoming Microsoft PDC 2009 with quite a few guys from Sela Group , hoping to get a good glance at the new Microsoft technologies and tools. As a warm-up, a bunch of us went to the thrilling Six Flags Magic Mountain theme park for an extreme day of infinite adrenalin! And if you’re an adrenaline freak like me, you already know that the PDC is just an excuse for coming to LA and visiting the Magic Mountain park :-). It was better than I expected, especially thanks to the short lines...