PDC: Day 1

Arrival and more

Monday, September 12, 2005 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News

I've arrived in LA for Microsoft's Professional Developer's Conference (PDC).  On the plane, I wrote up my expectations with regards to what I hope to learn from some of the sessions.

I've also put togethre a photo-album that I'll be adding to as I get pictures.  If I can get an FTP site up and going, I hope to put some video up too but time will be tight.

As a developer, there's a ton of things to learn at PDC.  One of my main interests is WinFX which I've put together a quickie primer for.

Tomorrow will be the first day of actual sessions along with the key-note from Bill Gates.  It should be very interesting. Stay tuned!

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_vip
Reply #1 Tuesday, September 13, 2005 5:54 AM
WB5 is looking very nice Brad, BUT, you should hire me to be your personal spell checker!

Island Dog
Reply #2 Tuesday, September 13, 2005 6:51 AM

Thanks for the updates Brad.


TheSkinsFactory
Reply #3 Tuesday, September 13, 2005 11:29 AM
Shameless Plug: The Skins Factory created the WM Player Gadget shown in Bill Gate's Keynote. Check later for a more detailed look at the first WM Player Gadget for Windows Vista Sidebar

www.theskinsfactory.com

Frogboy
Reply #4 Tuesday, September 13, 2005 3:33 PM
Cool.  You at PDC, Jeff?

KoL_
Reply #5 Tuesday, September 13, 2005 3:34 PM
The WMPlayer gadget on the sidebar was by The Skin Factory?? It looks really nice.

WB5 looks really nice, I cant wait to try it

TheSkinsFactory
Reply #6 Tuesday, September 13, 2005 5:12 PM
No, i'm here in South Florida. I'm going to start going to all the major events after this one.

BoddhiC
Reply #7 Tuesday, September 13, 2005 8:29 PM
If you want to let people get at least a little taste of winfx, there is a beta program, Microsoft Code Name Max - which is a photo sharing software with some neat 3d effects based on winfx beta 2 available now - www.microsoft.com/max. It is for XP SP2 and will not install in Vista. It requires installation of winfx beta 2 (part of its install). Pretty nice feel and graphics. Check out the 3D "mantle" view for the photos - very neat

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