The matrix of sessions for this weekend's NYC Code Camp is final. You can get it here. Registration is full, put yourself on the waitlist!

Hear me as a guest on .NET rocks.

That is all I have to say, besides a very very late night celebrating with the locals over the win in the Africa Cup semis.

I have to hand it to Microsoft. Just when I get pissed off at them for Office Service Pack 2 (don’t ask) they remind me why I am in their camp.

 

I am in Cairo, Egypt at the moment with the anti-suck gang (the four founders are all here: me, Goksin, Malek, and Clemens) preparing for the 2006 Middle East Developers Conference. What is amazing is that we have 5,000 developers turn out for this event.

 

Why I give Microsoft so much kudos for putting on this event is that the developing world needs to build a rock solid technology based economy and Microsoft is right there leading the way. The charge for this conference is very low (about $8.75 USD) and the entire amount of money collected won’t even cover Clemens’ mini-bar bill. Microsoft has made such a commitment to the developing world, it is quite impressive.

 

I’ll be giving 4 talks:

 

XML in SQL Server 2005: The XML Data Type

Ranking and Windowing Functions in SQL Server 2005

Building Enterprise Applications with SQL Server Mobile 2005

Writing Secure ASP .NET Code

 

Thursday, January 19, 2006 2:30 PM - Thursday, January 19, 2006 8:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) Language: English-American Microsoft Corporation Central Park Conference Room 1290 Avenue of the Americas 6th Floor Microsoft Facility New York New York 10104 United States

General Event Information
Products: Visual Studio.

Recommended Audience: Developer and IT Professional.

Do you want to speak directly to the team that has brought Visual Studio 2005 to market?

Prashant Sridharan, Group Product Manager, Developer Marketing, and the NY .net User Group are pleased to announce an in-depth look at Visual Studio 2005 and what it can do for Enterprise Customers. The session will feature a project room where you can get assistance on your projects from Microsoft and community experts.

 Agenda

• 2:30 - 3:00 PM - Registration/Welcome
• 3:00 - 4:00 PM – Visual Studio Team System + Team Foundation Server
• 4:00 - 4:45 PM – What’s New for Web Developers? (ASP.NET)
• 4:45 - 5:00 PM Coffee break
• 5:00 - 5:45 PM – What’s New for Smart Client Developers? (Windows Forms/Click-Once Deployment)
• 5:45 - 6:15 PM Pizza

The session will be followed by the NY .net User Group meeting.  This will feature a presentation on: What's New in the .Net Framework?

For more information on the NY User Group meetings, please visit: http://www.nycdotnetdev.com/

And claims another one of us. Clemens Vasters is joining Microsoft. I have known this for a long time but he has finally made it public. Clemens you are a sellout but have fun! It was even front page news!

I hate unions. They have outlived their usefulness. All the transit workers have to do is listen to their international union that's urged them to go back to work, listen to the judge who ordered them back to work, and look at their families and their own economic interests. If they are not back to work tomorrow they should be fired.

On this day of thanks, especially right after Veterans Day, please take a minute between your turkey and football to give thanks to all the men and women in our armed services stationed overseas this holiday-as well as the families of the fallen soldiers.

 

While you are at it, take some time to remember the Tsunami victims, Katrina and Rita as well our friends in Pakistan.