4 days till the PDC. Are you excited?

I had my final dry-run for my talk today: PRS431 Custom Controls in WPF. If you have a free slot on Friday at 10:30, stop by. Room 402.

Part of the preparation for the PDC is uploading our slide decks to a common share so that they get down to LA and get on the presentation machines. When I uploaded my deck I couldn’t help but take a look through the scores of PPT files from other presenters.

We are showing a lot of amazing technology. Microsoft is a big company. There are amazing new features for products I didn’t know we were even working on. I was blown away just reading slide bullets. PDC could be three weeks long and you couldn’t consume all of the technology. It’s impressive.

FYI: my manager has started blogging. To quote her first post, Namita has “worked on various technologies in the platform including Property engine, databinding, styling, templating, commanding and controls.”

She’s an expert on a lot of technologies in WPF. Check out her blog and check out her talk on Thursday.

I’ll be posting samples for the PDC build all next week--some really exciting stuff I’ve been holding on to for a while.
Stay tuned and if you’re going to the PDC, stop by the Presentation Lounge in LA and say hi.