PDC 2008, LEGO®, and Women in Technology

It is official, we have launched our Professional Developers Conference (PDC) 2008 registration site, so it is a GO!

Everyone knows what LEGO's® are...at least I hope they do. I can remember my brother playing with them, creating huge battle saga's that spanned our family room floor. And my mom, forever vacuuming them up (I can still hear the horrible rattling sound as they met their end), and everyone in my family stepping on them...

Well who knew that you would actually be able to PLAY with them again, at WORK no less. Check this out...

I wanted to point out to everyone a really cool workshop being held at PDC called WomenBuild: Inspiring Career Paths in Technology. This is going to be a tremendous workshop, where Microsoft and the LEGO® Serious Play Program (LSP) have teamed up to use a rich, interactive way of modeling real-life business challenges using LEGO® Bricks.

This is such a neat way of using models in a collaborative and visual way to stimulate creative thinking. The challenge: becoming thought leaders in the technical world, and inspiring other women in the technical industry. The payoff: creating long lasting relationships with other women in the technology industry, learning to think creatively and applying that to reality, and most importantly NETWORKING.

I encourage anyone who is interested to register for this workshop! Hope to see you there!