DevTeach 2008
Recent Coverage at DevTeach 2008 in Toronto
I went to the Markus Egger Session and he showcased an intro to WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) found in .NET 3.0 formally WinFX It allows for the business logic layer to be separated from the UI and allows you to add enhancements to your app or website via XAML code. Because everything is under one common Foundation, vs before using GDI and DirectX for example, this allows more feature rich project that are a consistent and smooth feel and look. In addition, it also takes advantage of today's...
We were walking to the CBC building and we were trying to get Don to ride this, I even proposed him to pretend sitting and i would have gone out of my way to photoshop him. He was not happy with the idea :P ANyway so here is some random foxes? horses? dogs? I dno...
I went to Jean-Luc David's seminar on how to implement Windows Live Enhancements into your website. It was overall a good presentation, very interesting topic,.Before I dismissed any thought of Windows Live and the whole phase change to that idea but now I like how it really is all about the interactivity with the website and the user. Whether it be social networking, flashy designs, or whatever, its all about the whole experience you give the person looking at your website. It was also nice how...
I set the firealarm off in my room today just by turning on the iron and setting it up right on the ironing board waiting for it to warm up. So happen it was DIRECTLY underneath the super sensitive fire detector. I almost had a heart attack. It turned off after like 5 min of yelling at me. More on this later
Just a word of advice, when you go to these conventions its all about long days, late nights, little sleep and usually lots of fun. Also make sure to set your alarm offset for the timezone or change your watch. So today was a new beginning of me. I have never been to devTeach before and initial impressions after the first day was that a) Hilton Hotel wasn't as grand as i had imagined b) DevTeach was an amazing opportunity to meet tonnes of people all sharing a common interest and definately to get...
Some photos are on D'Arcy from Winnipeg site on my links menu
So it is almost 2 am in toronto and i am blogging. Let's see where to begin.. It was quite a crazy day. 8:30 am - Wake up 9:15 am - Co-op Meeting 10:30 am - Pick up the girl 10:45 am - Go back home and do the final checklist to make sure I don't forget anything that i packed 11:30 am - Started running around the city doing errands 1:00 pm - Lunch at Phuong Nam - #25 deluxe pho + vietnamese expresso with condensed milk + ice...soo good 1:30 pm - Go to workplace to pay a visit 2:20 pm - Back home to...