I'm not sure when my blog turned into a travel blog, but I think I may have found what I'll do as my next career :) I've been very fortunate that work has taken me to interesting places, and I am able to jump off and see other interesting places. A few weeks ago I went to Dubai on my way home from Amman Jordan (where I'm working on a country-scale ESB project for Microsoft and the Jordanian government). I'm writing this in a taxi as my wife and I head to Petra (Jordan) for the weekend, then I work ......
And so it begins.... On October 8th, I will be presenting "A Preview of Microsoft Oslo" at the SOA Symposium conference in Amsterdam. I have been fortunate to have been involved in the Oslo process since it began. And now, as we move closer to parts of it becoming real, we are allowed to talk publicly about it. I'm super-excited about this presentation, as I have been given permission by MSFT to present material that has previously only been shown internally, and I even have some tool prototype screenshots ......
On my return home from Jordan last week I diverted through Dubai, because I was "in the neighborhood" and have long been curious about it. Several people that knew I was going have asked me about it, and as it's such a technology hotspot, I thought I'd do a short post as most people reading my blog are probably curious about it. My executive summary: "Like Vegas, only more so". More buildings, more money, more construction, and a very strong drive to be the first/biggest/tallest/faste... at everything. ......