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Entries from October 2008

Last day @ PDC

October 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Today is the last day of PDC. I checked out of my room early in the morning before I left for the convention center. There was no keynote today – just sessions
I attended the following sessions today:
1. Windows 7: Extending Battery Life with Energy Efficient Applications (by Pat Stemen)Â
Pat introduced the notion of ‘all day’ [...]

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Tags: Microsoft · Technology · Windows

Blogging from PDC – Day 3

October 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

So here I am again at PDC on day 3. Today has the keynote from MSR followed by a day filled with sessions. The day began with Rick Rashid from MSR talking about the history of MSR — when they were formed, why and what they had achieved. He spent almost 30 mins, in what [...]

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Tags: Microsoft · Technology · Windows

Blogging from PDC – Day 2

October 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Today was the big day – unveiling of Windows 7. I was up early, had breakfast in my room & arrived at the convention center earlier than usual in order to find a decent seat in the keynote hall. It began promptly at 8:30 with Ray setting the tone for today’s keynote – focus on [...]

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Tags: Microsoft · Technology · Windows

Blogging from PDC – Day 1

October 27th, 2008 · No Comments

I was up bright & early today at 7am and took the free shuttle from the hotel down to the Los Angeles Convention Center — home of PDC 2008. As I mentioned earlier, this is my 1st PDC. The venue was daunting and huge. The real magnitude was evident only when I went inside. The [...]

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Tags: Microsoft · Technology · Windows

Attending PDC 2008 – Day 0

October 26th, 2008 · No Comments

I am attending Microsoft Professional Development Conference (PDC) 2008 this year and I plan to be blogging about my entire experience. This will be my 1st PDC. I was very keen on attending PDC this year as it was to be all about Windows — Windows 7, Windows Cloud. Being a Windows guy this is [...]

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Tags: Microsoft · Technology · Windows