Monday, October 27, 2003 - Posts

Monday, October 27, 2003 10:42 PM

• Avalon

  Just had lunch with DonXML, Stuart, Chris Brumme, Drew Marsh, some CLR guys, and a bunch of people named Jeff. Now I'm sitting in an Avalon session with Stuart. The more I see, the more excited I am, and the more irritated I am that Longhorn is so far Read More Rory | 1 Comments Filed Under: PDC

• First bummer of the conference - My first (and possibly last) bathroom visit

  I just had my first PDC bathroom experience. Coverage of the potty was the main reason I came. I knew there would be a restroom-blog shaped hole at the conference, and I wanted to fill it (that sounds kind of dirty, but you know what I mean). I've also Read More posted Monday, October 27, 2003 7:46 PM by Rory | 7 Comments Filed Under: PDC

Monday, October 27, 2003 7:10 PM

• Indigo is rocking your stockings

  Just saw my first Indigo demo, and my "this sucks" list hasn't changed. Indigo doesn't suck. Chris and Don just built a blogging client with about .025 lines of code. This might freak some developers out. Quite a few developers live for the complexity Read More Rory | 2 Comments Filed Under: PDC

• It's so easy that even executives can do it

  I'm a bit of a skeptic. When someone starts talking about a new technology or feature, my first instinct is to find a way to say "this sucks." I'm not a big proponent of "it's new, therefore it's good." That's how I've been approaching everything that's Read More posted Monday, October 27, 2003 6:47 PM by Rory | 0 Comments Filed Under: PDC

Monday, October 27, 2003 6:11 PM

• I saw the living breathing Bill Gates - And I'm sitting with Chris Sells right now, which is also pretty damn cool

  Just went to the Bill Gates keynote. Completely and totally bizarre. Two hours of sleep and fatigue-induced hallucinations probably aren't helping things seem any less weird, but I just didn't expect to be seeing him present. After learning yesterday Read More Rory | 0 Comments Filed Under: PDC

• A few notes about driving from Las Vegas to LA

  Las Vegas gas stations have slot machines inside, and speed limits on the freeway are optional. That's interesting. I never knew that. When driving from Las Vegas to LA, you'll spend much of your time looking for LA and a good radio station. You might Read More posted Monday, October 27, 2003 12:09 PM by Rory | 2 Comments Filed Under: PDC

Monday, October 27, 2003 12:01 PM

• In the air and on my way

  [Note: This was written at about 6:30 PM on Sunday] Actually in the air now. I’ve never flown Southwest before, as I consider it to be a peasant’s airline, but must confess that it isn’t really all that bad. The airline attendants, while doing the whole Read More Rory | 1 Comments Filed Under: PDC

• The whole stupid state caught on fire

  [Note: This was written at 5:30 PM on Sunday] I’m finally leaving. Every flight to southern California was cancelled this afternoon because most of the state caught on fire. This is pretty weird considering the very last PDC dream that I had: I was sitting Read More posted Monday, October 27, 2003 11:59 AM by Rory | 2 Comments Filed Under: PDC