Going gold this time.. to gold coast for TechEd

 

This is my schedule..for now :)

 

Tuesday, August 7, 2007
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM     
Welcome Party          

Wednesday, August 8, 2007
8:15 AM - 9:30 AM     
Opening Keynote        

9:45 AM - 11:00 AM    
CLI310 Microsoft SoftGrid: Establishing a Proof of Concept             
DAT304 The Next Release of Microsoft SQL Server: Overview      

11:05 AM - 11:25 AM   
SPON001 Hewlett Packard Sponsor Session        

11:30 AM - 12:45 PM   
ARC302 The Perfect Pattern Storm, where TDD meets UX and MVP           

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM    
Lunch          

12:50 PM - 1:10 PM    
SPON012 Attachmate Sponsor Session - Monitoring User Activity and Changes Across your Windows Servers          

1:20 PM - 1:40 PM     
SPON019 K2 Sponsor Session - Blessings of K2 [blackpearl]: Empower business users to build & deploy workflow processes         

1:45 PM - 3:00 PM     
OFC402 Templates and Features: The Engine Under the SharePoint Hood - Build and Deploy Your Own!       

3:05 PM - 3:25 PM     
SPON002 Hewlett Packard Sponsor Session        

3:30 PM - 4:45 PM     
ARC304 Architecting Next Generation Business Applications      

5:00 PM - 6:15 PM     
BOF03 QLD Spotlight Program – 2 Innovative MOSS 2007 Partner Solution Demonstrations           

6:15 PM - 8:45 PM     
Ask the Experts        

Thursday, August 9, 2007
8:15 AM - 9:30 AM     
ARC306 UX - Interface Design patterns          
SVR308 Windows PowerShell: The Future of Server Administration         

9:45 AM - 11:00 AM    
DEV301CT XBox Development with XNA Games Studio Express        
OFC321 Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 Form Development with Visual Studio      

11:05 AM - 11:25 AM   
SPON017 Compuware Asia Pacific Sponsor Session - So, you think you’re ready to deliver your project            

11:30 AM - 12:45 PM   
ARC308 Software Factories      
CON309 Advanced Microsoft BizTalk 2006 R2 Concepts             

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM    
Lunch          

12:50 PM - 1:10 PM    
SPON015-R1 Citrix Systems Sponsor Session - Streamline Office 2007 and Vista Migration         

1:20 PM - 1:40 PM     
SPON008 Nortel Sponsor Session - Deploying Unified Communications: Microsoft Office Communication Server 2007 with Nortel Communication Server 1000            

1:45 PM - 3:00 PM     
ARC309 Using the Web to build connected systems        

3:05 PM - 3:25 PM     
SPON020 K2 Sponsor Session - Bring Business Processes to Life: Model your business processes with K2 [blackpearl] & Microsoft Visio 2007       

3:30 PM - 4:45 PM     
OFC409 Workflow in Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies 2007: Deep Dive for Developers       

5:00 PM - 6:15 PM     
DEV315 Building a Complete Web Application Using ASP.NET "Orcas" and Microsoft Visual Studio Codename 2008 (Part 2 of 2)       

6:15 PM - 11:00 PM    
Final Party            

Friday, August 10, 2007
8:15 AM - 9:30 AM     
ARC312 Make your Customer's Day: User First Design             

9:45 AM - 11:00 AM    
CON413 Architecture of Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation and Common Extensibility Points      
DEV309 Best Practices for Team-Based Software Development      

11:05 AM - 11:25 AM   
SPON021 K2 Sponsor Session - Into the Depths with K2 [blackpearl]: A deep dive into the rich development tools & capabilities          

11:30 AM - 12:45 PM   
OFC301 Capacity and Performance Planning for Microsoft SharePoint Products and Techologies 2007        

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM    
Lunch          

12:50 PM - 1:10 PM    
SPON018 Compuware Asia Pacific Sponsor Session - Using TestPartner for Functional Testing with Visual Studio Team System (VSTS)        

1:20 PM - 1:40 PM     
SPON007-R1 Nortel Sponsor Session - Deploying Unified Communications: Microsoft Office Communication Server 2007 with Nortel Multimedia Conferencing           

1:45 PM - 3:00 PM     
DEV303CT Architecting Gadgets for Online and Offline Work      
OFC418 Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies 2007: Deployment and Advanced Administration Topics      
SVR306 Windows Server 2008 Server Core: Running a Minimal Server       

3:10 PM - 4:00 PM     
Closing Locknote       

The new piping for the windows world is here in powershell. The new higher level programming / automation of windows objects in unix scripting in windows style is described here :)
Here's a nice article on the MSDN mag about writing your own cmdlets:  http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/07/12/PowerShell/default.aspx

I am very curious about how ruby could be used for windows...iron ruby is coming ... and Ruby in steel is here... check these out. I have just downloaded this. I will post my findings soon...

I have been running a blog on wordpress for some time now. It is more about my work rather than all things general.

http://srikantha.wordpress.com. Some times it is good to have a few blogs and it helps you share/discuss a few different domains.

 

Anyway, I was thinking about the comments you leave on the blogs. Say if you want to know all the comments you made on various blogs, there is no view available for that. Perhaps if your comments are made on a particular blog host like wordpress, this may be available to you but is it possible to feed all your comments across all blogs on the net? Has anyone done this yet? Is there a value in this feature? I would like some comments :)