Just got out of Joel Pobar's two TechEd sessions. Joel did an awesome job. He seriously has done some of the best TechEd presentations I've ever seen (and I'm not just saying that as a mate). He presented on CLR 2.0 and CLR internals and they were both excellent. The content was great, the pace was perfect (I find most TechEd stuff to be a bit slow) and he kept everything really clear. Great job Joel!

So, TechEd is well underway. Joel Pobar has turned up after visiting New Zealand TechEd. It's good to catch up. Even though he denies it, Joel has quite the profile in Australia now. Sounds like he's doing some really cool stuff over in Redmond with the CLR team so I'm looking forward to his sessions this arvo. It seems like a long time since Joel was working with me on the G2 project at QUT. Hopefully I'll move on sometime soon as well (after getting my PhD).

Also been meeting a lot of people I know from online - in particular AusDotNet members. In particular Frank Arrigo, Peter Stanski and Nick Weinholt who has written an article on our Imagine Cup entry for Australian Developer next month plus heaps more.

Went to the Geek Dinner pub crawl... well at least the first stop of it... last night. That was fun, though I'm still recovering from the flu I copped over the weekend. Most importantly though, I finally met up with Bernard Oh and the MS Student Ambassadors. Bernard is very active on AusDotNet so our research centre feels like we all know him, even before meeting him. Thanks for the wave Bernard!

Anyway. I'm standing on the MSDN stand showing off the TV Prognosticator so come on round for a demo of a real life Smart Client!

Yesterday I received a call from the lions to invite me to a forum on Thursday. I was one of the randomly selected members for the forum. Unfortunately I'm now in Canberra for Tech Ed? Australia so I won't be also to make it.

Conspiracy theorists will of course immediately realise that this is a cunning plan from MS employee Frank Arrigo to deny the lions from receiving my expert comments so his beloved St Kilda has a better chance of reaching the last Saturday in September. Frank OBVIOUSLY organised Tech Ed? to be on at the some time as this forum.

End crazy man talk

Anyway, I'm at Tech Ed?. Come visit the MSDN stand and get a demo of the TV Prognosticator.