Don Xml's Grok This

Disclaimer: I do not work for Microsoft, but I am a Microsoft MVP.  The following is all derived from public information, and any inferences or extrapolations are entirely the work of my imagination, and is not something that I know that Microsoft is working on.  If I knew Microsoft was working on things like this, it would be covered ...

I spent a couple days in Seattle/Redmond thanks to the MVP program and the MVP Global Summit.  This was my second Summit, and although I thought it to be impossible, it was even better then the first one.  Some of the other MVP groups got to see mostly repeats of the PDC, but not the XML MVPs.  Our team (the System.Xml team, aka ...

Over the last couple days I’ve found myself preaching the importance of a couple books, and although I’ve mentioned here before, it is good to remind folks.  If you are doing any service-like development (XML Services, data services, business services), it would be worth your money to go out and purchase the following hard cover ...

I recently told this story to M. David, who got a kick out of it and just had to blog some of it.  One of my favorite parts of conferences is hanging out with my ‘net friends, and getting into some deep conversations about topics that make normal folks just wonder what planet we are from (I call them the “scaring the ...

TechEd 2005 is over, and now is the time to start thinking about PDC05, which will be held in Los Angeles, September 13th-16th.  The PDC has been in the same location the last 2 times (2001 and 2003), and my favorite hotel is the Wilshire Grand.  In 2003 the Wilshire was the place to stay, and I can’t find a reason to switch ...

It looks like I know where I’ll be Sept. 10 thru 17, 2005, in Los Angeles, CA at the next Microsoft PDC (hat tip to Jeff Julian).  PDCs are not like regular technical conferences, they only come along when Microsoft has a new technology to debut.  PDC 2000 was the unveiling of .Net, PDC 2001 was the WebServices (aka MyServices) ...

Well, it looks like my conference schedule is shaping up for the next year.  The rumored XmlDevCon V has been announced and will be at the end of September.  Chris is looking for presenters, so if you have some cool XML based application or technique that you would like to discuss, this is the place to do it.  And this isn’t ...