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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 ...

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) ...

Disclaimer: My name is Don Demsak, and I’m not a Microsoft employee.  I am an independent consultant and a Microsoft MVP in the area of XML.  Any information on a Microsoft technology contained in this post is publicly available and not covered under a NDA or obtained via internal Microsoft sources.  I do not speak for ...

eWeek has an article on Xamlon, and it contains a couple quotes from your truly.  I would have preferred to be called an XML evangelist, rather than an XML expert, but it isn’t that big of a deal.  Also, ‘domain logical” should be “domain logic”.

Before I even get into this post, let’s get one thing straight, I really love OneNote.  It is definitely one of the most under rated pieces of software on the market today.  Lots of folks have been talking about all the great new features in the SP1 preview that has been released, but I still think the OneNote team missed the boat ...