Inflight wireless service (Connexion by Boeing) is being dropped due to low usage

For my students in Linkoping Sweden this week, thanks for attending!

Here are the demos and labs: Download Here

Slides and Demos from the Software Developers Conference in Arnhem, Netherlands from last week

Slides and demos from DevTeach

In class demos from Linsoft class

I finished teaching a .NET Systems Programming class (aka Advanced .NET Master Class) this week in Linköping Sweden. This was my first time to Sweden, and I was very impressed. It is a very beautiful country and the people are very welcoming and friendly. The class went well, and then yesterday I had the chance to spend the day touring Stockholm. The first thing I discovered is that one day is not nearly enough! There are so many things to see there. I spent some time wandering around the Gamla Stan (old city) section, shopping and having some lunch. I visited a couple of churches and the palace that date back to the 13th century. Then I headed over to the Vasamuseum, where they have the recovered Vasa - a 1600's man of war that sunk within 1 km of where it was launched because the crown got a little carried away trying to make it the most impressive warship afloat at the time and ended up making it so top heavy it flipped over as soon as the wind caught its sails. There were a bunch of other museums and sites I would have liked to see, but I ran out of light and time and had to catch my train back to Linköping.

I'm supposed to teach another class over here in March, so I will definitely try to work in another Stockholm visit then as well.

If you are ever debating about which European cities you ought to visit on a pleasure trip, make sure you add Stockholm to the top of the list!

wireless access available in flight on SAS. Nice way to stay productive (or possibly unproductive) on a long flight.

Describing the learning process of getting to know Indigo / Windows Communications Foundation

Slides and demos from ClickOnce talk in St. Louis and Kansas City this week

Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) renovations are functional and almost complete, and it is like a whole new airport. Very cool!

Speaking at TampaBay.NEt last night

Verizon broadband PC card rocks!

Just a small rant...

Data Binding Demos from TechEd Europe today

Amsterdam weather forecast - nuttin but rain

I arrived in Amsterdam yesterday to speak here at TechEd Europe. I am giving four sessions:

WCD221 - Deploying Applications with ClickOnce

WCD322 - Making the Most of Windows Forms 2.0 Data Binding

WCD324 - An In-Depth Look at Windows Forms in Visual Studio 2005

WCD440 - Smart Client Offline Data Caching and Synchronization

Should be a good time, this is my first time to TechEd Europe, and only my second time to Holland. The last time was in May for the SDC 2005 conference, but we were out in Arnhem and the schedule was packed, so I didn't get to see much. Hopefully I will have a chance to do a little more sightseeing in Amsterdam while I am here. People in old town Alexandria where I live like to brag about our 200 year old homes and buildings, but some of the structures here dating back to the 1600s or even 1400s kind of put old town to shame.

And yes, I did wander through the red light district last night to see what all the hubbub was about. Holy crap, talk about sensory overload. The laws are quite liberal here indeed. I didn't imbibe in any of the carnal pleasures available. It was enough of a shock to the system just wandering through. And Las Vegas calls itself sin city? Hah! Las Vegas is like a friggin bible camp compared to this place. :)

It does make an interesting contrast to the puritanical approach to everything that is the default in the US. Here, they just allow it, tax it, regulate it, and a lot less people get hurt in the process (both from the indulgences themselves, and especially from the lack of crime that surrounds the industries).

Slides and demos from DevTeach today

Here's all my sessions and formal activities at TechEd

Here are the slides and demos from my sessions in Holland

I gave a talk at Tulsa .NET on Monday 25 Apr, here are the slides and demos

Here are the slides and demos from my talks in Austin and at Texas A&M the last two days

I'm giving my Extending ASP.NET talk at these two groups 11 and 12 April

Lots of talks on smart client development in the next few months, here is the lineup

A week in St. Martin is a good thing

Here are the slides and demos from my Extending ASP.NET talk at LRDNUG last night

I was the user of a great tablet app last night at one of the restaurants at VS Connections.

Enjoying the conference at the Mandalay Bay

A week of conference, touring and partying complete, headed home