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Software Developer Expo / Special Events As I was doing some final co-ordination with the panelists ( making sure they are showing up , minor edits to my presentation, ... ), I visited the SDExpo 2005 site and was surprised to find my session listed on their Special Events page. This explains several email inquiries I received recently on the session that was referring to a writeup I had not seen before. I thought perhaps they were looking at the hardcopy program guide. I'm marking this one down on the "positive surprise" side. If you are attending the SDExpo conference next week, I'll be presenting at 5:30pm Monday 03/14/05 at a session titled "Expert Panel on Agile Software Development". Since this is the "Developer" zone, I thought I'd give it a mention. I have done four similar sessions elsewhere before - you might say it's become my "niche signature" event - agile development panel sessions. Two at JavaOne, the other two at the "No Fluff, Just stuff" conference series. The first was in 2002, and I was fortunate enough to have Martin Fowler accept my panelist invitation. Panelists that year were Martin Fowler, Scott Ambler, Alan Shalloway, and Brendan McCarthy. Even though it was scheduled just before lunch on the last day of JavaOne ( Friday ), the session still had an overflow audience - they had to set up an overflow room for the session. People started lining up outside the room 30+ minutes before the prior session was going to end. I did a similar session last year at JavaOne ( which is how I got connected with SDExpo - the SDExpo conference director came up to me after the presentation and said "I would like you to do one of these at SDExpo" ) - last year I had panelists Scott Ambler, Joshua Bloch, Dan Rawsthorne, and Dan Steinberg. This is the first time I'v presented at (or attended) SDExpo, though in 1997, I recall that JavaOne and SDExpo shared the Moscone that year, and I wandered the SDExpo vendor/expo floor one afternoon as the JavaOne badge was "good" for admittance to the SDExpo floor. I'll post an entry next week with some observations / updates on the "cool stuff" that I saw, and news I thought was significant. Here's a link to my session on Monday, March 14 2005: http://www.sdexpo.com/2005/west/specialevents.htm Oh, here is today's article that raised my eyebrows the most: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5604690.html?tag=nl.e550 Describes Microsoft's plans for an OS / RFID application / Database bundled suite offering for RFID. The "solution" suite packaging is what caught my attention - not just selling it as a piece/part, but the OS / RFID application / and SQL/Server bundled together - with their goal of being one of the low price offerings. So is anyone else still mourning over Duke's loss to the Tarheels? 11 straight points at the end of the game to tie, then take the lead? Oh, Coach K. He had "that look" on his face. I'v been meaning to read this book for quite a while, and still haven't: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0446676780/qid=1110492289/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-1270087-6881608 ( Mar 10 2005, 02:42:36 PM CST ) Permalink Comments [0]