This morning, the Pakistan Developer Conference 2004 has started in Karachi. The event is sold out (4000 registered, only 1500 accomodated because of venue size).

    The opening session was attended by many oficials : Chief Minister of Sind, Pakistan Minister of IT, Minister of IT of Sind, Mayor of Karachi, and others. Rafal Lukawiecki did a great keynote on his view of the next decade in IT.

The Mayor of Karachi speaking about the value of IT for the City, and welcoming ecverybody.

   There are 6 RDs speaking at the event (Steven Forte was supposed to be of the party, but couldn't make it because of a blizzard in Alaska. Get Well quick my friend, we miss you over here). The RDs speaking are :

• Clemens Vasters
• Farhan Muhammad
• Goksin Bakir
• Ahmad Badr
• Hossam Khalifa
• myself

6/15/2004 8:28:52 AM UTC    Comments [15] 

   Yesterday, I did my "Secure Coding Techniques" talk at DevEssentials in Kansas City. Here is my slide deck (content is more extended than what I talked about). I will be posting the code samples shortly.

6/6/2004 8:22:37 PM UTC    Comments [17] 

   As promised, here are the slides and the demo code...

Slide Deck (956 KB)

Contacts Web Service Source Code Installer (193.99 KB)

Telephony and Messaging API demos Source Installer (3.4 MB)

   I will be posting more and updated code on smartphone, including VB wrappers.

5/30/2004 7:54:11 PM UTC    Comments [1] 

   Yesterday, I did my cabaña session at TechEd on "Writing Smartphone applications with the compact framework and the telephony and messaging APIs". I promised I will be posting the slides and code today, but the connectivity (both at the convention center and at the Hyatt) is so unstable I had to upload 3 times with no success. I will catch up as soon as I get back to West Virginia (Sunday). sorry for the delay...

5/27/2004 11:23:12 PM UTC    Comments [0] 

    Monday, some people were expressing some concerns about the concept of the Cabaña sessions (some found it hard to hear the speakers). Even then, many sessions were really great, with a fantastic interaction between speakers / panels and attendees. It got better every day, and the concept is so great I hope it will be maintained for next year (and also generalized to the other International TechEds).

    I had a good time on my session yesterday, and I think a few of the attendees found it informative. If I was to criticize anything about it, I would simply regret that there are no evals for the sessions.

   The lounges are comfy, and give a great intimate atmosphere for discussing and having questions answered by subject mater experts, as well as for making connections with people.

5/27/2004 11:18:52 PM UTC    Comments [0] 

Come over o the RD booth (booth 49-50) and play bingo, take your chances at the Apprentice.Net. there are prizes to win.

5/23/2004 9:31:06 PM UTC    Comments [0] 

   I am hosting a Birds of a Feather session on Service Orientation, with Clemens Vasters and Scott Hanselman on the panel. The session is a great opportunity for those interested in understanding what Service Orientation is about and how it plays out in the real world, as well as what it means for the developer and for the application architect. The session is scheduled at 8pm in room 14B (rescheduled from Wednesday night).

5/23/2004 9:18:40 PM UTC    Comments [0] 

Here is where I am and what I am doing this week...

5/17/2004 10:52:14 PM UTC    Comments [17]