I'm really pumped about TechEd! I've built up my session calendar (I can't miss some of the great sessions planned by Andrew Connell, Heather Solomon, and Shane Young), and I've been working and polishing my planned demos for my very own session. If you've seen me present SharePoint Designer before, you should know: My TechEd session, "Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer: It's for Developers, Too!" has some all new material that you haven't seen before, and won't see again! Be sure to arrive 10-15 minutes early to get a good seat and to have some pre-session fun with your fellow attendees -- I've got something fun lined up for the pre-show! This session (OFC324) will be in S310A at 8:45AM on Wednesday, June 6.
I'm also moderating a "birds of a feather" session called "Geeks with ADD: It's an advantage!" If you or a loved one has ADD (or AD/HD, which is either the same thing or a slightly different thing -- that depends on who you ask), and you want to learn how to manage the deluge of communications and tasks that a technology-driven life brings down, you should come by this session. There will be no PowerPoint, just a group of like-minded ADDers who want to share their experiences and advice. I will have my laptop there to show a few ideas for using Outlook 2007 to help with time and task management, if anybody is interested in seeing that. The purpose of this session, though, is to better understand the positive role that ADD can have on a geek's life. I'm hoping to hear some of your stories; how has your differently-wired brain solved a problem that stumped everyone else around you? What creative endeavors do you pursue? There are a lot of positive aspects of ADD, so let's learn how to take advantage of them! This session (BOF69) will be in N220F at 7:45PM on Tuesday, June 5. (Non-ADDers are VERY welcome to attend -- you'll learn a lot about what it really means to have ADD. Here's a hint: It doesn't mean that you can't pay attention!)
See you in Orlando next week, everybody!
