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Gearing Up for PDC 2005

In honor of the fact that I’ve been crafting slides for my PDC talk all day, I added my geeky piece of PDC flair over there on the right. I must admit, I rather enjoy it. :)

Here’s the abstract for my talk:

Windows Presentation Foundation (“Avalon”): Using Application Services
Learn how to use Windows Presentation Foundation (formerly codename “Avalon”) application-level services for data management, system interaction, hosting, and UI to create great client applications. See how to create both standalone client applications and rich browser applications that can take advantage of these services. Gain guidance for using application-level services, such as when your application should be hosted in the browser or a standalone window, whether or not to write a navigation-based application, and how to manage application data and settings for various scenarios.

(Yes, as you might have noticed, “Avalon” has now been re-christened “Windows Presentation Foundation”. I guess we knew the sexy codename wouldn’t last forever.)

If you’re going to be joining us at the LA Convention Center in September, and you’re interested in how Avalon (er, I mean Windows Presentation Foundation) is making application development more fun, I hope you’ll come check it out.

Windows Vista

Well, the news is out. Interesting choice of name.

Look for Beta 1 on August 3. There are a few of us here working hard to get it in your hands. :)

Update 07/27/05 11:58 am: It’s out! To address Jason’s question, this beta is for MSDN Subscribers.

Henry Blogs!

Henry Hahn is online! (Okay, he’s actually been online for almost 2 months, but I only found out today) Henry is a great resource for Avalon layout questions, and he’s already hinted that he has a whole slew of samples hanging around that he’s aching to share with the community.

Adobe Illustrator to XAML Converter

AI to XAML

Ladies and gentlement: today Mike Swanson announced the release of his Adobe Illustrator –> XAML converter. Get it while it’s hot! (Note that this is compatible with the Beta 1 RC build of Avalon).

There is also a Channel 9 video of Mike talking about the tool, and a great Eye Candy page that shows off some of what it can do.

Take Me to the River and Drop Me in the Water

I’m in Los Angeles, just visiting my mom for the evening and getting ready to take off for the annual family rafting trip with my father bright and early tomorrow morning. Don’t expect too much of a recap of the trip here though, because the #1 rule on our annual trip is “Whatever happens on the river stays on the river.”