Avalon + Indigo = Magic

At PDC 2005, Chris Sells and Doug Purdy gave a talk entitled “Avalon + Indigo = Magic”, in which they built a smart client app using Avalon and Indigo and showed off some of the fun integration points between the two. They also had a bit of a comedy act going on, as was only fitting for the last day of a long and meaty conference.

They had this great idea that they would show a human example of how the combination of Avalon and Indigo is better than the sum of its parts, so they somehow convinced me and Kenny to get up on stage with them and discuss our recent engagement. Chris immortalized this moment on his blog:

I’ve got a developer from Indigo and a PM from Avalon in the front row that we bring up on stage because they’ve just gotten engaged and we made them kiss to show off the power of Avalon and Indigo integration, I announce that I got ordained on two separate internet churches the night before in case they wanted me to marry them on the spot. They politely decline, but the audience eats it up.

Well, I’m sure Chris will be very proud, because Kenny and I are giving a little Avalon + Indigo talk of our own next week. We’ll be at Florida Institute of Technology, and we’re going to show a group of CS students how to write a multiplayer networked game using Avalon and Indigo. In 45 minutes. So, uh, if you happen to be an FIT student and a reader of my blog (are there any of you out there?), come on by. :)