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TechEd EMEA 2007 Recap

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I'm late in getting this blog entry out, but I wanted to do a quick recap of the Visual C++ team's trip to TechEd and follow-on trip to Munich.  As I mentioned previously, my talk on debugging in VC++ 2008 went well, and my audience was an unusually attractive bunch.  Ale Contenti and Kate Gregory also did VC++ talks, and in the final tally the VC++ talks scored very well based on both attendance and attendee survey results.  Count on more VC++ talks at future TechEds!

Kate and Ale also did a great chalk talk on TR1 and C++0x, the upcoming C++ standard.

Ale deemed TR1 to be "super cool" (which sounds better when you say it with an Italian accent), which is plenty enough an endorsement for me.

We also enjoyed our traditional dinner out with C++ MVPs and the VC++ folks.  We ate at Cal Pinxo on the harbor, which was fantastic, as evidenced by the happy faces you see here:

Truth be told, this wasn't an exclusive VC++ staff/C++ MVP event.  In the photo you will notice some sketchy looking MS France guys on the right and some friendly but distinctly non-C++ MVPs from Italy.  They all looked hungry, though, so we invited them along.  :)

Before leaving Barcelona we also took the opportunity to sit down with our friend Charles Torre for a Channel9 video on VC++ 2008 and beyond.

Munich

After TechEd, Ale and I jetted off to Munich for an action-packed few days of presentations, customer visits, and press interviews.  The MS Germany team that arranged our visit, including Dariusz Parys, Christian Binder, and Barbara Steiger, were awesome and definitely kept us busy!

Imagine, also, if you will the small matter of temperature shock upon leaving balmy Barcelona for this place:

Dariusz and Christian were also kind enough to record a couple of Ale's sessions, which you can find here and here.

All in all a great trip, but very tiring.  Not to mention expensive for a poor soul like me that earns his income in dollars.  :)

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