10 Things I Learned From the September MSDN Event in Atlanta

A week ago, I went to the September MSDN event in Atlanta, held at the AMC Parkway Pointe theater. The itinerary included presentations on LINQ (Language Integrated Query), WCF (Windows Communication Foundation) and Silverlight. Having seen live presentations on LINQ and WCF before, I hoped to justify the experience by seeing a dazzling Silverlight presentation, in the flesh.

Unfortunately, “dazzled” I was not. However overall, the experience did satisfy. Read more

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