16 April 2008

EDC 2008

Hello Guys!

2 days Ago i attended the EDC (Egyptian Developers Conference)
it's an MDC (Microsoft Developers Conference) but in Egypt.

this was my first time to attend, it was a good Experience to listen, discuss and argue about Opinions with other persons and to hear from the Microsoft Guys.

it was also a good chance to know what's going on in the IT Field for today and for the near/far feature of our Specialization.

there were some things i didn't Like about the Organizing of the Conference but it was overall not bad.

like the Attendees, they should have somehow filtered the persons who would like to attend the conference, as i saw people coming like if they were going to an ammusement park or something, and others who came to enjoy the time with their Couple/fiance, as if there aren't enough parks out there!, i'm not sure how why the comittee of the conference didn't do anything to this, as if they just want to increase the number.
anyway that's just my Opinion.

Another things was the Website of the EDC2008, it was buggy although the team who Implemented it got Honored at the end of the Conference ?!?? (still my Own Opinion)

also the Opening Ceremony was a Little Fancy more than it should especially the Limousine Part, it was kind of ridicules, I thought that Bill Gates himself will be the Guest when i saw a Limousine!

Food wasn't that good and there wasn't enough drinks.

Enough for the bad things although there are plenty others!


I liked the Subjects being discussed at the sessions, and the speakers were great!
I liked listening to Chad Howard, Boris Jabes, Goksin Bakir , Krishna Kumar and Andrew Pardoe.

They discussed great Articles and had good Presentation skills.
I attended sessions about WFP, WF, WPF, XNA, enhancements in VC++/MFC
and a session about VSTS and TFS.

If anyone want to discuss things about the Conference then please be my guest.

this is my first post (I wasn't interrested in starting my own Blog till now)
so i'm not assuming that anyone will read this :) or am i wrong?

have a nice day further!