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As expected, my new role is going to involve much more travel than my old role. Here's
a list of all the places I'm going / have been this year. I'll be updating this post
periodically as I get tapped for more presentations. There are several other conferences
I'm considering, submitting sessions for, in discussions with, but these are the ones
that are confirmed.
DevDays
2008
May 22nd - 23rd, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
This is a kinda last minute pickup. My boss was originally scheduled to do this. Or
should I say, my ex-boss? (I've been here less than two months and already scared
off my boss! :) I'm doing two talks, but I only have the abstract for one of them.
DEV315 - "IronPython" and Dynamic Languages on .NET
"IronPython" is the codename for a new implementation of the Python programming
language on the .NET Framework. IronPython is fast—in fact, up to 1.8 times faster
than Python-2.4 on the standard pystone benchmark. It supports an interactive interpreter
with fully dynamic compilation as well as static compilation to produce pre-compiled
executables. It's well integrated with the rest of the framework and makes all .NET
libraries easily available to Python programmers. This session shows how IronPython
brings the power of .NET to Python and the power of Python to .NET. At OSCON 2004,
the first public release of IronPython was announced. This session demonstrates the
latest IronPython version in a range of situations from using GUI frameworks to driving
Microsoft Office applications to working with a variety of external libraries. We
also discuss other scripting languages on .NET.
I'm also going to do a talk on Dynamic Languages in Web Development, focused on Silverlight
and ASP.NET. I got asked to do a second session at the last minute (technically, later
than the last minute) so this one has no abstract.
TechEd New
Zealand and Australia
Sept 1st - 5th, Auckland, New Zealand and Sydney, Australia
I did TechEd NZ & Australia back in 2004 and had a blast, so I'm looking forward
to coming back this year. Content isn't locked down yet, but I'm looking to do both
a dynamic languages session as well as an architecture session. There's also rumor
of a web futures panel discussion that I'll be participating in.
PDC08
Oct 27th – 30th, Los Angeles, California
I don't know if I'm speaking, but I'm helping drive PDC content for my group, so I'm
assuming I'll be at the conference in some capacity.
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I’m reading Made to Stick by Chip & Dan Heath at the moment, on a strong recommendation from Michael O’Brien who heads up our R&D teams in Dublin. The premise of the book is to define an idea’s “stickiness” and explain why some ideas survive while others drift into obscurity like the Irish soccer team.
The [...]
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Published on 16 May 2008 from Phil Wright
The upcoming 2.8.5 release of Krypton will contain lots of bug fixes but also a bonus. I am in the process of adding a new built-in palette. It is inspired by Vista as well as Windows Media Player. Here is a peak…