Programming The Life

Most of the GDC09 materials (presentations, demos and videos) are now available on our community web site www.devlifestyle.net

I started uploading the videos i shot at the GDC, it will take a while to finish all the uploads, you can check our DevLifeStyle community web site for the latest videos. Please if anyone has some pictures or photos that he wants to upload, contact me directly

During the preparation for my session in GDC09, I developed Azure Reader, a cloud based RSS based on Windows Azure, I developed it as a sample application or demo for Windows Azure, Unfortunately i didn’t have time to demo this application, what i will do is that I’m going to post the code soon (after doing some cleanup) with some posts that explains the application so that it may help you in your future azure development endeavor :). you can access the application here http://azurereader.cloudapp.net/ It uses LiveID for authentication so you can immediately start using it if you have a LiveID account, please note that your feeds subscriptions may be deleted at any time cause i frequently update the application

Yesterday was the last day in Microsoft Gulf Developers Conference 2009 (GDC’09). it was an awesome experience, it’s amazing to meet this number of developers and communicate and discuss with them the different technologies. the developers community in Saudi Arabia is becoming more mature. I would like to thank all the people who attended the event, you are the reason that this event succeed. Please keep an eye on the DevLifeStyle Community web site for the event materials (videos, presentations, demos) 

Tomorrow at 9:00 AM Microsoft Gulf Developers Conference ( GDC’09 ) will start , i will deliver a Chalk Talk session tomorrow at 04:15 PM, in this  session me and Mohamed Halabi will discuss Cloud Computing and the Azure Platform, If you need any advice, help or support regarding any Microsoft technology or if you feel you like to chat or even have fun (yeeh real fun), please drop us a visit at the Community Lounge located inside Microsoft Innovation Center (MIC), at the Community Lounge you will find many experts from the local communities and other speakers hanging out. hope to see you all there.

Register Online before December 10, to get a FREE pass to the Gulf Developers Conference. Register Here

Gulf Developers Conference 2009 (GDC '09) is the largest Microsoft developer event in the Gulf region. This is a 3-days conference that is expected to attract more than 2,500 attendees from Saudi Arabia and near-by Gulf countries starting from December 13 to December 15, 2009. The conference will be held at Al-Yamamah University, on the same premise of the new Microsoft Innovation Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. With the current release of latest new Microsoft technologies (e.g. Win7, Expression3, SL3), and the intense anticipation for upcoming Microsoft technologies (e.g. Office 2010, sharepoint 2010 & VS2010), GDC’09 is expected to attract the attention of many developers in the region. Attending GDC'09 will provide you with early access to key developer platform technologies. Moreover, GDC’09 will offer IT & Development Managers with a unique experience to learn about new technology directions from Microsoft and how such technologies can be used to maximiz...