July 10, 2003·
.NET
Quake II.NET in Managed C++
These guys demonstrate not only a
cool application of Managed C++, but also what a fabulous bridge that MC++ is between the unmanaged and managed worlds. Folks that haven't moved to VS.NET because they're doing C++ are *really* missing out.
Forgetting the pain of childbirth
Apparently, as excruciating as giving birth is, women quickly forget it when they've got the baby in their arms. I say “apparently,” because having watched my wife give birth to my first son, I can’t imagine that she’d have agreed to the other if she had clear memories of what it was like.
That’s what happens to me at each DevCon. Every time I run one, folks say nice things about it, which means that I completely forget what it’s like during the actual conference. The pain can be excruciating. As each person gives their talk, I’m giving it right along with them, willing them to do well and being pained when, inevitably, sometimes, they don’t. When something goes wrong, it pains me as much as if it was happening to me directly.
And yet, this is “SellsCon” IV (as Don calls it) and I keep doing them. Luckily, I tend to forget the pain once I have the baby in my arms, which will be sometime on Friday after 5:45pm.
And the bad part about wireless access…
While it's cool that we have bits and electrons at this year's Developer's Conference, unfortunately the speaker has to compete with the entire web during their talk. This means that if you're less than completely riveting (which few speakers are), folks check out and often can't catch up. It's hard enough to give a good talk, but that's just brutal.
Rory Blyth is blogging the Dev.Conf., too
Rory Blyth seems to be keeping track of who he's eating with and who he meets in the rest room, so clearly, a must read. : )
