It always takes me a few days to unwind after a show and to process everything that happened there. PDC left me with one major feeling: it's overwhelming how much new stuff MS is producing at once.
So we have Vista and WinFx, which constitues WCF (Indigo), WPF (Avalon), and WWF (WinOE). You also have some very compelling language enhancements in C# 3.0 with things like LINQ. We have SQL Server 2005, and its family (reporting, notification, service broker, integration services, etc). We have Office 12 and Sharepoint advances, BTS 2006 and beyond, and the new Web technologies around ASP.NET 2.0 and Atlas. However, I think what finally pushed me over the edge was the new Microsoft Expression Studio technolgies, which include Sparkle, Acrylic, and Quartz. Phew.
This stream of technologies is simply too big for any one person to consume. I feel just like
Craig and
Clemens. There's only so much you can learn.
You have to define your sphere of interest and focus. For me that means: WCF, WWF, and BizTalk 2006 over the next year. LINQ will be my entertainment (still a ways out). Everything else is just noise.
Posted
Sep 20 2005, 01:52 PM
by
Aaron Skonnard