Scott Hanselman

Apparently my "Longhorn Gang Sign” from .NET Rocks is catching on:

(I have no idea who this is, but I know it's not me. ;) )

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Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. He is a failed stand-up comic, a cornrower, and a book author.

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Heh, cheesy for me to re-blog what Peter blogged about .NET Rocks (especially since I was especially silly tonight) but here's what we did:

They ran a game where Carl and Mark ask .NET related questions and an audience member has to decide if the panelists answers are correct or not. Kinda like Hollywood Squares -- including the silly initial answer (see below).

They were giving away a number of XBoxes and other good stuff.

Funny quotes:

Michelle Bustamante (sp?): "Web Services are like teenage sex. Everyone is talking about doing it and those who are actually doing it are doing it badly."

Scott Hanselman in response to the question how to you access private members: "A glass or two of red wine."

Scott Hanselman: "If you dial 10-10-987 you can save at least a dollar on every web service call."

Carl Franklin: "Dot Net Freakin' Rocks!" [Peter Provost]

Peter is keeping a very detailed account of his PDC experience, it's worth your read.

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Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. He is a failed stand-up comic, a cornrower, and a book author.

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Smog? No my friends...that's smoke from a Forest Fire as viewed from Seat 1A on the United flight from PDX->LAX.

All the LCD Monitors in the world were brought in for the Hands On Labs.

Chaos at Midnight in the Westin Lobby...Ted Neward, Julia Lerman, Jas Sandhu, Patrick Hynds, Carl Franklin, Jon Box in there somewhere.

Me on .NET Rocks!  Watch for the PDC .NET Rocks Show soon!

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Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. He is a failed stand-up comic, a cornrower, and a book author.

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We're all hanging out at the Westin with Jas Sandhu (Developer Evangelism Program Manager), Carl Franklin (.NET Rocks), Jon Box, Mark Dunn, Michelle Leroux Bustamante, Patrick Hynds, Julia Lerman, and Alaine Gentilehomme.  That's all the name dropping I'm capable of tonight. :). We're having a blast.  I love the commaraderie of PDC.
Scott Hanselman - Corillian Corp
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Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. He is a failed stand-up comic, a cornrower, and a book author.

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Oh, yes.  You come to PDC thinking you'll learn lots and get software.  You'll hear the pundits speak, but you know inside what it's really about.  Pageantry.  That's right, dear readers.  It's not exactly knights-of-the-round-table-check-out-my-new-chain-mail-and-let's-go-to-the-joust-later style pageantry, but it's peacocking nonetheless. 

We're all decked out in our new TabletPCs, SmartPhones, and PocketPC 2003 PDAs.  I've got my new Casio Exilim digital camera, my iPod (with new system software!) and even a snazzy new blood sugar meter for good measure.  Every power plug in my room at the Westin is full.  Even the little shaver plug in the bathroom that you're not supposed to plug anything but shavers into is charging my BlackBerry.

Yep, we geeks can really put on a show. :) 

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Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. He is a failed stand-up comic, a cornrower, and a book author.

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