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It’s that time of year again, where the annual migration of the animal know as Geekus Sofecteus (or Geek to you and me) visits the warm sunny weather of Southern California. They come from far and wide (or is it wide and far) to see what will be revealed at the PDC (Professional Developers Conference). 

While I am attending the conference I will be blogging about the sessions I am in and the people that I meet, so stay tuned for PDC information overload.

Along with the great sessions that are delivered at the conference itself, there are always great parties during the week. Here is a list of the ones that I am aware of right not.

Monday ——-

Party with Palermo – 7pm-10pm – They Mayan – http://bit.ly/gBWXX

PDC09 TweetUP  – 7:30- ???  – Hotel Figueroa  – http://bit.ly/2dsveD

Visual Studio Documentary – PDC Attendees only – http://bit.ly/30LhxV

Tuesday ——–

INETA Community Roundtable – 7:00 PMLA Convention Center – http://bit.ly/30LhxV

Wednesday —–

PDC Underground – 7pm – 1am – Conga Room LA Live – http://bit.ly/4d5Jod

There will be more that I find out about as the week gets going so I will update hear about them.

I have finally reached Paris. After 2 planes 15 hours, 3 naps, and a chicken dinner, we landed in Paris in the oui hours of the morning (6am to be exact).  We area staying in the 6th district near Notre Dame and on the way to our apartment, one of the funny things I noticed was how small the cars were, not an SUV in sight. This made a lot more sense once I saw the size of the street were were saying on

When we finally reached our destination, we started getting settled in and when I popped open my laptop, I discovered that the Sensor and Location platform, or more specifically my IP location provider was able to determine I was in Paris and automatically changed my weather gadget to show me the local weather.   The sensor and location platform is one of the cool new things developers can use as part of Windows 7. Although it is very useful for gadgets, it can be used for any type of application that wants to be aware of its surroundings.  Go check it out, you will like it.