VSTO Presentation

So as i posted earlier that I will be attending Geeks Conference as well doing a presentation on developing office clients using VSTO SE. So I did the presentation and i believe it went well. I was just short of time in the end and had some issues with display unit as well. But overall it was fun being there. Audience was visibly smaller in number as compared to the last time. I am told that presentation will be made available soon on the conference web site. However if you are interested in getting the slide deck or demo code then feel free to leave your comment with your email address and i will get back to you as soon as i can.

Gulf's Architect Community

Tomorrow we will be launching first Architect Community of the Gulf during gulf geek event. I am waiting to hear on the exact time for the introduction slot. We will be running an introductory video and then a small slide deck during architect track. If you plan to attend Gulf Geeks then do drop by and say hello. Its always great to meet you all!

VSTO and VSTO SE compatability issues

I was working on few demos based on VSTO so that I can present them during GulfGeeks conference later this week.
I am using VSTO/VSTO SE on top of VS 2005. All the add-in projects are working absolutely fine. The problem comes when i want to use VS 2005 project templates for document level office projects. I am unable to have a design time experience even on the projects that I created before installing VSTO SE. But the interesting thing is that I am able to run old vsto based solutions, that means that run time is behaving fine. I have posted query on a private MVP new group.
I believe all such issues will be taken care of by the time Orcas is released!

Gulf Geeks Conference

I will soon be working on slide deck as well code demonstrations for Gulf Geeks Conference. Scheduled for next week in Dubai, UAE. I believe it will be a very exciting experience. I have fond memories of last years event and i am hoping that this time it will be even bigger and better.

Geek 2.0 ... Return to the Code!

Last year Dubai saw for the first time a hugely successful Microsoft Developer Conference which was titled as Geeks. It was absolutely great experience being there. I got to meet speakers from Microsoft Corp & .Net Palm was also launched during this event.

So far so good so good for the history :) .

Now the good news, Microsoft is coming up with the second episode of Geeks developer conference in the end of March. Itenerary hasnt been finalized but i am sure it will be bigger and better this time.

So keep your fingers crossed and get ready for another GEEK event!