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Just a quick post since the Exhibit Hall will be opening to attendees in a few minutes, but we’re here in Barcelona for the 2014 TechEd Europe. As you can see from the picture the exhibit hall seems very grand and open. A small contingent and compact...

What’s not to like? TechEd, Barcelona, lovely Mediterranean fall weather, intensive interesting sessions, La Rambla, networking with other geeks, Gaudí architecture everywhere… We’re going to be there in force this year: Rachel (she’s the Boss this trip...

So, there was this little conference in Houston this week. The locals (and everyone else, come to that) called it Microsoft TechEd 2014, and it seems that several thousand attendees were there; and, to be honest, I think I shook hands with the majority...

For fun, here’s a panorama of our booth on the Exhibitors’ floor at Tech·Ed: Click to enlarge. We’re here all week, so, if you are attending, make sure to come along and visit – we’ve got lots to show you....

Steve Andrews, who helped us on our building day for the DevExpress’ house in New Orleans, is moving from Philly to Seattle. For some reason, spread with awesomeness and dipped in brilliance, he’s taking a whole month over it by driving there visiting...

Last Friday we got up at what seemed to be the crack of dawn and went to New Orleans East to help build the house that DevExpress is sponsoring. Jeff took along his video camera to take lots of footage (which I am sure we’ll be posting as and when he...

Just opposite the Convention Center here in New Orleans is a monument to remember the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. The inscription to the right reads: Honoring the people and remembering the events that occurred August 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina...

[ UPDATE : I forgot to mention that our booth is in aisle 26, furthest to the left after you come in.] We’re here at Tech·Ed, booth erected and waiting for the attendees. I thought I’d quickly give you my first impressions of New Orleans and the show...

The first day of pretty much every technical conference is tiring, at least from the viewpoint of an exhibitor. The reason for this is that the organizers of the conference, in order to encourage the flow of attendees past their exhibiting partners, coordinates...

We're gathering in the office, two minivans outside, doing those final little touches to make sure this conference goes well for us. We have a large booth for this show, and TechEd being one of the biggest technical conferences on the calendar (and packed...