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Have you heard about DevLink? It’s a can’t miss conference happening on the campus of MTSU in August. What’s that you say? You live in a more northern climate, and you don’t want to fly or drive? Well, listen up now, ya’ hear?

You can ride the DevLink Bus from as far north as Michigan and enjoy the company of your fellow software developers. Details and costs are still being finalized, so please register your interest by submitting the form so we know how many people to plan for.

Happy trails,

++Alan

While I was in Orlando for TechEd developers earlier this month, I participated in competition called Speaker Idol hosted by Carl Franklin. Contestants had to give a five minute presentation on a topic of their choice. I chose to explain Test-Driven Development (TDD). I also made the decision not to give a demo in such a short time.

I made it to the finals where I came in as the runner-up and won a BlackJack II Windows Mobile phone. Eric Shupps won a speaking slot at next year's TechEd with an excellent talk that included a well executed demo.

I have embedded a clip of my talk below. You can download the clip here, or watch the entire Speaker Idol finals here.

Cheers,

++Alan