Vladville for the Holidays

Dig the new raindeer logo for Christmas (look up and to the left)? The hack is courtesy of my girl Judy that takes care of all the Own Web Now graphics and logos and business cards and brochures and… well, most folks reading this are the one man wrecking crew for all things tech. Judy is the one woman crew for all things media – flash, pictures, logos and she's even a developer! Hope you like the little Christmas spirit on the blog, hopefully not everything is ungodly. As for the social stuff, I will be at the Orlando IT Pro Association's table at the local Microsoft SQL 2005, Visual Studio 2005 and Biztalk 2006 launch in Orlando this Thursday, December 8th, 2005. Several friends from South Florida are coming up as well. The event is all day at the Orange County Convention Center and they expect about 2,000 people. The event itself was waitlisted due to the popularity but try it anyhow. Microsoft won't say that because they can't gauge the number of people but on behalf of all the Microsoft shows I've ever been a part of, there is a huuuuge dropoff in the amount of people registered vs. amount of people attending. Give it a shot, show up and see if they'll let you register on-site. If not, just come sit and learn. Its worth your time, have I ever mislead you before?