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Wednesday, January 24, 2007

There is one guy I have a special connection with (no it is not you Fitz), a former COM+ geek somewhere in Orlando. He evolved into a more mature person by converting himself to a SharePoint geek. You have to give him credit guys! From COM+ to SharePoint.. it is a big step forward! Not only for mankind but also for Ted Pattison - the dude I am talking about.

Imagine? He and me together on stage? America and Europe? Is this really going to work out? Well, don't worry. We have proven over the past years (as in TechEd Europe last year) that we can have a good time on stage. And we are going to repeat it in Orlando (is equal to Mickey.. you know from Disney...hey.. European guy :) ).

Today, the first draft of the agenda for TechEd US is made available for the public and I am proud to say .. (shit.. really?) ... I am doing a SharePoint Dev pre-conf with buddy Ted. No, don't get me wrong! I am very happy that we can do this one together. I love him so much! Don't you?

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The agenda is almost final .. still time to register!

https://live.sharepoint-conference.eu/EN/AGENDA/Pages/FullAgenda.aspx

And if you're looking for a hotel, Fitz and I are recommending this one: http://www.luise-berlin.com/

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Oh boy! I've been tagged a couple of times. Trying to avoid this but now I've got tagged by Joanna and I have been encouraged by a very enthousiastic email. Well here we go. By the way, Joanna has an excellent blog you should add to your subscriptions - that is if you are interested in the Office Business Applications (OooooBAaaaaaaa!!!).

So what should you boys and girls know about me :)

1/ Education? Degree in business informatics. Kept on studying until the law stating that all young men should serve 1 year of their life in the army, was abolished. I know some readers will have difficulties with this but hey, I dislike the military. So, studied knowledge information systems (that is expert systems and artificial intelligence), did some work in virtual reality. Yes yes, crazy times, even tried to get ballet dancers virtualized 'A Hybrid Approach in Vart-Applications, the Design and Simulation of Ballet Choregraphies (P. TISSEGHEM) . You did not expect this of me, did you :). Studied psychology and then finally decided it was a good time to start a real job.

2/ Hobbies? You kidding? My work is my hobby and I guess I've made travelling a hobby too. But I like a good reading, mostly science fiction and Dan Brown-related historical books. And of course music. Couldn't miss that in my life. Love the iPod, hate the iTunes software.

3/ Favorite countries? Cyprus and Russia. Loved China too. Would love to go back down under though.

4/ Favorite drink? Of course, a good beer. Best beer? Well, not a Belgian one! Nope, Irish beer is the best in the world. And definitely also a single malt.

5/ Ambitions? Finish the book, make a lot of people excited about SharePoint, work for 15 more years, get lazy and die peacefully while looking at the see in Limassol.

I'm not going to bother others with more tagging. Everyone has been tagged already :). Have fun everybody!

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