I got back from Malaysia over the weekend. I intended to post after each talk at TechEd
but for some reason I couldn't connect to my web server. I had a good time speaking
at the event. I met a lot of smart people who asked good questions. The only thing
that I would have liked to do better is to have my demos work better. I was really
disappointed at the one that worked in the hotel room and the speakers room but when
I got on stage it broke :(
I think the best part of the speaking was when I went off on a tangent on Tuesday
and successfully associated an information card with my Windows Live account on stage.
It was the first time I had tried it and I was hoping that the beta wasn't closed
or that I wouldn't hit an error with the process in front of 200+ people. It worked
and I have been using CardSpace to log into my HotMail account ever since then. I
will post the steps I followed in a subsequent entry.
I am really excited about the direction that CardSpace is taking and the different
scenarios that it will enable.
I also got to do a little sight seeing before I came home. I had the chance
to visit an elephant sanctuary at Kuala Gundar. I saw an add for a credit card in
the airport today. It had a family with some of the children touching an elephant.
The tag line was something like "reminding your children what awesome really means".
I felt that touching and feeding the elephants was truly an awesome experience. The
saddest part was seeing this little elephant.
She is about 8 years old and she lost her left front foot in a poachers trap. It was
a very sobering sight and makes you think about the impact you have in the world
After the conference was over I went on another tour where I got to feed some silver
leaf monkeys. They really loved the green beans that we were feeding them. I was surprised
when they started to climb up me. I was really surprised the first time one of the
monkeys jumped on my shoulder but I found that they didn't really care about me. They
just wanted their food.
I hope to be able to go to Tech Ed South East Asia again next year.
