The SQL Server User Group in Louisville has arranged to host a Windows Azure Boot Camp on September 4th and 5th August 28th-29th(over a weekend). Myself and Michael Collier will be the instructors. You can register at https://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=147153. UPDATE [4/14/2010]: Date changed to August 28th-29th.

I had recently been thinking of upgrading to a new laptop from my almost three year old Dell XPS M1210. I had my eye on some of the new convertible tablets with the multi-touch monitors. The HP TM2 was an option at first until I realized that it would have less horsepower than my current machine and I played with on at Microcenter and found I disliked the keyboard. Then I was looking at the Toshiba M780, which was really promising on the power, keyboard layout, form factor…but then it turns out it isn’t a multi-touch monitor… only single touch.

This blog post is part of a larger series named “Be a Better Developer”. You can check out the intro, “Stop Being a Code Monkey” to get started from the beginning. Each post will have a link to the previous ones and a final summary post will contain links to all entries in the series. This is one role that you’ll have to play as a good developer that generally sends chills up my spine: a salesperson.