On March 4th of this year the Heroes Happen {Here} passed through Vancouver. The day proved to be quite interesting from a technical point of view with different tracks for different audiences. A few items I wanted to bring to your attention were:

1. Mohammed Akif led a great presentation on Implementing Service Oriented Architecture in your organization. He mentioned that he would post his slides when he got a chance. Let’s hope he does it soon. In the meantime, he has a recording about Service Orientation on his blog (No Spin Architecture) that is worth viewing.
2. It was good to see Richard Baumet as a SQL Server Expert at the event. The experts were answering questions posed to them by some of the attendees. Richard is the Vancouver PASS chapter leader. VanPASS have arranged for Donald Farmer to present this month (March 26th) on Predictive Analytics with SQL Server Analysis Services and Excel 2007 Data Mining Add-ins. Make sure that you attend the event if you can or view their live meeting.
3. Finally, I was amused to find a link to a comic section on the Heroes Happen {Here} site.
   - http://www.microsoft.com/canada/heroeshappenhere/cool-stuff/default.mspx
   - http://www.itdevcomics.com/
   Talk about stereotyping people working in the IT industry! Ok, I do like comics, but still - the nerve! My personal favourite reaction to this is a post by Justice Gray entitled Microsoft: Heroes Happen Here…well, fat and ugly heroes anyway.

Heroes Happen Here, VanPASS, Mohammed Akif, SOA, Service Orientation

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