DDD Manchester

A great audience. Even though not all of them like cheese.

Today I got on the train to Manchester, did 90 minutes of standup with a broken voice and then got on a train back to Hull. I had to wear two microphones, that’s how bad my voice was.

Anyhoo, the sessions I did (Writing Windows Phone Games and Windows Phone Marketplace) seemed to go OK. Thanks to the guys at Appamundi for inviting me to speak.

I said I’d put the slides and sample code up on the net and, as a man of my croaky word, you can find it all here.

On the way out of Manchester I, of course, took some photos.

Print Works and Odeon looking good

“The Wheel of Manchester” – it doesn’t half go round fast…

Comments

[Dave Birdsall]

Hi Rob, thanks for giving a great talk today, it was a very entertaining and informative afternoon for us XNA and Silverlight newbies! Very much appreciated! P.S. I'm one of the guys at the back giving the thumbs up! :-D

[Chris P]

Hi Rob,

As Dave said, thanks for today, great presentation, really enjoyed it.

Chris.

[Gary Pretty]

Hi Rob,

Thanks so much for today. You gave a truly entertaining and interesting presentation and you have certainly made me consider XNA as a possibility which I had not before today.

Look forward to seeing you again at some point.

Thanks again,

Gary

[RoguePlanetoid]

Great to see you present in person, after watching all the Windows Phone 7 live meetings and got a bit more insight, plus your jokes weren't that cheesey! I happen to like cheese, would probably get a game like Cheese Lander from the Marketplace!

[Barnaby Smith]

Hi Rob,

Firstly thanks for the presentation today, yours were easily the most entertaining. I look forward to waves of cheese lander clones on WP7 ;-)

Barnaby

[Gavin Jones]

Thanks for the excellent talk, as a cheese afficionado myself I think it carried more weight than for the non-cheese fraternity.