No, she didn't tell us she was moving to Connecticut or some other location and away from us in Vermont. That would have REALLY scared us. Instead, she presented on Five Supposedly Scary Things about .NET this past Monday Night at the
Vermont .NET Users Group.
The scary topics were delegates, reflection, threading, Code Access Security (CAS) and declarative programming. Her PPT and Demo Code are not yet on the user group site but you can find them on her
Talks page. There's a
whole bunch of presentations on that page, so search for "Scary Things" and you'll be there.
Two things struck me about Julie's presentation on Monday. First was just how good of a presenter she's become. I blogged before
on how great a presenter she is. She kept the flow moving, Powerpoint light, and code heavy, with clear examples, navigating straight-away to the meat of the topic at hand.
In that earlier review I wrote:
She was dressed in earthy tones, sporting a simple yet sophisticated dirt-colored T-shirt with a forest green skirt. Both were 100% cotton and loosely fitting, perfect for her Vermont rooted Nerdy Chick demeanor. Her naturally curly hair was pulled back and held in place by a clip that you can only find at finer art and crafts festivals. Tiva sandals completed her ensemble.I'm sorry to report that there was NOTHING interesting in the fashion commentary for Lerman this time around. She's become such a popular nerd and presenter that the only fashion curiosity that arises from her Microsoft Polo Shirt and jean attire is from which conference did the speaker polo shirt come from?
So much for earthy tones and loosely fitting forest green...
The second thing that struck me from the evening was just how special The Lermanizer is to us here in Vermont .NET land. Julie started the announcements at 6:00 and began with her presentation at 6:22 (not that I was counting or anything.) 7:30 came and went, then 8:00 and she was still going strong, then 8:30 arrived and a few people started to leave, but only those losers who didn't have a Season Pass for 24 setup on their TiVo. Then 9:00 arrived. Well, some inner alarm clock must have started buzzing at the 3-hour point, cause that's when the presentation ended.
I looked around and was struck by so many people who were still listening and engaged in her presentation and considered how must of us in the room were married, and most, like me, love their wife (or husband) more than life itself. But there's NO WAY we're going to listen our wives talk for 3 hours! Yet there we were. Listening to Julie for a total of 3 hours. Is that chick special or WHAT?????
Thanks, Julie, for another great presentation.
[tags: .NET, Julie Lerman]