Yesterday was the Minneapolis MDC, and it turned out to be a great event.  With a winter storm passing through the Twin Cities and temperatures hovering at -14 during the morning commute, I was a little nervous about what kind of turnout we were going to get.  The event ended up being oversold, but with typical drop-off we had been expecting a full house.  As the traffic reports of roll-over accidents and school delays became the topic of morning conversation, it was not looking grim, and as we approached the 8:30am start time, we were not even at 50% capacity.  After delaying the start of the keynote by 30 minutes, we got the show on the road, and by the end of the session, we had almost 325 people out of a max capacity 350!!!  To their credit, folks braved the weather and the traffic to make it to the event and see what was new and exciting in the world of Microsoft development. 

It was a great day.  The speakers were accommodating and the attendees understanding as we had to adjust the schedule to account for the late start.  With a little bit of hard work, we were able to end the event on time and get everyone started on their way home (or to sit in traffic as was more likely... sorry!).  We had a great line up of speakers: Rocky Lhotka, Robert Boedigheimer, Jason Bock, Chris Williams, Phillip Wolfe, Bill Maurer, Matt Mliner, Shannon Braun, Mike Benkovich, Todd van Nurden, and myself.  Jason Olson was in town from Redmond and even jumped on on stage with Chris Williams.  Kirstin Juhl helped in the Community Courtyard, as well. Thanks to everyone for helping out!!!!!!