Speaking of Markus, I just subscribed to his travel blog and it's great reading! Markus and I end up in the same place quite often. In the past year alone: Montreal for DevTeach, Redmond for Tablet DevLab, San Franciso for Windows Anywhere, Orlando for TechEd, DevConnections in Las Vegas and SysCon in Boston.  So it's fun to read in his blog about some of his travels since I can connect! He's a great writer - its a fun read.

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