I'm still at MGX, Microsoft's yearly field gathering, in Orlando, Florida. Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to have a discussion with Dan Fernandez, the guy with the best job at Microsoft - at least according to himself. He's the lead product manager for Visual Studio Express and a great guy. You might remember him as speaker at the MSDN "On Tour" Event on Visual C# and Windows Forms last year in Brussels.

Dan showed some really cool stuff, which I absolutely want to share. Here is the first one:

 
Picture by Clint Ruskas

Clint actually used Visual C# to create an application to control his custom-build LED Disco Floor. Have a look at some of the videos that Clint posted on his blog that demonstrate the capabilities of his Disco Floor and the application. If you want to know how this was built in about 10 months, be sure to check out the Disco Floor article for MSDN's Coding4Fun website. And of course Clint Ruskas' blog at BetterThanEveryone.com.

I must say, I'm amazed... This is absolutely cool. Thanks for sharing, Dan!

Tags: Visual C#, Microsoft, technology, software