It looks like Microsoft is providing a day packed full of technology goodness on May 14th. Here’s the line up for the day: ArcReady (9:00 AM – 11:45 AM): Architecting for the Client Tier - (Register Here) MSDN Unleashed (1:00 PM – 2:50 PM): IE8 For Developers & Developing for Windows 7 - (Register Here) TechNet Events Unleashed (3:10 PM – 5:00 PM): Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7, & IE 8 – (Register Here) All three events will be at the Microsoft Office in Mason.

On Monday Mike Eaton, one of the organizers for the Kalamazoo X conference, announced a significant change in the format of the event. Instead of a multi-track event the conference has now shifted to a “lightning talk” style format. That means a single track of 20-30 minute sessions. Here’s why I think this rocks: The lightning talk format means that the speakers have to focus their talks down to the real points.

Are you a designer? Do you like to lay out websites? Want your name and bragging rights for providing the web design for a community web site? Then you’ll want to submit a design for the nPlus1 facelift contest. The contest ends on June 15th, so make sure to get your submissions in by then. Take a look at the official rules and requirements at http://nplus1.org/faceliftcontest/. Oh, did I mention that 1st place gets a copy of Vista Ultimate and a $250 Best Buy Gift Certificate?