I just got back from
SIC 2005 in Denver, and man, was it GOOD!
The last night was the Shareware Industry Awards night, and I received an awesome suprise! Best Application Using .NET for
Guitar & Drum Trainer! (I got 1/2 as many awards as Microsoft

)
Actually, the award was for version 2, but v2.3 is much much better.
In any event, I was really suprised! One of the girls from TechSmith said my speech was the best
If anyone has a chance to get to SIC (Shareware Industry Conference) in
2006, it will be in Denver again, and I highly recommend going. I met
so many very cool people and for many of them I'm sure you either know
the companies or the products. e.g. Microsoft, WinRar, Shareware
Junction, TechSmith, CoffeeCup, TuCows, Digital River, CNet, Michael
Callahan (i.e. Dr. File Finder) and a lot more - too many to name.
Another advantage was that I got to speak English for more than a few hours~!
Cheers,
Ryan