In a recent PDC2008 contest developers showed off their projects supposed to make Visual Studio better and more convenient to work with.

A few links to PDC2008 ShowOff Entries:

Multi-channel Virtual Earth - a multi-channel version of the Virtual Earth control.

Clipboard History for Visual Studio - Also demonstrates a 12-part blog series with complete step-by-step instructions showing how to build this feature for Visual Studio 2008.

Of course, Brian the Build Bunny won. I wouldn’t expect any less.