The Thirsty Developer - Podcast
50 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 15 years ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsA podcast with Microsoft Developer Evangelist, Dave Bost and Clark Sell
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#69 – Web Services with Scott Seely
July 22, 2009 22:51This week we are please to bring you an interview with Scott Seely (@sseely), who works as a developer / architect at Myspace. We talk with Scott about some of the advanced features of WCF and where services are headed in the future. Show notes ”Blind search” comparison tool that Scott Mentioned Scott's recent Book: Effective REST Services via .NET: For .NET Framework 3.5 Internet Identity Workshop Download / Listen to the Show http://shows.thirstydeveloper.com/TD069.mp3 Twitter F...
#68 - Scraping the web
July 16, 2009 01:14This week we are please to bring you an interview with Andy Theimer (@atheimer), who works for the startup company Lansare and on a side project called Recipe Bridge that aggregates content from across the internet. Show notes Milwaukee’s Technology Innovation Center Microsoft Bizspark for startups Sitemaps definition Bing Webmaster Tools RecipeBook XML Microformats hRecipe Definition Download / Listen to the Show http://shows.thirstydeveloper.com/TD068.mp3 Twitter Feed Thirsty D...
#67 - Open Spaces and unmeetings
June 29, 2009 04:03This week we are please to bring you an interview with Doc List. We talk with Doc about Open Spaces and applying those principles to the corporate environment. Show notes Harrison Owen’s Open Space Technology: A User's Guide Larry’s blog post on applying Open Spaces at work Download / Listen to the Show http://shows.thirstydeveloper.com/TD067.mp3 Twitter Feed Thirsty Developer has a twitter feed, friend us at http://twitter.com/thirstyd
#66 - HAML with a side of SASS
June 25, 2009 02:35This week we are please to bring you an interview with Dan Nawara (@dnawara) a front end designer about the HAML and SASS technologies. The first part of the interview was recorded at Bombacigno's J & C Inn in Chicago, IL; one of Dan’s favorite restaurants (until we got kicked out). Show notes Official HAML Site nHAML (.NET version of HAML) SASS (Syntactically Awesome StyleSheets) Tenplate (Dan’s framework) source code on Github The HAML Wikipedia page has an HTML / HAML Example Dow...
#65 – SOLID as a rock
June 17, 2009 01:09This week we are please to bring you an interview with Derik Whittaker. Derik talks with us about the SOLID principles and other coding practices. Show notes Dimecasts – Derik (and his friends) series of screencasts Three of Derik’s favorite tools: Resharper, Reflector and SQL Prompt Scott Hanselman’s interview with Uncle Bob on SOLID Uncle Bob on Stackoverflow Podcast (including apology) Original Whitepaper on SOILD Ted Patison’s Programming Distributed Applications With Com & Mic...
#64 - More on Powershell
June 01, 2009 11:03This week we bring back Steve Murawski (@StevenMurawski) to continue our conversation on Powershell. Show notes We had a request to shorten our episode titles so they are better seen on devices. Love it? Hate it? Let us know! Scripting Games brought to you by powershellcommunity.org and poshcode.org Powershell Templates for Visual Studio Script Center PowerShell SDK Documentation (The SDK is part of the Windows SDK) PowerShell Programmer's Guide (MSDN) PowerGUI PowerShell Plus ...
The Thirsty Developer 63: F# with the Nomadic Developer
May 26, 2009 02:31This week we have an interview with Aaron Erickson (@AaronErickson), a C# MVP. Aaron talks with us about F#. Show notes Aaron’s book “The Nomadic Developer” Monte Carlo Simulations ”Expert F#“ by Don Syme "Foundations of F#" by Robert Pickering ”F# for Scientist” by Jon Harrop Milwaukee area’s Geek Book Club Download / Listen to the Show http://shows.thirstydeveloper.com/TD063.mp3 Twitter Feed Thirsty Developer has a twitter feed, friend us at http://twitter.com/thirstyd
The Thirsty Developer 62: Website Scalability
May 11, 2009 16:01This week we have an interview with Mike Tai and Matt Stratton of apartments.com. Mike and Matt share with us some of the things that make their website (which gets over 4 million unique visitors a month) scale. Download / Listen to the Show http://shows.thirstydeveloper.com/TD062.mp3 New Twitter Feed Thirsty Developer has a twitter feed, friend us at http://twitter.com/thirstyd
The Thirsty Developer 61: I got nothing!
May 05, 2009 09:19This week we have a special episode where Larry interviews Dave about his recent work on project MEBA. They also talk about the availability of Windows7 RC and the upgrade process. Show Notes Chicago Code Camp Indy Code Camp Fox Valley Day of .NET Jim Holmes’ post on unit testing by MS Evangelists Jack Greenfield’s blog UMM Download / Listen to the Show http://shows.thirstydeveloper.com/TD061.mp3 New Twitter Feed Thirsty Developer has a twitter feed, friend us at http://twitter....
The Thirsty Developer 60: SQL Server 2008 for developers
April 27, 2009 22:23This week we have an interview an interview with Chuck Heinzelman, a SQL Server MVP. Chuck is a Database Administrator who has been working with some of the new development oriented features of SQL Server 2008. Chuck blogs at: http://devplanet.com/blogs/memydatabaseandi/. Show Notes Books online sparse columns guidelines (% null): http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc280604.aspx Migrating to SQL Server 2008 (podcast): http://thirstydeveloper.com/2009/03/02/TheThirstyDeveloper53Mi...
The Thirsty Developer 59: jQuery
April 20, 2009 19:27This week we have an interview an interview with Brennan Stehling a developer and author from Milwaukee, WI. Brennan and Larry talk about jQuery. Brennan blogs at http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/. After the interview Larry talks about with Dave about his finishing up on his special assignment in Redmond. Larry then asks Dave which technology he leans towards: AJAX or RIA. Show Notes ASP.NET AJAX John Resig – creator of jQuery Pro JavaScript Techniques by John Resig cssQuery Projec...
The Thirsty Developer 58: Applying SOA
April 14, 2009 09:22This week we have an interview with Chris Deweese, a software architect with REJIS about how they have applied SOA concepts and technology. Chris also discusses some of the issues that they have had with SOA. Our guest interview this week is Clint Edmondson, an architect evangelist based out of St Louis, MO. Download / Listen to the Show http://shows.thirstydeveloper.com/TD058.mp3 New Twitter Feed Thirsty Developer has a twitter feed, friend us at http://twitter.com/thirstyd
The Thirsty Developer 57: WPF and Stream Oriented Computing
April 07, 2009 01:02This week we talk with Mike Browne, an MVP on Windows Client Technologies about Windows Presentation Foundation. We also spend some time talking about Stream Oriented Computing and a WPF application that he built called flow.. Show Notes MSDN Magazine Article on M-V-VM Pattern Martin Fowler’s Presentation Model Mike Brown’s Flow (early Beta) Download / Listen to the Show http://shows.thirstydeveloper.com/TD057.mp3 New Twitter Feed Thirsty Developer has a twitter feed, friend us at ...
The Thirsty Developer 56: Quick Basic Gorillas
March 24, 2009 03:04This week we talk about the future of managed languages with Mark Strawmyer, a Microsoft MVP in the C# language. Before we dive into the future of languages, Mark and Larry talk about the past, including a trip down memory lane to discuss Visual Basic with and without line numbers. After the interview Dave and Larry catch up and talk about their first and next programming languages. Show Notes Qbasic Gorillas Wikipedia Page (includes links to a Flash version of the game) Unemployed Un...
The Thirsty Developer 55: RESTifarian
March 17, 2009 03:15This week we talk about REST (Representational state transfer) style web services with Dan Rigsby, a Microsoft MVP specializing in connected systems (WCF and related technologies). Show Notes Original Definition of REST (from Roy Fielding’s dissertation) REST Starter Kit – Preview 2 (Just released!) JSON Definition (Wikipedia) Download / Listen to the Show http://shows.thirstydeveloper.com/TD055.mp3 New Twitter Feed Thirsty Developer has a twitter feed, friend us at http://twitter....
The Thirsty Developer 54: Powershell
March 09, 2009 16:48This week we have an interview with Steven Murawski (@stevenmurawski) an IT Specialist (or IT Pro) who is a PowerShell Enthusiast. He is also the co-host of the Mind Of Root podcast. Show Notes PowerShell Home Page - http://www.microsoft.com/powershell Polymon - http://www.codeplex.com/polymon PowerShell Team Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/PowerShell/ PowerGUI - http://www.powergui.org/index.jspa Admin Script Editor - http://www.adminscripteditor.com/ PrimalScript - http://www.primal...
The Thirsty Developer 53: Migrating to SQL Server 2008
March 02, 2009 22:13George Huey This week we have an interview with George Huey, an Architect Evangelist with Microsoft Corporation. George has been helping customer migrate their application databases from SQL Server 2000 and 2005 to Microsoft SQL Server 2008. Show Notes: SQL Server Upgrade Assistant SQL Server 2008 Upgrade Technical Reference Guide Download / Listen to the Show: http://shows.thirstydeveloper.com/TD053.mp3
The Thirsty Developer 52: XAML Ninja
February 16, 2009 20:52This week Dave and Larry interview Erik Klimczak, the creative director of Clarity Consulting, who is also known as the XAML Ninja. We talk with Erik about developing touch based applications for Microsoft Surface and Windows 7 and then talk about the XAML stack. Show Notes Thirsty Developer 36 – where Erik got his nickname Thirsty Developer 49- featuring Twitterlight an Eric Klimczak designed user interface Microsoft Surface Windows 7 PDC 2008 Session “Developing for Microsoft Surfa...
The Thirsty Developer 51: Dangling Links
February 10, 2009 05:25Note: This podcast was re-published on February 17th, 2009 after an error removed it from the website and feed. It had nothing to do with Ed swearing on the podcast. :-) This week Dave and Larry interview Ed Thomson, a software developer with Teamprise. Teamprise creates cross platform clients for Microsoft’s Team Foundation Server. Show Notes Teamprise’s parent company is Sourcegear Eric Sink founded sourcegear and he is not a legend Download / Listen to the Show http://shows.th...
The Thirsty Developer 50: Building on Azure
February 02, 2009 21:26This week Dave and Larry interview Paddy, one of the co-founders of Cumulux, a company developing applications targeting the Azure Services Platform. Show Notes Azure Services Platform Site Live Service Developer Site Cloud Connection (cumulux blog) Download / Listen to the Show http://shows.thirstydeveloper.com/TD050.mp3
The Thirsty Developer 49: Silverlight + Twitter
January 26, 2009 14:43This week is an interview with Steve Holstad about a front end for Twitter that he created with Silverlight 2. Show Notes Twitterlight web site Steve’s Twitter Handle Coding for fun article on Twitterlight (with code) Download / Listen to the Show http://shows.thirstydeveloper.com/TD049.mp3
The Thirsty Developer 48: Argentum Tella
January 21, 2009 21:24This week is an interview with Damon Payne about creating a design surface in Silverlight 2. Program Notes The Thirsty Developer website was done for about 24 hours. Sorry for any problems that is caused and thanks to the folks who pointed it out to us. Dave Bost is on temporary assignment in Redmond, WA. He ha promised us a couple of interviews while he is up there. Follow his adventures at http://davebost.com. Show Notes Klipsch Corner - Damon's Klipsch fan site AGT Sample Site ...
The Thirsty Developer 47: Microformats
January 13, 2009 02:13This week is an interview with Pete Prodoehl (AKA Raster) about Microformats. Before we dive into the topic Larry and Pete talk about his music, Creative Commons and the fact that he has been blogging for more than 11 years. Show Notes Backing In (full cut) - The Thirsty Developer Intro Song Large Deposits (full cut) - The Thirsty Developer Exit Song Pete's RPM Album "SnowBound" from 2008 Pete's Flickr Account (all under Creative Commons) Web414 - a Milwaukee based Web User Group ...
The Thirsty Developer 46: Use Cases
December 30, 2008 19:53This week is an interview with Matt Terski, the President and co-founder of Serlio Software, a company that creates Case Complete. Matt and Larry talk about Use Cases and how they fit into the software development life cycle. You can follow Matt at the Use Case blog. Show Notes Ivar Jacobson Eric Sink's article on Platforms that Larry Mentioned Download a free 30 day trial of Case Complete (full featured) Download / Listen to the Show http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/shows.th...
The Thirsty Developer 45: Visual Studio 2010
December 23, 2008 12:46This week is an interview with Mario Rodriguez, a program manager on Team Foundation Server about some of the cool new features in Visual Studio Team System 2010. Angela Binkowski was our special co-host for this episode while Dave Bost is on special assignment in Redmond, WA. Show Notes Episode 22 with Ed Glas Cameron Skinner's Video from PDC (advance to 10:20 in the video) Download / Listen to the Show http://shows.thirstydeveloper.com/TD045.mp3
The Thirsty Developer 44: Real World Silverlight 2
December 09, 2008 02:28In this week's interview Larry interviews Eric Willeke, an Architect with Inkubook. Inkubook is a start-up that allows users to self publish photo books. Inkubook picked the Silverlight platform to launch their new venture. Eric recently did a presentation to the Indianapolis .Net User Group (IndyNDA) on their experiences with adopting Silverlight this podcast is a sort of replay of that presentation. Eric shares the good, bad and ugly of adopting Silverlight 2 before it was in Beta!. ...
The Thirsty Developer 43: Developing on SharePoint
December 02, 2008 00:39Darrin Bishop At MOSSCamp Chicago 2008 Larry interviewed Darrin Bishop, an independent Consultant with the Darrin Bishop Group and a Microsoft MVP on Windows SharePoint Services. They talk about how a .NET Developer can get started on developing on SharePoint, including how to setup your developer machine for SharePoint Development. Show Notes MOSSCamp Project on Codeplex SharePoint Designer SharePoint Virtual Hard Drive (evaluation) Setting up SharePoint on MSDN Darrin's Laptop rig...
The Thirsty Developer 42: Windows Mobile at the PDC
November 25, 2008 21:03Peter, Maarten, Constance and Larry Dave and Larry caught up with the Microsoft Community Program Manager Constanze Roman and 2 Microsoft Mobile MVPs: Peter Nowak and Maarten Struys about some of the great announcements about Windows Mobile at the PDC. Specifically they talk about Silverlight 2 for Mobile and Live Mesh for Mobile clients. Show Notes PDC Silverlight 2 Mobile Session Interview with Amit Chopra Mobile Development Center on MSDN Codeplex MSDN Code Gallery OpenNetCF MS...
The Thirsty Developer 41: Dogfooding TFS at Microsoft
November 18, 2008 12:54> Larry Interviews Stephanie Saad In this episode we talk with Stephanie Saad, a group program manager with Microsoft. Stephanie talks about how Microsoft is already using many of the new features of Team Foundation Server that were announced at PDC. Show Notes Visual Studio 2010 Talks are available at the MicrosoftPDC.com MSDN Developer Conference registration is open. Download / Listen to the Show http://thirstydeveloper.com/shows/TD041.mp3 A Blog you should Know Dave's Pick: ...
The Thirsty Developer 40: Getting Ready for IE8
November 10, 2008 13:03In this episode we talk with Matt Hester and Matt Heller about how developers and IT Pros should be preparing for the upcoming release of Internet Explorer 8. Show Notes IE Team Blog MSDN Developer Center on IE TechnetCenter on IE 8 Download / Listen to the Show http://shows.thirstydeveloper.com/TD040.mp3 Ways to connect with your hosts: Dave Bost: Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile, GamerTag Larry Clarkin: Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile, GamerTag
The Thirsty Developer 39: Sketchnotes
October 20, 2008 17:35SXSWi 2008 Sketchnotes: First Spread By Mike Rhode Used Under Creative Commons In this episode we talk with Mike Rohde, an designer, artist and writer based out of the Milwaukee, WI area. Mike has a great technique for capturing notes at a conference, meeting, etc and has shared them with the world. Show Notes Flickr Collection of Mike's Sketchnotes South By Southwest Seed Conference Moleskin Notebooks Jet Pens Moleskin Hacks by Mike Rohde Download / Listen to the Show http://s...
The Thirsty Developer 38: Anthony Handley
October 13, 2008 20:04In this episode we talk with Anthony Handley, a designer with Magenic Technologies in Chicago, IL. Show Notes An Event Apart Anthony's .NET Rocks Interview (Show 282) MOSSCamp Hawaiian Airlines Case Study Phizzpop Design Challenge XAML to Illustrator plugin Damon Payne's Illustrator Story Chicago Designer and Developer's User Group Download / Listen to the Show http://shows.thirstydeveloper.com/TD038.mp3 Ways to connect with your hosts: Dave Bost: Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook...
The Thirsty Developer 37: Feed Us
September 29, 2008 02:37In this episode we talk with Rick Stratton and John Welborn, two of the founders of Feed.us. Feed.us is a cloud based, distributed content management written with Microsoft technology, but usable by any dynamic (and static) web platform. Show Notes Want to learn more about cloud computing? It will be a big topic of conversation at PDC 2008, register now before it sells out. Rick Mentioned giving the Thirsty Developer listeners a sneak peak of the service. The url is http://feedusdemo....
The Thirsty Developer 36: WPF, Gadgets and UC
September 22, 2008 12:12In this episode we talk with George Durzi a consultant with Clarity Consulting in Chicago, IL about a project that he worked on that used Vista Gadgets, Unified Communications and WPF. Show Notes George committed to MOSSCamp 2008 during the show: MOSSCamp Website and Registration The project that George worked on is up on CodePlex at: http://www.codeplex.com/MOCVistaGadget WPF presence controls for Communicator 2007: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5001d612-533a...
The Thirsty Developer 35: Codeapalooza Conversation
September 15, 2008 14:39The first ever (and hopefully annual) Codeapalooza event was held on September 6, 2008 in Wheaton, IL (a suburb of Chicago). The event was a partnership between the Chicago .NET User Group and the Chicago alt.net group. After the conference ended we sat down with some of the organizers and speakers and did a roundtable discussion that led to conversations about UX, languages and what you would like to do if you could "code for fun". Show Guests Jason Bock - @jasonbock on Twitter Kirst...
The Thirsty Developer 34: Windows Mobile with Jon Box
September 08, 2008 23:38In this show Dave, Larry and Brian sit down with Jon Box to discuss Windows Mobile Development. Show Notes WM Developer Center “How Do I?” Videos for Devices Steve Lasker's Blog Windows Mobile 6 SDK Download / Listen to the Show http://shows.thirstydeveloper.com/TD034-BoxonMobile.mp3 Ways to connect with your hosts: Dave Bost: Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile, GamerTag Larry Clarkin: Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile, GamerTag Brian Gorbett: Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook ...
The Thirsty Developer 33: Women in Technology Panel
August 30, 2008 02:19Women in Technology In this show Dave and Larry sit down with their co-workers Beth Humphreys, Jennifer Marsman , Angela Binkowski and Rachel McKane to talk about the role of Women in Technology. Show Notes Jennifer's Women in Technology Series License to Drive - clearly not a John Hughes film Lego Serious Play Serious Play for Women at PDC Math Doesn't Suck by Danica McKellar (aka Winnie Cooper) Microsoft's Digigirlz Program Download / Listen to the Show http://thirstydeveloper....
Thirsty Developer 32: Software Factories
August 23, 2008 20:27In this show Dave and Larry sat down with Ka Wai Cheung from We are Mammoth (blog) in downtown Chicago to talk about Software Factories. Dave and Larry first met Ka Wai at the Riapalooza event in Chicago at the end of May. Download / Listen to the Show http://thirstydeveloper.com/shows/TD032-SoftwareFactories.mp3 Blogs you should know No blogs this week! Ways to connect with your hosts: Dave Bost: Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile, GamerTag Larry Clarkin: Blog, Twitter Feed, Fa...
The Thirsty Developer 31: Patterns with Palermo
August 16, 2008 02:42In this show Larry sat down with Jeffrey Palermo at his recent visit to the Wisconsin .NET User Group. Jeffery is a Microsoft MVP, CTO of Headspring and the organizer of the world famous "Party with Palermo". They discuss design patterns and Jeffrey's upcoming book. During the interview they change roles and Jeffrey asks Larry some questions about how he came to Microsoft, the role of an evangelist and Larry's recent series of blog posts Architecture By Baseball. Download / Listen to th...
The Thirsty Developer 30: Techready Talk
August 09, 2008 21:56In this show we have a guest interviewer and co-host: Brian Gorbett is a Developer Evangelist for Microsoft DPE based out of Chicago and a new teammate of Dave and Larry's. Brian is filling in for Dave while he is on vacation and will be a new contributor to the Thirsty Developer. Brian recently attended an Internal Microsoft conference, called Techready. While at the conference he recorded a couple of great interviews: Scott Guthrie - ScottGu tells us about .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2...
The Thirsty Developer 29: The iPhone Edition
August 02, 2008 02:40In this show we talk with Charles Sieg, a .NET developer by day and entrepreneur at night, about developing applications for the iPhone. Charles was inspired to create the AccelaStudy line of iPhone and iPod Touch applications for learning a new language by his need to carry around flash cards to learn the Turkish language. Download / Listen to the Show http://thirstydeveloper.com/Shows/TD029-iPhoneEdition.mp3 Blogs you should know Larry's pick: Fake Steve Jobs and The Real Dan Dave...
The Thirsty Developer 28: SCRUM and Agile in the Enterprise
July 26, 2008 22:33In this show we talk with Sean McCormack about how they have applied SCRUM and Agile principles at the large enterprise where he works. Show Notes Sean's open source project Adapdev technologies DSDM Consortium Download / Listen to the Show http://thirstydeveloper.com/Shows/TD028-SCRUMandAgile.mp3 Blogs you should know Larry's pick: TWIPPhoto Dave's pick: Karl Seguin Ways to connect with Dave and Larry: Dave's Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile, GamerTag Larry's Blog, Twitte...
The Thirsty Developer 27: RIAPalooza Roundtable
July 16, 2008 00:56Josh and Mike In this show we have a roundtable at the recent RIAPalooza event in Chicago. We talk with two RIA experts: Josh Holmes of Microsoft (and the Code to Live Show) and Mike Labriola of Digital Primates and an Adobe Community Expert - Flex. Josh and Mike were fresh off their "Best and Worst Practices Building a RIA" session from the event. Before the interview Dave and Larry talk about untested way of getting a generation 1 iPhone on the cheap as well as ways to "cheat" at the ...
The Thirsty Developer 26: Designer and Developer Workflow
July 05, 2008 00:33In this show, we talk with Tim Heuer, a Microsoft Program Manager who works with technologies like Silverlight and Corrina Barber, a designer who works on the UIFX team with tools like Expression Blend. We caught up with Tim and Corrina at the RIAPalooza event in Chicago at the end of May. We talked about the designer and developer workflow. Show Notes Corrina's great Silverlight Templates Blendables Download / Listen to the Show http://thirstydeveloper.com/Shows/TD026-TimandCorrin...
The Thirsty Developer 25: The one with Joe Stagner
June 27, 2008 16:48In this show, we talk with Joe Stagner, who is Microsoft's Opinionated Misfit Geek and a program manager in the developer division community team. We caught up with Joe at the PHP|Tek 2008 conference in Chicago, IL Show Notes During the show we talked about a number of the open source initiatives at Microsoft, including: CodePlex - an open source hosting platform by Microsoft Port 25 - a communication portal ASP.NET MVC Framework - a project under development Zune Contest Winner We ...
The Thirsty Developer 24: The Blogging Episode
June 11, 2008 23:56In this show, we talk with Jeff Moser and Dan Rigsby about the art and science of technical blogging. We also catch up with Dave after him being gone for 2 episodes and hear what he has been up to. Download / Listen to the Show http://thirstydeveloper.com/Shows/TD024-Blogging.mp3 Blogs you should know Larry's pick: Flickr Blog Dave's pick: Microspotting Ways to connect with Dave and Larry: Dave's Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile Larry's Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile
The Thirsty Developer 23: The Virtual Earth Edition
May 28, 2008 22:38In this show, we talk with Chris Pietschmann, a developer and a Microsoft MVP on the Virtual Earth platform. Chris tells us how he got started on Virtual Earth back in the beta of version 1.0 and gives us a good overview of the product. Virtual Earth Links (courtesy of Chris): Chris Pietschmann's Blog - http://pietschsoft.com Virtual Earth Dev Site - http://dev.live.com/virtualearth Virtual Earth Interactive SDK - http://dev.live.com/virtualearth/sdk Mike Garza - Virtual Earth Conc...
The Thirsty Developer 22: Web Load Testing with Ed Glas
May 25, 2008 01:43For this episode Larry flies solo, as Dave has been busy putting together the Code Fests: Hands on labs on some of the new features of .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008. If you are in Wisconsin, Illinois or Indiana, and want to attend a Code Fest check Dave's Blog for details. In this show, Larry sits down with Ed Glas, a program manager on the Team System team, who is responsible for the web load testing tools that are part of the product. We talked at the recent QAI Conference in Chicago...
The Thirsty Developer 21: Starting up on .NET
May 07, 2008 02:33Canopy Financial In this weeks show, Larry sits down with some of the fine folks from Canopy Financial to discuss they started a business based on .NET technologies and tools. We also discuss Microsoft Start-Up Zone and how start-up companies can work with Microsoft to launch their businesses. We also discuss the outcome of what Jeff Atwood was teasing us with Episode 18. A partner venture with Joel Spolsky to create a technical community portal called Stack Overflow. Joel and Jeff are a...
The Thirsty Developer 20: Server Girl on Hyper-V
April 30, 2008 19:40Beth and the Stormtroopers In this episode we talk with our pal Server Girl (Beth Humphreys) about Hyper-V the new virtualization technology included in Windows Server 2008. Beth gives us a great overview of the technology and we chat about how developers can use Hyper-V technology to create a great developer rig. Second Life Heroes Happen Here Launch Before we jumped into the interview Dave spends some time talking about this last weekend's Heroes Happen Here launch event in Second Li...