TechNet Webcast: Optimizing Your Remote and Branch Office Infrastructure with System CenterOrganizations are increasingly adapting their remote and branch office IT infrastructure with the same focus on reducing costs, ensuring security and compliance, and the business need to be more agile. IT professionals are expected to manage, back up, and protect a wide range of devices, services, and systems, all while exploring the use of virtualization. Now is the time to reassess your approach to remote IT management.
Unified Communications: Breaking VoIP BarriersJoin Gurdeep Singh Pall, Corporate Vice President, Office Communications Group, to hear about Microsoft’s vision for the next generation of communications. Gurdeep will discuss the underlying concepts on which this technology is based to deliver a unique approach to voice, video, and data communications and conferencing.
Momentum Webcast: Take the First Step to Improvement by Assessing Your Development CapabilityProblems such as unpredictable delivery times and quality, lack of easy visibility into project status, poor team communication and a perceived misalignment between business and development goals tell us that we can improve how we do development and the value we bring to the business. But how do you get started, and how do you achieve a vision and sustainable approach to prioritizing IT investments to fuel business growth?
Donald Farmer on Data MiningDonald Farmer talks about data mining with SQL Server and related technologies, including a fascinating discussion about using algorithms for predicting future trends.
Momentum Webcast: A Unified IT Management Solution for Mid-Sized BusinessesJoin this session to get an overview of Microsoft System Center Essentials 2007 and to understand how it enables IT professionals to manage their IT environments proactively by simplifying and automating complex tasks from a single console. Learn how built-in troubleshooting and asset inventory can help you save time and increase productivity while maximizing the availability of a secure IT environment.
Microsoft Office Live Seminar: Michael Gerber presents, "Awakening the entrepreneur within"Entrepreneurs are inventors. But their inventions are not products, but new companies that organize the world in unique and compelling ways. Their companies add value to their customer's lives, provide solutions to the problems that confront us at every turn. How these revolutionaries think, create, and mostly dream is the subject of this meeting with Michael Gerber, called by Inc Magazine, The World's #1 Small Business Guru and author of The E-Myth books.
Microsoft Office Live Seminar: “Delegation is not a dirty word."For some of us telling someone else what to do is one of the most uncomfortable aspects of being an entrepreneur. But in order to be a successful business owner you have to master the art of delegating because you can't do everything yourself. We will teach you how to master the art of assigning with respect to get the most from your team.
ARCast.TV: Recovery and Moving Forward - Pay GlobalLike many companies during the dotcom boom Pay Global received a good deal of funding. Unfortunately like many they blew the cash on trying to build an empire and software that would solve every problem for everyone everywhere. Soon people, including the founder, were jumping ship and the investors brought in a new CEO to recover. What do you do when your code base is oh so 90s and you need to turn the company around? That�s what I found out the day I visited Pay Global.
MSDN Webcast: Enabling a New Generation of Dynamic Applications Through SOAThe Microsoft vision for service-oriented architecture and how Microsoft supports it by way of an integrated platform. Learn how you can use your existing line-of-business applications and data exposed as services (using the .NET Framework and adapters). How to use Windows Workflow Foundation and BizTalk Server to compose those services into composite business processes and workflows, which you can then use to create new dynamic applications that consume your service-oriented infrastructure.
ARCast: Just Enough ArchitectureI have seen projects where the architecture was endless filling 3 ring binders with documents that would probably never be read by anybody and I have also been on projects where each developer acted as their own architect and the result was a hodge-podge of functionality cobbled together in a way that was totally irrational. On this episode of ARCast Dr. Neil Roodyn author of eXtreme .NET shares his perspective on getting the balance just right.
ARCast: The Making of a Miracle - TradeMe.co.nzEvery now and then you hear a story about a bunch of guys who started building a website in a small flat (thats apartment for you Americans out there) and then in a few years sold the thing for several million dollars. Well today you are about to hear one of those stories from Rowan Simpson of TradeMe.co.nz and how they built an empire which recently sold for a great deal of cash.
MSDN Webcast: SharePoint Workflow Development and ModificationsIn this webcast, we explain the concepts behind workflows in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and show how you can enable users to modify the workflow while it is running on an item. We demonstrate how to create two workflow modifications in Microsoft Visual Studio System, adding approvers and updating all tasks. We also cover how you can use the Contact Selector, an ActiveX control included with SharePoint Server 2007, to select users in Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 forms.
How Microsoft Does Wireless: An interview with Victoria PonciniVictoria Poncini, a Network Architect responsible for designing, architecting and implementing Microsofts global wireless solution speaks with us about How Microsoft Does Wireless. Authentication, encryption, operational challenges, security risks such as rogue access points and goals for this technology are among the topics she discusses with Michael Murphy and Kevin Remde.
ARCast: Get on the GridSure AJAX apps are cool and web apps are all the rage but people still need to deploy and install bits on their computers. We have seen a lot of ways to get this done but Microsoft recently acquired a company called Softricity that has a very cool and unique solution known as Application Virtualization. This stuff is so incredible (really I mean that) that it is hard to describe. You just have to listen to Chad Jones as he brings you up to speed on this incredible new technology.
Lunch with Forte! (#192)Carl goes to New York City to have pizza and conversation with Stephen Forte. When it comes to what bugs him about this business, Steve pulls no punches. Hey! Fahgeddabahdit!
MSDN Webcast: Building Collaborative Applications Without Code Using Office SharePoint Designer 2007Learn how to use Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 to build productive and efficient solutions on Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies. In this webcast, we explain how you can use SharePoint Designer 2007 to create and deploy interactive Web solutions—without writing any code. We also describe how to build reporting and tracking applications and collaborative workflows, and show you how to customize Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services application templates.
ARCast: Architecting Microsoft.com – SQL ServerAt the heart of most web sites once you dig down below the routers, below the web servers, below the ASP.NET code you find a critical piece. The heart of the matter if you will is the database and if that heart stops... well lets just say your website will assume room temperature quickly. The question is; what do the guys at Microsoft.com do to insure that the heart of the system is thumpin and pumpin day in and day out 24x7 while still needing to do updates, patches, server maintenance etc.?
MSDN Webcast: Developing, Deploying, and Hosting Rich Office InfoPath 2007 Client and Browser FormsDid you know that you can design a single Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 form for both the rich client and for the browser? This webcast presents this design-once process, provides best practices for debugging and deployment, and explains how to improve forms performance and scalability. Learn about hosting the InfoPath 2007 rich client in other applications, tightly integrating InfoPath 2007 forms into Web pages, and using the hosted form control to build powerful but easy-to-use solutions.
The MSDN Global Home PageVictus Wong and John Serna show how the new MSDN home page utilizes language and location detection to surface geo-aware localized content on the page. In addition, they illustrate how the MSDN home page geo-redirects users to any available fully localized MSDN home page in the user's locale.
MSDN Webcast: Introduction to Visual Studio Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office SystemIn this webcast, we introduce Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Office for users of the 2007 Microsoft Office system. Learn how to create application-level customizations (add-ins) for many of the applications in the 2007 Office system, how to customize the look and feel of an application created with Visual Studio Tools for Microsoft Office by extending the Ribbon feature of the UI, and how to create a custom task pane with only a few lines of code.
ARCast: Why Software Sucks and What You Can Do About ItHave you ever watched a non-technical friend or relative using software? I have to tell you that in my opinion, most people are pretty frustrated with software. Sooner or later somebody is going to figure out that users are the single most important element of their software, and when they do, whoever they are, they are going to make a lot of money. If you like the title of this episode, then you are going to like the guy who came up with that title; our guest on the show today; David Platt.
MSDN Webcast: Developing SharePoint Workflows Using Visual Studio 2005This webcast covers the basics of workflow development for Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 using the Microsoft Visual Studio development system and the Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for Windows Workflow Foundation. Learn how to model your workflow with SharePoint tasks in the Windows Workflow Foundation designer, create and bind data to Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 forms, deploy to SharePoint sites, and debug on the live server.
ARCast: Architecting Microsoft.com - IntroductionHave you ever wanted to work on a really big web site? Say one of the top 10 in the world? Well recently I met with the team from Microsoft.com and spoke with Casey Jacobs (hmmm I wonder if he is a long lost cousin?) about how they keep this site up and running with the best availability numbers in the industry. Oh yeah - and this is a first for me... A video episode of ARCast. I'm still learning so the audio quality on this isn't as good as the later ones.
ARCast: Why The Software Industry Doesn’t Run RestaurantsI like restaurants as much as the next guy but I dont think I want to run one. The requirements for the kitchen of a top-notch restaurant are staggering. To consistently produce top quality food items on the menu quickly and efficiently while insuring a good profit. What does this have to do with Software you ask? Well my friend and colleague Beat recently took a cooking class that opened his eyes to the way they do it. Listen up! You might learn something.
MSDN Webcast: Overview of Developer Technologies for Windows SharePoint ServicesThis webcast provides an overview of the latest enhancements to developer technologies for Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services (version 3). We begin with an examination of the changes to the Windows SharePoint Services data store and content management capability. This is followed by a discussion on changes to pages and the user interface of Windows SharePoint Services, focusing on integration with ASP.NET 2.0. We conclude with a look at improvements to provisioning and code deployment.
ARCast: Business In Motion (Part 1)There is a communications gap between business and IT but if only we could understand the business as a set of capabilities with clear interfaces and service level expectations. Motion is a new methodology from Microsoft for describing business capabilities. Ric Merrifield –the motion strategy director- tells us about business mapping to services.
ARCast: Business In Motion (Part 1)There is a communications gap between business and IT but if only we could understand the business as a set of capabilities with clear interfaces and service level expectations. Motion is a new methodology from Microsoft for describing business capabilities. Ric Merrifield –the motion strategy director- tells us about business mapping to services.
ARCast: Business In Motion (Part 2)There is a communications gap between business and IT but if only we could understand the business as a set of capabilities with clear interfaces and service level expectations. Motion is a new methodology from Microsoft for describing business capabilities. Ric Merrifield –the motion strategy director- tells us about business mapping to services.
MSDN Webcast: Microsoft Office Open XML FormatsPreviously, binary formats meant that Office documents were treated like a "black box," but now the open XML formats allow documents to serve as a first-class source of data as they travel through workflow and other business processes and solutions. Document content can now be integrated directly with systems old and new. Generating documents based on business data for up-to-date, accurate, and rich content is now possible throughout your own solutions.
Advance Your Business with IT SolutionsYour company's application platform is critical for business success. Microsoft is focused on delivering technologies that help IT professionals and developers work together to design, develop, deploy, and manage connected and flexible solutions that deliver real business value. Hear Microsoft's vision for the Application Platform, understand our technology roadmap and core focus areas - including SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005, and BizTalk Server 2006 - and see the products in action
Building Trust in ComputingLearn how you can use the new Windows Vista tools (ImageX, Windows System Image Manager) to engineer your desktop and create unattended answer files for offline and online deployments.
ARCast: The Challenge Of RetailI love to get stuff but I hate shopping for it. To be honest with you most of the time I try to spend as little time in the store as I possibly can. I want what I want, when I want it and I want to get out of the store as quickly as possible. Getting us to part with our money in a way that yields a profit is the challenge that retailers are taking on every day. If you are in this business then you will be glad to know that my colleague Moin Moinuddin is here helping you to find your way.
Business Desktop Deployment for Windows Vista Using Lite Touch InstallationBy incorporating Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) best practices, Windows Vista Lite Touch Installation has been significantly enhanced to gather information using zero-touch installation (ZTI) technologies. Join this webcast to learn how to configure Lite Touch Installation variables for automation, and how to use the updated BDD Deployment Wizard that allows in-time input of needed parameters or changes to default settings.
Business Desktop Deployment Workbench in Windows VistaThis webcast examines the components of the BDD Workbench from the user interface to the underlying directory structure and supporting scripts, and shows you how to extend the BDD Workbench to fit the needs of your organization.
MSDN Webcast: Using Security Code Reviews to Quickly and Effectively Improve Your ApplicationsSecurity code reviews can play a critical role in improving the quality of an application. However, performing such reviews is not an easy task. This webcast begins with a discussion of who should perform the security code review and how the process should be managed, especially when dealing with millions of lines of code. We define the major categories of vulnerabilities, show you what to look out for, and describe how to go about identifying issues using threat modeling.
How Microsoft IT Plans SharePoint Capacity and GrowthMicrosoft IT shares its best practices on how to configure enterprise-scale deployments of Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies. Learn about best practices for key SharePoint Products and Technologies including Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Cluster service and Network Load Balancing, Windows SharePoint Services, Windows SharePoint Portal Server, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, and Internet Information Services (IIS).
ARCast: Becoming an ArchitectWhat is an architect? What do they do? What kind of skills do I need to become an architect? These are the questions that are on the minds of so many developers today. Perhaps you have thought about becoming an architect and you want to know these answers. Well my friend, you are in luck because today we have Robert Daigneau Director of Platform Architecture for Monster.com here with us to find out if you have what it takes.
Branch Office Solutions in Windows Server 2003 R2In this webcast, we examine DFS Namespaces, formerly known as Distributed File System, and DFS Replication, the successor to File Replication Service (FRS), which was introduced in the Microsoft Windows 2000 Server operating systems. Learn about the benefits these technologies can bring to your branch office environment
ARCast: Architecture in the Real World of BankingSure we talk a lot about theory, principles, patterns etc. But what happens when you drop an architect into a project that is in trouble? How does the architect make sense of the situation and turn the project around? Well today you are going to hear from Mark Simmons an architect for some bank (whose name we will not mention). Mark is going to give us the scoop on how they turned the project around and shipped a smart client teller application with .NET.
ARCast: Putting the User Back Into ArchitectureFor the past few years the focus of Architecture in the IT industry has been largely around data centers, back end systems and services. As these IT architectures mature, it’s time to return the focus of architecture to where it can have the biggest impact and greatest value for business, the user.
The History and the Future of ASP.NETAttend this webcast to hear the story of Microsoft ASP.NET. Learn how ASP.NET began as one of the first Microsoft products to adopt Microsoft .NET technology. More importantly, learn about the future of ASP.NET as a platform for the next generation of Web applications so you can plan your development strategy accordingly.
ASP.NET Soup to Nuts: Auction Site Business LayerIn this webcast, we discuss the various business objects and business logic required to implement our auction Web site. Learn why we separate the code into distinct objects, and see how we can use these objects to ensure that the application performs flawlessly and efficiently.
ARCast: Driving IT from BusinessHow many times has IT gotten in the way of business? It seems that there is a great frustration factor between business and IT. Business wants to be dynamic but IT likes to be static… this is fodder for great clashes of culture. In this episode we are joined by Steve Jones from Capgemeni to consider how service orientation can help IT to become much more responsive to the dynamic needs of the business.
ARCast: The True Value of ArchitectureSome people believe that there is little or no value to the process of building the architecture prior to building the software. Developers have obvious value – you can see the output of their work in terms of lines of code, working modules etc. but how do you quantify the work of the architect?
MSDN Webcast: Developing InfoPath Forms for Office InfoPath 2007This webcast presents an overview of Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 programmability features including the managed object model, template parts, and provisions for third-party hosting. We also discuss techniques for using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Applications (VSTA) and Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System (VSTO) to develop Office InfoPath 2007 forms.
ARCast: Next Generation InfrastructureInfrastructure... that's like the plumbing, the pipes, the roadway etc. which enables business to happen. Most of the time I don't think much about infrastructure, except for when I want to complain about it not working properly. But what is the next generation of infrastructure? That's what my guest today Richard Hall has in store for us on this episode.
The Future of IEJoin a discussion about the future roadmap for Internet Explorer. We present an overview of the direction we envision beyond IE7, hear from some industry experts about what they'd like us to do, and then hold an open discussion panel to take your input to help shape the future of IE.
Beyond the Banner: Advertising on the Web and Where It's GoingAdvertising revenues in traditional venues like print magazines and television are declining, while online advertising is exploding. Advertisers want richer online ad platforms. Content providers want ads that maximize revenue without negatively impacting the user experience. What role will advertising play in "podcasting," "video blogging" and other emerging media?
The Future of Media and the WebOpen syndication formats and protocols, the rise of user-generated content, and advances in digital media technology are all changing the way that people incorporate media into their lifestyles. The changes give consumers more choice about how they mix and mash their media, and create new opportunities for publishers of microcontent and blockbusters alike. Come join our diverse panel of industry experts for a lively discussion about the implications of these trends.
ARCast: Expert Business Objects with Rocky LhotkaBusiness objects – ancient history right? I mean haven’t we all figured this out by now? Well according to my guest today; Rocky Lhotka the answer is no. Many people are still writing really ugly code and everyone knows it, but what is difficult is how to do the right thing. Well my friend, Rocky is here to help you so take advantage of this opportunity and learn something about business objects.
TechNet Webcast: Safe and Legal: Common Legal and Regulatory Requirements in the Security SpaceMany laws and regulations around the world require the implementation of security elements, such as audit logging, sign-on and access controls, and accessibility of certain data within very short time. Don McGowan, security attorney at Microsoft, explains the obligations created by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), and the European Union Data Protection Initiative.
Upgrade and Migration: Planning Considerations for SQL Server 200The new features of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 are well worth the upgrade effort, but how do you upgrade your existing systems painlessly? This webcast presents the planning required to achieve a successful and advantageous upgrade: preparing to upgrade, choosing the best upgrade strategy, and identifying incompatibility issues.
MSDN Webcast: Tracking the Life of a Business RequirementThis webcast demonstrates the new integration capabilities between Microsoft Office Excel, Microsoft Office Project, and Microsoft Visual Studio. We track a business requirement from its definition in Excel to its completion in Visual Studio, so you can see how the new integration capabilities work on a practical level.
MSDN Webcast: Foreseeing the Risks Associated with Releasing SoftwareAlthough creating failure-free commercial software is a legitimate goal, no development process or language exists at this time to help developers reach it. To move closer to that goal of guaranteed quality, Microsoft analyzed the Microsoft Windows operating system. Based on the results of this analysis, Microsoft developed a model to help predict the risks associated with future releases of Windows products.
Road Trip San Diego (#150)San Diego is home to a handful of thriving .NET developer communities. We ran into some old friends there, and got some great stories.
Creating a Shared Technology VisionIncreasing business complexity and rapid industry changes are forcing business and information technology (IT) executives to seek new ways to use technology for strategic innovation and sustainable competitive advantage (top line), rather than just operational efficiency (bottom line). Enterprise architecture provides companies with the innovation and flexibility they need to organize their strategies, processes, and technologies into sets of services.
Road Trip Phoenix (#149)We met up with Regional Director J. Michael Palermo and a cast of other characters in Phoenix, Arizona. It's hot, but....well...you know.
Road Trip Dallas (#146)Dallas was great. For the second time in a row we didn't have to eat pizza for dinner. One of the attendees told me (Carl) after the show that I had "no fear" to be able to get up in front of people and sing Clementine like...well...you know.
Road Trip Raleigh (#142)This is a great episode of .NET Rocks!, recorded at the road trip tour in Raleigh, North Carolina!
Architecting Desktop Applications with 2.0 (Part 05): Designing the Business TierThis is the fifth webcast in our series on architecting desktop applications with the Microsoft .NET Framework. This webcast focuses on designing the business tier, including discussions of tools such as Component-based, Scalable, Logical Architecture.NET, an open-source programming framework, and Object Role Modeling, which eases the burden of creating fully object-oriented business tiers.
Road Trip Hartford (#136).NET Rocks! sets out on the Visual Studio 2005 Road Trip. At one of the stops in Farmington, CT at the Connecticut .NET User Group, Carl and Richard got to talk to a handful of innovative members of the .NET community. This was a great event!
Joel Semeniuk Dives into Team System (#129)Joel Semeniuk gets us deeper into Visual Studio Team System by taking us step by step through the process of how it is used in the real world. For introductory information about Visual Studio Team System, see show #117.
Carl and Richard Talk with Sanjay (#120)A talk with Sanjay Parthasarathy, Microsoft Corporate Vice President of Developer and Platform Evangelism. We discover Sanjay is a toy boy like us. Hear about life at Microsoft before their current brand of evangelism took root and the challenges of running a division that is not profit-driven.
Paul Sheriff on Architecture (#104)World-renowned author and trainer Paul Sheriff talks with Carl and Richard about all things architecture: what, why, when, where, and how. Even if you have no plans to move beyond the cowboy way of software development, this discussion makes you think.
We Have Arrived! – 100th Show (#100)We have arrived at our 100th show! Richard Campbell, Mark Dunn, Nick Landry, Geoff Maciolek, and Chris Sells join Carl in this look at shows past, present, and future. Lots of fun and you'll learn a few things too, as we always do.
Hanging out with Bernard Wong (#94)Bernard Wong from MSDN talks with Carl and Rory this week. What's on his mind? For starters, the old and tired questions asked of him at developer conferences, what Bill and Steve really say at those high level meetings in Redmond, armchair CEOs, and other observations.
Catching up with Julie Lerman (#90)Julie Lerman talks about her recent experiences with the Base Class Library 2.0, Tablet PC development, and ADO.NET 2.0. She also talks about her professional life before software development, which may come as a bit of a shock.
Richard Hale Shaw Speaks! (#82)Richard Hale Shaw talks to the guys about what's on his mind. Namely, patterns, practices, anti-practices and anti-patterns, best practices, patterns in .NET, the future of C++ and managed code, VB6 as the ultimate anti-pattern, lack of OOP in ASP.NET 1.1, and looking forward to ASP.NET 2.0.
Interview with Steve McConnellShawn Morrissey from MSDN talks with Steve McConnell, author of Code Complete, about updates in the recently published second version, software process, agile development, and more.
WSE 2.0 Adapter for BizTalk Server 2004Scott Woodgate shows how to use the latest secure Web Services technology with BizTalk Server 2004. Both consume a secure Web Service and expose a business process as a secure Web Service.
The Speaker's Lounge (#70)This week's show is a roundtable discussion with Mark Dunn, Bill Vaughn, Kathleen Dollard, Don Kiely, Pat Hynds, Julia Lerman, and Scott Hanselman. See what happens when you get a bunch of geeks on the phone and turn 'em loose!
Richard Campbell Geeks Out (#69)Carl and Rory geek out with Richard Campbell about everything but programming! Topics include water-cooled PCs, wireless gear, and flying cars.
Tech-Ed 2004 (#65)In this show we take you to Tech-Ed 2004 in San Diego. We walked around the show floor and talked to some of our former and future guests about Tech-Ed, what's new, and what they're interested in.
Building Your First Business ProcessScott Woodgate shows how easy it is to build a business process using Visual Studio .NET and BizTalk Server 2004, expose that business process as a Web service, and then consume the business process inside InfoPath all within 20 minutes.
Reflections on Connections (#64)Initially a show about the DevConnections Developer Conference, we began a roundtable chat with Dan Appleman, Kathleen Dollard, Mark Dunn, Don Kiely, Robert Scoble, Chris Sells, and Bill Vaughn about conferences like DevConnections, writing books, speaking, and various other aspects of the industry.
Ted Neward and Bruce Tate Talk Java (#52)Ted Neward (DevelopMentor, TheServerSide.Net) and Bruce Tate (Bitter Java) talk about the relationship between Java and .NET, underscoring the issues with interop between the two platforms.
First Live Show (#48)In this first .NET Rocks! live broadcast, Bill Vaughn and Peter Blackburn talk about SQL Reporting Services. Later, Carl and Rory welcome noted VB and PC guru Dan Appleman to talk about marketing hype, how developers are spending their time, and his new book "Always Use Protection".
Rory Blyth on Rory Blyth (#46)In this, Mark's last show, Carl and Mark welcome Rory Blyth, who writes a very popular blog at http://www.neopoleon.com. Rory talks about the .NET community and the Open Source Software (OSS) community, writing, blogging, driving to the PDC from Las Vegas, Longhorn, and more.
Quiz Show Live at the PDC (#41)This special Quiz Show edition of .NET Rocks! was recorded in front of a live audience at PDC 2003. A panel of Microsoft Regional Directors was asked .NET technical questions and audience contestants had to agree or disagree with their answers, which were often hilarious.
Carl and Mark at the Dutch Tavern (#38)This week Carl and Mark throw down a few pints at the historic Dutch Tavern in downtown New London, CT and you're invited! Listen to stories from their recent week of teaching a VB.NET class to 27 people and challenging code puzzles.
Brent Rector on Intellectual Property and CAS (#35)Mark and Carl talk with Brent about intellectual property, namely assembly and application obfuscation: techniques used, and the resultant binaries. They also talk about Remoting and get Brent's take on the value of Remoting.
Tim Huckaby (#31)Tim talks about projects, demos, info-path, smart clients and all the stuff he learned in Redmond.
Dev Connections (#30).NET Rocks! went on the road to VS.NET Connections, an awesome .NET developer conference in Orlando, FL that took place October 2002. We have two hours of interviews with speakers and attendees, which make for a really enjoyable and informative time.
INETA (#29)The International .NET Association (INETA) provides structured, peer-based organizational, educational, and promotional support to the growing worldwide community of Microsoft .NET user groups.
INETA at Tech-Ed 2003At Tech-Ed 2003 in Dallas, MSDN TV caught up with some folks from the International .NET Association (INETA). Learn about INETA's charter and how they are gaining momentum in the international space.
Jorge Oblitas (#26)Carl and Mark talk to Jorge about how developers think, their approach to problem solving, how Microsoft makes development too easy sometimes, and about how developers think of their role in their companies.
Ethan Winer and Bob Zale (#19)Carl and Mark talk with Ethan and Bob about the Good Ol' Days of the BASIC language, and some of their experiences early on in the first days of the industry, as well as PowerBASIC past, present, and future, crazy tech-support calls, and other stories.
Alan Cooper (#15)Alan has a lot to say about programming, programmers, and focuses intently on what's wrong with programming as we know it. Why do businesspeople fear programmers? Is the construction of software managed? These topics and more are the focus of this monumental episode of .NET Rocks!
Jonathan Zuck (#5)Carl and Mark have a great chat with Jonathan Zuck about protecting the free market system from anti-competitive legislation championed by companies that want to use Washington to limit the power and effectiveness of their competitors.
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