Category Archives: Community

Yet Another Podcast #59–Lino Tadros

Talking with Lino Tadros, CEO of Falafel Software, about programming for the .NET stack. Falafel Software Yet Another Podcast listeners are invited to buy the Falafel e-book Windows Phone 7.5 Nuts & Bolts for 50% off.  Just use the coupon … Continue reading

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Yet Another Podcast #57–Kendo UI

I spoke with Burke Holland, Kendo UI Evangelist, and Todd Anglin, VP of HTML5 Tools for Telerik about their new platform for creating HTML5/JQuery applications: Kendo UI. http://twitter.com/toddanglin http://twitter.com/burkeholland HTML5 Playground Less To CSS Generator PhoneGap – Build Native Mobile … Continue reading

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Open the pod bay doors, Hal.

Suddenly I’m talking to a lot more inanimate objects. I recently pulled a muscle in my shoulder, and  I’m not supposed to type Thus DragonDictate and I have become good friends. DragonDictate is almost magical, I speak in the words … Continue reading

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Cost vs. Size of Books

My newest book, Programming Reactive Extensions and LINQ, is released. I’m very  excited about this book, and believe that it provides high-quality information that would otherwise be hard to find, clear explanations, and useful examples. Paul Betts and I worked … Continue reading

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Speedometers and GPS units

I’ve noticed that the speedometer in my car says I’m going faster than the speed reported by my GPS.  On reflection, this makes a lot of sense, and the GPS is almost certainly right.

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Catching up on some flicks

It’s August and it’s hot, and it’s time for a few movie recommendations… I assume you’ve seen The Matrix and Memento.  If not, stop reading and go watch those right now.  If you did see them and you liked them, … Continue reading

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Silverlight TV–On Reactive Extensions

I had the opportunity to talk with John Papa on Silverlight TV about Reactive Extensions. 

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Yet Another Podcast #45–Rey Bango

Talking with Rey Bango about JavaScript, jQuery and ScriptJunkie.com Rey Bango is a community manager for JavaScript, HTML & CSS for Microsoft and a member of the jQuery Project team. He’s also editor of ScritJunkie.com which focuses on creating cross-browser … Continue reading

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What’s In Your Laptop Bag?

Jeff Blankenburg, Microsoft Evangelist, (and my co-author on the forthcoming book Migrating To Windows Phone) recently wrote a great blog post on the contents of his Laptop bag. He asked me to follow up with the contents of my bag.  … Continue reading

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Getting Organized–Again. Top Tips

One thing that I’ve learned in my attempt at getting organized is that whatever works  today may stop working after a while.   But even more deadly than fleeting fads is the woulda’ coulda’ shoulda’ effect in which you set out … Continue reading

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Yet Another Podcast #40–Chris Bowen, Microsoft Evangelist

Talking with Chris Bowen about the role of a Microsoft Field Developer-Evangelist.  Chris’ Blog Twitter Finding US Evangelists List of podcasts (a year old, but a decent starting point) – Other ways to find community:  http://communitymegaphone.com http://www.ineta.org/UserGroups/FindUserGroups.aspx Listen| Return to … Continue reading

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Changing Teams But Not Focus

Change is always difficult and exciting.  I’ve been with the Developer Division since I started at Microsoft, working in the same role (Community PM) for a number of different managers.  I have now moved to the Windows Phone Team as … Continue reading

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