Category Archives: Community
Goodbye and Hello!
After (nearly) five years at Microsoft, I have left to take a position as XAML Evangelist at Telerik. My experiences at Microsoft were terrific, and I had the opportunity to meet and come to know some great and very bright … Continue reading
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
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
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.
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
Silverlight TV–On Reactive Extensions
I had the opportunity to talk with John Papa on Silverlight TV about Reactive Extensions.
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