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About Jesse Liberty

Jesse Liberty has three decades of experience writing and delivering software projects and is the author of 2 dozen books and a couple dozen online courses. Liberty is a Senior AI Engineer at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and was a Team Lead and Senior Software Engineer for various corporations, a Senior Technical Evangelist for Microsoft, a Distinguished Software Engineer for AT&T, a VP for Information Services for Citibank and a Software Architect for PBS. He is a 21 year Microsoft MVP.

Getting Started With Xamarin Android

I’ve embarked on an adventure in learning Xamarin Android.  You can read about my first tentative steps here.

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Intel Haswell Ultrabook–Looking Closer

In a previous posting, I explained that Intel sent me a Haswell Ultrabook to review.  I’ve had it now for a couple months, and I have to say it is a superstar. The computer weighs just 3.5 pounds, and the … Continue reading →

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Yet Another Podcast #107–Windows 8.1 For Developers

In this podcast, I’m joined by Pete Brown and Jeff Burtoft, both of Microsoft, to discuss Windows 8.1 for Developers.  Pete focuses on XAML, Jeff on HTML and they bring their shared perspective on what’s in store for developers moving … Continue reading →

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Yet Another Podcast #106–Jeff Fritz on One ASP.Net

Jeff Fritz joins me in a discussion of One ASP.Net.  This discussion became the basis for our forthcoming Pluralsight course One ASP.NET From Scratch.  Jeff is a Technical Evangelist for Telerik.  He can be reached on Twitter as @csharpFritz and … Continue reading →

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Yet Another Podcast #105–Phil Haack on Using Git

Phil Haack teaches me how to use Git well.  Haacked: SeeGit Tedx ScottAFB TEDx ScottAFB on YouTube GitHub Flow Valve Handbook WSJ on WL Gore How GitHub works Note: There were some sound issues with this recording, but the content … Continue reading →

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A Personal Note – Moving On…

In our industry it is common to have a number of jobs during the course of your career. I’ve benefitted from my experiences at PBS, Citibank, Ziff Davis, AT&T and Microsoft to name just a few. In recent years I’ve … Continue reading →

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Yet Another Podcast #104–Pete Brown on Windows 8.1

Pete Brown joins Jon Galloway and me to discuss Windows 8.1 This is part 1, Pete comes back with Jeff Burtoft later in the month to discuss Windows 8.1 from a developer’s viewpoint. Pete’s focus at Microsoft is on helping … Continue reading →

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10th Pluralsight Course: C# From Scratch–Part 2

Incredibly pleased to announce my latest Pluralsight Course: C# From Scratch – Part 2. C# is the language of choice for software developers building web or desktop applications. This course extends part 1 to cover topics such as extensibility, polymorphism, … Continue reading →

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Yet Another Podcast #103–Scott Hanselman

Scott Hanselman joins me to talk about One ASP.NET, Windows 8 and what he’s been up to.  Scott is a Principal Project Manager at Microsoft, and one of the most popular personalities on the net; host of three podcasts and … Continue reading →

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9th Pluralsight Course: CSS3 From Scratch

  Very proud to announce my latest Pluralsight course: CSS3 From Scratch. CSS3 is the style standard for HTML5 and for the web. It allows separation of markup (HTML5) from presentation (CSS3) and is key to creating modern web applications. … Continue reading →

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Intel Haswell Ultrabook Pre-release First Look

Intel sent me a Haswell Ultrabook to review, and since it runs Windows 8 and has a multi-touch screen I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it. The book weighs in at 3 pounds, 3.3 oz.  It has a … Continue reading →

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Yet Another Podcast #102–Top Pluralsight Authors

  In this special round-table edition of Yet Another Podcast, I’m joined by   K. Scott Allen John Papa Julie Lerman Michael Perry Craig Shoemaker Joe Eames Steve Smith A free for all discussion on writing On Line Training courses, … Continue reading →

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