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CodeCast Episode 102: Surface 2.0 with Dr. Neil RoodynIn this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Dr. Neil Roodyn on the news around the new Microsoft Surface 2.0 announced and shown at CES 2011. Topics include the new Surface 2.0 hardware, software, and scenarios the new version opens the door to, as well as possible use cases for integrating a Surface and a Kinect device.Guest ·         Dr. Neil Roodyn - Blog: http://roodyn.com, Twitter: http://twitter.com/DrNeil, nsquared - http://nsquared.com.au Links ·         http://surface.com ·         http://twitter.com/MSSurface Length: 56:10 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])

CodeCast Episode 101: History of Microsoft with Stuart JohnstonIn this special episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews long time professional journalist Stuart Johnston on the history of Microsoft, primarily from the start in 1975 to around 2005. Stuart J. Johnston is currently contributing editor for www.internetnews.com and has covered Microsoft as a reporter and columnist for 23 years. He has regularly appeared as the “Tech Expert” on ABC-TV’s Seattle station, as well as on the BBC and TechTV on cable. He has been a columnist for Information Week, PC World, and InfoWorld, as well as spending several years as the Seattle bureau chief for InfoWorld. His areas of coverage have ranged from Microsoft’s object technologies to tools, application development environments, messaging middleware and operating systems to Microsoft’s Biztalk XML Server and related technologies.Guest ·         Stuart Johnston: Twitter: @stuartj1000, and on LinkedIn Links ·         Microsoft 1975-1990 ·         Microsoft 1991-2005 ·         Channel 9: History of Microsoft ·         Triumph of the Nerds ·         Pirates of Silicon Valley Length: 01:28:57 Twitter: @CodeCast Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])

CodeCast Episode 100: 2010 Year in ReviewIn this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Markus Egger and Ken Levy discuss 2010 year in review including the following topics: Windows 7, Azure, Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Office 365, Lync, Async CTP, Bing, Windows Live Essentials 2011, IE 9, Silverlight, Kin, Windows Phone 7, Tablet/Slate PCs, Kinect, Surface, Microsoft executives/employee exodus, Microsoft retail stores. Near the end of the show, Ken and Markus review their 2010 predictions and goals, then make new ones for 2011.Links ·         Markus Egger: @MarkusEgger ·         Ken Levy: @KenLevy Length: 01:28:27 Twitter: @CodeCast Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])

CodeCast Episode 99: Workflow 4 and AppFabric with Maurice de BeijerIn this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Maurice de Beijer, a current Connected Systems MVP and former VB.NET MVP. Maurice discusses the following: Why should developers care about Workflow 4 (WF4) and when is it an appropriate solution. Long running distinct processes like sales order, hiring employees or vacation requests. Using workflows as a scripting language inside your applications. Using the AppFabric to host Workflow services. Windows Server AppFabric versus Windows Azure AppFabric. Future support in Azure AppFabric.Guest ·         Twitter: @MauriceDB Links ·         Workflow Dev Center: http://msdn.com/workflow ·         AppFabric: http://msdn.com/appfabric Length: 54:29 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])

CodeCast Episode 98: Technical Resources for .NET DevelopersIn this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Ken Levy and Gary Short discuss various technical resources for developers including Channel 9, social media/networking, RSS with Twitter, Twitter clients, Twitter search, Twitter apps, stackoverfow.com, online ebooks, safari books online, lynda.com, join.me, logmein.com, InstaPaper, and more. Some Twitter feeds mentioned: @MSFTNews, @Microsoft, @Ch9, @VisualStudio, @VSEditor, @MSDN, @OpenAtMicrosoft, @VSLightSwitch, @ScottGu, @ToddBishop, @MaryJoFoley, @CODEMagazine, @CodeCastLength: 49:06 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])

CodeCast Episode 97: Microsoft Tag with Didier Caron In this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Didier Caron of Sparked in the Netherlands. Didier goes through a detailed introduction of Microsoft Tag, various scenarios of how he has used Tag as a developer at Sparked and for the SDN.nl developer events, creating Tags, scenarios for a wide variety of use cases for Tag, and .NET developer APIs using the Microsoft Tag SDK.Guest ·         Didier Caron: @dgcaron, Blog: http://dgcaron.wordpress.com Links ·         Microsoft Tag: http://tag.microsoft.com ·         Building Software using the Microsoft Tag API ·         Example: Harnessing the power of IExtensibleDataObject Length: 43:15 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])

CodeCast Episode 96: Cloud Computing with Remi CaronIn this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Remi Caron of Sparked in the Netherlands, and is also president of SDN.nl. Remi discusses in-depth the cloud computing for .NET developers including hosting, application architecture, application hosting (Azure), databases in the cloud (SQL Azure), and the paradigm shift in the business model of the user side of cloud-based applications.Guest ·         Remi Caron: @The_Undutchable, Blog: http://remicaron.wordpress.com Links ·         http://microsoft.com/cloud ·         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing ·         http://sdn.nl Length: 55:04 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])

CodeCast Episode 95: LightSwitch Scenarios with Beth MassiIn this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Beth Massi, a senior program manager at Microsoft on the BizApps team who build the Visual Studio tools for Azure, Office, SharePoint, and Visual Studio LightSwitch. Beth is also a community champion for business applications and Visual Basic developers. In this episode, Beth discusses the overall architecture of LightSwitch, the various phases of developing a LightSwitch application, options for a variety of deployment methods, and a range of scenarios for .NET and non-professional developers for using LightSwitch.Guest ·         Beth Massi - Blog: http://BethMassi.com, Twitter: http://twitter.com/BethMassi Links ·         LightSwitch Developer Center – http://msdn.com/lightswitch Length: 55:04 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])

CodeCast Episode 94: PDC 2010 Summary - Silverlight, Azure, Async for C#/VBIn this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Gary Short and Markus Egger discuss news and announcements from PDC 2010, including the changes in strategy for future versions of Silverlight, Azure, and the announcement of the new Async programming features coming in the next versions of the C# and VB languages. Links ·         Silverlight and PDC message from Microsoft ·         http://player.microsoftpdc.com ·         http://msdn.com/vstudio/async   Length: 55:23 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])

CodeCast Episode 93: Xamalot.com - Free XAML Resources for WPF and SilverlightIn this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Markus Egger, Gary Short, and Ken Levy discuss the new Xamalot.com website created by Markus and EPS Software. Xamalot.com is a provider of free clipart and other XAML resources (and most art is also available in other formats, such as PNG or SVG). The first 15 minutes of this show includes news about Windows Phone 7 and pre-PDC event discussions.Links ·         http://xamalot.com ·         http://twitter.com/xamalot ·         http://facebook.com/xamalot ·         Channel 9: TWC9 - ASP.NET Fix, Xamalot, MVC tools Embed PPT ·         PDC videos: http://player.microsoftpdc.com Length: 47:44 Posted @ 11:00 PM by CodeCast ([email protected])