This week is an interview with Steve Holstad about a front end for Twitter that he created with Silverlight 2. Show Notes Twitterlight web site Steve’s Twitter Handle Coding for fun article on Twitterlight (with code) Download / Listen to the Show http://shows.thirstydeveloper.com/TD049.mp3

This week is an interview with Damon Payne about creating a design surface in Silverlight 2. Program Notes The Thirsty Developer website was done for about 24 hours.  Sorry for any problems that is caused and thanks to the folks who pointed it out to us. Dave Bost is on temporary assignment in Redmond, WA.  He ha promised us a couple of interviews while he is up there.  Follow his adventures at http://davebost.com. Show Notes Klipsch Corner - Damon's Klipsch fan site AGT Sample Site AGT CodePlex Site  Download / Listen to the Show http://shows.thirstydeveloper.com/TD048.mp3

This week is an interview with Pete Prodoehl (AKA Raster) about Microformats.  Before we dive into the topic Larry and Pete talk about his music, Creative Commons and the fact that he has been blogging for more than 11 years.  Show Notes Backing In (full cut) - The Thirsty Developer Intro Song Large Deposits (full cut) - The Thirsty Developer Exit Song Pete's RPM Album "SnowBound" from 2008 Pete's Flickr Account (all under Creative Commons) Web414 - a Milwaukee based Web User Group Bucketworks - The World's First Health Club for the Brain Dave Winer's Blog - Scripting News Firefox Microformats Extensions Oomph - A Microformats Toolkit (codeplex site)   Download / Listen to the Show http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/shows.thirstydeveloper.com/TD047.mp3

This week is an interview with Matt Terski, the President and co-founder of Serlio Software, a company that creates Case Complete.   Matt and Larry talk about Use Cases and how they fit into the software development life cycle. You can follow Matt at the Use Case blog. Show Notes Ivar Jacobson Eric Sink's article on Platforms that Larry Mentioned Download a free 30 day trial of Case Complete (full featured) Download / Listen to the Show http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/shows.thirstydeveloper.com/TD046.mp3

This week is an interview with Mario Rodriguez, a program manager on Team Foundation Server about some of the cool new features in Visual Studio Team System 2010.  Angela Binkowski was our special co-host for this episode while Dave Bost is on special assignment in Redmond, WA. Show Notes Episode 22 with Ed Glas Cameron Skinner's Video from PDC (advance to 10:20 in the video) Download / Listen to the Show http://shows.thirstydeveloper.com/TD045.mp3

In this week's interview Larry interviews Eric Willeke, an Architect with Inkubook.  Inkubook is a start-up that allows users to self publish photo books.  Inkubook picked the Silverlight platform to launch their new venture.  Eric recently did a presentation to the Indianapolis .Net User Group (IndyNDA) on their experiences with adopting Silverlight this podcast is a sort of replay of that presentation.  Eric shares the good, bad and ugly of adopting Silverlight 2 before it was in Beta!. Show Notes Dan Rigsby's PDC Halloween Costume LINQ to SQL Performance from Rico Mariani (Part 1 of 5) Silverlight 2 RTW, or, how Microsoft choked Blog Post by Eric New Inkubook feature - Calendars Silverlight Cream - great blog on Silverlight Silverlight Spy - great tool ScottGu's Silverlight 3 sneak peek Download / Listen to the Show http://shows.thirstydeveloper.com/TD044.mp3 Ways to connect with your hosts: Dave Bost: Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile, GamerTag Larry Clarkin: Blog, LinkedIn

Darrin Bishop At MOSSCamp Chicago 2008 Larry interviewed Darrin Bishop, an independent Consultant with the Darrin Bishop Group and a Microsoft MVP on Windows SharePoint Services.  They talk about how a .NET Developer can get started on developing on SharePoint, including how to setup your developer machine for SharePoint Development. Show Notes MOSSCamp Project on Codeplex SharePoint Designer SharePoint Virtual Hard Drive (evaluation) Setting up SharePoint on MSDN Darrin's Laptop rig with external hard drive (picture) MSDN Developer Conference registration is open Darrin's recommended tools Visual Studio Extensions for WSS Powershell IE Developer Toolbar SharePoint Manager 2007 on CodePlex SharePoint Guidance from P&P TypeMOCK Isolator for SharePoint Unit Testing Download / Listen to the Show http://shows.thirstydeveloper.com/TD043.mp3 Ways to connect with your hosts: Dave Bost: Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile, GamerTag Larry Clarkin: Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile, GamerTag

Peter, Maarten, Constance and Larry Dave and Larry caught up with the Microsoft Community Program Manager Constanze Roman and 2 Microsoft Mobile MVPs: Peter Nowak and Maarten Struys about some of the great announcements about Windows Mobile at the PDC.  Specifically they talk about Silverlight 2 for Mobile and Live Mesh for Mobile clients. Show Notes PDC Silverlight 2 Mobile Session Interview with Amit Chopra Mobile Development Center on MSDN Codeplex MSDN Code Gallery OpenNetCF MSDN Developer Conference registration is open Download / Listen to the Show http://shows.thirstydeveloper.com/TD042.mp3 Ways to connect with your hosts: Dave Bost: Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile, GamerTag Larry Clarkin: Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile, GamerTag

Larry Interviews Stephanie Saad In this episode we talk with Stephanie Saad, a group program manager with Microsoft.  Stephanie talks about how Microsoft is already using many of the new features of Team Foundation Server that were announced at PDC. Show Notes Visual Studio 2010 Talks are available at the MicrosoftPDC.com MSDN Developer Conference registration is open.   Download / Listen to the Show http://thirstydeveloper.com/shows/TD041.mp3 A Blog you should Know Dave's Pick: Steve Marx Larry's Pick: Engineering Windows 7  Ways to connect with your hosts: Dave Bost: Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile, GamerTag Larry Clarkin: Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile, GamerTag

In this episode we talk with Matt Hester and Matt Heller about how developers and IT Pros should be preparing for the upcoming release of Internet Explorer 8. Show Notes IE Team Blog MSDN Developer Center on IE TechnetCenter on IE 8 Download / Listen to the Show http://shows.thirstydeveloper.com/TD040.mp3 Ways to connect with your hosts: Dave Bost: Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile, GamerTag Larry Clarkin: Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile, GamerTag