We had a blast recording live from PDC 2008!  We managed to get about nine podcasts recorded during PDC.  Now the hard part begins, the post production work!  On the last day of PDC 2008 we rounded up all the podcasters we could find to do a round table discussion and recap PDC.  We recorded a show with Jeff Atwood of Stack Overflow and Jon Galloway, Scott Koon and Kevin Dente of Herding Code.  We’ll be publishing this show first.  To cross pollinate our shows we’ll be posting the show at the same time but will break...

 Listen To This Episode  http://deepfriedbytes.com/podcast/episode-16-discussions-about-gnome-linux-and-software-development-with-luis-villa/   Have you ever wondered how Gnome got started?  What about how to pronounce it? In this episode we sit down with Luis Villa, a well known open source community member, and get the scoop on how Gnome got started as well as discuss open source licenses and more.  Luis also gave us his take on Office and the impact it has had on Linux.  It was a great conversation, so great in fact we had to break it into two parts.  Ways...

I’ll be presenting at the next meeting for Hub City NUG to be held on November 20th at 7:00 PM at the University of Southern Mississippi. Location: College Hall, Room 100 Date: 11/20/2008 Time: 6:30 – 9:00PM  (refreshments served at 6:30, presentation 7:00, giveaways after presentation) Presentation Topic: New Language Features in C# 3.0 Presenter:  Me Map (click map for full version) Presentation Abstract Are you tired of...

Since I upgraded my Blackjack II to Windows Mobile 6.1 I haven’t traveled anywhere where I needed Internet Connection Sharing to work.  Getting ready for a trip this week I decided to test ICS before I got to the airport.  I just assumed it would work but it wasn’t the case for me.  First off props to Steve Harman for already posting how to get into the phone and unlock the connections on the phone.  Like Steve I figured the settings were not correct (I’ve gone down this road before with AT&T).   Here’s how to fix the Blackjack...

You and I need to chat.  Sure Twitter and blogging is great but we really can’t have a conversation there.  More times than not I find myself wanting to discuss something with someone in more detail but I don’t want to do it via Twitter or Email, it just doesn’t feel natural.  I’m a huge fan of Instant Messaging.  I’ve been using it for years and still to this day find it one of the most valuable tools in my arsenal of communication.  The problem is I don’t have everyone’s instant message handles.  This makes it tough.  It...

 Listen To This Episode http://deepfriedbytes.com/podcast/episode-15-visual-studio-tips-and-running-an-agile-team-with-sara-ford/   Sara is a nut.  How nutty?  Well, would you write a book and give all the proceeds away from it?  No?  Well Sara is.  You’ll get the scoop in this episode. We also discuss a lot about Agile methodologies.  Sara is the Program Manager for Codeplex.Com.  She has a unique perspective on Agile in that she has typically been involved on teams using traditional software methodologies at Microsoft.  That all changed when she joined the Codeplex team.  We discuss...

This question comes up a lot in conversations I have with developers.  “Why would I want to switch to ASMX services?” One analogy I have come up with to explain the difference between the two is an airplane analogy.  I associate ASMX services with a Cessna 150 cockpit and I associate WCF services with a 747 Jumbo Jet cockpit.  I’ll be honest, I’ve never flown a plane but I think I’m smart enough to crank a Cessna 150 if I had to figure it out.  The...

Several months ago I acquired a new video camera, the Aiptek HD 1080P.  If you aren’t familiar with this brand, don’t feel bad as I wasn’t either until a little over a year or so ago.  I haven’t owned a video camera in a long time and I honestly didn’t want to spend much on one knowing how little I would wind up using it.  The Aiptek fit perfectly into my price range and the features, well, they just can’t be beat for the price. For starters, yes you read that correctly, this camera does 1080P.  Here are...

I’ve been struggling with something the past several weeks since I’ve been heads down programming some new features at work.  It is the first time in awhile I’ve really had a chance to dig in and use the latest and greatest features in .Net 3.5 and C# 3.0 in a production environment.  Like most developers, I find myself struggling to remember to use the new features in the language since I’ve been doing things the same way for years.    I have to constantly remind myself that I could do things differently than I’ve done them before.  Anonymous methods, automatic properties,...

I tend to stay out of two circles of public discussion, 1) politics and 2) world affairs.  But given our government spent $700 billion dollars last week makes me take up the keyboard and come to life.  Dan Gilbert, the Chairman and Founder of Quicken Loans (full disclosure – I work for QL), and owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, has a solution to the problem at hand.  It is a plan that, while lengthy, for me makes a lot of sense.  It makes sense on a lot of levels including only costing $50 billion dollars instead...

 Listen To This Episode http://deepfriedbytes.com/podcast/episode-14-linq-ing-the-future-of-development-with-jim-wooley/   How do you thinq…. uh… I mean think?  Do you THINQ in LINQ?  What about the KINQS in LINQ?  Are you the LINQ KINQG at the office?  We sat down with the author of LINQ in Action, Jim Wooley, in the latest episode of Deep Fried Bytes.  I’ve known Jim for several years now and believe it or not we are almost a mirror of each other as you’ll hear in the beginning of this episode. ...

Just this morning I got an email stating I was renewed for my MVP award!  There is a change though.   The award is no longer in the “Client App Dev” category.  I am currently in the “Connected Systems Developer” category.  What does this mean?  Well, it just means that my focus the past year has been more on things like Workflow Foundation, WCF, and others.  I think this category is a better fit, especially for my current role at work.  A big thanks to Microsoft for this recognition, it is truly an honor.