Posted by Keith Elder | Posted in C#, Podcast | Posted on 23-02-2009
http://deepfriedbytes.com/podcast/episode-27-present-and-future-of-the-csharp-language/
In this episode we sat down with Mads Torgersen, Language PM for C# at Microsoft, at the Codemash 2009 conference. We discussed a variety of languages including Beta, Self, IronPython, IronRuby, F# and of course C#. Listen in as we discuss the ins and out of C# and why C# and VB are on the same feature path.
Posted by Keith Elder | Posted in General, Internet | Posted on 18-02-2009
This past weekend I posted an article entitled “Pre-Depression”. Within that blog post was a picture that inspired me to write the article. Since the article was published the picture within the article has gone global. Who knew a picture taken with a Blackjack II Windows Mobile phone would be seen by thousands of people across the Internet. If you haven’t read the blog article the picture was originally in, I do encourage you to read the back story about the picture. The picture first got picked up on Digg.Com. Throughout the day it started to climb and then made the home page of Digg which drove crazy numbers of people to the photo, and then ultimately this blog.
Yesterday evening I was contacted by Laura Conaway of NPR’s Planet Money and was asked to be interviewed on the phone about the photo. You can listen to the interview online at their website.
Since the photo was taken it has been viewed by over 138,000 people at this point, just on Flickr. That doesn’t count all the web sites that copied the photo and reproduced it on their site.
The blog article has been read over 12,500 times since Saturday.
Why all the noise over a photo? I think it has to do with timing, the economy and also something we are all too scared to hear, the word “depression”. You know the really crazy thing about the sign in the photo? It has been up for about a year I learned through one commenter on my blog. Who knows, maybe the store owner is a prophet.
Posted by Keith Elder | Posted in General | Posted on 17-02-2009
It’s a Major Conference! That’s right, DevLink is just right around the corner and call for speakers is out.
The devLink Technical Conference is now soliciting speaking proposals for devLink 2009. The event will take place August 13 – 15, 2009 in Nashville, TN. If you are interested in presenting at devLink 2009, please download the abstract submission form below. We are a platform independent event and welcome a variety of opinions. All submissions must be received no later than March 13, 2009. Submissions should be sent to conference@devlink.net. Any submission received after March 13, 2009 will not be considered. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.
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Posted by Keith Elder | Posted in .Net, Azure | Posted on 17-02-2009
If you are looking to get up to speed on Windows Azure here are five short and to the point “How Do I” videos on MSDN.
Posted by Keith Elder | Posted in Podcast | Posted on 16-02-2009
http://deepfriedbytes.com/podcast/episode-26-discovering-azure-sql-services/
In this episode we sat down with Nigel Ellis and Niraj Nagrani to discuss Azure SQL Services. They gave us the scoop on what’s going on behind the scenes of Azure data as well as how developers will interact with the services. Knowing this was the first release of SQL Services, we threw in a Rusty Washers segment to find out what’s missing in Azure SQL Services.
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