Coding4Fun Talk at TechEd
Jun 11, 2008
At TechEd this year, I gave what can only be described as an overly ambitious talk given I only had 45 minutes: **Coding4Fun: **The Secrets to Programming YouTube, iTunes, Microsoft Zune, Windows Vista Peer-to-Peer APIs, and Even World of Warcraft I say overly ambitious as YouTube, Vista P2P, and Warcraft could easily have been dedicated 75 minute sessions so covering all of them enough to be meaningful in 45 minutes was….…more
Microsoft @ Maker Faire
May 12, 2007
Jacqueline Russell has been planning another great presence at this year’s Maker Faire and I have to say I’m pretty pumped! Check out the Maker Faire Coding4Fun page for full details. Microsoft will be out in full force including: Windows Home Server, Windows Live Spaces, Microsoft Robotics Studio, XNA, SQL Server, Visual Studio, Microsoft Academic team, Evangelism including Channel9 and on10, Virtual Earth, Microsoft Research, and even two of our Coding4Fun authors, Clint Rutkas and Brian Peek.…more
MS.com Home Page: Bill Gates, BDLC, and Visual Studio Express
Apr 16, 2007
Kudos to Jacqueline for getting the Beginner Developer Learning Center and Visual Studio Express on the home page of Microsoft.com. Screenshot below :)
Windows Home Server SDK Now Available
Apr 06, 2007
Charlie and team just announced the availability of the Windows Home Server SDK available here. Here’s a quick snippet from the announcement post. _But, the reality is, 99% of what developers want to build on top of Windows Home Server will be done using the rest of the _[_MSDN documentation_](http://msdn.microsoft.com/)_. Our little set of APIs let you integrate your Add-in into the Home Server Console and interact with some of the elements behind the solutions we provide.…more
Windows Home Server for Hobbyist Developers
Jan 26, 2007
A couple of weeks ago at CES, Charlie Kindel and team launched the newest version of Windows, Windows Home Server (WHS), a product aimed at making it easy for anyone, including mom, to setup an automated way to backup her PCs and to share pictures, movies and more. If you haven’t heard of Windows Home Server, go check out the Channel9 video where Rory interviews Charlie Kindel or read Paul Thurott’s Windows Home Server Preview, which has the following final thoughts:…more