PDC Recap
Nov 10, 2008
With PDC just about a week over, it’s about time I finally got around to blogging about it. Here’s the random list Windows Azure: Ray Ozzie launched Windows Azure and Microsoft’s Cloud Strategy (video here). Charles on Channel 9 did a bunch of videos on our Cloud services. If you want a no nonsense explanation of Windows Azure, check out the interview with Manuvir. Manuvir Das: Introducing Windows Azure For a great recap on the Windows Azure, check out Dare Obasanjo’s blog.…more
The Unofficial Microsoft Overworked Advisory System
Aug 08, 2008
Scott Hanselman recently blogged about “Ninjas on fire” as a way to describe being overwhelmed at work, here’s a snippet from his post on the origin: [_Jesse_](http://silverlight.net/blogs/jesseliberty/)_ asked me how I was doing yesterday and I replied "Ninjas on fire, man." Four years ago when Halo 2 was coming out it was described like this._ “Halo 2 is alot like Halo 1, except it’s Halo 1 on fire going 120 miles per hour through a hospital zone chased by helicopters and ninjas.…more
Goodbye to Bill Gates Links
Jun 28, 2008
Yes, it’s Bill’s last day, here’s a collection of videos for your viewing pleasure: Channel 9: Bill Gates: Transitioning into the Future * Channel 9: This Week on Channel 9 with Jeff Sandquist and Bill Gates stories * Channel 9: ‘Softies share their Bill Gates stories * MS PressPass: Bill Gates Looking Backing, Moving Ahead * CNN: Bill Gates Slideshow narrated by Bill Gates * MSNBC: Tom Brokaw interview with Bill Gates You should also check out the Bill Gates Retirement Party on Gizmodo and Bill Gates Day on Engadget…more
This Week on Channel 9: Feb 15 with Special guest Scott Hanselman
Feb 15, 2008
We had lots of laughs in the studio with Scott this week! Here’s the show recap: We have a new logo (courtesy of Lincoln Anderson at 352 Media) and Scott Hanselman joins us in-studio (0 - 1:45) Microsoft Entertainment and Devices acquires Danger Inc for consumer mobile phones (1:35 - 3:38) Microsoft Virtual Earth acquires Caligari for 3D rendering (3:38 - 5:32) Dan interviews Bill Gates and Bill leaves Facebook (5:32 - 8:17) Microsofties saying “so” and “actually” (8:17 - 9:04) Charles Torre’s Lang.…more
This Week on Channel 9: Feb 8th Episode
Feb 08, 2008
This is Episode #2 of This Week on Channel 9 a weekly recap show of our favorite things for developers including Channel9 videos, samples, bloggers, news, and much more. This week we cover: Changes to the show based on feedback, our name courtesy of Ian and ChadK, and Benny Hill style set adjustments including more light! (0 - 2:45) Microsoft and Yahoo: What could it mean for developers and Brian Shapiro’s Coffeehouse thread (2:45 - 7:59) Windows Server 2008 Launches, Alex Hinrichs, Windows Server Project Manager talks about Server Core, his favorite feature (7:59 - 9:32) Under-Reported Windows Vista SP1 features for developers via Tim Sneath including new kernel, and 3.…more
Episode 1 of our Weekly Recap Show is up
Feb 01, 2008
Kudos to Brian for editing everything last night, I think he’s sleeping on my couch right now, but our video is now live, check it out as we go through lots in this episode Episode #1 Recap MSDN Code Gallery went Live (found on Greg Duncan’s Cool Thing of the Day blog) Jason Olsen’s App Compat C9 Video Pavel Bansky’s Tetris on the .NET Micro Framework C# Future Focus: Dynamic Lookup Joel Spolsky on SQL Server 2008 Reset and Phil Factor on Microsoft doing their homework Dan interviewing April Reagan on MSDN Help Shawn Burke’s Tip on disabling optimiziations when debugging reference source code.…more