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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
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
SXSWi 2008 Sketchnotes: First Spread By Mike Rhode Used Under Creative Commons In this episode we talk with Mike Rohde, an designer, artist and writer based out of the Milwaukee, WI area. Mike has a great technique for capturing notes at a conference, meeting, etc and has shared them with the world. Show Notes Flickr Collection of Mike's Sketchnotes South By Southwest Seed Conference Moleskin Notebooks Jet Pens Moleskin Hacks by Mike Rohde Download / Listen to the Show http://shows.thirstydeveloper.com/TD039.mp3 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 Anthony Handley, a designer with Magenic Technologies in Chicago, IL. Show Notes An Event Apart Anthony's .NET Rocks Interview (Show 282) MOSSCamp Hawaiian Airlines Case Study Phizzpop Design Challenge XAML to Illustrator plugin Damon Payne's Illustrator Story Chicago Designer and Developer's User Group Download / Listen to the Show http://shows.thirstydeveloper.com/TD038.mp3 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 Rick Stratton and John Welborn, two of the founders of Feed.us. Feed.us is a cloud based, distributed content management written with Microsoft technology, but usable by any dynamic (and static) web platform. Show Notes Want to learn more about cloud computing? It will be a big topic of conversation at PDC 2008, register now before it sells out. Rick Mentioned giving the Thirsty Developer listeners a sneak peak of the service. The url is http://feedusdemo.com/, e-mail Rick (contact @ feed.us) and he will send you a userid and password if you tell him you heard about the site on the show. Download / Listen to the Show http://shows.thirstydeveloper.com/TD037.mp3 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 George Durzi a consultant with Clarity Consulting in Chicago, IL about a project that he worked on that used Vista Gadgets, Unified Communications and WPF. Show Notes George committed to MOSSCamp 2008 during the show: MOSSCamp Website and Registration The project that George worked on is up on CodePlex at: http://www.codeplex.com/MOCVistaGadget WPF presence controls for Communicator 2007: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5001d612-533a-4721-91ea-da990d94ff0f&DisplayLang=en Download / Listen to the Show http://shows.thirstydeveloper.com/TD036.mp3 Ways to connect with your hosts: Dave Bost: Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile, GamerTag Larry Clarkin: Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile, GamerTag
The first ever (and hopefully annual) Codeapalooza event was held on September 6, 2008 in Wheaton, IL (a suburb of Chicago). The event was a partnership between the Chicago .NET User Group and the Chicago alt.net group. After the conference ended we sat down with some of the organizers and speakers and did a roundtable discussion that led to conversations about UX, languages and what you would like to do if you could "code for fun". Show Guests Jason Bock - @jasonbock on Twitter Kirstin J - @kirstinj on Twitter Chris Williams - @chrisgwilliams on Twitter Aaron Erickson - @AaronErickson on Twitter Keith Franklin Brian Mavity Download / Listen to the Show http://shows.thirstydeveloper.com/TD035.mp3 Ways to connect with your hosts: Dave Bost: Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile, GamerTag Larry Clarkin: Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile, GamerTag
In this show Dave, Larry and Brian sit down with Jon Box to discuss Windows Mobile Development. Show Notes WM Developer Center “How Do I?” Videos for Devices Steve Lasker's Blog Windows Mobile 6 SDK Download / Listen to the Show http://shows.thirstydeveloper.com/TD034-BoxonMobile.mp3 Ways to connect with your hosts: Dave Bost: Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile, GamerTag Larry Clarkin: Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile, GamerTag Brian Gorbett: Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile, GamerTag
Women in Technology In this show Dave and Larry sit down with their co-workers Beth Humphreys, Jennifer Marsman , Angela Binkowski and Rachel McKane to talk about the role of Women in Technology. Show Notes Jennifer's Women in Technology Series License to Drive - clearly not a John Hughes film Lego Serious Play Serious Play for Women at PDC Math Doesn't Suck by Danica McKellar (aka Winnie Cooper) Microsoft's Digigirlz Program Download / Listen to the Show http://thirstydeveloper.com/shows/TD033-WomenInTech.mp3 Blogs you should know No blogs this week! Ways to connect with your hosts: Dave Bost: Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile, GamerTag Larry Clarkin: Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile, GamerTag Brian Gorbett: Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile, GamerTag
In this show Dave and Larry sat down with Ka Wai Cheung from We are Mammoth (blog) in downtown Chicago to talk about Software Factories. Dave and Larry first met Ka Wai at the Riapalooza event in Chicago at the end of May. Download / Listen to the Show http://thirstydeveloper.com/shows/TD032-SoftwareFactories.mp3 Blogs you should know No blogs this week! Ways to connect with your hosts: Dave Bost: Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile, GamerTag Larry Clarkin: Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile, GamerTag Brian Gorbett: Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile, GamerTag