Sara Ford's 101 Visual Studio Tips in 55 Minutes Challenge (Channel 9)

Sara Ford's 101 Visual Studio Tips in 55 Minutes Challenge

Posted: Jun 17, 2010 at 11:23 AM

By: Nic Fillingham

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When Sara Ford gets excited she talks fast. Very fast. So fast in fact that she decided to race the clock at the Visual Studio Launch Event in Mountain View, CA and attempt to demo 101 Visual Studio tips in under 55 minutes.

The prize? Everyone in the audience receives a free signed copy of her book Visual Studio Tips by MSPress which was used to create a scholarship fund for Hurricane Katrina survivors of her hometown.

Did she succeed? Watch and see!

Download Sara's 101 Visual Studio Tips Sheet Here

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felix9 the cat that walked by itself

Jun 18, 2010 at 1:18 AM

Sara Ford Rulez !
GreyCloud

Jun 18, 2010 at 4:18 AM

Excellent Stuff shame the resolution meant we couldnt read all the options dialogues :-/
saraford

Jun 18, 2010 at 11:34 AM

Thanks all!

@GreyCloud We've uploaded my 101 Tips cheat sheet to this post. See above. The A/V equipment was optimized to record powerpoint slides at 20pt, and there was no way i could crank up the Environment Font that high (and much less do 101 demos). So, I debated (even up to the last second) what resolution to use, but finally i decided to optimize for the in-house audience so that they could all get a copy of the book.

Enjoy!

-sara
jhanfordsmith

Jun 18, 2010 at 3:08 PM

As always, you rock!
ChrisStepaniuk

Jun 18, 2010 at 3:31 PM

Wow, you talk as fast as I do when I get excited. And you use the word, "bam", too cool!
amisner2k Word...

Jun 20, 2010 at 8:37 PM

I honestly don't see much value in the whole "give X number of tips in X timeframe" videos, other than in a pure entertainment sense. The fact that we can read the tips in your powerpoint slides helps to ensure this whole stunt was not a wasted endeavor however, so thank you for that!
Jim Duncan

Jul 02, 2010 at 12:19 PM

I was there and it was AWESOME (and entertaining )!
Flip

Jul 03, 2010 at 7:26 PM

I love Sara's tips'n'tricks! I even did a blog about it with some analysis about some of her tips in this presentation. Maybe read after watching her presentation.

http://www.pchenry.com/Home/tabid/36/EntryID/320/Default.aspx
Bangin

Aug 08, 2010 at 7:34 AM

That was great! Thanks Sara.
Ganesh

Oct 03, 2010 at 8:08 PM

Wonderful video..short & precise..thanks sarah
Rolando

Oct 12, 2010 at 7:02 PM

the resolution is not so good :(