When it comes to SaaS the rules of the game are changing. With modular software on an open source platform like DotNetNuke opportunities abound for the little guys with the help of companies like Flatburger. In this episode I sit down with Josh McWilliam CTO of Flatburger to discuss how…

Clint Rutkas noticed a few people started to complain about Vista's battery performance directly due to Aero.  He created a small little application that runs in your system tray that detects when your system's power status changes.  Clint based his code off of another Coding 4 Fun…

I just received an email from Larry Larsen who is on his way to Mount Logan to begin our coverage of Geeks On Peaks.  Larry has just checked into Whitehorse, Canada on his way to the base camp for the climb. For this expedition our plan was to use all consumer-level gear for the technology.…

  In this article, Stephen Walther shows you how to create a custom ASP.NET control that uses Javascript, Cascading Style Sheets, and Ajax to display a list of people who are looking at a web page in real time. You learn how to create the WhoIsLooking control. Stephen Walther Steve's…

If you ever wanted to see a perfect storm of hyperlinked news, today’s revelation that Microsoft wants to talk to Yahoo about a merger is it. For those who haven’t already been deafened by twitter exclamations and email flurries, let’s walk through the news thus far. That bastion of responsible…

A dozen technology enthusiasts led by James Coleridge have left Vancouver International Airport to begin a 30-day summit of Mount Logan in the Yukon, checking 822 pounds of gear across 14 bags. I will be flying out in five hours to meet up with them at the basecamp this weekend. It's been an amazing…

You've seen the footage of oxygen bar, massage bar, and Elvis playing Guitar Hero. Here is some final footage from the last day of the event. Good thing we had beanbags and couches for the sleepy attendees. So sad it has to end... Make sure to let this one play all the way through.   

Well, MIX07 is officially over.  We grabbed some tape from behind the scenes of VisitMIX so you can get an idea of how we produced this site during the event.  Jeff, Laura, Mahesh and Chris are eating health food in the spacious editing suite at the Venetian after 72-hours…

Elvis knew by day one that Silverlight was the hot topic.  Lori grabbed Mike Harsh from the Silverlight team and Scott Hanselman a Regional Director and asked them for the short, sweet, succinct, concise, snappy definition.  Here you go!  Feel free to share with your Mom or Elvis or…

Ryan Stewart, the well-known RIA guy from ZDNet, interviewed Kevin Gallo and Mike Harsh from the Silverlight team. The interview covers a lot of in-depth back-and-forth about the tradeoffs we made in shipping Silverlight. He doesn't throw too many softballs.