[Note: Looks like I made a couple small mistakes while chunking the original interview up into smaller pieces. While it looked like they were ending at exactly the right time, it appears each video has an extra second or two of talking that I meant to cut off. The result is that the video stops…

While there seems to be a new social networking web site/service every week, it’s important to remember that publicly-shared music collections are the original gangster in the game of meeting fellow keyboard jockeys. Look over the shoulder of any college student, and you’ll find that every student…

We know you're crazy for Halo 3 news, and here it is. The multiplayer Halo 3 beta will debut on Xbox Live, May 16th at 5AM. (Can I call in sick 5 weeks in advance?) How do you get on that beta? Either through the "Rule of Three" promotion or buying a copy of Crackdown for Xbox 360.…

At GO3 in Perth last month I had a chance to spend some time with Rod Fergusson from Epic (Producer: Gears of War) who was in town to speak about the importance of and challenges associated with creating a franchise.On the final day of the conference I roped in Dan Armstrong to kindly help…

Sit up straight, fix your collar, comb your hair. Come on - you want to make a good impression don't you? But what about the first impression of your software? What is it? Could it be the one part that gets so little attention... the setup program? Or maybe it is the registration process on your…

Sit up straight, fix your collar, comb your hair. Come on - you want to make a good impression don't you? But what about the first impression of your software? What is it? Could it be the one part that gets so little attention... the setup program? Or maybe it is the registration process on your…

This short video is the first of a four part series in which I sat down with Fabrice Fonck and Molly Bostic to talk about the MSDN DevWiki project. As usual, I walked in thinking I already had a good grasp on the subject, but quickly found out that things were much more complex than I ever would…

Software as a Service (SaaS) is simply the idea that instead of paying for the bits and running them on your server, you ought to be able to buy the service you want and let somebody else manage it. Of course, this is nothing new.  I have my website hosted by people I've never met. I don't…

On his blog, Musings of a Windows Technical Evangelist, Tim Sneath highlights examples of WPF being used in his series “Great WPF Applications” with his latest being the Zurich Airport’s use of WPF to track the real-time status of every plane.  We think this app is pretty drool-worthy and if…

Have you ever been blown away by the realism and accuracy of a 3D facial skin? Well then the chances are you were looking at an Eyetronics creation. Check out this clip to see how its done.