Channel 9 Microsoft http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Synergist/Posts Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Synergist/Posts en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:46:21 GMT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:46:21 GMT Rev9 33 2 25 The FoxFast Windows 8 App Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution licenses TV shows and movies to broadcasters around the world.  In 30 days, a team of Silverlight and .NET developers at Fox built an app for Windows 8 and published it to the Windows Store.  The FoxFast app for Windows 8 is for their worldwide broadcast partners to find, learn about, securely screen, and pick marketing assets to use to promote their shows.  Take a look at this video about the app that they created to share their excitement with their broadcast partners.

If you are a fan of Twentieth Century Fox shows or movies, you should check out the Fox Now and FX Networks Windows 8 Apps in the Windows Store today.

Because this video contains copyright material, it is not available for download.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/FoxFast8 Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution licenses TV shows and movies to broadcasters around the world.  In 30 days, a team of Silverlight and .NET developers at Fox built an app for Windows 8 and published it to the Windows Store.  The FoxFast app for Windows 8 is for their worldwide broadcast partners to find, learn about, securely screen, and pick marketing assets to use to promote their shows.  Take a look at this video about the app that they created to share their excitement with their broadcast partners. If you are a fan of Twentieth Century Fox shows or movies, you should check out the Fox Now and FX Networks Windows 8 Apps in the Windows Store today. Because this video contains copyright material, it is not available for download. 70 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/FoxFast8 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/FoxFast8 Michael S. Scherotter Michael S. Scherotter 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/FoxFast8/RSS Media Windows 8 Ball Watch Tutorial 1: Creating a Watch Application Ball Silverlight Design Contest
In this tutorial you will download the assets and code needed to start building a watch for the Ball Silverlight Contest.

  1. Download and install  Microsoft Expression Studio 4 (includes Expression Blend 4).
  2. Download the Ball Trainmaster Cannonball Watch from the Expression Gallery.
  3. Download the Design and Submission Guidelines and list of eligible watches from here.
  4. Download watch image assets from this SkyDrive.
  5. Watch additional Expression Blend Training Videos 
  6. Submit your watch to the Expression Gallery by August 5, 2010 11:59 PM Pacific Time.

Contest open only to professionals or hobbyists in the field of software/web development or interactive design who are residents of the 50 United States (includes District of Columbia), 18+.  Contest ends August 5, 2010.  For official rules, click here.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Synergist/Ball-Watch-Tutorial-1-Creating-a-Watch-Application Ball Silverlight Design ContestIn this tutorial you will download the assets and code needed to start building a watch for the Ball Silverlight Contest. Download and install  Microsoft Expression Studio 4 (includes Expression Blend 4). Download the Ball Trainmaster Cannonball Watch from the Expression Gallery. Download the Design and Submission Guidelines and list of eligible watches from here. Download watch image assets from this SkyDrive. Watch additional Expression Blend Training Videos  Submit your watch to the Expression Gallery by August 5, 2010 11:59 PM Pacific Time. Contest open only to professionals or hobbyists in the field of software/web development or interactive design who are residents of the 50 United States (includes District of Columbia), 18+.  Contest ends August 5, 2010.  For official rules, click here. 486 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Synergist/Ball-Watch-Tutorial-1-Creating-a-Watch-Application Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:44:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Synergist/Ball-Watch-Tutorial-1-Creating-a-Watch-Application Michael S. Scherotter Michael S. Scherotter 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Synergist/Ball-Watch-Tutorial-1-Creating-a-Watch-Application/RSS Ball Watch USA Expression Blend Expression Blend 4 Silverlight Silverlight 4 Ball Watch Tutorial 8: Preparing the Watch for Submission Ball Silverlight Design Contest
In this tutorial you will learn how to prepare your watch for submission to the Ball Silverlight Contest.

  1. Download and install Microsoft Expression Studio 4 (includes Expression Blend 4).
  2. Download the Ball Trainmaster Cannonball Watch from the Expression Gallery.
  3. Download the Design and Submission Guidelines and list of eligible watches from here.
  4. Download watch image assets from this SkyDrive.
  5. Watch additional Expression Blend Training Videos
  6. Submit your watch to the Expression Gallery by August 5, 2010 11:59 PM Pacific Time.

Contest open only to professionals or hobbyists in the field of software/web development or interactive design who are residents of the 50 United States (includes District of Columbia), 18+.  Contest ends August 5, 2010.  For official rules, click here.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Synergist/Ball-Watch-Tutorial-8-Preparing-the-Watch-for-Submission Ball Silverlight Design ContestIn this tutorial you will learn how to prepare your watch for submission to the Ball Silverlight Contest. Download and install Microsoft Expression Studio 4 (includes Expression Blend 4). Download the Ball Trainmaster Cannonball Watch from the Expression Gallery. Download the Design and Submission Guidelines and list of eligible watches from here. Download watch image assets from this SkyDrive. Watch additional Expression Blend Training Videos Submit your watch to the Expression Gallery by August 5, 2010 11:59 PM Pacific Time. Contest open only to professionals or hobbyists in the field of software/web development or interactive design who are residents of the 50 United States (includes District of Columbia), 18+.  Contest ends August 5, 2010.  For official rules, click here. 467 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Synergist/Ball-Watch-Tutorial-8-Preparing-the-Watch-for-Submission Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:14:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Synergist/Ball-Watch-Tutorial-8-Preparing-the-Watch-for-Submission Michael S. Scherotter Michael S. Scherotter 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Synergist/Ball-Watch-Tutorial-8-Preparing-the-Watch-for-Submission/RSS Ball Watch USA Expression Blend Expression Blend 4 Silverlight Silverlight 4 Ball Watch Tutorial 7: Binding the Date Indicator Ball Silverlight Design Contest
In this tutorial you learn how to use template binding to set the watch's date indicator.

  1. Download and install Microsoft Expression Studio 4 (includes Expression Blend 4).
  2. Download the Ball Trainmaster Cannonball Watch from the Expression Gallery.
  3. Download the Design and Submission Guidelines and list of eligible watches from here.
  4. Download watch image assets from this SkyDrive.
  5. Watch additional Expression Blend Training Videos.
  6. Read and follow the design and submission guidelines.
  7. Submit your watch to the Expression Gallery by August 5, 2010 11:59 PM Pacific Time.

Contest open only to professionals or hobbyists in the field of software/web development or interactive design who are residents of the 50 United States (includes District of Columbia), 18+.  Contest ends August 5, 2010.  For official rules, click here.

 

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Synergist/Ball-Watch-Tutorial-7-Binding-the-Date-Indicator Ball Silverlight Design ContestIn this tutorial you learn how to use template binding to set the watch's date indicator. Download and install Microsoft Expression Studio 4 (includes Expression Blend 4). Download the Ball Trainmaster Cannonball Watch from the Expression Gallery. Download the Design and Submission Guidelines and list of eligible watches from here. Download watch image assets from this SkyDrive. Watch additional Expression Blend Training Videos. Read and follow the design and submission guidelines. Submit your watch to the Expression Gallery by August 5, 2010 11:59 PM Pacific Time. Contest open only to professionals or hobbyists in the field of software/web development or interactive design who are residents of the 50 United States (includes District of Columbia), 18+.  Contest ends August 5, 2010.  For official rules, click here.   108 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Synergist/Ball-Watch-Tutorial-7-Binding-the-Date-Indicator Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:13:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Synergist/Ball-Watch-Tutorial-7-Binding-the-Date-Indicator Michael S. Scherotter Michael S. Scherotter 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Synergist/Ball-Watch-Tutorial-7-Binding-the-Date-Indicator/RSS Ball Watch USA Expression Blend Expression Blend 4 Silverlight Silverlight 4 Ball Watch Tutorial 6: Animating Day and Night Ball Silverlight Design Contest
In this tutorial, you will see how to animate day and night modes using the Visual State Manager as well as how to use visual effects to simulate glowing visual elements.

  1. Download and install Microsoft Expression Studio 4 (includes Expression Blend 4).
  2. Download the Ball Trainmaster Cannonball Watch from the Expression Gallery.
  3. Download the Design and Submission Guidelines and list of eligible watches from here.
  4. Download watch image assets from this SkyDrive.
  5. Watch additional Expression Blend Training Videos
  6. Submit your watch to the Expression Gallery by August 5, 2010 11:59 PM Pacific Time.

Contest open only to professionals or hobbyists in the field of software/web development or interactive design who are residents of the 50 United States (includes District of Columbia), 18+.  Contest ends August 5, 2010.  For official rules, click here.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Synergist/Ball-Watch-Tutorial-6-Animating-Day-and-Night Ball Silverlight Design ContestIn this tutorial, you will see how to animate day and night modes using the Visual State Manager as well as how to use visual effects to simulate glowing visual elements. Download and install Microsoft Expression Studio 4 (includes Expression Blend 4). Download the Ball Trainmaster Cannonball Watch from the Expression Gallery. Download the Design and Submission Guidelines and list of eligible watches from here. Download watch image assets from this SkyDrive. Watch additional Expression Blend Training Videos Submit your watch to the Expression Gallery by August 5, 2010 11:59 PM Pacific Time. Contest open only to professionals or hobbyists in the field of software/web development or interactive design who are residents of the 50 United States (includes District of Columbia), 18+.  Contest ends August 5, 2010.  For official rules, click here. 659 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Synergist/Ball-Watch-Tutorial-6-Animating-Day-and-Night Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:13:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Synergist/Ball-Watch-Tutorial-6-Animating-Day-and-Night Michael S. Scherotter Michael S. Scherotter 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Synergist/Ball-Watch-Tutorial-6-Animating-Day-and-Night/RSS Ball Watch USA Expression Blend Expression Blend 4 Silverlight Silverlight 4 Ball Watch Tutorial 5: Creating Concentric Circles Ball Silverlight Design Contest
In this tutorial you see how to use a repeating radial gradient to create concentric circles on the watch face.

  1. Download and install Microsoft Expression Studio 4 (includes Expression Blend 4).
  2. Download the Ball Trainmaster Cannonball Watch from the Expression Gallery.
  3. Download the Design and Submission Guidelines and list of eligible watches from here.
  4. Download watch image assets from this SkyDrive.
  5. Watch additional Expression Blend Training Videos
  6. Submit your watch to the Expression Gallery by August 5, 2010 11:59 PM Pacific Time.

Contest open only to professionals or hobbyists in the field of software/web development or interactive design who are residents of the 50 United States (includes District of Columbia), 18+.  Contest ends August 5, 2010.  For official rules, click here.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Synergist/Ball-Watch-Tutorial-5-Creating-Concentric-Circles Ball Silverlight Design ContestIn this tutorial you see how to use a repeating radial gradient to create concentric circles on the watch face. Download and install Microsoft Expression Studio 4 (includes Expression Blend 4). Download the Ball Trainmaster Cannonball Watch from the Expression Gallery. Download the Design and Submission Guidelines and list of eligible watches from here. Download watch image assets from this SkyDrive. Watch additional Expression Blend Training Videos Submit your watch to the Expression Gallery by August 5, 2010 11:59 PM Pacific Time. Contest open only to professionals or hobbyists in the field of software/web development or interactive design who are residents of the 50 United States (includes District of Columbia), 18+.  Contest ends August 5, 2010.  For official rules, click here. 177 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Synergist/Ball-Watch-Tutorial-5-Creating-Concentric-Circles Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:13:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Synergist/Ball-Watch-Tutorial-5-Creating-Concentric-Circles Michael S. Scherotter Michael S. Scherotter 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Synergist/Ball-Watch-Tutorial-5-Creating-Concentric-Circles/RSS Ball Watch USA Expression Blend Expression Blend 4 Silverlight Silverlight 4 Ball Watch Tutorial 4: Using an Dash Pattern for Second Marks Ball Silverlight Design Contest
In this tutorial you will see how to use an ellipse with a dash pattern to draw the second marks on the watch face.

  1. Download and install Microsoft Expression Studio 4 (includes Expression Blend 4).
  2. Download the Ball Trainmaster Cannonball Watch from the Expression Gallery.
  3. Download the Design and Submission Guidelines and list of eligible watches from here.
  4. Download watch image assets from this SkyDrive.
  5. Watch additional Expression Blend Training Videos
  6. Submit your watch to the Expression Gallery by August 5, 2010 11:59 PM Pacific Time.

Contest open only to professionals or hobbyists in the field of software/web development or interactive design who are residents of the 50 United States (includes District of Columbia), 18+.  Contest ends August 5, 2010.  For official rules, click here.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Synergist/Ball-Watch-Tutorial-4-Using-an-Dash-Pattern-for-Second-Marks Ball Silverlight Design ContestIn this tutorial you will see how to use an ellipse with a dash pattern to draw the second marks on the watch face. Download and install Microsoft Expression Studio 4 (includes Expression Blend 4). Download the Ball Trainmaster Cannonball Watch from the Expression Gallery. Download the Design and Submission Guidelines and list of eligible watches from here. Download watch image assets from this SkyDrive. Watch additional Expression Blend Training Videos Submit your watch to the Expression Gallery by August 5, 2010 11:59 PM Pacific Time. Contest open only to professionals or hobbyists in the field of software/web development or interactive design who are residents of the 50 United States (includes District of Columbia), 18+.  Contest ends August 5, 2010.  For official rules, click here. 361 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Synergist/Ball-Watch-Tutorial-4-Using-an-Dash-Pattern-for-Second-Marks Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:12:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Synergist/Ball-Watch-Tutorial-4-Using-an-Dash-Pattern-for-Second-Marks Michael S. Scherotter Michael S. Scherotter 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Synergist/Ball-Watch-Tutorial-4-Using-an-Dash-Pattern-for-Second-Marks/RSS Ball Watch USA Expression Blend Silverlight Silverlight 4 Ball Watch Tutorial 3: Animating the Second Hand Ball Silverlight Design Contest
In this demonstration you will see how to animate the second hand so that the watch tells the correct time.

  1. Download and install Microsoft Expression Studio 4 (includes Expression Blend 4).
  2. Download the Ball Trainmaster Cannonball Watch from the Expression Gallery.
  3. Download the Design and Submission Guidelines and list of eligible watches from here.
  4. Download watch image assets from this SkyDrive.
  5. Watch additional Expression Blend Training Videos
  6. Submit your watch to the Expression Gallery by August 5, 2010 11:59 PM Pacific Time.

Contest open only to professionals or hobbyists in the field of software/web development or interactive design who are residents of the 50 United States (includes District of Columbia), 18+.  Contest ends August 5, 2010.  For official rules, click here.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Synergist/Ball-Watch-Tutorial-3-Animating-the-Second-Hand Ball Silverlight Design ContestIn this demonstration you will see how to animate the second hand so that the watch tells the correct time. Download and install Microsoft Expression Studio 4 (includes Expression Blend 4). Download the Ball Trainmaster Cannonball Watch from the Expression Gallery. Download the Design and Submission Guidelines and list of eligible watches from here. Download watch image assets from this SkyDrive. Watch additional Expression Blend Training Videos Submit your watch to the Expression Gallery by August 5, 2010 11:59 PM Pacific Time. Contest open only to professionals or hobbyists in the field of software/web development or interactive design who are residents of the 50 United States (includes District of Columbia), 18+.  Contest ends August 5, 2010.  For official rules, click here. 463 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Synergist/Ball-Watch-Tutorial-3-Animating-the-Second-Hand Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:10:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Synergist/Ball-Watch-Tutorial-3-Animating-the-Second-Hand Michael S. Scherotter Michael S. Scherotter 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Synergist/Ball-Watch-Tutorial-3-Animating-the-Second-Hand/RSS Ball Watch USA Expression Blend Expression Blend 4 Silverlight Silverlight 4 Ball Watch Tutorial 2: Tracing Visual Elements Ball Silverlight Design Contest
In this tutorial you will learn how to trace the visual elements that make up a watch.

  1. Download and install Microsoft Expression Studio 4 (includes Expression Blend 4).
  2. Download the Ball Trainmaster Cannonball Watch from the Expression Gallery.
  3. Download the Design and Submission Guidelines and list of eligible watches from here.
  4. Download watch image assets from this SkyDrive.
  5. Watch additional Expression Blend Training Videos
  6. Submit your watch to the Expression Gallery by August 5, 2010 11:59 PM Pacific Time.

Contest open only to professionals or hobbyists in the field of software/web development or interactive design who are residents of the 50 United States (includes District of Columbia), 18+.  Contest ends August 5, 2010.  For official rules, click here.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Synergist/Ball-Watch-Tutorial-2-Tracing-Visual-Elements Ball Silverlight Design ContestIn this tutorial you will learn how to trace the visual elements that make up a watch. Download and install Microsoft Expression Studio 4 (includes Expression Blend 4). Download the Ball Trainmaster Cannonball Watch from the Expression Gallery. Download the Design and Submission Guidelines and list of eligible watches from here. Download watch image assets from this SkyDrive. Watch additional Expression Blend Training Videos Submit your watch to the Expression Gallery by August 5, 2010 11:59 PM Pacific Time. Contest open only to professionals or hobbyists in the field of software/web development or interactive design who are residents of the 50 United States (includes District of Columbia), 18+.  Contest ends August 5, 2010.  For official rules, click here. 511 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Synergist/Ball-Watch-Tutorial-2-Tracing-Visual-Elements Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:08:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Synergist/Ball-Watch-Tutorial-2-Tracing-Visual-Elements Michael S. Scherotter Michael S. Scherotter 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Synergist/Ball-Watch-Tutorial-2-Tracing-Visual-Elements/RSS Ball Watch USA Expression Blend Expression Blend 4 Silverlight Silverlight 4 Cinnafilm at NAB Cinnafilm to learn about their Pixel Strings GPU Engine and their Dark Energy software, some very cool image processing technology for film and video processing.
You can see some samples of what their software does here.

Note: The titles in the interview are slightly incorrect - in my rush to get this out, I mistyped Chris and Don's titles.  They are actually CTO and VP, Media & Entertainment, respectively. - MSS 4/20/2010 ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Cinnafilm-at-NAB At NAB Michael Scherotter sat down with Chris Gorman (CTO) and Don Levy (VP, Media & Entertainment) from Cinnafilm to learn about their Pixel Strings GPU Engine and their Dark Energy software, some very cool image processing technology for film and video processing. You can see some samples of what their software does here. Note: The titles in the interview are slightly incorrect - in my rush to get this out, I mistyped Chris and Don's titles.  They are actually CTO and VP, Media & Entertainment, respectively. - MSS 4/20/2010 959 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Cinnafilm-at-NAB Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:31:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Cinnafilm-at-NAB Michael S. Scherotter Michael S. Scherotter 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Cinnafilm-at-NAB/RSS Video Videos Associated Press at Mix 2010 We were lucky to be able to sit down with Jeffrey Litvack and Jonathan Malek from the Associated Press, one of the most respected and oldest suppliers of news

content in the industry.  Jeffrey and Jonathan discuss how the rapidly changing news industry is requiring the AP to dramatically change its strategic roadmap.  The future of AP includes an all new Silverlight-based Desktop News Reader using targeting advertising backed up by all new Azure services for desktop, mobile and tablet devices. You will be surprised to learn an entirely new architecture is going to released based largely on Microsoft’s technology stack.   

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Associated-Press-at-Mix-2010 We were lucky to be able to sit down with Jeffrey Litvack and Jonathan Malek from the Associated Press, one of the most respected and oldest suppliers of news content in the industry.  Jeffrey and Jonathan discuss how the rapidly changing news industry is requiring the AP to dramatically change its strategic roadmap.  The future of AP includes an all new Silverlight-based Desktop News Reader using targeting advertising backed up by all new Azure services for desktop, mobile and tablet devices. You will be surprised to learn an entirely new architecture is going to released based largely on Microsoft’s technology stack.    783 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Associated-Press-at-Mix-2010 Sat, 10 Apr 2010 15:15:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Associated-Press-at-Mix-2010 Michael S. Scherotter Michael S. Scherotter 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Associated-Press-at-Mix-2010/RSS Silverlight Windows Phone 7 WP7 USA Today at Mix 2010 ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/USA-Today-at-Mix-2010 We grabbed a coffee and sat down with Steve Kurtz and Brett Coffman from USA Today digital to discuss the challenges they are facing in news distribution industry and how critical it is for them to have USA Today content across as many digital form factors as possible.  Learn how the nation’s premier new content provider has recently optimized their home page and are working with Microsoft to include a new Silverlight based sports salary application on their sports section – to continue in the theme of the what  USA Today  is known for "brief but relevant statistical news information" – one of their trademark signatures . 703 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/USA-Today-at-Mix-2010 Sat, 10 Apr 2010 06:51:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/USA-Today-at-Mix-2010 Michael S. Scherotter Michael S. Scherotter 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/USA-Today-at-Mix-2010/RSS Silverlight Comcast Chat at Mix 2010 ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Comcast-Chat-at-Mix-2010 We sat down with Chris Dixon and Shaun Gerhing from Comcast’s CIM(Comcast Interactive Media Group) to discuss how they are rapidly evolving Comcast members viewing experiences across four screens with new technology.  Part of their new member retainment and value add thinking involves a new Silverlight based linear TV discovery application that allows Comcast members to view content choices, program their DVR and even explore VOD(Video on Demand) choices all  from their desktop and eventually their mobile devices. 417 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Comcast-Chat-at-Mix-2010 Sat, 10 Apr 2010 06:39:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Comcast-Chat-at-Mix-2010 Michael S. Scherotter Michael S. Scherotter 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Comcast-Chat-at-Mix-2010/RSS Silverlight MySpace Qizmt, a .NET MapReduce Framework MapReduce framework for .NET called Qizmt as an open source project.  MapReduce is a software framework "to support distributed computing on large data sets on clusters of computers" Wikipedia. 
I interviewed Mikhael Berlyant, Executive Director of Information and Discovery and Daniel Rule, Data Mining Manager at MySpace to learn more about the framework that they built. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/MySpace-Qizmt-a-NET-MapReduce-Framework MySpace just released a MapReduce framework for .NET called Qizmt as an open source project.  MapReduce is a software framework "to support distributed computing on large data sets on clusters of computers" Wikipedia.  I interviewed Mikhael Berlyant, Executive Director of Information and Discovery and Daniel Rule, Data Mining Manager at MySpace to learn more about the framework that they built. 778 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/MySpace-Qizmt-a-NET-MapReduce-Framework Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:35:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/MySpace-Qizmt-a-NET-MapReduce-Framework Michael S. Scherotter Michael S. Scherotter 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/MySpace-Qizmt-a-NET-MapReduce-Framework/RSS .NET .NET Framework 3.5 .NET Framework MapReduce myspace CCR at MySpace MySpace has done some pretty amazing things with the Robotic Developer Studio.  When they found out it contained a very powerful component, the Concurrency and Coordination Runtime (CCR), the architects built it into the architecture of MySpace, the largest .NET site in the world.  At MySpace, I met Principal Architect Erik Nelson and Senior Architect Akash Patel who walked me through how they were using the CCR. 
If you have an MSDN subscription, you are a student, or you are at a qualifying startup, you can now download and use the Robotic Toolkit as part of the program. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/CCR-at-MySpace MySpace has done some pretty amazing things with the Robotic Developer Studio.  When they found out it contained a very powerful component, the Concurrency and Coordination Runtime (CCR), the architects built it into the architecture of MySpace, the largest .NET site in the world.  At MySpace, I met Principal Architect Erik Nelson and Senior Architect Akash Patel who walked me through how they were using the CCR.  If you have an MSDN subscription, you are a student, or you are at a qualifying startup, you can now download and use the Robotic Toolkit as part of the program. 1169 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/CCR-at-MySpace Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:22:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/CCR-at-MySpace Michael S. Scherotter Michael S. Scherotter 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/CCR-at-MySpace/RSS CCR myspace Robotics Robotics Studio Artist Explorer - a Silverlight 2 Mashup South by Southwest Interactive Conferece in Austin, Texas this past week, Mashery hosted a contest, Circus Mashimus to encourage people to create mashup applications using their customers' web services.  I learned about it a week before and decided to create an entry using web services from Best Buy, The New York Times, Billboard, and Intelepeer (not a Mashery customer but one of our partners).  The mashup is an artist explorer that lets you research musical artists using the services and then lets you send an SMS message about your findings to anyone's mobile phone.
I will be releasing Silverlight kits with source code for each of the APIs (Best Buy, The New York Times, Billboard, and Intelepeer) shortly - watch my blog for more info on the kits.  With these Silverlight kits, developers and designers can access these companys' services and build cool applications with little to no coding - just Expression Blend. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Artist-Explorer-a-Silverlight-2-Mashup At the South by Southwest Interactive Conferece in Austin, Texas this past week, Mashery hosted a contest, Circus Mashimus to encourage people to create mashup applications using their customers' web services.  I learned about it a week before and decided to create an entry using web services from Best Buy, The New York Times, Billboard, and Intelepeer (not a Mashery customer but one of our partners).  The mashup is an artist explorer that lets you research musical artists using the services and then lets you send an SMS message about your findings to anyone's mobile phone. I will be releasing Silverlight kits with source code for each of the APIs (Best Buy, The New York Times, Billboard, and Intelepeer) shortly - watch my blog for more info on the kits.  With these Silverlight kits, developers and designers can access these companys' services and build cool applications with little to no coding - just Expression Blend. 359 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Artist-Explorer-a-Silverlight-2-Mashup Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:12:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Artist-Explorer-a-Silverlight-2-Mashup Michael S. Scherotter Michael S. Scherotter 2 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Artist-Explorer-a-Silverlight-2-Mashup/RSS mashup Music Silverlight 2 JamBase.com - Go See Live Music JamBase.com, a San Francisco-based website that is all about finding and going to live music performances.  I met Andy and his colleauges at the Bandwidth Conference this summer and after hearing about their new API, I just had to try doing a mashup with it using Popfly - I wrote about it on my blog here. Because their site runs on ASP.net with SQL Server, I wanted to sit down with Andy Gadiel, the founder to have a chat. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/JamBasecom-Go-See-Live-Music Last week I visited JamBase.com, a San Francisco-based website that is all about finding and going to live music performances.  I met Andy and his colleauges at the Bandwidth Conference this summer and after hearing about their new API, I just had to try doing a mashup with it using Popfly - I wrote about it on my blog here. Because their site runs on ASP.net with SQL Server, I wanted to sit down with Andy Gadiel, the founder to have a chat. 884 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/JamBasecom-Go-See-Live-Music Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:30:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/JamBasecom-Go-See-Live-Music Michael S. Scherotter Michael S. Scherotter 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/JamBasecom-Go-See-Live-Music/RSS ASP.NET Music SQL Server CaaS Conceptual Architecture Michael Scherotter joins his colleauge Joe Hofstader,  a telecommunications sector architect evangelist, for another discussion on Communications as a Service (CaaS), this time going deeper into the conceptual architecture of CaaS.  In the previous interview, Joe explained how a CaaS architecture could be applied to building telecommunications applications.

CaaS

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/CaaS-Conceptual-Architecture Michael Scherotter joins his colleauge Joe Hofstader,  a telecommunications sector architect evangelist, for another discussion on Communications as a Service (CaaS), this time going deeper into the conceptual architecture of CaaS.  In the previous interview, Joe explained how a CaaS architecture could be applied to building telecommunications applications. 1040 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/CaaS-Conceptual-Architecture Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:48:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/CaaS-Conceptual-Architecture Michael S. Scherotter Michael S. Scherotter 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/CaaS-Conceptual-Architecture/RSS CaaS Telecommunications Communications as a Service (CaaS) Michael Scherotter interviews his colleague Joe Hofstader, an architect evangelist within the telecommunications sector to learn about Communications as a Service (CaaS) a architecture for building multi-tennant telecommunications application.
In a follow-up interview, Joe explains the conceptual architecture behind CaaS. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Communications-as-a-Service-CaaS Michael Scherotter interviews his colleague Joe Hofstader, an architect evangelist within the telecommunications sector to learn about Communications as a Service (CaaS) a architecture for building multi-tennant telecommunications application. In a follow-up interview, Joe explains the conceptual architecture behind CaaS. 1087 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Communications-as-a-Service-CaaS Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:14:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Communications-as-a-Service-CaaS Michael S. Scherotter Michael S. Scherotter 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Communications-as-a-Service-CaaS/RSS CaaS Telecommunications A New Photobucket.com API Publishing an API (Application Programming Interface) is an essential part to becoming part of Web 2.0.  Recently at the Web 2.0 expo, Michael Scherotter caught up with the Photobucket.com team who has just released a new API for their site. In this interview Michael talks with Justin Hart, an engineer with Photobucket.com who has been working on the API.  Photobucket is a photo sharing site popular among bloggers as a location to store their images.

The REST API is extensive with many methods so Michael has created an open-source project on Google Code to build a Silverlight 2 library for it which supports REST web services. 

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/A-New-Photobucketcom-API Publishing an API (Application Programming Interface) is an essential part to becoming part of Web 2.0.  Recently at the Web 2.0 expo, Michael Scherotter caught up with the Photobucket.com team who has just released a new API for their site. In this interview Michael talks with Justin Hart, an engineer with Photobucket.com who has been working on the API.  Photobucket is a photo sharing site popular among bloggers as a location to store their images. The REST API is extensive with many methods so Michael has created an open-source project on Google Code to build a Silverlight 2 library for it which supports REST web services.  Other Download Formats: Zune 2MB/s MP4 787 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/A-New-Photobucketcom-API Mon, 19 May 2008 17:57:19 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/A-New-Photobucketcom-API Michael S. Scherotter Michael S. Scherotter 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/A-New-Photobucketcom-API/RSS Blogging OSS Silverlight Grid Computing at Layered Technologies At the Web 2.0 Expo, Michael Scherotter talks with John Pozadzides from Layered Technologies about their grid computing technology.  Grid computing is where many systems are assembled together to create one large computing system with vast amounts of processor power, RAM, and storage.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Grid-Computing-at-Layered-Technologies At the Web 2.0 Expo, Michael Scherotter talks with John Pozadzides from Layered Technologies about their grid computing technology.  Grid computing is where many systems are assembled together to create one large computing system with vast amounts of processor power, RAM, and storage. Zune download 2 MB/s download MP4 download 583 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Grid-Computing-at-Layered-Technologies Fri, 02 May 2008 18:35:54 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Grid-Computing-at-Layered-Technologies Michael S. Scherotter Michael S. Scherotter 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Grid-Computing-at-Layered-Technologies/RSS Web Hosting Video4Ever - School Sports Online I was at the NAB show earlier this month, I met Dan Gustafson from Video4Ever who proceded to show me the coolest Silverlight application for watching high school sporting events and including scoreboard/event data.  ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Video4Ever-School-Sports-Online When I was at the NAB show earlier this month, I met Dan Gustafson from Video4Ever who proceded to show me the coolest Silverlight application for watching high school sporting events and including scoreboard/event data.  557 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Video4Ever-School-Sports-Online Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:35:28 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Video4Ever-School-Sports-Online Michael S. Scherotter Michael S. Scherotter 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Video4Ever-School-Sports-Online/RSS Silverlight Windows Media Windows Media Center A Tour Through CrystalTech's Data Center Michael Scherotter just visited CrystalTech a web hosting provider in Scottsdale, Arizona. President Bob Cichon took Michael on a tour of the data center. 
At $2.95 per month for an ASP.Net 3.5 developer account Michael is also a customer of CrystalTech with his xmldocs.net site.  ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/A-Tour-Through-CrystalTechs-Data-Center Michael Scherotter just visited CrystalTech a web hosting provider in Scottsdale, Arizona. President Bob Cichon took Michael on a tour of the data center.  At $2.95 per month for an ASP.Net 3.5 developer account Michael is also a customer of CrystalTech with his xmldocs.net site.  518 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/A-Tour-Through-CrystalTechs-Data-Center Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:46:50 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/A-Tour-Through-CrystalTechs-Data-Center Michael S. Scherotter Michael S. Scherotter 3 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/A-Tour-Through-CrystalTechs-Data-Center/RSS ASP.NET IIS SQL Server Web Hosting Windows Server Myxer: Ad-Supported Mobile Content South by Southwest, Michael Scherotter met Jeff Sass of Myxer a company that has built an ASP.net/SQL Server-based web service for ad-supported mobile content.
They were at SxSW to show their service to artists and musicians to be able to get their content into mobile ringtones and other mobile-oriented services. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Myxer-Ad-Supported-Mobile-Content At South by Southwest, Michael Scherotter met Jeff Sass of Myxer a company that has built an ASP.net/SQL Server-based web service for ad-supported mobile content. They were at SxSW to show their service to artists and musicians to be able to get their content into mobile ringtones and other mobile-oriented services. 186 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Myxer-Ad-Supported-Mobile-Content Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:29:26 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Myxer-Ad-Supported-Mobile-Content Michael S. Scherotter Michael S. Scherotter 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Myxer-Ad-Supported-Mobile-Content/RSS ASP.NET Software Software Services SQL Server Windows Mobile Desktop Music Channel South by Southwest in Austin, Tamara Phillips of Desktop Music Channel showed Michael Scherotter a Software+Services solution that includes a compelling desktop applications with service-based push technology.
The Desktop Music Channel is a new way for artists and bands to create an interactive desktop experience for their fans.
]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Desktop-Music-Channel At South by Southwest in Austin, Tamara Phillips of Desktop Music Channel showed Michael Scherotter a Software+Services solution that includes a compelling desktop applications with service-based push technology. The Desktop Music Channel is a new way for artists and bands to create an interactive desktop experience for their fans. 160 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Desktop-Music-Channel Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:57:26 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Desktop-Music-Channel Michael S. Scherotter Michael S. Scherotter 3 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Desktop-Music-Channel/RSS Software Software Services Windows Vista