Comment Feed for rhm http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png rhm en Wed, 22 May 2013 20:45:00 GMT Wed, 22 May 2013 20:45:00 GMT Rev9 Re: TWC9: Office 365, Internet Explorer 10 PP2, Choosing the Right collection class, ToneCheck Tonecheck - pointless. Just tell the recipients of your emails to stop being whiny little kids. Smiley

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/TWC9-Office-365-Internet-Explorer-10-PP2-Choosing-the-Right-collection-class-ToneCheck#c634452892790000000 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 11:27:59 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/TWC9-Office-365-Internet-Explorer-10-PP2-Choosing-the-Right-collection-class-ToneCheck#c634452892790000000 rhm Re: TWC9: The Nic-&-Tina-Have-Nothing-Intelligent-To-Say Edition Kumbayah, Tina.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/TWC9-The-Nic--Tina-Have-Nothing-Intelligent-To-Say-Edition#c634434228660000000 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 21:01:06 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/TWC9-The-Nic--Tina-Have-Nothing-Intelligent-To-Say-Edition#c634434228660000000 rhm Re: E3 2011: Interview with Kudo Tsunoda about Microsoft's E3 announcements Nice try Kudo, but you'll never be J.Allard.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/TechWithTina/E3-Interview-with-Kudo-Tsunoda-about-Microsofts-E3-announcements#c634431781290000000 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 01:02:09 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/TechWithTina/E3-Interview-with-Kudo-Tsunoda-about-Microsofts-E3-announcements#c634431781290000000 rhm Re: Joe Belfiore Announces Next Release of Windows Phone, Code-Named 'Mango' It's mostly great, but search as a solution for launching apps = lame. iPhone has had search since 3.0 and very few people ever use it. They introduced folders in 4.0 for good reason.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Windows-Phone-7/Joe-Belfiore-unveils-Mango-for-Windows-Phone#c634419624070000000 Wed, 25 May 2011 23:20:07 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Windows-Phone-7/Joe-Belfiore-unveils-Mango-for-Windows-Phone#c634419624070000000 rhm Re: Ping 102: PhotoDNA & Facebook, Xbox update, Give-aways for students, Windows Phone on Verizon I was going to suggest that Tina might have had Lasik recently, but I think she's just trying to show solidarity with Lindsay Lohan.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-102-PhotoDNA--Facebook-Xbox-update-Give-aways-for-students-Windows-Phone-on-Verizon#c634418629460000000 Tue, 24 May 2011 19:42:26 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-102-PhotoDNA--Facebook-Xbox-update-Give-aways-for-students-Windows-Phone-on-Verizon#c634418629460000000 rhm Re: Ping 100: HaloFest, Kinect you in Carbonite, Talking to the wall, Ping celebrates 100! Congrats on your 100th episode of PING! (caps to simulate Laura's voice)

My favourite episodes were 16, 43, 71 and of course 100.

It's been a long, stange journey. I feel like I now know Laura like a sister, Paul like a kid brother and Max like that cousin that disappeared one week and neither our parents nor uncles or aunts would answer any questions about.

All the best for the next 100 shows!

p.s. Laura, why did you get such a big frickin' dog? Smiley

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping100#c634406602550000000 Tue, 10 May 2011 21:37:35 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping100#c634406602550000000 rhm Re: TWC9 HouseBuilder, Solver Dev Labs Project, Windows Shell Extensions It's hard to get excited about anything in Devlabs if a really promissing tool like CHESS doesn't make it it into Visual Studio and then gets abandoned.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/TWC9-HouseBuilder-Solver-Dev-Labs-Project-Windows-Shell-Extensions#c634397822830000000 Sat, 30 Apr 2011 17:44:43 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/TWC9-HouseBuilder-Solver-Dev-Labs-Project-Windows-Shell-Extensions#c634397822830000000 rhm Re: Knockout JS: Helping you build dynamic JavaScript UIs with MVVM and ASP.NET

, Ryoushin wrote

Hmmm... I think Sys.Observer was ( Sad ) more "Silverlight-ic" and felt comfortable with it, but you MS guys are going to abandon the Ajax 4 js framework (sad about it) so we have to move on. Why then don't you put more emphasys on jQuery "link" plugin (which is being written by MS itself) instead of broadening the spectrum of js MVVM frameworks?

DId you miss the part at the start where he says that it's not a Microsoft project? It's the author's personal open source project - just because it's presented at Mix, it doesn't mean that it's official Microsoft policy.

Besides, why should there just be one way of doing any particular thing? Developers in the Microsoft ecosystem have really suffered in the past from Microsoft determining the 'one true way' to do a particular thing when Microsoft's choice of technology has turned out to not be very good (ASP.NET AJAX being a prime example). I rather like the new Microsoft way to let a bunch of different libraries slug it out and let the developers see which is more popular. I'll bet we see more community-driven libraries and tools win out over the 'designed in Redmond' equivalents.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/MIX/MIX11/FRM08#c634391647600000000 Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:12:40 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/MIX/MIX11/FRM08#c634391647600000000 rhm Re: What’s New for Windows Phone Development with the XNA Framework? Good talk. I'm looking forward to using this as I think it (combined with the new GC) fixes two of the biggest problems in developing graphical applications for WP7.

One tip for the presenter: stop doing that air quotes thing Smiley

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/MIX/MIX11/DVC16#c634386441450000000 Sun, 17 Apr 2011 13:35:45 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/MIX/MIX11/DVC16#c634386441450000000 rhm Re: Ping 97: Azure & Toyota, Kinect Window, ICE, WP7 Challenge The thing with the Apple stores is that they can offer the same prices as online because Apple does most of the online selling of Apple products and independent retailers get such a small margin that they can't undercut Apple either.

That's not the case with PC hardware and software. I don't know why Microsoft thought retail stores were a good idea - vanity maybe? But I don't think it would be a financial success, especially in Britain where the highstreet has been gutted by online sales.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-97-Azure--Toyota-Kinect-Window-ICE-WP7-Challenge#c634382049810000000 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:36:21 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-97-Azure--Toyota-Kinect-Window-ICE-WP7-Challenge#c634382049810000000 rhm Re: TWC9: WP7 gets multi-tasking,NuGet 1.1, MJPEG Decoder, Reflector I disagree somewhat with the assertion that people are annoyed about Reflector just because it used to be free and now won't be - there's a bit more to it than that. The extra hate comes from the fact that it was a personal project of one person who gave it away for a long time. To a lot of people it's like a park that the owner used to let the public use for free has been sold off to a corportation and now they're charging people to go play there.

 

When Lutz decided he didn't want to manage Reflector any more he could have open sourced it, but he sold it to RedGate instead. That's his right of course, but by the same right, people should be just as annoyed at Lutz for selling it to RedGate as they are with RedGate for charging for it now. Of course they're not attacking Lutz, partly because it's not directly his decision to start charging for it (even though this is the inevitable consequence of selling it to corporation), and partly because they're still grateful to him for making available for free for all those years.

 

Thinking about Dan's suggestion that companies should charge for software if they ever plan to charge for it in the future, I tried to think of examples of where this has been a PR problem in the past and I can only think of situations where an existing product or company was bought by a much larger corporation that then discontinued the free version. When Autodesk acquired Alias, they discontinued the free learning version of Maya. They later acquired Softimage and while the free 'modtool' verison of Softimage remains available, it's frozen at the version it was at when they where were acquired. I wonder if anyone has got counter-examples?

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/TWC9-WP7-gets-multi-taskingNuGet-11-MJPEG-Decoder-Reflector#c634339225830000000 Mon, 21 Feb 2011 22:03:03 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/TWC9-WP7-gets-multi-taskingNuGet-11-MJPEG-Decoder-Reflector#c634339225830000000 rhm Re: TWC9: Nineys, MIX Open Call, WP7 GPS Emulator, & lots of new software releases Sorry guys, I voted for Ping!

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/TWC9-Nineys-MIX-Open-Call-WP7-GPS-Emulator--lots-of-new-software-releases#c634325059320000000 Sat, 05 Feb 2011 12:32:12 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/TWC9-Nineys-MIX-Open-Call-WP7-GPS-Emulator--lots-of-new-software-releases#c634325059320000000 rhm Re: Ping 90: Microsoft Flash Mob, Swag for Jailbreaker, Quarterback Histories on Bing, Karaoke! Yay Ping!

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-90-Microsoft-Flash-Mob-Swag-for-Jailbreaker-Quarterback-Histories-on-Bing-Karaoke#c634321105730000000 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:42:53 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-90-Microsoft-Flash-Mob-Swag-for-Jailbreaker-Quarterback-Histories-on-Bing-Karaoke#c634321105730000000 rhm Re: TWC9: AutoTune.NET, Portable Libraries, Facebook + Azure, SQLR2 BI, oooh, how long has Channel9 been watchable on an iPad? Finally I can watching This Week On Channel9 during my sit-down bathroom time!

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/TWC9-AutoTuneNET-Portable-Libraries-Facebook--Azure-SQLR2-BI#c634314193950000000 Sun, 23 Jan 2011 22:43:15 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/TWC9-AutoTuneNET-Portable-Libraries-Facebook--Azure-SQLR2-BI#c634314193950000000 rhm Re: C9 Lectures: Greg Meredith - Monadic Design Patterns for the Web - 2 of n I've got to be honest, I didn't really get any of this. And I do functional programming (although not in Haskell). Maybe these days I have my "how does this help me exactly" hat on a bit too often, but I didn't see anything helpful in this or the previous video.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/C9-Lectures-Greg-Meredith-Monadic-Design-Patterns-for-the-Web/C9-Lectures-Greg-Meredith-Monadic-Design-Patterns-for-the-Web-2-of-n#c634281480540000000 Fri, 17 Dec 2010 02:00:54 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/C9-Lectures-Greg-Meredith-Monadic-Design-Patterns-for-the-Web/C9-Lectures-Greg-Meredith-Monadic-Design-Patterns-for-the-Web-2-of-n#c634281480540000000 rhm Re: Hot Apps: Avatar Gadgets, Guitar Hero 5, Geico, Local Concerts, Idiot Test Hey Laura, is that the xbox live avatar that you had to start with a boy character to make it look like you? Smiley

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Hot-Apps/Hot-Apps-Avatar-Gadgets-Guitar-Hero-5-Geico-Local-Concerts-Idiot-Test#c634279598010000000 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:43:21 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Hot-Apps/Hot-Apps-Avatar-Gadgets-Guitar-Hero-5-Geico-Local-Concerts-Idiot-Test#c634279598010000000 rhm Re: Hot Apps: Thumba, Netflix, Sound Recorder, MusixMatch, Fake Caller That is so HOT!

Did you record that in one take Laura? What a pro! Smiley

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Hot-Apps/Hot-Apps-Thumba-Netflix-Sound-Recorder-MusixMatch-Fake-Caller#c634255348550000000 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:07:35 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Hot-Apps/Hot-Apps-Thumba-Netflix-Sound-Recorder-MusixMatch-Fake-Caller#c634255348550000000 rhm Re: Ping 83: SQL Pass, Windows Phone Updates, Xbox Use Haha, I almost feel bad about disrespecting Paul's project now.

I've got a friend who's a SQL Server DBA and I'm sure he's really excited (no, I haven't asked him), but even though I use SQL Server sometimes, it's hard to get excited about it compared to phones and xbox and the F# compiler being open-sourced Wink

 

btw. my avatar is Tux, the Linux mascot, being strung up. I set it a long long time ago to wind up a user that used to troll here all the time about how great Linux was. I don't really hate Linux. And the funny thing about it is that the picture wasn't made by Windows or Mac users, but by some BSD unix users.

 

As for stuff to do on the show. Isn't there a dance game for the Kinect? Since Paul and Laura have both been in cheesy spoof dance videos, I think you should have a Kinect dance-off Smiley

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-83-SQL-Pass-Kinect-Hacked-Windows-Phone-Updates-Xbox-Use#c634254533890000000 Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:29:49 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-83-SQL-Pass-Kinect-Hacked-Windows-Phone-Updates-Xbox-Use#c634254533890000000 rhm Re: TWC9: Denali, MVC 3 RC, OData programming, Instant Feature Builder Is Brian thinking of joining the Blue Man Group?

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/TWC9-Denali-MVC-3-RC-OData-programming-Instant-Feature-Builder#c634253787590000000 Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:45:59 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/TWC9-Denali-MVC-3-RC-OData-programming-Instant-Feature-Builder#c634253787590000000 rhm Re: Ping 82: Paul's Secret SQL Project, Kinect Launch, LG Apps, Microsft Atlanta Sorry Paul, but that is the most dull secret project I've ever heard of.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-82-Pauls-Secret-SQL-Project-Kinect-Launch-LG-Apps#c634250199130000000 Wed, 10 Nov 2010 21:05:13 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-82-Pauls-Secret-SQL-Project-Kinect-Launch-LG-Apps#c634250199130000000 rhm Re: Ping 80: Office 365, Ozzie blogs, Oprah loves Kinect, Re-Tweeting Fail 5 stars for the costumes. hint Smiley

So Paul, if you went as a douchebag, did you have a hot chick with you? Cos it doesn't really work otherwise. We need photos!

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-80-Office-365-Ozzie-blogs-Oprah-loves-Kinect-Re-Tweeting-Fail#c634237237400000000 Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:02:20 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-80-Office-365-Ozzie-blogs-Oprah-loves-Kinect-Re-Tweeting-Fail#c634237237400000000 rhm Re: Silverlight TV 49: Creating Rich Interactive Prototypes with Sketchflow - Part 2 Wow, quite a few comments here from creepy guys. Never seen a woman in a professional context before? Why aren't the mods deleting them?

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/SilverlightTV/Silverlight-TV-49-Creating-Rich-Interactive-Prototypes-with-Sketchflow-Part-2#c634233647920000000 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:19:52 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/SilverlightTV/Silverlight-TV-49-Creating-Rich-Interactive-Prototypes-with-Sketchflow-Part-2#c634233647920000000 rhm Re: Silverlight TV 50: The State of Silverlight with Scott Guthrie

, jopapa wrote

Migrating WPF features to Silverlight is a common request and we are always looking at ways to do this.

It's not so much WPF features as the fact that the APIs are inconsistent for no good reason whatsoever. Trouble is, 4 versions in now, that's a blister that Silverlight will have to live with for the rest of it's days.

My wishes for Silverlight 5 are better typograhy support (at least let us position TextBlocks by their baseline instead of their bounding box and give us full font-metrics) and a 3D API (a proper 3D API, not the comedy one from WPF). Without those, Silverlight is less powerful that what the latest browsers can do without a plugin.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/SilverlightTV/Silverlight-TV-50-The-State-of-Silverlight-with-Scott-Guthrie#c634233646630000000 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:17:43 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/SilverlightTV/Silverlight-TV-50-The-State-of-Silverlight-with-Scott-Guthrie#c634233646630000000 rhm Re: Ping 74: NFL & Silverlight, ScholarLynk, Bing on Droid, Halo Reach Your own twitter feed is just you retweeting @ch9. You both need to up your game and tweet like Hanselman.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-74-NFL--Silverlight-ScholarLynk-Bing-on-Droid-Halo-Reach#c634202451310000000 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:45:31 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-74-NFL--Silverlight-ScholarLynk-Bing-on-Droid-Halo-Reach#c634202451310000000 rhm Re: Ping 74: NFL & Silverlight, ScholarLynk, Bing on Droid, Halo Reach The NFL online thing is great, although expensive, if you live outside the USA... except if you live in the UK, where because Sky have the broadcast rights, you can't watch the two live games they show on a sunday online (although you can watch them back later) or any of the playoffs.

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