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59 minutes, 7 secondsNick Baker: Xbox ArchitectureDec 02, 2009 at 4:01 PM| 127 views this week
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Nick Baker is General Manager for Xbox Architectural Design. After graduating from Imperial College London in 1990, he found his way to Apple and worked on the team that tried to create a specialized video card. He then went to 3DO where he worked on their high-end gaming system, which… -
57 minutes, 3 secondsMichael Fortin: Getting More Done in Less TimeJul 30, 2012 at 9:00 AM| 66 views this week 0
It seems as though all of us are actively trying to cram more and more features, functionality, and speed out of everything we use. While the world seems faster paced today than it ever has been in the past, the quest for performance and efficiency is as old as recorded history, and almost certainly… -
Life and Times of Anders HejlsbergFeb 01, 2006 at 2:50 PM| 26 views this week 39
This episode features industry luminary, Anders Hejlsberg. Before coming to Microsoft in 1996 he was well noted for his work as the principal engineer of Turbo Pascal and the chief architect of the Delphi product line. At Microsoft he was architect for the Visual J++ development system… -
59 minutes, 59 secondsScott Guthrie: Power To and For The PeopleJun 03, 2011 at 9:00 AM| 25 views this week 7
At a certain level, computers are all about giving computational power and resources to the common man. Even though many of you may not remember it, it wasn't that long ago when computers were tools which could only be afforded by the very largest of companies. Today however; computers are a… -
57 minutes, 36 secondsBTC: Henry Sanders - More than an EngineerJul 20, 2011 at 8:45 AM| 20 views this week 3
At the heart of every computer, every operating system, every problem, is an engineer. An engineer may not live the glorious rock-star life of your favorite musician, but it is through their efforts that the complex systems, that are more and more significant in our lives, are able to… -
Mark Zbikowski - From DOS 1.0 to Windows VistaMay 17, 2006 at 11:43 AM| 15 views this week 24
This is Behind the Code’s pilot episode with Core File Services architect, Mark Zbikowski. Mark began his career at Microsoft in 1981, working on DOS 1.0 as a designer, coder and liaison with IBM. His quarter century long career has included significant involvement in OS/2, Cairo’s Object File… -
1 hour, 2 minutes, 43 secondsConversation with scientist, engineer and database legend Jim GrayMar 03, 2006 at 1:56 PM| 15 views this week 22
This episode features Jim Gray. He is a "Technical Fellow" in the Scaleable Servers Research Group (Sky Server, Terra Server) and manager of Microsoft's Bay Area Research Center (BARC). Jim has been called a "giant" in the fields of database and transaction processing… -
59 minutes, 45 secondsBehind the Code: Charlie Kindel - Doing What It Takes To Make A Customer SuccessfulMar 17, 2011 at 10:55 AM| 13 views this week 1
When thinking about businesses, large or small, it can be easy to lose sight of the individual. For the individuals within those companies, it can be difficult to see the role they play in the big picture and how their personal journey might fit in. For individuals outside those companies, also… -
58 minutes, 34 secondsRichard Ward: Windows Architecture - Past, Present and FutureNov 07, 2008 at 9:30 AM| 13 views this week 0
Artists embody a diverse set of talents and interests. This gives them a rich array of experiences to draw upon in their work. In the same way, Richard Ward brings an eclectic background and collection of interests to his efforts at Microsoft. He brings this diversity to his own art of… -
59 minutes, 29 secondsErik Meijer: Rebel with a CauseMar 04, 2010 at 12:13 PM| 12 views this week 21
Over thousands of years, language has evolved in order to provide mankind a mechanism for making it easier to communicate with one another. Today, the world is filled with a wide variety of languages, some of which are radically different from one another, while others bear striking…
