Channel 9 - Entries tagged with Microsoft Personalities Microsoft http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Entries tagged with Microsoft Personalities http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/ms+personalities 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/Tags/ms+personalities en Mon, 20 May 2013 11:47:56 GMT Mon, 20 May 2013 11:47:56 GMT Rev9 245 10 25 The Lambda Calculus, General Term Rewriting and Food Nutrition Brian Beckman and Erik Meijer are back with another episode of BMO! Smiley

In this installment, Brian and Erik spend some time explaining the Lambda Calculus and most of the time digging into a real world application of general term rewriting. The Lambda Calculus is a specialized form of term rewriting (so, it's not really general term rewriting). It's OK... Brian will explain all of this (and more) by way of his general term rewriting system for analyzing the accuracy of Food Nutrition Labels (NFL). If you're curious about term rewriting and its practical application outside of theoretical computer science, then you're in luck. Brian and Erik engage the concepts at play here in their usual fun, engaging, brilliant ways.

Tune in. Enjoy. Learn.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Beckman-Meijer-Overdrive/Beckman-Meijer-Overdrive-The-Lambda-Calculus-and-Food-Nutrition Brian Beckman and Erik Meijer are back with another episode of BMO! In this installment, Brian and Erik spend some time explaining the Lambda Calculus and most of the time digging into a real world application of general term rewriting. The Lambda Calculus is a specialized form of term rewriting (so, it's not really general term rewriting). It's OK... Brian will explain all of this (and more) by way of his general term rewriting system for analyzing the accuracy of Food Nutrition Labels (NFL). If you're curious about term rewriting and its practical application outside of theoretical computer science, then you're in luck. Brian and Erik engage the concepts at play here in their usual fun, engaging, brilliant ways. Tune in. Enjoy. Learn. 3443 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Beckman-Meijer-Overdrive/Beckman-Meijer-Overdrive-The-Lambda-Calculus-and-Food-Nutrition Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Beckman-Meijer-Overdrive/Beckman-Meijer-Overdrive-The-Lambda-Calculus-and-Food-Nutrition Charles Charles 17 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Beckman-Meijer-Overdrive/Beckman-Meijer-Overdrive-The-Lambda-Calculus-and-Food-Nutrition/RSS Brian Beckman Computer Science Erik Meijer Functional Programming Mathematics Microsoft Personalities Programming Languages What is a database, really? Alice wanders down a rabbit hole one day and finds Erik Meijer and Brian Beckman in the C9 studio. What's going to happen? What does she find? There's a plastic mouse, a hard drive, a hammer, database acid, a whiteboard and a couple geniuses in very rare form.

Erikand Brian explain what a database really is... Erik drinks hard drive acid, takes a hammer to a mouse in search of the database it hides (Brian's brawn is also employed in this endeavor), and Brian paints category theoretic expressions on the whiteboard. This isn't what you think it is, Alice. It's much, much more.

Enjoy. You don't want to miss this one. Smiley

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Beckman-Meijer-Overdrive/Brian-Beckman-and-Erik-Meijer-What-is-a-database-really Alice wanders down a rabbit hole one day and finds Erik Meijer and Brian Beckman in the C9 studio. What's going to happen? What does she find? There's a plastic mouse, a hard drive, a hammer, database acid, a whiteboard and a couple geniuses in very rare form. Erikand Brian explain what a database really is... Erik drinks hard drive acid, takes a hammer to a mouse in search of the database it hides (Brian's brawn is also employed in this endeavor), and Brian paints category theoretic expressions on the whiteboard. This isn't what you think it is, Alice. It's much, much more.Enjoy. You don't want to miss this one. 1121 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Beckman-Meijer-Overdrive/Brian-Beckman-and-Erik-Meijer-What-is-a-database-really Thu, 31 May 2012 18:12:10 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Beckman-Meijer-Overdrive/Brian-Beckman-and-Erik-Meijer-What-is-a-database-really Charles Charles 16 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Beckman-Meijer-Overdrive/Brian-Beckman-and-Erik-Meijer-What-is-a-database-really/RSS Brian Beckman Computer Science Data Erik Meijer Microsoft Personalities Theory Checking In: Larry Osterman - 26 Years of Programming at Microsoft and Counting Larry Osterman is a legend and one of Channel 9's favorite personalities - it's been too long since you've been on C9, Larry! Now, what would happen if C9 hero Erik Meijer interviewed Larry? Well, you'd get the latest episode of Checking In and one heck of a conversation. Oh yeah. Make yourself comfortable, grab a beer, some egg nog or whatever you like to drink, sit back, relax and enjoy this truly fascinating conversation as though you were in the room with us - classic C9.

Larry's been at Microsoft for over 26 years and he's been a software developer (SDE) for almost all of this time (he dabbled in management briefly, but writing software is what he really loves to do). He's well known for his work on the Windows audio subsystem. But what else has Larry worked on over the years? How did he land at Microsoft? What's his story? We cover several topics ranging from STL to Larry's Microsoft job interview with Steve Ballmer.

If you know Larry or have seen any of his other Channel 9 interviews over the years, you know that he's full of great stories and delivers them in a way that only he can. It's Larry time on C9. Smiley

Thank you Larry and Erik for this conversational treat!

Happy holidays from Channel 9 wherever you are and whatever, if anything, you're celebrating!

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Checking-In-with-Erik-Meijer/Checking-In-Larry-Osterman-26-Years-of-Programming-at-Microsoft Larry Osterman is a legend and one of Channel 9's favorite personalities - it's been too long since you've been on C9, Larry! Now, what would happen if C9 hero Erik Meijer interviewed Larry? Well, you'd get the latest episode of Checking In and one heck of a conversation. Oh yeah. Make yourself comfortable, grab a beer, some egg nog or whatever you like to drink, sit back, relax and enjoy this truly fascinating conversation as though you were in the room with us - classic C9.Larry's been at Microsoft for over 26 years and he's been a software developer (SDE) for almost all of this time (he dabbled in management briefly, but writing software is what he really loves to do). He's well known for his work on the Windows audio subsystem. But what else has Larry worked on over the years? How did he land at Microsoft? What's his story? We cover several topics ranging from STL to Larry's Microsoft job interview with Steve Ballmer. If you know Larry or have seen any of his other Channel 9 interviews over the years, you know that he's full of great stories and delivers them in a way that only he can. It's Larry time on C9. Thank you Larry and Erik for this conversational treat!Happy holidays from Channel 9 wherever you are and whatever, if anything, you're celebrating! 4101 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Checking-In-with-Erik-Meijer/Checking-In-Larry-Osterman-26-Years-of-Programming-at-Microsoft Sun, 25 Dec 2011 15:00:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Checking-In-with-Erik-Meijer/Checking-In-Larry-Osterman-26-Years-of-Programming-at-Microsoft Charles Charles 36 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Checking-In-with-Erik-Meijer/Checking-In-Larry-Osterman-26-Years-of-Programming-at-Microsoft/RSS C++ Erik Meijer Larry Osterman Microsoft Personalities Windows Native Development _techmeme Checking In: Stephan T. Lavavej - Inside STL (the person, not the library) Stephan T. Lavavej is a Channel 9 hero. You've learned a great deal from him over the years, but you've not really learned much about him. How did STL—that's what we call him since, well, look at his name and what he does for a living—get to where he is today? What's his story?

Of course, given STL's expertise and passion, this conversation includes STL's perspectives and opinions on C++ programming, compilers, templates, modern C++, STL (the library), and more. But it also includes a more personal perspective, too. How does STL think about computing? And why C++? 

Did you know that STL can compile code in his head? Really.

Erik Meijer leads this friendly interrogation and considering the IQ, passion, and great conversation the hour goes by much too fast. It's a real pleasure to share a more personal piece on STL as an addition to the usual deeply technical and pragmatic lectures and conversations we're accustomed to. But there's certainly no talking to STL without talking about STL and C++. You are definitely going to learn things by listening in. This is for sure.

A huge thanks to Erik for taking the time to do this interview. He was super busy cranking code (C++ at that) on the day we shot this and this interview took him away from his keyboard. Thank you, man.

Thank you, STL, for taking the time to be checked in on.

 

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Checking-In-with-Erik-Meijer/Checking-In-Stephan-T-Lavavej-Inside-STL-the-person-not-the-library Stephan T. Lavavej is a Channel 9 hero. You've learned a great deal from him over the years, but you've not really learned much about him. How did STL—that's what we call him since, well, look at his name and what he does for a living—get to where he is today? What's his story? Of course, given STL's expertise and passion, this conversation includes STL's perspectives and opinions on C++ programming, compilers, templates, modern C++, STL (the library), and more. But it also includes a more personal perspective, too. How does STL think about computing? And why C++?  Did you know that STL can compile code in his head? Really. Erik Meijer leads this friendly interrogation and considering the IQ, passion, and great conversation the hour goes by much too fast. It's a real pleasure to share a more personal piece on STL as an addition to the usual deeply technical and pragmatic lectures and conversations we're accustomed to. But there's certainly no talking to STL without talking about STL and C++. You are definitely going to learn things by listening in. This is for sure. A huge thanks to Erik for taking the time to do this interview. He was super busy cranking code (C++ at that) on the day we shot this and this interview took him away from his keyboard. Thank you, man. Thank you, STL, for taking the time to be checked in on.   4202 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Checking-In-with-Erik-Meijer/Checking-In-Stephan-T-Lavavej-Inside-STL-the-person-not-the-library Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:44:21 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Checking-In-with-Erik-Meijer/Checking-In-Stephan-T-Lavavej-Inside-STL-the-person-not-the-library Charles Charles 38 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Checking-In-with-Erik-Meijer/Checking-In-Stephan-T-Lavavej-Inside-STL-the-person-not-the-library/RSS C++ Erik Meijer Microsoft Personalities Stephan T Lavavej STL C++11 Checking In: Gov Maharaj - Shimming the World, Dreaming in Assembly Gov Maharaj is a developer on the Windows Compatibility team. You know Gov from the popular C9 show, Defrag. He spends most of his time solving problems reported by customers over the phone, in email, or via automated telemetry data. Gov is one of those people who makes work-a-holics feel as though they aren't working hard enough. Gov works ALL the time. He's one of the most prolific posters on a few of our internal Windows-specific email discussion lists, helping folks with coding issues or troubleshooting hard-to-figure-out Windows errors reported by customers. From a code perspective, Gov spends most of his time reading and writing assembly, but he does dabble in the higher level stuff like C and C++. Gov's team is in the business of writing effective compatibility shims for Windows code, ensuring code will run as expected (if possible) across versions of the OS. You'll learn a lot about this art in this conversation.

This is a great episode of Checking In with Erik Meijer -> Classic Channel 9! Thank you, Erik and Gov, for an excellent conversation.

Tune in.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Checking-In-with-Erik-Meijer/Checking-In-Gov-Maharaj-Shimming-the-World-Dreaming-in-Assembly Gov Maharaj is a developer on the Windows Compatibility team. You know Gov from the popular C9 show, Defrag. He spends most of his time solving problems reported by customers over the phone, in email, or via automated telemetry data. Gov is one of those people who makes work-a-holics feel as though they aren't working hard enough. Gov works ALL the time. He's one of the most prolific posters on a few of our internal Windows-specific email discussion lists, helping folks with coding issues or troubleshooting hard-to-figure-out Windows errors reported by customers. From a code perspective, Gov spends most of his time reading and writing assembly, but he does dabble in the higher level stuff like C and C++. Gov's team is in the business of writing effective compatibility shims for Windows code, ensuring code will run as expected (if possible) across versions of the OS. You'll learn a lot about this art in this conversation. This is a great episode of Checking In with Erik Meijer -> Classic Channel 9! Thank you, Erik and Gov, for an excellent conversation. Tune in. 3840 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Checking-In-with-Erik-Meijer/Checking-In-Gov-Maharaj-Shimming-the-World-Dreaming-in-Assembly Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:55:14 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Checking-In-with-Erik-Meijer/Checking-In-Gov-Maharaj-Shimming-the-World-Dreaming-in-Assembly Charles Charles 21 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Checking-In-with-Erik-Meijer/Checking-In-Gov-Maharaj-Shimming-the-World-Dreaming-in-Assembly/RSS Compatibility Erik Meijer Microsoft Personalities Windows Behind the Code: Charlie Kindel - Doing What It Takes To Make A Customer Successful 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 known as customers, it may feel like their needs are all but invisible.  However, when the importance of an individual is embraced, that is when a company discovers its soul.  And when the role of an individual within a corporation revolves around the needs of the individuals outside of it, that's when true magic happens. 

At Microsoft, one of those individuals is Charlie Kindel, GM of the Developer Ecosystem for Windows Phone division. With a career that has spanned over twenty years at Microsoft, Charlie has been a long-time advocate for the needs of the customer.  He started by helping third party developers build great applications on our platforms, followed by adding advanced technologies into Windows that would allow applications to better interoperate with one another.  Charlie then focused on improving the home experience by founding the eHome group, shipping Windows Media Center, and later being the driving force behind Windows Home Server.  It was through this journey that Charlie found the value and importance of the individual, regardless of their role or their needs. And it is precisely because of his experience with both developers and consumers that Charlie now heads up the applications platform team for Windows Phone 7, giving him the opportunity to truly make a difference, and mostly likely making a difference in how customers use their phone.

Robert Hess moderates this edition of Behind The Code.  Enjoy!

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Behind+The+Code/Behind-the-Code-Charlie-Kindel-Doing-What-It-Takes-To-Make-A-Customer-Successful 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 known as customers, it may feel like their needs are all but invisible.  However, when the importance of an individual is embraced, that is when a company discovers its soul.  And when the role of an individual within a corporation revolves around the needs of the individuals outside of it, that's when true magic happens.  At Microsoft, one of those individuals is Charlie Kindel, GM of the Developer Ecosystem for Windows Phone division. With a career that has spanned over twenty years at Microsoft, Charlie has been a long-time advocate for the needs of the customer.  He started by helping third party developers build great applications on our platforms, followed by adding advanced technologies into Windows that would allow applications to better interoperate with one another.  Charlie then focused on improving the home experience by founding the eHome group, shipping Windows Media Center, and later being the driving force behind Windows Home Server.  It was through this journey that Charlie found the value and importance of the individual, regardless of their role or their needs. And it is precisely because of his experience with both developers and consumers that Charlie now heads up the applications platform team for Windows Phone 7, giving him the opportunity to truly make a difference, and mostly likely making a difference in how customers use their phone. Robert Hess moderates this edition of Behind The Code.  Enjoy! 3585 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Behind+The+Code/Behind-the-Code-Charlie-Kindel-Doing-What-It-Takes-To-Make-A-Customer-Successful Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:55:53 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Behind+The+Code/Behind-the-Code-Charlie-Kindel-Doing-What-It-Takes-To-Make-A-Customer-Successful Charles, Robert Hess Charles, Robert Hess 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Behind+The+Code/Behind-the-Code-Charlie-Kindel-Doing-What-It-Takes-To-Make-A-Customer-Successful/RSS Charlie Kindel Microsoft Personalities Windows Phone 7 WP7 Craig Symonds and Mohsen Agsen: C++ Renaissance When you think about all the code executing in the world at any given time, there's a good chance you're thinking about a lot of code written in C/C++ (aka native code). As Mohsen Agsen mentions so astutely in this impromptu and candid conversation, C++ can be thought of as the dark matter of the developer universe: there is so much of it all around us, hiding in the computational shadows, powering so much of what we take for granted, technologically.

C++ is currently undergoing a renaissance. This means that, by definition, the language, compilers and compositional tooling are evolving and coalescing into a state that maximizes native developer efficiency, productivity, and creativity across hardware and software domains (PCs, mobile devices, embedded systems, operating systems, user applications, services, etc). C++ is a powerful "systems" programming language, but it's more than that. It's object oriented, but it's more than that. At Microsoft, most of our flagship products are written in C++ (and C, like the Windows kernel...). As somebody with a keen interest in programming languages and software engineering, generally, I wanted to get some answers to broad questions concerning the language that consistently ranks near the top of the most widely used general purpose programming languages in the world. Who better to talk to than some key technical leaders driving Microsoft's Visual C++ business?

Mohsen Agsen is a Microsoft Technical Fellow and veteran C++ developer who runs the VC++ engineering team. Craig Symonds is the Director of Program Management for VC++ and a long time Microsoft dev tools veteran. Both Mohsen and Craig have been at the company for many years and have a ton of industry experience. I paid them a visit to see what’s on their minds these days regarding the native developer community, C++, Visual Studio, and more. As you will learn, Microsoft and Visual Studio, specifically, are re-doubling efforts to take part in the native code renaissance. Accordingly, you may see advances in our native tooling that the team thinks of as “C++ first” -> VC++ will extend its capabilities on a faster pace than it has ever done so in the past, at times surpassing the other VS languages/runtimes, in specific scenarios. This is exciting and a long time coming, but of course it's more passion than promise at this point. There is no specific news here, just perspectives and insights among some very bright people driving Microsoft's C++ efforts. I really enjoyed the conversation with Craig and Mohsen and hope to chat with them again in the near future.

Links into specific conversation points (video skimming):

Introductions
State of the union for C++ from Microsoft's perspective
C++ as both a low level and high level programming language
C++ as object oriented, but OO is a capability, not a requirement
Garbage collection in C++. Why not?
C++ portability
Visual Studio C++ integration and parity with the other languages/runtimes in VS and C++ first


Here’s to the C++ Renaissance.

Tune in. Enjoy.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/Craig-Symonds-and-Mohsen-Agsen-C-Renaissance When you think about all the code executing in the world at any given time, there's a good chance you're thinking about a lot of code written in C/C++ (aka native code). As Mohsen Agsen mentions so astutely in this impromptu and candid conversation, C++ can be thought of as the dark matter of the developer universe: there is so much of it all around us, hiding in the computational shadows, powering so much of what we take for granted, technologically. C++ is currently undergoing a renaissance. This means that, by definition, the language, compilers and compositional tooling are evolving and coalescing into a state that maximizes native developer efficiency, productivity, and creativity across hardware and software domains (PCs, mobile devices, embedded systems, operating systems, user applications, services, etc). C++ is a powerful "systems" programming language, but it's more than that. It's object oriented, but it's more than that. At Microsoft, most of our flagship products are written in C++ (and C, like the Windows kernel...). As somebody with a keen interest in programming languages and software engineering, generally, I wanted to get some answers to broad questions concerning the language that consistently ranks near the top of the most widely used general purpose programming languages in the world. Who better to talk to than some key technical leaders driving Microsoft's Visual C++ business? Mohsen Agsen is a Microsoft Technical Fellow and veteran C++ developer who runs the VC++ engineering team. Craig Symonds is the Director of Program Management for VC++ and a long time Microsoft dev tools veteran. Both Mohsen and Craig have been at the company for many years and have a ton of industry experience. I paid them a visit to see what’s on their minds these days regarding the native developer community, C++, Visual Studio, and more. As you will learn, Microsoft and Vi 2100 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/Craig-Symonds-and-Mohsen-Agsen-C-Renaissance Tue, 08 Feb 2011 21:04:16 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/Craig-Symonds-and-Mohsen-Agsen-C-Renaissance Charles Charles 31 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/Craig-Symonds-and-Mohsen-Agsen-C-Renaissance/RSS C++ Microsoft Exeutives Microsoft Personalities Programming Languages Visual C++ Mohsen Agsen Brian Beckman: On Analog Computing, Beckman History and Life in the Universe Redux It's been far too long since we've chatted with the great Brian Beckman, an astrophysicist, software architect, and Channel 9 icon. Some of you may know him as the wizard who appears out of thin air whenever the word Monad is said three times in succession. :->

A few weeks ago, Erik Meijer sent an email to Brian with a link to some videos about the use of analog computers in the US Navy in the 1950s. This got Brian thinking and reflecting about his past. Turns out Brian's father was a famous Hollywood actor who also produced training movies for the US Navy. Well, I was added on to the email thread and we taped the conversation in this video a few days later.

It's always a pleasure to embark on an unscripted chat with Dr. Beckman. There are always great nuggets of wisdom and insight around every corner. Here, you'll learn about some of Brian's personal history, some insights on analog computing, and even some discussion on the Drake equation, N = N* fp ne fl fi fc fL, which attempts to formalize the probability of intelligent life in the universe.

Sit back, relax, and enjoy.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Brian-Beckman-Analog-Computing-Beckman-History-and-Life-in-the-Universe It's been far too long since we've chatted with the great Brian Beckman, an astrophysicist, software architect, and Channel 9 icon. Some of you may know him as the wizard who appears out of thin air whenever the word Monad is said three times in succession. :->A few weeks ago, Erik Meijer sent an email to Brian with a link to some videos about the use of analog computers in the US Navy in the 1950s. This got Brian thinking and reflecting about his past. Turns out Brian's father was a famous Hollywood actor who also produced training movies for the US Navy. Well, I was added on to the email thread and we taped the conversation in this video a few days later. It's always a pleasure to embark on an unscripted chat with Dr. Beckman. There are always great nuggets of wisdom and insight around every corner. Here, you'll learn about some of Brian's personal history, some insights on analog computing, and even some discussion on the Drake equation, N = N* fp ne fl fi fc fL, which attempts to formalize the probability of intelligent life in the universe.Sit back, relax, and enjoy. 2435 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Brian-Beckman-Analog-Computing-Beckman-History-and-Life-in-the-Universe Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:04:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Brian-Beckman-Analog-Computing-Beckman-History-and-Life-in-the-Universe Charles Charles 22 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Brian-Beckman-Analog-Computing-Beckman-History-and-Life-in-the-Universe/RSS astronomy Brian Beckman Computing History Microsoft Personalities Physics Bill Hill: On Channel 9, Niners and Homo Sapiens 2.0 Long time Niner, typography master, ClearType co-inventor and more-than-avid reader Bill Hill reflects on Channel 9, the state of the economy, Homo Sapiens 2.0 and the next version of, well, Bill Hill (Bill Hill 2.0).  Smiley

Bill was the focus of one of the very early interviews on Channel 9 and it was where we captured the raw human quality that makes Channel 9 special. Of course, Bill Hill is great to listen to and learn from. We were lucky to get him early on in our development as it really helped us grow and plot a content course for C9. Thank you, Bill. You are a legendary Niner. Much love!

Update: Bill passed away suddenly on October 16, 2012. We are all deeply saddened and send our heartfelt condolences to Bill's family. We've lost a visionary and iconoclast. RIP.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Hill-On-Channel-9-Niners-and-Homo-Sapiens-20 Long time Niner, typography master, ClearType co-inventor and more-than-avid reader Bill Hill reflects on Channel 9, the state of the economy, Homo Sapiens 2.0 and the next version of, well, Bill Hill (Bill Hill 2.0).  Bill was the focus of one of the very early interviews on Channel 9 and it was where we captured the raw human quality that makes Channel 9 special. Of course, Bill Hill is great to listen to and learn from. We were lucky to get him early on in our development as it really helped us grow and plot a content course for C9. Thank you, Bill. You are a legendary Niner. Much love!Update: Bill passed away suddenly on October 16, 2012. We are all deeply saddened and send our heartfelt condolences to Bill's family. We've lost a visionary and iconoclast. RIP. 1358 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Hill-On-Channel-9-Niners-and-Homo-Sapiens-20 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:41:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Hill-On-Channel-9-Niners-and-Homo-Sapiens-20 Charles Charles 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Hill-On-Channel-9-Niners-and-Homo-Sapiens-20/RSS Bill Hill C9 Turns 5 Channel 9 Microsoft Microsoft Personalities Niners Minds, Machines, and Intelligence: A Conversation with Eric Horvitz  
Less discussed however, is a group at Microsoft that isn’t necessarily focused on ship dates, packaging, or competing products. Instead they think about how computers and technology can make life easier, with an eye towards developing new technologies that can improve all our lives and often in cooperation with product team, but also working with people in academia, governments and industry. The name of this group is Microsoft Research.
 
Eric Horvitz, today’s guest, joined Microsoft Research with two colleagues in 1993 to form the Decision Theory and Adaptive Systems group. Since then he has been at the center of a variety of projects focused on machine intelligence and adaptation, and the related tasks of information discovery, collection, and delivery ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Behind+The+Code/Minds-Machines-and-Intelligence-A-Conversation-with-Eric-Horvitz Microsoft is well known for Windows, Office, .NET, Xbox, Zune and a long list of other products and technologies.   Less discussed however, is a group at Microsoft that isn’t necessarily focused on ship dates, packaging, or competing products. Instead they think about how computers and technology can make life easier, with an eye towards developing new technologies that can improve all our lives and often in cooperation with product team, but also working with people in academia, governments and industry. The name of this group is Microsoft Research.   Eric Horvitz, today’s guest, joined Microsoft Research with two colleagues in 1993 to form the Decision Theory and Adaptive Systems group. Since then he has been at the center of a variety of projects focused on machine intelligence and adaptation, and the related tasks of information discovery, collection, and delivery 3594 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Behind+The+Code/Minds-Machines-and-Intelligence-A-Conversation-with-Eric-Horvitz Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:41:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Behind+The+Code/Minds-Machines-and-Intelligence-A-Conversation-with-Eric-Horvitz Charles Charles 10 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Behind+The+Code/Minds-Machines-and-Intelligence-A-Conversation-with-Eric-Horvitz/RSS Eric Horvitz Microsoft Research Microsoft Personalities MS Research Ariel Stallings: Microspotting the Empire You don’t think you can have blue hair and work at Microsoft?  Wrong.  You don’t think you can have blue hair, be a writer not a hard core geek, and be successful working at Microsoft?  Wrong again.  Meet Ariel Meadow Stallings, the brains behind Microspotting, the blog that humanly tells human stories about all of us who work to make up the soft and the micro.  We may be an empire, of sorts, but we’re not evil, and Ariel is here to prove it.  And guess what?  Everybody’s got a story.  Whether you’re an Olympic hopeful, a Bollywood dancer, a Peruvian rock star, a Goth, the son of a former Nigerian president, or completely shrouded in mystery and anonymity (yes, Mini-Microsoft), Ariel spins the yarns of these diverse people who have lives beyond the hallowed halls of Microsoft, and those lives help make them better Microsoft employees.  And does Ariel walk the talk herself?  Damn right she does.  Watch the interview to hear how she happily enjoys a job-share, runs the very successful Salon of Shame in town, and is author of the book and blog, Offbeat Bride.  Ariel is the empire!

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/WM_IN/Ariel-Stallings-Microspotting-the-Empire You don’t think you can have blue hair and work at Microsoft?  Wrong.  You don’t think you can have blue hair, be a writer not a hard core geek, and be successful working at Microsoft?  Wrong again.  Meet Ariel Meadow Stallings, the brains behind Microspotting, the blog that humanly tells human stories about all of us who work to make up the soft and the micro.  We may be an empire, of sorts, but we’re not evil, and Ariel is here to prove it.  And guess what?  Everybody’s got a story.  Whether you’re an Olympic hopeful, a Bollywood dancer, a Peruvian rock star, a Goth, the son of a former Nigerian president, or completely shrouded in mystery and anonymity (yes, Mini-Microsoft), Ariel spins the yarns of these diverse people who have lives beyond the hallowed halls of Microsoft, and those lives help make them better Microsoft employees.  And does Ariel walk the talk herself?  Damn right she does.  Watch the interview to hear how she happily enjoys a job-share, runs the very successful Salon of Shame in town, and is author of the book and blog, Offbeat Bride.  Ariel is the empire! 2864 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/WM_IN/Ariel-Stallings-Microspotting-the-Empire Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:31:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/WM_IN/Ariel-Stallings-Microspotting-the-Empire Charles Charles 10 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/WM_IN/Ariel-Stallings-Microspotting-the-Empire/RSS Microspotting Microsoft Personalities Rico Mariani: Visual Studio Today, Tomorrow and Beyond - Your Questions Answered Rico Mariani, software performance guru and Chief Architect of Visual Studio (we dig into what this role is exactly...), sits down with us to discuss what's on tap for the next iteration(s) of Visual Studio (Visual Studio 2010) and beyond... If you spend alot of time in VS, then you definitely want to make some time to watch this (and listen carefully). It's a long one, but well worth it. 3/4 of the time is spent answering YOUR questions!

I recently asked Niners to submit questions for Rico that would be addressed in this conversation. Rico was kind enough to answer not some but all of the questions! Thank you for your submissions Niners and thank you Rico for taking the time to listen to, learn from and engage with your customers!  Smiley ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/Rico-Mariani-Visual-Studio-Today-Tomorrow-and-Beyond The great Rico Mariani, software performance guru and Chief Architect of Visual Studio (we dig into what this role is exactly...), sits down with us to discuss what's on tap for the next iteration(s) of Visual Studio (Visual Studio 2010) and beyond... If you spend alot of time in VS, then you definitely want to make some time to watch this (and listen carefully). It's a long one, but well worth it. 3/4 of the time is spent answering YOUR questions!I recently asked Niners to submit questions for Rico that would be addressed in this conversation. Rico was kind enough to answer not some but all of the questions! Thank you for your submissions Niners and thank you Rico for taking the time to listen to, learn from and engage with your customers!   4215 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/Rico-Mariani-Visual-Studio-Today-Tomorrow-and-Beyond Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:22:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/Rico-Mariani-Visual-Studio-Today-Tomorrow-and-Beyond Charles Charles 17 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/Rico-Mariani-Visual-Studio-Today-Tomorrow-and-Beyond/RSS Architecture Microsoft Personalities Rico Mariani Visual Studio Roz Ho: Reflections On Leadership and Believing in Yourself WM_IN, Roz tells us about her diverse experiences; from growing up in Hong Kong, moving to California, landing at Microsoft and how she almost left Microsoft to become an archeologist!  Roz leads a team working on consumer-focused projects in mobile communications, and her team comes first; she literally shows us what keeps her coming back to the job every day, even after 17 years.  And she knows a little something about the importance and delicacy of human relationships, as she used to be the GM of the Macintosh Business Unit, where her team was responsible for the development and marketing of Mac Office. Before joining Microsoft in 1991, Ho was a software engineer for HP and she also spent two years working as a software engineer developing a number of financial systems at Bank of America, including the first large-scale ATM system in the world. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/WM_IN/Roz-Ho-Reflections-On-Leadership-and-Believing-in-Yourself Sometimes Charles and Ritzy get really lucky in meeting people whose energy is truly contagious, as in the case of Corporate Vice President, Premium Mobile Experiences, Roz Ho.  In another edition of WM_IN, Roz tells us about her diverse experiences; from growing up in Hong Kong, moving to California, landing at Microsoft and how she almost left Microsoft to become an archeologist!  Roz leads a team working on consumer-focused projects in mobile communications, and her team comes first; she literally shows us what keeps her coming back to the job every day, even after 17 years.  And she knows a little something about the importance and delicacy of human relationships, as she used to be the GM of the Macintosh Business Unit, where her team was responsible for the development and marketing of Mac Office. Before joining Microsoft in 1991, Ho was a software engineer for HP and she also spent two years working as a software engineer developing a number of financial systems at Bank of America, including the first large-scale ATM system in the world. 3286 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/WM_IN/Roz-Ho-Reflections-On-Leadership-and-Believing-in-Yourself Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:59:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/WM_IN/Roz-Ho-Reflections-On-Leadership-and-Believing-in-Yourself Charles Charles 11 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/WM_IN/Roz-Ho-Reflections-On-Leadership-and-Believing-in-Yourself/RSS Leadership Microsoft Exeutives Microsoft Personalities Windows Mobile Richard Ward: Windows Architecture - Past, Present and Future 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 programming within the Windows Core Architecture team.

 
While most Windows developers are focusing on the next version of Windows, Richard and his team are already hard at work on the version which will follow. In this episode of Behind The Code, we will discover what experiences Richard finds most helpful, as he focuses on building out the core infrastructure components of what will, one day, be running on the vast majority of the world’s computers.

Read Richard Ward’s { End Bracket } column in MSDN Magazine.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Behind+The+Code/Richard-Ward-Windows-Architecure-Past-Present-and-Future 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 programming within the Windows Core Architecture team.   While most Windows developers are focusing on the next version of Windows, Richard and his team are already hard at work on the version which will follow. In this episode of Behind The Code, we will discover what experiences Richard finds most helpful, as he focuses on building out the core infrastructure components of what will, one day, be running on the vast majority of the world’s computers. Read Richard Ward’s { End Bracket } column in MSDN Magazine. 3514 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Behind+The+Code/Richard-Ward-Windows-Architecure-Past-Present-and-Future Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:30:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Behind+The+Code/Richard-Ward-Windows-Architecure-Past-Present-and-Future Charles Charles 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Behind+The+Code/Richard-Ward-Windows-Architecure-Past-Present-and-Future/RSS Architects Architecture Kernel Microsoft Personalities Operating System Windows Bill Hill: The Future of Reading on the Web, Part 2 Part 1 here).
 
While many people know Bill from his work on True Type and his passion for improving screen readability, Bill is now working on improving Web readability in Internet Explorer and how reading on the Web hasn't improved since the early days of browsing.

In this part of the interview we continue with the discussion on font embedding. But this time Bill Hill tells us also about readability in general, shows us his website and thoughts that he had during designing the reading and layout experience for it. In one of the various side stories he explains to us how and why the letters in our alphabet evolved as they did. By the end of the interview Bill Hill shares some personal stories that includes also how he started to learn reading animal tracks.

To see Bill's site using font embedding and clean HTML/CSS with multi-page flow, go to http://www.billhillsite.com.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Dan/Bill-Hill-The-Future-of-Reading-on-the-Web-Part-2 This is the second part of the interview that Dan and Christian did with Bill Hill.  (See Part 1 here).   While many people know Bill from his work on True Type and his passion for improving screen readability, Bill is now working on improving Web readability in Internet Explorer and how reading on the Web hasn't improved since the early days of browsing. In this part of the interview we continue with the discussion on font embedding. But this time Bill Hill tells us also about readability in general, shows us his website and thoughts that he had during designing the reading and layout experience for it. In one of the various side stories he explains to us how and why the letters in our alphabet evolved as they did. By the end of the interview Bill Hill shares some personal stories that includes also how he started to learn reading animal tracks. To see Bill's site using font embedding and clean HTML/CSS with multi-page flow, go to http://www.billhillsite.com. 3024 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Dan/Bill-Hill-The-Future-of-Reading-on-the-Web-Part-2 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:35:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Dan/Bill-Hill-The-Future-of-Reading-on-the-Web-Part-2 Dan Fernandez Dan Fernandez 32 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Dan/Bill-Hill-The-Future-of-Reading-on-the-Web-Part-2/RSS Bill Hill Microsoft Personalities Web Bill Hill: The Future of Reading on the Web, Part 1
While many people know Bill from his work on True Type and his passion for improving screen readability, Bill is now working on improving Web readability in Internet Explorer and how reading on the Web hasn't improved since the early days of browsing.

In the interview, you'll hear about how Internet Explorer has included font embedding features for years that can give publishers much better readability or how Windows fonts actually include code that gets executed to dynamically adjust pixel-by-pixel based on font.

To see Bill's site using font embedding and clean HTML/CSS with multi-page flow, go to http://www.billhillsite.com.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Dan/Bill-Hill-The-Future-of-Reading-on-the-Web-Part-1 Bill Hill - the man, the myth, the legend is back on Channel 9! Christian "LittleGuru" Liensberger and I got a chance to catch up with Bill on his latest work... While many people know Bill from his work on True Type and his passion for improving screen readability, Bill is now working on improving Web readability in Internet Explorer and how reading on the Web hasn't improved since the early days of browsing. In the interview, you'll hear about how Internet Explorer has included font embedding features for years that can give publishers much better readability or how Windows fonts actually include code that gets executed to dynamically adjust pixel-by-pixel based on font. To see Bill's site using font embedding and clean HTML/CSS with multi-page flow, go to http://www.billhillsite.com. 2696 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Dan/Bill-Hill-The-Future-of-Reading-on-the-Web-Part-1 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:00:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Dan/Bill-Hill-The-Future-of-Reading-on-the-Web-Part-1 Dan Fernandez Dan Fernandez 26 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Dan/Bill-Hill-The-Future-of-Reading-on-the-Web-Part-1/RSS Bill Hill Microsoft Personalities Web Jillian Venters - A Goth inside the Deathstar Jillian Venters is a technical editor for ASP.NET within the developer division, editing documentation for Visual Web Developer to ensure all text and copy is clear and concise.  With a diverse background in games and music engineering, Jillian is another fantastic example of how you can have a happy and successful career at Microsoft without being a hard-core programmer or developer.  But, even more interesting (at least for Ritzy) is that Jillian is a full-fledged Goth.  What’s a Goth, you ask?  Goth has roots back to the 1700’s, the current incarnation is an off-shoot of the punk and new wave movement that includes influences from Victorian mourning clothing, so good they’re bad horror movies, Dracula and more.  Guess what else?  Goths aren’t just disgruntled teens trying to upset mom and dad!  Lots of adults are Goths (there’s a formal group of them at Microsoft), and as Jillian describes one of the best ways to think about Goth is that it is an aesthetic preference which finds beauty in unconventional things.    Wanna know more?  Check out her etiquette and advice blog site, Gothic Charm School.  Not only that, but Jillian is writing a book coming out next year on the Goth movement! (Good gig for an editor, eh?  It should be well written.)  It takes all types, and Microsoft proudly accepts them all.  Enjoy!

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/WM_IN/Jillian-Venters-A-Goth-inside-the-Deathstar Jillian Venters is a technical editor for ASP.NET within the developer division, editing documentation for Visual Web Developer to ensure all text and copy is clear and concise.  With a diverse background in games and music engineering, Jillian is another fantastic example of how you can have a happy and successful career at Microsoft without being a hard-core programmer or developer.  But, even more interesting (at least for Ritzy) is that Jillian is a full-fledged Goth.  What’s a Goth, you ask?  Goth has roots back to the 1700’s, the current incarnation is an off-shoot of the punk and new wave movement that includes influences from Victorian mourning clothing, so good they’re bad horror movies, Dracula and more.  Guess what else?  Goths aren’t just disgruntled teens trying to upset mom and dad!  Lots of adults are Goths (there’s a formal group of them at Microsoft), and as Jillian describes one of the best ways to think about Goth is that it is an aesthetic preference which finds beauty in unconventional things.    Wanna know more?  Check out her etiquette and advice blog site, Gothic Charm School.  Not only that, but Jillian is writing a book coming out next year on the Goth movement! (Good gig for an editor, eh?  It should be well written.)  It takes all types, and Microsoft proudly accepts them all.  Enjoy! 1822 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/WM_IN/Jillian-Venters-A-Goth-inside-the-Deathstar Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:08:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/WM_IN/Jillian-Venters-A-Goth-inside-the-Deathstar Charles Charles 17 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/WM_IN/Jillian-Venters-A-Goth-inside-the-Deathstar/RSS DevDiv Microsoft Personalities Technical Writing This Week on C9: Jeff Sandquist and Bill Gates stories

 

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/This-Week-on-C9-Jeff-Sandquist-and-Bill-Gates-stories On a very special This Week on Channel 9, Jeff Sandquist joins Dan and Brian in studio to discuss CNN's special Bill Gates slideshow narrated by Bill himself (0 - 2:00) Newsweek's update of the infamous New Mexico Microsoft company photo 30 years later (2:00 - 3:30) Jeff shares how Charles Torre got Chicken Pox after his BillG interview and retells the backstory of the first Bill Gates interview (3:30 - 6:10) Clip from Charles interviews Bill Gates on his transition (6:10 - 8:00) Clip from Bill Gates looking back video (8 - 9:24) BillG's other achievement, redefining Cribs (9:24 - 12:45) Jeff Sandquist recounts the backstory for when Channel 9 was there to break the news of Bill's transition and his history at Microsoft (12:45 - 20:15) Clip from 'softies sharing their favorite BillG stories (20:15 - 23:15) 10 Tools I replaced with VSTS, 10 Tools I still use with VSTS by Mohammed Ashraful Alam (23:15 - 25:00) CodeProject article: WPF version of PicLens by Sascha Barber and Marlon Grech (25:00 - 25:40) CTP of Microsoft (Classic) ASP SQL Injection Analyzer via Greg Duncan (25:40 - 26:45) Entity Framework: vote of no confidence and a response from Tim Mallalieu from the EF team (26:45 - 29:20) Free eBook: Karl Seguin: Foundations of Programming, Building Better Software (29:20 - 30:20) Derik Whittaker: Dimecasts.NET, 10 minutes or less on a developer topic via Rhonda Tipton (30:20 - 31:00) Dan's Pick of the Week: If Programming Languages were Futurama characters via dzone (31:00 - 32:00) Brian's Pick of the Week: 9-part series on VSTS Rosario by Willy-Peter Schaub (32:00 - end)   2020 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/This-Week-on-C9-Jeff-Sandquist-and-Bill-Gates-stories Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:23:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/This-Week-on-C9-Jeff-Sandquist-and-Bill-Gates-stories Dan Fernandez Dan Fernandez 24 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/This-Week-on-C9-Jeff-Sandquist-and-Bill-Gates-stories/RSS Bill Gates Microsoft Personalities Betsy Hjort: On Making Windows Server, Singing with Bill and Being Technical
Low res file here. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/WM_IN/Betsy-Hjort-On-Making-Windows-Server-Singing-with-Bill-and-Being-Technical Betsy Hjort, principal program manager, turns the camera on Jennifer & Charles (literally!) as she tells us about her role on the Windows Server team and reflects about her tenure at the company over the last 12 years. Way back in the day Betsy was a Pascal coder, but things started to change when she got hired at Microsoft. Betsy joined the Exchange team in 1996, and in this lively interview she shares stories including how Microsoft allowed astronauts out on mission in space to have private communications with their spouses for the first time (being able to say “I love you” privately to your wife is a great example of the power of technology changing people’s lives), and how she and Bill Gates sang “Islands in the Stream” to each other (well, not really, but you gotta hear the story – it’s a classic!). This is one of Jennifer’s favorite interviews; watch it all the way through to see Charles get schooled by Betsy! It’s worth the entire 37 minutes, we promise. Low res file here. 2260 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/WM_IN/Betsy-Hjort-On-Making-Windows-Server-Singing-with-Bill-and-Being-Technical Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:12:16 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/WM_IN/Betsy-Hjort-On-Making-Windows-Server-Singing-with-Bill-and-Being-Technical Charles Charles 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/WM_IN/Betsy-Hjort-On-Making-Windows-Server-Singing-with-Bill-and-Being-Technical/RSS Microsoft Personalities Windows Server Turner Broadcasting - Agile Architecture with Don Browning and Peter Provost I was able to visit Turner Broadcasting in Atlanta to see an old friend, Don Browning, and we were lucky enough to bring along Peter Provost to talk about agile methodologies, processes, and tools. 

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Turner-Broadcasting-Agile-Architecture-with-Don-Browning-and-Peter-Provost I was able to visit Turner Broadcasting in Atlanta to see an old friend, Don Browning, and we were lucky enough to bring along Peter Provost to talk about agile methodologies, processes, and tools.  http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Turner-Broadcasting-Agile-Architecture-with-Don-Browning-and-Peter-Provost Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:47:32 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Turner-Broadcasting-Agile-Architecture-with-Don-Browning-and-Peter-Provost Kirk Evans Kirk Evans 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Turner-Broadcasting-Agile-Architecture-with-Don-Browning-and-Peter-Provost/RSS Architecture Customer Microsoft Personalities Patterns and Practices Patterns Practices Scrum Team Foundation Server Visual Studio VSTS This Week on Channel 9 @ Mix: March 14 Episode In this week's episode, Brian, Dan, and Clint finish off our Mix spectacular with clips from:

- Clint interviewing Miguel De Icaza including what Karate Kid Part I can teach students (0:50)
- Chris Auld demonstrating an IIS module that dynamically combines resources (css, images, javascript, etc) resulting in 400% perf  improvements, all with no code changes (2:57)
- John Sagiovanni showing of Zumobi, a free, extensible Windows Mobile app that connects your favorite services (6:57)
- Scott Hanselman and Clint Rutkas talking about Clint's segway skateboard and how Scott helped Clint redesign his other application for extensibility (12:33)
- 3rd Place Show Off Contest -  Wii Data Visualizations and Multipoint by Veracity Solutions (19:18)
- 2nd Place Show Off Contest -  Realtime Physics in Silverlight by Bill Reiss, Andy Beaulieu, and Jeff Weber (21:43)
- 1st Place Show Off Contest - Crayon Physics Deluxe by Kloonigames (24:47)
- Scott Hanselman does Jerry Seinfield and William Shatner/Captain Kirk imitations (27:45)

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/This-Week-on-Channel-9--Mix-March-14-Episode In this week's episode, Brian, Dan, and Clint finish off our Mix spectacular with clips from: - Clint interviewing Miguel De Icaza including what Karate Kid Part I can teach students (0:50) - Chris Auld demonstrating an IIS module that dynamically combines resources (css, images, javascript, etc) resulting in 400% perf  improvements, all with no code changes (2:57) - John Sagiovanni showing of Zumobi, a free, extensible Windows Mobile app that connects your favorite services (6:57) - Scott Hanselman and Clint Rutkas talking about Clint's segway skateboard and how Scott helped Clint redesign his other application for extensibility (12:33) - 3rd Place Show Off Contest -  Wii Data Visualizations and Multipoint by Veracity Solutions (19:18) - 2nd Place Show Off Contest -  Realtime Physics in Silverlight by Bill Reiss, Andy Beaulieu, and Jeff Weber (21:43) - 1st Place Show Off Contest - Crayon Physics Deluxe by Kloonigames (24:47) - Scott Hanselman does Jerry Seinfield and William Shatner/Captain Kirk imitations (27:45) 1741 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/This-Week-on-Channel-9--Mix-March-14-Episode Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:51:29 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/This-Week-on-Channel-9--Mix-March-14-Episode Dan Fernandez Dan Fernandez 14 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/This-Week-on-Channel-9--Mix-March-14-Episode/RSS MIX08 Microsoft Personalities OSS ShowOff Silverlight All About Mary Jo Mary Jo Foley has spent two decades watching and reporting on everything Microsoft. We thought it would be fun to turn the tables on Mary and find out who she is and why she does what she does. We caught up with her at Lang.NET 2008. Special guest Don Box joins us for the first part of the interview. As always, he adds humor and energy to the conversation.

Enjoy.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/All-About-Mary-Jo Mary Jo Foley has spent two decades watching and reporting on everything Microsoft. We thought it would be fun to turn the tables on Mary and find out who she is and why she does what she does. We caught up with her at Lang.NET 2008. Special guest Don Box joins us for the first part of the interview. As always, he adds humor and energy to the conversation. Enjoy. 999 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/All-About-Mary-Jo Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:10:41 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/All-About-Mary-Jo Charles Charles 12 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/All-About-Mary-Jo/RSS LangNET 2008 Microsoft Personalities This Week on Channel9 @ MIX: March 7 Episode Watch a recap of the top news and events going on at Mix '08 from Dan, Brian, and our cameraman Clint Rutkas.

This week's show includes:

1. Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 highlights including Offline support for IE 8, and Activities
2. How NBC plans to revolutionize video using Silverlight for the Olympics
3. Richard Campbell, Carl Franklin and Steven Forte give their impressions on the Ray Ozzie/Scott Guthrie keynote
4. Our favorite moments Guy Kawasaki's interview with Steve Ballmer including Steve playing with Guy's Macbook Air and a shout-out to "WEB DEVELOPERS!"
5. Chris Auld showing off a prototype of an Open XML document viewer built in Silverlight
6. Tim Heuer and Jason Mauer show off their mobile crib as they start their Code Trip
7. Outtakes of RDs imitating each other including Scott Hanselman doing Billy Hollis, Billy Hollis doing an impression of Scott Hanselman, Carl Franklin doing Billy Hollis, Billy Hollis doing Billy Hollis, Carl Franklin doing Scott Hanselman and of course Scott Hanselman doing Scott Hanselman.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/This-Week-on-Channel9--MIX-March-7-Episode Watch a recap of the top news and events going on at Mix '08 from Dan, Brian, and our cameraman Clint Rutkas. This week's show includes: 1. Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 highlights including Offline support for IE 8, and Activities 2. How NBC plans to revolutionize video using Silverlight for the Olympics 3. Richard Campbell, Carl Franklin and Steven Forte give their impressions on the Ray Ozzie/Scott Guthrie keynote 4. Our favorite moments Guy Kawasaki's interview with Steve Ballmer including Steve playing with Guy's Macbook Air and a shout-out to "WEB DEVELOPERS!" 5. Chris Auld showing off a prototype of an Open XML document viewer built in Silverlight 6. Tim Heuer and Jason Mauer show off their mobile crib as they start their Code Trip 7. Outtakes of RDs imitating each other including Scott Hanselman doing Billy Hollis, Billy Hollis doing an impression of Scott Hanselman, Carl Franklin doing Billy Hollis, Billy Hollis doing Billy Hollis, Carl Franklin doing Scott Hanselman and of course Scott Hanselman doing Scott Hanselman. 1614 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/This-Week-on-Channel9--MIX-March-7-Episode Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:31:23 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/This-Week-on-Channel9--MIX-March-7-Episode Dan Fernandez Dan Fernandez 7 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/This-Week-on-Channel9--MIX-March-7-Episode/RSS Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 8 Microsoft Personalities Open XML Silverlight This Week on Channel 9: Feb 8, 2008 Episode This is Episode #2 of This Week on Channel 9 a weekly recap show of our favorite things for developers including Channel9 videos, samples, bloggers, news, and much more.

This week we cover:

0. Changes to the show based on feedback, our name courtesy of Ian and ChadK, and Benny Hill style set adjustments including more light! (0 - 2:45)
1. Microsoft and Yahoo: What could it mean for developers and Brian Shapiro's Coffeehouse thread (2:45 - 7:59)
2.  Windows Server 2008 Launches, Alex Hinrichs, Windows Server Project Manager talks about Server Core, his favorite feature (7:59 - 9:32)
3. Under-Reported Windows Vista SP1 features for developers via Tim Sneath including new kernel, and 3.0 SP1 red-bits (9:32 - 12:30)
4. Charles Torre's Lang.NET interview with Erik Meijer, Gilad Bracha, and Mads Torgerson including Gilad's soundbyte on whether C++ is dead, and discussion of people loving to hate C++ (12:30 - 14:56)
5. Free Tool for LINQ: LINQPad by Joseph Albahari (14:56 - 15:40)
6. Guitar Matey: Building a 3D XNA Game by Dan Waters (video)found via Coding4Fun (15:40 -16:35)
7. CodeProject: Windows Forms Wizard Control with Visual Studio Designer support by Manish Kumar, found via Jason Haley's blog (15:40 - 17:51)
8. Brian's Pick of the Week: MySpace adds WCF and Silverlight support for developers, via Michael Scherotter (17:51 - 19:02)
9.  Dan's Pick of the Week: Screen-scraping function that converts HTML tables from a Web site into a DataSet, by Mark Smith (19:02 - 20:30)
10. Wrapup, Superbowl predictions from last week, college insults, and a clip on Alex Hinrich's getting banana cake and a nice pen.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/This-Week-on-Channel-9-Feb-8-2008-Episode This is Episode #2 of This Week on Channel 9 a weekly recap show of our favorite things for developers including Channel9 videos, samples, bloggers, news, and much more. This week we cover: 0. Changes to the show based on feedback, our name courtesy of Ian and ChadK, and Benny Hill style set adjustments including more light! (0 - 2:45) 1. Microsoft and Yahoo: What could it mean for developers and Brian Shapiro's Coffeehouse thread (2:45 - 7:59) 2.  Windows Server 2008 Launches, Alex Hinrichs, Windows Server Project Manager talks about Server Core, his favorite feature (7:59 - 9:32) 3. Under-Reported Windows Vista SP1 features for developers via Tim Sneath including new kernel, and 3.0 SP1 red-bits (9:32 - 12:30) 4. Charles Torre's Lang.NET interview with Erik Meijer, Gilad Bracha, and Mads Torgerson including Gilad's soundbyte on whether C++ is dead, and discussion of people loving to hate C++ (12:30 - 14:56) 5. Free Tool for LINQ: LINQPad by Joseph Albahari (14:56 - 15:40) 6. Guitar Matey: Building a 3D XNA Game by Dan Waters (video)found via Coding4Fun (15:40 -16:35) 7. CodeProject: Windows Forms Wizard Control with Visual Studio Designer support by Manish Kumar, found via Jason Haley's blog (15:40 - 17:51) 8. Brian's Pick of the Week: MySpace adds WCF and Silverlight support for developers, via Michael Scherotter (17:51 - 19:02) 9.  Dan's Pick of the Week: Screen-scraping function that converts HTML tables from a Web site into a DataSet, by Mark Smith (19:02 - 20:30) 10. Wrapup, Superbowl predictions from last week, college insults, and a clip on Alex Hinrich's getting banana cake and a nice pen. 1307 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/This-Week-on-Channel-9-Feb-8-2008-Episode Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:32:45 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/This-Week-on-Channel-9-Feb-8-2008-Episode Dan Fernandez Dan Fernandez 31 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/This-Week-on-Channel-9-Feb-8-2008-Episode/RSS Microsoft Personalities Programming Windows Server Windows Vista SP1 WPF Patrick Dussud: Managing Garbage Collection
In this episode, we discuss with Patrick how GC concepts and implementations have evolved over the years, how the GC in the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR) might be different from others, and how GC improvements in the future may need to change to deal with advancements in both software and hardware systems.

Patrick also has some interesting things to say about clowns.

This episode of Behind the Code is hosted by Robert Hess, Director in the Developer and Platform Evangelism Group. Although new to hosting Behind the Code, Robert is no stranger to hosting technical shows. For more than seven years, he hosted The .NET Show, a popular on-demand webcast that focused on providing architectural and programming information to developers around the world.

Low res download file for bandwidth challenged. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Behind+The+Code/Patrick-Dussud-Managing-Garbage-Collection Where do objects go when they aren't used anymore (and how to know that they are no longer useful to the executing code that created them)? Might seem like a silly question to most developers, but that's what Technical Fellow Patrick Dussud has been dealing with for most of his career. His special area of focus is implementing garbage collection (GC) in various programming languages and systems (from JScript to the CLR). In this episode, we discuss with Patrick how GC concepts and implementations have evolved over the years, how the GC in the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR) might be different from others, and how GC improvements in the future may need to change to deal with advancements in both software and hardware systems. Patrick also has some interesting things to say about clowns. This episode of Behind the Code is hosted by Robert Hess, Director in the Developer and Platform Evangelism Group. Although new to hosting Behind the Code, Robert is no stranger to hosting technical shows. For more than seven years, he hosted The .NET Show, a popular on-demand webcast that focused on providing architectural and programming information to developers around the world. Low res download file for bandwidth challenged. 3516 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Behind+The+Code/Patrick-Dussud-Managing-Garbage-Collection Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:28:40 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Behind+The+Code/Patrick-Dussud-Managing-Garbage-Collection Charles Charles 11 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Behind+The+Code/Patrick-Dussud-Managing-Garbage-Collection/RSS CLR Garbage Collector Microsoft Personalities Programming