Mix Live | The Coffeehouse

jeffsand
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Once again we'll be broadcasting the Mix keynotes live and bringing the sessions online as soon humanly possibly. (about 24 hours from their recording). We'll also try something different where we have web only "after the show" Q&A with Jeff Atwood and Scott Guthrie. We'll stream it live on the web and you can ask questions via Twitter. (Just mark them with #AskTheGu).

(more information here)

Charles
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Nice surprise! Have fun moderating the discussion, Jeff.
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jeffsand
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In reply to Charles

#Mar 12th @ 6:07 PM

and special treat for the Niners. If don't Tweet, leave a question here and I'll work one or two in from here too.

Maddus Mattus
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda

I have a question for the Gu;

Will Visual Studio 2010 and future development of DSL's put me out of a job in the near future? Since I am a hardcore .Net developer.

Ian2
Proud to geek ..

In reply to Maddus Mattus

#Mar 13th @ 1:41 AM

Gu: What do you think the growth areas (in terms of opportunities for contract developers) will be in the future?

vesuvius
Das Glasperlenspiel

I thought the PDC broadcasting was very very good, and it's nice to know that some of us in far away places can see the keynotes and announcements as they more or less happen.

Not quite sure what I'd ask "TheGu" or "Atters", but I will get back to this thread once I have thought of something.

TommyCarlier
I want my scalps!

Yesterday and the day before, I went to the TechDays in Belgium. Just like last year, they filmed all the sessions and the attendants will later receive a DVD. I really enjoyed some of the awesome sessions and think it would be a good idea to put these session videos on Channel 9, like you guys did for PDC, so everyone can watch them, comment on them and learn new stuff.

I was particularly impressed by the sessions about Pex and CHESS and the one about C# 4 (which also gave us a preview and a demo of what's coming in C# 5).

raymond

#AskTheGu

When will Microsoft Expression Studio be expanded to include a professional non-linear editing (NLE) application for editing video and film that will surpass Adobe's Premiere Pro, Apple's Final Cut Pro or Avid Media Composer?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-linear_editing_system

Bas
It finds lightbulbs.

Not sure if Jeff or the Gu can answer this, but: is there any indication of future Windows versions finally treating .NET as a first-class citizen? Like Joe Nalewabau said here, a lot of people made the transition to managed code and are now completely lost if they have to manage something in C/C++, even when coming from a C/C++ background. Yet Windows still treats .NET as C++ native code's idiotic little brother. When a new version of Windows comes out, they don't provide managed controls/API's. People just have to figure it out themselves or wait for somebody to make a managed wrapper. Managed shell extensions aren't possible. Creating an add-on in IE is needlessly complex, because you can't simply create an add-on in managed code.

So when will .NET finally be able to do everything the big boys can? When can we finally drop COM, or at least put .NET on the same level?

androidi

In reply to Bas

#Mar 16th @ 2:56 AM

little bit off topic: Anyone know does apple/osX have something similar to COM/OLE? Considering the saying "Those who don't understand COM are condemned to reinvent it, poorly." I'm intrigued what kind of solution they use to achieve similar tasks. How are media codecs handled, does OS X have anything similar to DirectShow/MF?

figuerres
???

In reply to androidi

#Mar 16th @ 4:58 AM

I can not answer with great detail but yes.
the Mac has a bunch of stuff that does code / dll shared use of framework bits and going back to the "classic" mac os before osx
they had quick time and quickdraw.

they also have a bunch of other newer plumbing for building apps and using media.

also on a mac a file has a header that keeps info on what kind of file it is
it can use that info to run the app that created that file or find a "compatable" app for that kind of file.
I have not messed with the current stuff but it used to be a 4 byte / 32 bit key
that kept them from having to use .123 filenames for stuff.

there are a number of cool things they did when they created the Mac.

DCMonkey
Monkey see, monkey do, monkey will destroy you!

In reply to androidi

#Mar 16th @ 4:58 AM

Mac OS X's Cocoa framework has Distributed Objects.

vesuvius
Das Glasperlenspiel

In reply to Maddus Mattus

#Mar 13th @ 1:41 AM

You do realise that this question was put to Guthers?

Jeff was cool!

jeffsand
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In reply to vesuvius

#Mar 18th @ 1:50 PM

I put both Raymond's and Maddus Mattus questions in. This was a neat experience for us, I likened it to a haunted house at an amusement park. Kind of scary, but fun too!

We will do something like this again I think, we really want to do more things to bring the home audience more into conversations that happen at the physical event.

Charles
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In reply to jeffsand

#Mar 18th @ 2:38 PM

Way to represent! Thanks.
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raymond

In reply to jeffsand

#Mar 18th @ 2:38 PM

Thanks

Charles
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On demand: http://msstudios.wmod.llnwd.net/a2294/o21/events/mix09/1500_ms_mix_2_090318.wmv

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Maddus Mattus
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda

In reply to Charles

#Mar 18th @ 6:09 PM

W00T!

Really cool!

PerfectPhase
"This is not war, this is pest control!" - Dalek to Cyberman

In reply to Charles

#Mar 18th @ 6:09 PM

I know 24 hours have yet to pass since the first session, but where will the session videos be? Been looking round the visitmix.com website and now seems to jump out at me?

jeffsand
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In reply to PerfectPhase

#Mar 19th @ 7:37 AM

http://live.visitmix.com is where we'll aggregate the sessions titlles as they publish or alternatively, just keep an eye on http://videos.visitmix.com which is the final resting place.