Ping: Episode 1 | Laura Foy

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

Is this a Channel 10 video that got posted here by mistake?

Laura10

Nope- it was meant to go here. We are trying some new things on Channel 9 and trying to broaden our scope. But don't worry- all that you love about C9 will still be available Smiley

jason818_253.33
Yippi skippy

Jim Allchin- You’re Leavin’. I wasn’t expecting to such an emotional song from going to his site. Who ever has left him, I hope he is ok. It’s got an interesting sound to the song. The vocals have some kind of reverb that makes it sound a little ‘electronic’.

ZippyV
Fired Up

In reply to Laura10

#Feb 16th @ 1:12 PM

This belongs on Channel 10 and please keep Max away from Channel 9.

intelman

In reply to ZippyV

#Feb 16th @ 2:21 PM

What is wrong with Max being here? C9 used to be much more than just development focused.

maxzuck
Spaceman Spiff!

In reply to ZippyV

#Feb 16th @ 2:21 PM

Hah, we can have Charles co-host with Laura Wink

Laura10

In reply to intelman

#Feb 16th @ 2:28 PM

Thanks Intelman! If you think back to the ORIGINAL days of C9, it was much more than just developer focused. We are trying to bring back some of that passionate conversation about MS issues- hopefully sparking interaction!

And Max stays put! He can speak to the hard-core engineering topics that you care about. (And, he's cute)

Chadk
excuse me - do you has a flavor?

I think you are mistaking your audience entirely. Not only do you undershoot the audience in terms of actual content, but the "attitude" of the video is totally out of whack. I was honestly asking myself as well if this was a C10 video or not.

This sort of thing could easily work on C10. Just not C9.

If you want to take this format, a fundamental change needs to be done to the format. Here's an example:

Every week you have a guest on from Microsoft that does something cool. Then everybody from C9 1 week in advance can post questions to the guest, who will then answer them.

The current format is lean on content at best I'm afraid. Sure, the 4.5 year old kid is cute and all. But it also does convey a slightly strange message. All arguments which were presented by both of you after what seemed like a few too many cups of coffee. Could I have thought them out myself? Sure.

When I go to C9 I want to gain new knowledge or get a deeper insight into something. We have This Week on C9 which has a slightly lighter take on the whole thing which is awesome. I don't think there's room for more than that. I love This Week on C9 though Smiley

Chadk
excuse me - do you has a flavor?

In reply to Laura10

#Feb 16th @ 2:46 PM

Huh, really? I have watched almost the entire library of video. Sure, back then when Scoble was here, it was a bit more light-hearted. While Charles also back then made excellent technical stuff, there was a nice balance. I'm not saying there's not today. But the face of C9 has NOT changed a lot.

It's still about developers. It's still about products and how developers use them. Even This week on C9 is all about development stuff and things developers might be interested in.

I don't know how you can have a passionate conversation about a 4.5 year old kid in an advert. How is that related to developers? If we started discussing how the developer experience is on the microsoft platform on the other hand, then you got something. But Jim Allchin playing music? Talk about.. Ugh, I don't even want to go there.

The whole thing made me feel like I was back in kindergarden.