http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.pnghttp://channel9.msdn.com/Featured/featuredhttp://channel9.msdn.com/Featured/en-usMon, 02 Nov 2009 18:18:32 GMTMon, 02 Nov 2009 18:18:32 GMTEvNet (EvNet, Version=1.0.3608.3122, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)<img src="http://ecn.channel9.msdn.com/o9/ch9/3/1/8/3/0/5/Conversations9BrianBeckman_85_ch9.png" border="0" />In this second installment of <a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/tags/C9-Conversations/" target="_blank">C9 Conversations</a>, a format where we sit down with various big thinkers to discuss a wide range of big topics related to computing; all in high quality video and audio, the topic is Complexity (ambient complexity, to be precise - it's hard to program systems that are radically composable. Why?). <br /> <br /> Dr. Brian Beckman is an astrophysicist and software architect with a long history of dealing with various levels of complexity. In some sense, most of what we do as programmers and engineers is control complexity to solve problems of various difficulty. In our world of software engineering, we strive to carve simplicity out of the complexity of computing. Dr. Beckman provides his insights into why it so hard to achieve radical composability in the software systems we design and build and what it will take to realize <em>ambient simplicity</em> as we march into the increasingly complex world of general purpose computing. <br /> <br /> We think you'll really enjoy this conversation with one of Microsoft's best thinkers.<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/503814/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/C9-Conversations-Brian-Beckman-on-Complexity/http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/C9-Conversations-Brian-Beckman-on-Complexity/Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:24:00 GMThttp://ecn.channel9.msdn.com/o9/ch9/3/1/8/3/0/5/Conversations9BrianBeckman_2MB_ch9.wmv3875http://channel9.msdn.com/503814/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Dr. Brian Beckman is an astrophysicist and software architect with a long history of dealing with various levels of complexity. In some sense, most of what we do as programmers and engineers is control complexity to solve problems of various difficulty. In our world of software engineering, we strive to carve simplicity out of the complexity of computing. Dr. Beckman provides his insights into why it so hard to achieve radical composability in the software systems we design and build and what it will take to realize ambient simplicity as we march into the increasingly complex world of general purpose computing.Charles11http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/C9-Conversations-Brian-Beckman-on-Complexity/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/503814/Trackback.aspxBrian BeckmanC9-ConversationsComputingProgramming