Robert Hess
Robert Hess
Changing the world, one cocktail at a time.
...by night, a cocktail evangelist.
Daytime: http://msdn.microsoft.com/theshow
Nighttime: http://www.DrinkBoy.com
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TechEd Quick Shot - Mark RussinovichJun 07, 2012 at 8:15AM
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TechEd attendees (in both North America and Europe) are in for a treat. Mark Russinovich is a rock star when it comes to digging into the internal workings of the system. His talks are always well attended, and rich with deep technical information. At TechEd this year he will be doing several great...
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Into the Cloud with Windows AzureWindow Azure provides a quick, easy, and—more importantly—powerful way for companies of any size to take advantage of cloud based services. While lots of companies are already moving their applications and services to Windows Azure, others still aren't quite sure how the cloud can help them and their...
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TechEd Quick Shot - Enabling the Consumerization of ITMay 11, 2012 at 10:19AM 0
Garth Fort will be presenting a Foundational Session at TechEd in which he will share how the tools we are delivering for IT management can utilize and empower the consumer technologies today's employees are using in their daily lives.
Here is the description of his Foundational Session "Enabling...
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TechEd Quick Shot - ALM: It's A Team SportMay 04, 2012 at 11:34AM 0
We caught up with Cameron Skinner and Brian Keller as they were busy working up their special "Foundational Session" for this year's TechEd. The Foundational Sessions will act as a bridge between the overarching messages presented in the Keynote and the more specific instruction...
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Application Compatibility: The Inside ScoopWith every new version of Windows, there is a huge effort to make sure that applications that worked on the previous version continue to work as expected. For this episode, I've invited Chris Jackson (also known as the "App Compat Guy") to join me and share some details on not only what Microsoft...
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C++: A Language for Modern TimesC++ has been around for what seems like forever. It might seem like it's taken a back seat to languages that provide better application isolation and better development throughput, but in truth it remains one of the most widely used languages in the world. In order to gain some better insights...
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An Introduction to Windows AzureWindows Azure provides scalable data and processing resources for businesses of almost any size. Steve Fox and Paul Stubbs are going to be presenting a PreCon seminar at TechEd ("Windows Azure University Bootcamp: Advanced and Real-World"), so I invited them onto the show to discuss Windows...
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User-Centric Application Delivery Rocks the WorldMicrosoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012 adds several new and exciting features which will radically change how software can be deployed to users in businesses of various sizes.
Johan Arwidmark and Kent Agerlund will be presenting a day-long PreConference seminar at TechEd (both in North America...
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Sean McKenna and Windows Phone "Mango" Database SupportWindows Phone "Mango" includes a lot of cool, exciting new features that users will be showing to all of their friends. Of course, there are some features so behind the scenes that users will never really be aware of them—but developers will. One such new feature is the addition of "SQL...
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Thomas Fennel and Windows Phone Mango's Push Notifications and Live Tile SupportThe Windows Phone interface has been designed to make it as easy as possible for users to get to the information they need in the applications they use. In the upcoming release of Windows Phone, codenamed "Mango," there are improvements that will allow developers to provide a richer integration...
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C++: A Language for Modern Times
Apr 02, 2012 at 10:28AMI love all of the discussion going on here, I think a key thing to keep in mind is that I doubt there could ever be a single programming language that solved everybodies problems. As Herb mentions a few times in this video "The Right Tool for the Right Job".
As somebody who has programmed in far more languages then I can even remember, I enjoy getting into the groove of each one and appreciating the features and capabilities they bring to the table.
FORTH may have never been a terribly practical programming language, but it was a lot of fun, at times almost seeming like playing a game of Tetris :->... Modula-2 was a well structured language with a great balance of polite power. C, when I was first coding in it, was sort of like a challenge to see how tightly you could wind your code, and in a sadistic sort of way trying to make it do something in a next-to-unreadable way (you've got to remember, I was just a fun-loving kid back in those days! :->)
I've been using C# for many years now, and find it both comfortable and familiar, but seeing some of the new capabilities working their way into C++ makes me realize that it's probably time to take a look at it again.
-Robert
Use a Nerf Gun, Kinect Skeletal Tracking, and a Turret to protect your office!
Aug 09, 2011 at 11:38AMSo I work in the office right across from Clint... and happened to walk out my door when he was first working on this project. It was a bloodbath (or should that be nerf bath?)
Phil Haack - ASP.NET, MVC, and Ninjas On Fire
Jun 22, 2009 at 11:04AMKervin, it's working fine for me, what's the problem you are having?
Mark Wilson-Thomas: WPF and Silverlight Development in Visual Studio 2010
May 07, 2009 at 12:35PMTim Aidlin - Glimmer, a JQuery Interactive Design Tool
May 01, 2009 at 9:40AMBrad Abrams - Silverlight 3.0 for Great Business Apps
Mar 09, 2009 at 12:51PMhttp://localhost/SLAppTestPage.aspx#/Views/HomePage.xaml
The Silverlight application itself exists on the ASPX page shown in the URL, so that essentially has to be listed in that fashion, however just as you'd use "#" to then link to a "position" within a big gigantic page, we are using this to link to a the "position" within the Silverlight application that you are wanting to access.
Tim Aidlin - User Experience Designer
Feb 23, 2009 at 3:02PMBut... you do raise a good point. It would have been appropriate to let Tim dive into some of his actual work and show how he produces it.
-Robert
Tim Aidlin - User Experience Designer
Feb 17, 2009 at 4:38PMGlad you enjoyed The .NET Show! Erica and I had a great time working on this show for over seven years. Even Star Trek: The Next Generation decided to wrap up after seven years, and I felt that I couldn't suggest that The .NET Show was better then that! :->
I am currently playing around with using "The Knowledge Chamber" as a replacement for The .NET Show. The format will allow me to do shows far more regularly, and far cheaper (which is important these days!). I will be adjusting the tone and format over time based on what I percieve as the feedback from you, the audience. So please let me know what you think of the show, it's length, my guests, etc.
Thanks!
-Robert
Joanna Mason - Senior Program Manager, Expression Blend
Feb 13, 2009 at 3:44PMThe issue you mention with Design View is one the team is aware of and have been actively working on.
Patrick Dussud: Managing Garbage Collection
Feb 13, 2008 at 3:29PMThere were perhaps a few extra comments about Lisp that we cut from the filming, but we didn't go into details about Lisp as a language, although that would have been fun, especially since Lisp is one of the few languages I've never really had any dealings with. I understand that there are a couple of CLR implementations available.
-Robert
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