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Awesome Resources on WPF and Silverlight with Billy Hollis
Written By: Efren Toscano
Section: Interviews

Category: Science & Technology

2009-06-18 19:15:01
This weeks Byte from MSDN and TechZulu is with Billy Hollis.  He brings some great resources on WPF and Silverlight and his list of favorite technical resources, which blogs he reads, and why he's hesitant to tell you about them!

 

About Billy
Billy Hollis authored many of the earliest books on .NET, and has been working with WPF and Silverlight for over three years. He is a regular speaker at conferences such as Tech·Ed, PDC, VSLive, and DevConnections, and his two sessions at Tech·Ed 2009 were both rated in the top twenty sessions for the conference overall. He has a consulting practice in Nashville, TN, focusing on healthcare applications, advanced rule-driven architectures, and advanced user interface prototyping and development. He also offers introductory and advanced training classes on WPF and Silverlight. He is the author of a forthcoming book on WPF.

Stuff Billy recommends you check out this summer:

  • WPF videos
  • Silverlight videos
  • LINQ
  • Azure
  • Jesse Liberty's Silverlight Blog
  • Beatrice Costa on Silverlight and WPF
  • A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink
  • .NET Rocks TV
  • Developers Intro to XAML – Part 1
  • Developers Intro to XAML – Part 2
  • MSDN Blogs
  • Billy's blog: http://www.dotnetmasters.com/
Make sure to Check out the Bytes by MSDN website to take Billy on the go.


Domain Driven Design, Extreme Programming and More With Jeffrey Palermo
Written By: Efren Toscano
Section: Interviews

Category: Science & Technology

2009-08-27 21:00:42
This week Bytes by MSDN and TechZulu bring to you Jeffrey Palermo.  Jeffrey Palermo is the CTO of Headspring Systems. Jeffrey specializes in Agile management coaching and helps companies double the productivity of software teams. He is instrumental in the Austin software community as a member of AgileAustin and a director of the Austin .NET User Group. Jeffrey has been recognized by Microsoft as a "Microsoft Most Valuable Professional" (MVP) for technical and community leadership. He is also certified as a MCSD.NET and ScrumMaster. Jeffrey has spoken and facilitated at industry conferences such as VSLive, DevTeach, and Microsoft Tech·Ed. He also speaks to user groups around the country as part of the INETA Speakers' Bureau. His Web sites are headspringsystems.com and jeffreypalermo.com. He is a graduate from Texas A&M University, an Eagle Scout, and an Iraq war veteran. Jeffrey is the founder of the CodeCampServer open-source project and a co-founder of the MvcContrib project.

Jeffrey Palermo is responsible for the popular "Party with Palermo" events that often precede major Microsoft-focused conferences. Started in June of 2005, Party with Palermo has grown in popularity and size. Typical events host 400 people for free drinks, fingerfood, and door prizes. It is the perfect way to hook up with friends and colleagues before the conference week begins. You can see past and upcoming parties at http://partywithpalermo.com.

Subscribe to Jeffrey's blog feed here: http://feeds.jeffreypalermo.com/jeffreypalermo.

Stuff Jeffrey recommends you check out this summer:

  • ASP.NET MVC
  • Domain-Driven Design
  • Working Effectively with Legacy Code by Michael Feathers
  • Art of Agile Development by James Shore
  • Agile Manifesto
  • Extreme Programming
  • Scott Guthrie
  • Javaposse.com
  • Google News
  • Tim Heuer's Twitter Handle: timheuer
  • Michael Feathers' Twitter Handle: mfeathers
  • Robert Martin's Twitter Handle: unclebobmartin

Hear Jeffrey's must-have resources for the summer and why he follows Java, LAMP, and Google news.

Don't forget to take Jeffrey with you:

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Hot New Mobile Devices and Window Mobile Development with Loke Uei Tan
Written By: Efren Toscano
Section: Blogs

Category: Social News

2009-07-31 20:28:54
This week Bytes by MSDN and TechZulu bring you Loke Uei Tan.  Loke Uei Tan is the Senior Technical Product Manager, Mobile Developer Experience at Microsoft, a role he has worked in for seven years. He is currently responsible for engaging and developing relationships with ISVs and developers to build innovative and unique solutions for Windows Mobile.

Loke Uei has actively executed a worldwide Mobile Embedded & Developer Conference series across nine countries. Prior to his career with Microsoft, he was in software development for several leading software development companies in Malaysia. Loke Uei has been in the software business for 20 years.

Loke Uei blogs at http://blogs.msdn.com/lokeuei and participates actively in the social media scene at @lokeuei.

Stuff Loke recommends you check out this summer:

  • Windows Mobile 6.5 Developer Tool Kit
  • HTC Touch Diamond
  • HTC Touch Pro
  • Toshiba TGO1
  • Windows Mobile Developers
  • Windows Mobile Team Blog
  • Windows Mobile Marketplace News
  • Windows Mobile Widgets
  • Pocketwit
  • Twikini

Don't forget to take Loke with you:

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Interview with Microsoft's First Blogger: Don Box
Written By: Efren Toscano
Section: Interviews

Category: Science & Technology

2009-08-13 20:19:40
This week Bytes by MSDN and TechZulu bring to you Don Box.  Don Box is a Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft working on declarative languages and tools to simplify developing applications and services. In that role, Don is involved in creating languages, frameworks, and end-to-end experiences to help people translate their intentions and desires for software into a machine readable and executable form. Don joined Microsoft in 2002 as an architect of Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), where he worked on software to enable programs to safely and securely inter-operate with one another. Don's responsibilities included both the design and architecture of the run-time stack, as well as interoperability protocols with IBM and other partners.

Stuff Don recommends you check out this summer:

  • Oslo
  • F#
  • Scala
  • ML Programming
  • Elements of ML Programming by Jeffrey Ullman
  • Martin Fowler
  • Pride, Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith

Check out Don's take on being "Microsoft's first blogger," his favorite technologies, and his thoughts on Twitter.

Don't forget to take Don with you:

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Silverlight, Twitter Search and More with Tim Heuer
Written By: Efren Toscano
Section: Interviews

Category: Science & Technology

2009-09-04 19:03:17

This week Bytes by MSDN and TechZulu brings to you Tim Heuer. Tim Heuer is a program manager for Microsoft Silverlight. He helps build the worldwide Silverlight community and is very passionate about the platform and technology in general. Having over 13 years of experience with Microsoft Web technologies, Tim is excited about the opportunities that Silverlight brings for developers and designers and wants to ensure that everyone has the best information and tools available to them for success.

Stuff Tim recommends you check out this summer:

  • Garmin Nuvi
  • Silverlight
  • View Model Development
  • Pattern Development
  • Twitter Search
  • Rainn Wilson's Twitter Feed: rainnwilson (Dwight Schrute from The Office)
  • Scott Hansleman's Twitter Feed: shanselman
  • Seinfeld – The Pool Guy Episode
  • Twitpic
  • Predicably Irrational by Dan Ariely
  • Freakonomics by Stephen J. Dubner
  • Silverlight 2 Animation
  • Silverlight 3

Curious what Tim's hacking now? Listen to him talk about his favorite new gadget, hot trends in Silverlight and development, and why his world is like George Costanza's.

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