The Thirsty Developer - Podcast

In this show we talk with Sean McCormack about how they have applied SCRUM and Agile principles at the large enterprise where he works. Show Notes Sean's open source project Adapdev technologies DSDM Consortium Download / Listen to the Show http://thirstydeveloper.com/Shows/TD028-SCRUMandAgile.mp3 Blogs you should know Larry's pick: TWIPPhoto Dave's pick: Karl Seguin Ways to connect with Dave and Larry: Dave's Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile, GamerTag Larry's Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile, GamerTag

Josh and Mike In this show we have a roundtable at the recent RIAPalooza event in Chicago.  We talk with two RIA experts: Josh Holmes of Microsoft (and the Code to Live Show) and Mike Labriola of Digital Primates and an Adobe Community Expert - Flex.  Josh and Mike were fresh off their "Best and Worst Practices Building a RIA" session from the event. Before the interview Dave and Larry talk about untested way of getting a generation 1 iPhone on the cheap as well as ways to "cheat" at the new Lego Indiana Jones xbox game. Download / Listen to the Show http://thirstydeveloper.com/Shows/TD027-RIARoundtable.mp3 Ways to connect with Dave and Larry: Dave's Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile, GamerTag Larry's Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile, GamerTag

In this show, we talk with Tim Heuer, a Microsoft Program Manager who works with technologies like Silverlight and Corrina Barber, a designer who works on the UIFX team with tools like Expression Blend.   We caught up with Tim and Corrina at the RIAPalooza event in Chicago at the end of May.  We talked about the designer and developer workflow. Show Notes Corrina's great Silverlight Templates  Blendables Download / Listen to the Show http://thirstydeveloper.com/Shows/TD026-TimandCorrina.mp3 Blogs you should know Larry's pick: TED Blog Dave's pick: Nibbles Blog and the related Nibbles Tutorials Dave shows his softer side During the show Dave admits to watching Oprah Webcasts with his wife.  One of the ones that caught his attention was Jill Bolte Taylor's story that was originally a TED Talk called stroke of insight.  Check out the talk: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html Thirsty Developer Halo Fragfest Dave and Larry periodically join some friends and co-workers on XBOX Live for a little Halo 3 action and would like to invite our listeners to join us.  Friend us on XBOX Live (GamerTags: BogeyD for Dave and Bottom9th for Larry).  And join us: Saturday Night, July 12th at 8:30 CDT (Central Daylight Time) Ways to connect with Dave and Larry: Dave's Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile, GamerTag Larry's Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile, GamerTag

In this show, we talk with Joe Stagner, who is Microsoft's Opinionated Misfit Geek and a program manager in the developer division community team.  We caught up with Joe at the PHP|Tek 2008 conference in Chicago, IL Show Notes During the show we talked about a number of the open source initiatives at Microsoft, including: CodePlex - an open source hosting platform by Microsoft Port 25 - a communication portal ASP.NET MVC Framework - a project under development Zune Contest Winner We are please to announce the winner of our second Zune contest.  Michael Wood of Kentucky is our lucky winner.  Michael is one of the founders of the Cincinnati .NET User Group.  Enjoy your Zune! Download / Listen to the Show http://thirstydeveloper.com/Shows/TD025-JoeStagner.mp3 Blogs you should know Larry's pick: arCast.tv Dave's pick: Rob Conery's Weke Road Ways to connect with Dave and Larry: Dave's Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile Larry's Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile

In this show, we talk with Jeff Moser and Dan Rigsby about the art and science of technical blogging.  We also catch up with Dave after him being gone for 2 episodes and hear what he has been up to. Download / Listen to the Show http://thirstydeveloper.com/Shows/TD024-Blogging.mp3 Blogs you should know Larry's pick: Flickr Blog Dave's pick: Microspotting Ways to connect with Dave and Larry: Dave's Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile Larry's Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile

In this show, we talk with Chris Pietschmann, a developer and a Microsoft MVP on the Virtual Earth platform.  Chris tells us how he got started on Virtual Earth back in the beta of version 1.0 and gives us a good overview of the product. Virtual Earth Links (courtesy of Chris): Chris Pietschmann's Blog - http://pietschsoft.com Virtual Earth Dev Site - http://dev.live.com/virtualearth Virtual Earth Interactive SDK - http://dev.live.com/virtualearth/sdk Mike Garza - Virtual Earth Concepts - http://garzilla.net/vemaps/ Via Virtual Earth - http://viavirtualearth.com MapCruncher - http://dev.live.com/virtualearth/mapcruncher/ PietschSoft.VE - Open Source ASP.NET Virtual Earth Mapping Server Control - http://codplex.com/PietschSoftVE3 Simplovation Web.Maps.VE - ASP.NET AJAX Virtual Earth Mapping Server Control - http://simplovation.com/page/webmapsve.aspx Zune Contest Our second Zune contest is still underway, but closes on June 2nd - so get your entries in. One lucky winner will receive a Zune80 with custom artwork etched from ZuneOriginals.net. This contest is easy enough. Just send us your constructive feedback on what Microsoft can do better to support your work/personal life in utilizing Microsoft's tools and technologies. Send your entries to thirstydeveloper [at] live.com with the subject header of 'Zune Contest'. Submit your feedback and your entry for a custom Zune80. Download / Listen to the Show http://thirstydeveloper.com/Shows/TD023-VirtualEarth.mp3 Blogs you should know Virtual Earth 3D Team Blog Mark Brown's Virtual Earth Blog Ways to connect with Dave and Larry: Dave's Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile Larry's Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile

For this episode Larry flies solo, as Dave has been busy putting together the Code Fests: Hands on labs on some of the new features of .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008.  If you are in Wisconsin, Illinois or Indiana, and want to attend a Code Fest check Dave's Blog for details. In this show, Larry sits down with Ed Glas, a program manager on the Team System team, who is responsible for the web load testing tools that are part of the product.  We talked at the recent QAI Conference in Chicago, IL.  Among other things, Ed gives us some insights (no promises) on features they are looking at for future releases of the product. Our second Zune contest is still underway. One lucky winner will receive a Zune80 with custom artwork etched from ZuneOriginals.net. This contest is easy enough. Just send us your constructive feedback on what Microsoft can do better to support your work/personal life in utilizing Microsoft's tools and technologies. Send your entries to thirstydeveloper [at] live.com with the subject header of 'Zune Contest'. Submit your feedback and your entry for a custom Zune80. Download / Listen to the Show http://thirstydeveloper.com/Shows/TD022-WebLoadTesting.mp3 Blogs you should know Larry's Pick: Team System Videos on asp.net  Ways to connect with Dave and Larry: Dave's Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile Larry's Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile

Canopy Financial In this weeks show, Larry sits down with some of the fine folks from Canopy Financial to discuss they started a business based on .NET technologies and tools. We also discuss Microsoft Start-Up Zone and how start-up companies can work with Microsoft to launch their businesses. We also discuss the outcome of what Jeff Atwood was teasing us with Episode 18. A partner venture with Joel Spolsky to create a technical community portal called Stack Overflow. Joel and Jeff are also recording their weekly planning calls on offering that up as podcast, which is certainly a good listen. We finish this week's episode by announcing our second Zune contest. One lucky winner will receive a Zune80 with custom artwork etched from ZuneOriginals.net. This contest is easy enough. Just send us your constructive feedback on what Microsoft can do better to support your work/personal life in utilizing Microsoft's tools and technologies. Send your entries to thirstydeveloper [at] live.com with the subject header of 'Zune Contest'. Submit your feedback and your entry for a custom Zune80.   Download / Listen to the Show http://thirstydeveloper.com/Shows/TD021-StartingUpOnDotNet.mp3 Blogs you should know Larry's Pick: Jeff Moser's Software Development Adventures Dave's Pick: Sara Fords Weblog / Visual Studio Tip of the Day   Ways to connect with Dave and Larry: Dave's Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile Larry's Blog, Twitter Feed, Facebook Profile

Beth and the Stormtroopers In this episode we talk with our pal Server Girl (Beth Humphreys) about Hyper-V the new virtualization technology included in Windows Server 2008.  Beth gives us a great overview of the technology and we chat about how developers can use Hyper-V technology to create a great developer rig. Second Life Heroes Happen Here Launch Before we jumped into the interview Dave spends some time talking about this last weekend's Heroes Happen Here launch event in Second Life (the 3D Virtual World).  The event was put on by the Second Life .NET Users Group and coordinated by our fellow Evangelist Zain Naboulsi.  You can read Zain's blog post on the event and check out some photos.   Show Links Hyper-V information (includes link to download RC0 or latest released version): http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/virtualization-consolidation.aspx Hyper-V management tools for Windows Vista: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949758 Currently tested guest OSes: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/hyperv-faq.aspx Download / Listen to the show  http://thirstydeveloper.com/shows/TD020-ServerGirlonHyperV.mp3 A blog you should know Dave's Pick: Ben Armstrong's Virtual PC Guy Larry's Pick: Paul Thurrott's Win Super Site