MSR@PDC - Microsoft Research at the Professional Developers Conference
One of the hidden gems this year at the PDC conference was the Microsoft Research section. It was buried in the back of the convention center, unfortunately, so a lot of people didn't know it was there. Scott talks to each team at length and gets the scoop on what project are coming to an IDE near you sometime soon.
30 Okt 200847min
Behind the Scenes - StackOverflow and Jeff Atwood - Part 2
Here's some raw audio from the last show. We left the recorder on after the show was over, and the discussion continued for another 30 minutes! It's a different conversation in a raw style, but we hope you enjoy it.
24 Okt 200828min
StackOverflow uses ASP.NET MVC - Jeff Atwood and his technical team
Scott chats with Jeff Atwood of CodingHorror.com and most recently, StackOverflow.com. Jeff and Joel Spolsky and their technical team have created a new class of application using ASP.NET MVC. What works, what doesn't, and how did it all go down?
17 Okt 200849min
Windows Live Agents and the Machine Translation Bot from MS Research
Scott visits Microsoft Research and talks to Helvecio Ribeiro, the Test Lead for Machine Translation about T-Bot, his translation bot for Windows Live Messenger.
7 Okt 200829min
Subsonic with Rob Conery
What is Subsonic and should you use it? Scott and Rob Conery chat about his baby and comparisons to other Open Source frameworks. Also, Scott tries to get free consulting for his new pet project.
2 Okt 200832min
Jeff Webb - The guy who lowercased Basic
Today we reminisce with Jeff Webb about the very early years of Basic and Visual Basic at Microsoft. What was it like to work just a few offices down from BillG? When did Basic stop being ALL CAPS?
26 Sep 200832min
JavaScript gets Faster: Brendan Eich, CTO of Mozilla Corporation and Creator of JavaScript
Scott talks to Brendan Eich from Mozilla about TraceMonkey, the new super-fast JavaScript engine. Where does Brendan think JavaScript is headed? What does the rise of JavaScript mean to Flash, Silverlight and RIAs in general?
19 Sep 200835min
Thoughts on Javascript with Bertrand Le Roy
Scott chats with Bertrand Le Roy, Program Manager for MS-Ajax at Microsoft. Where does Bertrand see Ajax and Javascript going in the future? We also chat about MS-Ajax 4.0s possible future and how to use templates and Javascript on the clientside.
12 Sep 200849min
