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Connected Show! Episode 11, “JNBridge - Spanning Java & .NET”

Dmitry Lyalin — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:24:08 GMT

In this episode Dmitry and Peter talk about new product releases including Silverlight 3 and Blend 3 RC, people liking Bing?, Project Morro, Chrome OS and Microsoft's recent Mono announcement. Finally we jump into our interview with Wayne Citrin who talks about connecting Java and .NET applications using JNBridge. Wayne explains the magic of making .NET and Java objects appear as native in the other language making development easier.

To listen, go here: http://www.connectedShow.com/default.aspx?Episode=11

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Connected Show! Episode 10, “PRISM for Silverlight”

Dmitry Lyalin — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:44:19 GMT

In this episode we talk about Dmitry cutting the cable, new PHP 5.3 release, IE8 features / new ad campaign and TwitterMatic. Finally we jump into our interview with Shawn Wildermuth and discuss PRISM v2 in Silverlight, the MVVM design pattern and how PRISM makes building complex Silverlight applications easier.

To listen, go here: http://www.connectedShow.com/default.aspx?Episode=10

Related Resources:

Shawn Wildermuth’s Blog
- http://www.wildermuth.com
Composite Application Guidance for WPF and Silverlight
- http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd458809.aspx
- http://www.codeplex.com/CompositeWPF/
TwitterMatic.NET
- www.twittermatic.net
PHP 5.3 Release
- http://www.php.net/archive/2009.php#id2009-06-30-1
Microsoft Web Platform
- http://www.microsoft.com/web
Funny IE8 Ads
- http://www.pcworld.com/article/167617/microsoft_pushes_ie8_with_ads_that_are_actually_funny.html
The Silverlight Podcast - Sparkling Client

www.sparklingclient.com

Steve Andrew’s Twitter picture search:

http://www.tweetalbums.com/

Maarten Balliauw’s Blog:

http://blog.maartenballiauw.be/

Connected Show! Episode 9, “Community Soup… Virtual Worlds!”

Dmitry Lyalin — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:05:14 GMT

In this episode we start by talking about Cutting the cable, DTV conversion, Internet Explorer 8 and Drinking the Kool-Aid. Finally we jump into our interview with Zain Naboulsi talking about Online Virtual Worlds (example: Second Life, Facebook, etc) and their impact on the Microsoft technology community

To listen, go here: http://www.connectedShow.com/default.aspx?Episode=9

Related Resources:

Zain Naboulsi’s Blog
- http://blogs.msdn.com/zainnab/
Adam Kinney’s Blog Post: Microsoft Teams and Products on Twitter
- http://www.adamkinney.com/blog/408/default.aspx
Second Life .NET User Group
- http://sldnug.net/Home.aspx
User Group Support
Media Center DTV issues:
- Ed Bott’s Report: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=1056
- The Hack: http://msmvps.com/blogs/chrisl/archive/2009/06/14/1695364.aspx
Solutions on Green Button:
- http://thegreenbutton.com/forums/thread/367826.aspx
Explanation of how DTV works from MS on The Green Button:
- http://thegreenbutton.com/blogs/media_center_and_me/archive/2009/06/05/365919.aspx
IE8 10 Grand Contest:
- http://www.microsoft.com/australia/ie8/competition/default.aspx

Connected Show! Episode 8, “Project Stonehenge… interoperability!”

Dmitry Lyalin — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:03:32 GMT

In this episode we start by talking to Andrew Brust on Microsoft’s move to kill the Oracle Data Provider and how the world is not coming to an end. Then, Peter and I talk again about his trip to JavaOne including HTML 5 vs. RIA applications (like Silverlight). Finally, we jump into Peter's JavaOne interview with Ted Neward on Project Stonehenge and interoperability between Java and .NET.

To listen, go here: http://www.connectedShow.com/default.aspx?Episode=8

Related Resources:

Apache Stonehenge Project:
- http://incubator.apache.org/stonehenge/
Microsoft Interoperability Bridges:
- http://www.interoperabilitybridges.com/
ADO.NET Oracle Client Announcement:
- http://blogs.msdn.com/adonet/archive/2009/06/15/system-data-oracleclient-update.aspx
Andrew Brust quoted in Redmond Dev News about Oracle Client:
- http://reddevnews.com/articles/2009/06/16/microsoft-kills-oracle-data-provider-for-adonet.aspx
Ted’s Blog:
- http://blogs.tedneward.com/
Andrew’s Blog:
- http://www.brustblog.com
Press coverage of Microsoft @ JavaOne:

Toshiba TG01 Phone

Dmitry Lyalin — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:46:14 GMT

This is actually a very impressive phone, check out the video! I am very happy to see phone hardware starting to match the iPhone for other platforms. I wonder how good the screen i though.

Silverlight 2 + PRISM Presentation

Dmitry Lyalin — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:32:17 GMT

Thank you to everyone who attended my presentation yesterday (at the NYC Silverlight group) on Silverlight 2 + PRISM. Below is a link to my slides for your review:

Also, here is a direct link to all the documentation and installation + Quickstarts that I used in my demo: Composite Client Application Guidance (Feb 2009)

Different presentation in the future

In hindsight I really wish that I would have structured my presentation totally differently, this was a hard and large topic to present. In the future I hope to do better, but at the very least I do believe that everyone who attended got some idea of what PRISM and Silverlight can do for their projects.

Connected Show! Episode 7, “Silverlight 3 Beta”

Dmitry Lyalin — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:32:47 GMT

In this episode we talk with Peter about his visit to JavaOne in San Francisco. Then we discuss the new Bing 411 phone service, changes to the Bing API, the new Windows 7 Training Kit and MVC & Visual Studio 2010. Finally we jump into our interview with Laurence Moroney on Silverlight 3 beta, Smooth Streaming and more!

To listen, go here: http://www.connectedShow.com/default.aspx?Episode=7

Related Resources:

Bing 411 (Phone Search!)
Bing API (with unlimited access for customer-facing applications!)
Blog Post about MVC and VS 2010
Windows 7 RC Training Kit for Developers
Silverlight 3 Beta
Visual Studio 2008 Express (Free!)
Smooth Streaming for IIS (and experience a demo here)
Laurence Moroney’s Blog
Books by Laurence Moroney (Amazon Link)

Connected Show! Episode 6, “Visual Studio 2010 Beta”

Dmitry Lyalin — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:48:30 GMT

In this episode we talk about Peter’s recent bar camp presentation on “cutting the cable bill” and other hot news topics like Bing.com. Then we jump into our interview with Tony Goodhew of Microsoft Corporation on Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1. Tony describes major features coming for various groups of developers and crosscutting functionality like Multi-monitor support!

To listen, go here: http://www.connectedShow.com/default.aspx?Episode=6

Related Resources:

In the News!

Visual Studio 2010 Official Homepage

Connected Show! Episode 5, “PHP SDK for Windows Azure”

Dmitry Lyalin — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:02:50 GMT

In this episode Dmitry welcomes a new co-host, Peter Laudati. Next, we speak to Maarten Balliauw about the new PHP SDK for Windows Azure which is designed to help PHP developers use Windows Azure services.

To listen, go here: http://www.connectedShow.com/default.aspx?Episode=5

Related Resources:

Maarten Balliauw’s Blog: http://blog.maartenballiauw.be/
Peter Laudati’s Blog: http://www.PeterLaudati.com
PHP SDK for Windows Azure: http://phpazure.codeplex.com
Webcasts, videos, virtual labs and podcasts: http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/azure.aspx
Azure training kit (including PHP samples): http://www.microsoft.com/azure/trainingkit.mspx
Other Azure SDK's: http://www.microsoft.com/azure/sdk.mspx
How do I.... videos: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dd439432.aspx
PHP on Windows Training Kit: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=c8498c9b-a85a-4afa-90c0-593d0e4850cb
PHPExcel: www.phpexcel.net
PHPLinq: www.phplinq.net

Peter C. Laudati - Now my co-host of ConnectedShow!

Dmitry Lyalin — Tue, 19 May 2009 18:46:41 GMT

I'd like to announce that Peter C. Laudati of Microsoft DPE is now my co-host of the ConnectedShow! Podcast. Welcome Peter and thank you for coming on board!

For more on Peter, check out his blog: http://www.PeterLaudati.com