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Episode 50: Live and late - Flash opens up, CSS cleaner, MySQL conf recap

comments@webdevradio.com (Michael Kimsal) — Thu, 08 May 2008 05:08:00 +0000

Just a quick recap of some news and tools I've found recently, including the Adobe Flash Open Screen Project announcement. Also, the new job board http://Jobs.WebDevRadio.com is announced.

Open Screen Project :: http://adobe.com/openscreenproject
Jobs WebDevRadio :: http://jobs.webdevradio.com
AJAX debugging tools :: http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/03/1432247
CleanCSS :: http://www.cleancss.com
Blueprint CSS project :: http://code.google.com/p/blueprintcss/
Grails Groovy podcast :: http://hansamann.podspot.de

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Episode 49: Brian Moon at the MySQL User Conference

comments@webdevradio.com (Michael Kimsal) — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:38:00 +0000

Brian was kind enough to review both of his presentations which go in to great detail about the scaling issues he's faced both with DealNews.com and the Phorum forum software project (which recently turned 10 years old!)

Phorum :: Brian's Phorum project, one of the stalwarts of the web forum scene. :)
Brian Moon's blog :: Brian's weblog
Presentation slides :: Brian's presentation slides from the MySQL User Conference

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Episode 48: SilverStripe CMS at MySQL User Conference

comments@webdevradio.com (Michael Kimsal) — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:15:00 +0000

Got a chance to talk to Sigurd Magnusson from the SilverStripe CMS project last week. Sigurd was kind enough to answer some questions about the project's history, current status as an open source project and some upcoming features. We touched a bit on code testing and some other stuff towards the end as well.

SilverStripe :: SilverStripe CMS home page

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Episode 47: SnapLogic at the MySQL User Conference

comments@webdevradio.com (Michael Kimsal) — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:49:00 +0000

I got a chance to get a quick demo of SnapLogic, and open source application to make mashing up your internal data easier. Think of it like an open source Yahoo! Pipes. It's more than that, but that's a quick idea of what it can do. From their site: "SnapLogic makes it easy to access, transform and integrate all kinds of data wherever it may be: databases, hosted applications, Web pages, SOA Web services, flat files, RSS feeds, XML documents and more." The guys gave me some background on the project, what it's capable of, and where it's heading.

SnapLogic :: SnapLogic - Really Simple Integration

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Episode 46: MojoPortal at the MySQL User Conference

comments@webdevradio.com (Michael Kimsal) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:06:00 +0000

I met Joe Audette of the MojoPortal project out at the MySQL User Conference last week and took a few minutes to give us some background on the project and where it's going. If you're looking for a portal project built on ASP.NET (and it also runs on Mono!) check it out!

MojoPortal :: MojoPortal is a cross-platform web portal built on ASP.NET

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Episode 45: Symfony Project at MySQL User Conference

comments@webdevradio.com (Michael Kimsal) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:34:00 +0000

I had a chance to catch up with the Symfony guys at the MySQL User Conference a few days ago. We get some background on the Symfony project, and a glimpse as to where things are going in the near future. This was my first 'from the floor' recording - I think the levels are *OK*, but please bear with me - Fabien sounded better in person :) I think I got a small 'exclusive/breaking news' at the time, but I wasn't able to get the podcast up until now.

Symfony :: Symfony Project home page

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Episode 44: Managing Online Forums

comments@webdevradio.com (Michael Kimsal) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:01:00 +0000

I had a chance to interview Patrick O'Keefe, author of the new book "Managing Online Forums". Patrick offered some great tips on forum management and answered some listener questions.

Managing Online Forums :: Companion website for the Managing Online Forums book.

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Episode 44a - Upcoming interview

comments@webdevradio.com (Michael Kimsal) — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:03:00 +0000

Quick notice that I'll be interviewing Patrick O'Keefe from managingonlineforums.com about his upcoming book. We've got a drawing going on for a copy of the book, and also for a copy of the 'Dreamweaver 8 - Missing Manual' book. Send a question to me for Patrick about online communities via comments@webdevradio.com to be entered in to the drawings. Get your entries in by next Friday morning (April 11, 2008). In this episode I misspoke and referenced Patrick's book as 'Managine Online Communities' - I apologize for the discrepancy.

Managing Online Forums :: New book about online community building
Michael Kimsal blog :: My blog - post about PDO
Music from Bob Maus :: Bob Maus music used in this show

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Episode 43: Open Source Flash/Flex overview, Yahoo's semantic play, MySQL conference

comments@webdevradio.com (Michael Kimsal) — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:25:00 +0000

Lots of small stuff in here - my view on Yahoo's semantic web announcement, PHPUnit 3.3 TDD functionality, MySQL conference, MySQL dealing with 15 gig of new data per day, and my audiblab service

Audiblab :: Free service to record MP3 from your browser via Flash
Red5 server :: Red5 is an open source java implementation of the Flash Media Server
TechCrunch :: TechCrunch's take on the Yahoo Semantic Web announcement
MySQL User Conference :: The site of the 2008 MySQL User Conference
Yahoo! Silverlight Dev Center :: Your source for information about using Microsoft Silverlight with Yahoo! Web Services and APIs.
Microformats.org :: Learn more about microformats
PHPUnit 3.3 post :: Post describing PHPunit TDD support
MGKIMSAL Twitter :: Follow me on Twitter!
Music used in show :: Tracks from Bob Maus used in this program under Creative Commons license.

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Episode 42: Catching up, openId, hypertable, web jobs

comments@webdevradio.com (Michael Kimsal) — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:39:00 +0000

Just a quick catch up on a few outstanding issues, also trying some new tunes.

MS Virtual Labs :: Try out MS software without installing it
My homepage :: Link to openid presentation PDF
OpenID :: OpenID home
Hypertable :: New distributed database

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Codemash 2008 - Joe Fiorini

comments@webdevradio.com (Michael Kimsal) — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:44:00 +0000

I had a good discussion with Joe about his explorations of the Ruby/Rails world from the perspective of someone already in the ASP.NET world.

FaithfulGeek :: Joe Fiorini's weblog

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Codemash Open Spaces - Open Source on .NET

comments@webdevradio.com (Michael Kimsal) — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:46:00 +0000

I had a fun time recording this 'open spaces' meeting at Codemash last week. This was led by Joe Brinkman from the DotNetNuke project, and joining us was Kevin Devine from the Euclid Public Library, Sara Ford from Codeplex @ Microsoft, Steven Harman from the Subtext project and Jay Wren from the Castle project (among other things, I'm sure). The sound was *decent*, although there was a shortage of mics. I also accidentally dropped Joe's volume on a few occasions, but overall it felt like a great chat, so here it is. Topics include the pros and cons of getting Contributor License Agreements in place on an open source project, building community, a bit of good natured back and forth on Microsoft's role in all this, interesting comparisons to the Java community, and more. BTW, this is just a sample of many of the informal chats that happen for 2 days @ codemash. If you like these types of discussions, join us next year!

DotNetNuke :: DotNetNuke homepage
Subtext project :: The subtext project homepage
Codeplex :: Codeplex - Microsoft's open source projects site
Sara Ford :: Sara Ford's blog
Jay Wren :: Jay Wren's blog
Steven Harman :: Steven Harman's blog

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Codemash - Bull session with ideacore and giftsforengineers

comments@webdevradio.com (Michael Kimsal) — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:45:00 +0000

I had a chance to have a fun discussion with Dave Kroondyk, Adam Lumsden and Elizabeth Naramore about web development, ecommerce, project management, content management systems, shark dissection, PHP, Mozilla's Weave project, general MIchigan awesomeness and some other topics. I was a bit closer to the mike than I should have been, but worse things have happened. Enjoy the eternal optimism of youth distilled in to 45 minutes of listening pleasure.

GiftsForEngineers.com :: Gifts For Engineers - shouldn't need any more description!
IdeaCore.com :: Dave and Adam's generous and benevolent employer.
Mozilla Labs :: Home of Weave project
Joomla :: Joomla CMS
Hanselman.com :: Scott Hanselman gave a Codemash keynote and is awesome (he even told us so himself)
PHPWomen :: A place for women in the PHP community

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Brief update

comments@webdevradio.com (Michael Kimsal) — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:05:00 +0000

Welcome to 2008! Our codemash conference giveaway winner is announced, I sympathize with cold sufferers worldwide, and ask for your input on technologies and topics you'd like to hear more about in 2008.

Codemash :: Software development conference in Sandusky, Ohio.

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Codemash - overview and admission pass giveaway

comments@webdevradio.com (Michael Kimsal) — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 07:53:00 +0000

This installment is a conversation with Jim Holmes from the Codemash conference about the conference, what to expect and who will be there. Codemash has graciously given us a free pass to webdevradio listeners. Listen for the instructions in the interview, then send in your email by December 20. Winner will be drawn Dec 21 and notified before December 31. Transportation and lodging are winner's responsibility. P. S. His sound is good, mine is not as good (apologies - lot of tech problem on my end).

Codemash :: Information about the upcoming Codemash conference in Sandusky, Ohio.

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Episode 41: new HTML, perl on rails, new forums and more

comments@webdevradio.com (Michael Kimsal) — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 19:32:00 +0000

Listener feedback, BBC's Perl On Rails, Douglas Crockford's HTML suggestions, question about collaboration tools.

Collanos :: P2P teamwork system
GForge :: Sourceforge-based development hub
Crockford on HTML :: Douglas Crockford's call for HTML changes
125 tools :: List from Paul Spoerry's blog on dozens of great tools
Perl on Rails :: Announcement from BBC team about new Perl framework
Twit TV :: FLOSS episode with Randall Schwartz interviewing Avi Bryant of the Seaside web framework project

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Episode 40: Listener questions

comments@webdevradio.com (Michael Kimsal) — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 22:13:00 +0000

Hello! We’ve got a winner from our last contest for the Frank Zammetti book, and I put some questions I’ve received out to you, the listening community. We’re looking for some feedback on what webdev technologies you’d point people to who are just looking to get in to the field, and also looking for suggestions for good PHP OO learning resources.

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Episode 39: Interview with Frank Zammetti

comments@webdevradio.com (Michael Kimsal) — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:27:00 +0000

Frank is a developer in Pennsylvania who has written a couple books on AJAX and the various toolkits available, as well as contributed to and started some open source projects. Listen closely, and email in to win a copy of Frank’s latest book!

Zammetti's blog :: Frank Zammetti's weblog
Frank Zammetti's books :: Frank's books for sale at Amazon

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Episode 38: Silverlight, codemash, codetolive and more

comments@webdevradio.com (Michael Kimsal) — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:02:00 +0000

There’s been a whole lot of interesting things happening in the webdev world the past couple months, and this is a quick catch up on just a few of the highlights. Podcast covers MS Silverlight project, codemash conference, codetolive webcast, simunication prototyping tool, yui compressor, zotero research tool and the hibernate/lucene search project.

Silverlight project site :: MS' foray in to rich internet applications
Code To Live :: On the road project interviewing "real life" developers
Simunication :: Interesting prototyping/requirements tool
Zotero :: Firefox plugin for researchers
YUI compressor :: Compress the heck out of your javascript!
Hibernate Search project :: Hibernate and Lucene - together at last
Keith Elder :: Former .net pimp

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Episode 37: Interview with Jason Rudolph

comments@webdevradio.com (Michael Kimsal) — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 15:57:00 +0000

I got to speak with author and speaker Jason Rudolph about the Grails project, the Ruby Streamlined project, and the No Fluff Just Stuff touring conference. (monday morning v2 – fixed an earlier editing flub from Saturday!)

Jason Rudolph :: Jason Rudolph's homepage
Grails :: The Grails project homepage
Streamlined :: The Streamlined Framework plugin for Ruby on Rails
No Fluff Stuff Stuff :: The NFJS conference site

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Episode 36: MySQL DBA Keith Murphy

comments@webdevradio.com (Michael Kimsal) — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 22:11:00 +0000

I interview Keith Murphy about his daily work as a MySQL DBA, including the challenges of clustering, RAID configurations, and more. We also talk about his new MySQL magazine effort and what readers can expect from that publication.

iContact :: Keith's employer, iContact, provides email marketing and blogging software.
MySQL Magazine :: Keith's MySQL magazine
Diamond Notes :: Keith's blog - postings from a regular DBA

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Episode 35: James Ward and Andy Oliver

comments@webdevradio.com (Michael Kimsal) — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 20:55:00 +0000

The majority of this episode is a webdev discussion with James Ward (Adobe) and Andy Oliver (buni.org). There’s a short recap here about my travails with ValueWeb’s horrible migration disaster, a partial OSCON wrapup, mention of the Windmill testing project, and a promise of 4-5 more presentation recordings from OSCON.

OSCON 2007 presentation files :: Missed an OSCON session, or couldn't make the conference? Grab the presenters' slides here!
Adobe's Flex community :: Learn all about Flex here!
BUNI :: Home of the Meldware Communications Suite
James Ward :: Adobe Flex community leader and evangelist
ValueWeb's migration disaster :: Community discussion from those hit hardest
windmill testing project :: OSAF's open source AJAX/browser testing platform

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Episode 34: OSCON, OurSQL and other stuff

comments@webdevradio.com (Michael Kimsal) — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 21:55:00 +0000

This is a repost of a missing episode due to valueweb’s extremely poor server migration (read: meltdown). I can’t recall the specifics of this episode, but I did mention my (then) upcoming OSCON presentation on SOLR and the OurSQL podcast.

SOLR OSCON FILES :: The pdf and sample code of my SOLR presentation.

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Episode 33: Odds and ends

comments@webdevradio.com (Michael Kimsal) — Sun, 20 May 2007 14:18:00 +0000

I’ve got some info on an upcoming southeast Ruby conference, looking for MySQL DBAs, a book on web site security, new open source application from MIT and more…

Timeline :: "Google Maps for time-based information"
Ruby Hoedown :: Destined to become the premier Ruby conference for the SouthEast
How to Break Web Software :: Great book with step-by-step instructions for breaking web software
Groovy :: An agile dynamic language for the Java Platform
GanntProject :: A free Java application for creating Gannt charts

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Episode 32: Erik Hatcher of SOLR

comments@webdevradio.com (Michael Kimsal) — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:12:00 +0000

This is a recent interview I had with Erik Hatcher from the SOLR project.

SOLR :: SOLR is an REST interface for Lucene.

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Episode 31: Upcoming interview

comments@webdevradio.com (Michael Kimsal) — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 06:51:00 +0000

I’m interviewing Erik Hatcher from the SOLR project – get your questions to me in the next few days! Also, have a look at regexbuddy.com if you deal with regular expressions.

PHP Job Book Survey :: Take a survey about the PHP job market
Regex Buddy :: Do you use regular expressions? You need to check out RegexBuddy!

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Episode 30: This and that

comments@webdevradio.com (Michael Kimsal) — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 23:23:00 +0000

Just a quick catch up on some news items from the past few weeks – Adobe’s Flex push, Yahoo’s YUI hosting, Firebug 1.0 released, an upcoming PHP job book and a few other tidbits.

Yahoo YUI :: Yahoo's YUI toolkit
Firebug :: Firebug, the essential Firefox plugin for web developers
Upcoming PHP job book :: Link to job book I'm working on
Jared Richardson testing talk :: Jared Richardson's talk to TriJUG Feb 2007, in OGG format.
Five cool AJAX widgets :: Article from Jack Herrington on cool AJAX widgets
FirePHP :: PHP debugging tool for use with Firebug

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