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John Petersen is Back on His SOPA Box

dotnetrocks@franklins.net (Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST

Yes it's true - Carl and Richard are talking to John Petersen about piracy again. In the wake of show 736 on SOPA, a lot more information has come to light on other methods of attacking piracy - using international treaties. And once again, there are problems with the implementation that create nasty side effects for the public.

Eric Sink Distributes His Source

dotnetrocks@franklins.net (Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST

Carl and Richard talk to Eric Sink about his latest work in distributed version control. Eric talks about his latest project called Veracity, an open source distributed version control system that makes it easy for widely distributed teams to share source. The conversation digs into the sometimes subtle variations between source control systems and why their users are loyal and vocal to their preferred products. Lots of digressions and explorations, along with an offer for free books - check out the links for how to get a copy!

Rob Labbe Gets Us Rolling on the Security Development Lifecycle

dotnetrocks@franklins.net (Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST

Carl and Richard talk to Rob Labbe about the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL). After a quick detour down the SOPA discussion, Rob fills the boys in on how the SDL maps neatly to a regular development lifecycle, just including security every step of the way. Rob also introduces the tools of the SDL, providing support for every step of the development lifecycle, from requirements to design to implementation and verification.

Jeremy Likness is all Silverlight 5

dotnetrocks@franklins.net (Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST

Carl and Richard talk to Jeremy Likness about Silverlight 5. Is Silverlight dead? Not by a long shot. Jeremy talks about the great work going on the Silverlight today and how it still is the most efficient way to build applications that run on both Windows and OSX. The conversation drills into the new features of Silverlight 5 and dispels a lot of the myths around the future of Silverlight. Jeremy also talks about Jounce, his MVVM+MEF framework on Codeplex and the relationship between Silverlight and WinRT.

John Petersen Talks About SOPA, Piracy, and Intellectual Property

dotnetrocks@franklins.net (Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST

Carl and Richard talk to John Petersen about the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). SOPA, which is now defunct, was an attempt to legislate means to stop piracy and counterfeit goods. John digs into the problems with the legislation and the misinformation surrounding it. The conversation also explores alternatives to SOPA, the Megaupload shut down and how much harm piracy is actually doing in the world.

Troy Hunt Secures ASP.NET

dotnetrocks@franklins.net (Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST

Carl and Richard talk to Troy Hunt about ASP.NET Security. Troy is an advocate of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) and wrote a set of blog post applying the top ten exploits to ASP.NET. Troy walks through all ten exploits and how they apply to ASP.NET. He's also rolled the posts together into a PDF file - have a listen and a read!

Chris Sells Unplugged!

dotnetrocks@franklins.net (Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST

Out of Microsoft and off to Telerik, what will Chris Sells say? Chris starts out talking about his last year at Microsoft, working on Javascript in Windows 8, culminating at Build. Now Chris has moved to Telerik, focusing on building controls for the Windows 8 world that developers will love. The conversation ranges over HTML 5, XAML, XBox, Windows Phone 7, Kinect, tablets and more!

Scott Willeke Does Reporting at DevConnections

dotnetrocks@franklins.net (Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST

Part of a group of shows recorded at DevConnections in November 2011, Carl and Richard talk to Scott Willeke about reporting technologies. The conversation explores the challenges of a widening set of data sources for reporting, including NoSQL. Scott then digs into the issues around embedding reporting solutions into your applications as opposed to web-based reporting. Reporting - love it or hate it, it never goes away!

Carl and Richard Geek Out About Electricity!

dotnetrocks@franklins.net (Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST

The first Geek Out show of the new year, Carl and Richard talk about electricity. Call it a primer for many geek out shows to come, the conversation starts at the fundamentals of electricity, from individual atoms all the way to multi-gigawatt high-voltage direct current transmission systems. What does the future hold for the electrical grid? The conversation starts here.

Scott Hanselman and the Web Stack of Love!

dotnetrocks@franklins.net (Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST

Carl and Richard talk to the one-and-only Scott Hanselman, it's the all radio voice show! Scott starts off the conversation explaining the recent move of Scott Guthrie over to Azure - by pointing out that he hasn't moved anywhere, just added Azure to his repetiore. Then the focus goes to the MVC vs. WebForms debate, which isn't a debate at all in Scott's eyes. And then things take a turn for the worse (or is that silly) and Scott starts answering questions on twitter about his hair. Lots of laughs, but not a lot of technical content ensues thereafter.

John Papa Looks at the Microsoft Client Landscape

dotnetrocks@franklins.net (Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST

Carl and Richard talk to John Papa about his views on the client development landscape. John has recently left Microsoft where he was a Silverlight and Windows 8 evangelist. The conversation starts off talking about the state of Silverlight now that Silverlight 5 has shipped and the ascent of HTML 5. John talks about his favorite HTML 5 libraries, including KnockoutJS and JS Render. Finally, the show wraps up with how Windows Phone 7 and Kinect will change the world.

Jim Holmes Tests Everything

dotnetrocks@franklins.net (Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell) — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST

Carl and Richard start off 2012 remaking a show that was lost at DevConnections, talking to Jim Holmes about testing. After a quick detour to chat about the amazing CodeMash conference that Jim helps run, the conversation dives into why you want to automate your web testing. Jim talks about free tools and pay tools, including Selenium, WatiN and Telerik's Test Automation Studio. Jim mentions a ton of great tools and resources, check out the links!

Corey Haines Code Retreats Globally

dotnetrocks@franklins.net (Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST

Carl and Richard talk to Corey Haines about his global code retreat. But before the discussion starts on code retreats, Corey digs into his interest in teaching children software development using a tool called Scratch. The global code retreat was an event run on December 3 2011 around the world - 93 cities participated. Next year the goal is 200 cities, including a group in Antartica, and if all goes well, the space station too!

Steve McConnell Studies Development Practices

dotnetrocks@franklins.net (Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell) — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST

Carl and Richard talk to the one-and-only Steve McConnell about the evolution of software development practices. The conversation digs into where Microsoft is at these days - Steve has been close to the company for many years. Then Steve talks about his focus on what a good software executive looks like, how they can support their team effectively and be part of the success of the development process. Along the way Steve talks about how Agile fits into his views in Code Complete, scrum practices, continuous integration and more! Great insights from one of the best minds in the business!

Startups and Cyborg Anthropology at Oredev

dotnetrocks@franklins.net (Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell) — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST

The last of the vignette shows from Oredev, this one only has two parts, but they're oddly related. The first interview is with Aaron Parecki, who talks about taking a side project that was worked on only evenings and weekends into an actual funded startup. Then an amazing conversation with Amber Case, an actual cyborg anthropologist. It's not as weird as you think, as Amber points out, any time you extend your physical or mental abilities with a peice of technology - say, a cell phone, you're a cyborg.

Kathy Malone is a Green Developer

dotnetrocks@franklins.net (Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST

Carl and Richard talk to Kathy Malone about green computing. Kathy, who has a day job as an environmental engineer, talks about different types of green behaviour, including turning off PCs over night, using suspend mode and the like. But for developers, there are approaches to building software that consumes fewer resources, both electrical and human energy. Is there an additional price in resources to be paid for touch computing?

Communicating at Oredev

dotnetrocks@franklins.net (Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell) — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST

Another of the vignette shows from Oredev, Carl and Richard explore topics of communication. Up first is Udi Dahan, discussing his approach to domain driven design, focusing on communicating deeply with the stakeholders and domain experts to thoroughly explore the domain - even around something on the surface that seem simple like the concept of a customer. Next, Jim Benson digs into Kanban, including the idea of personal Kanban, which like the development and manufacturing methodology, focuses on being able to clearly see how much work is in progress and where things are being delayed from completion. Finally, the one-and-only Jon Skeet, talking about how his technical communication skills have evolved from answering thousands of questions on newsgroups and Stack Overflow.

Damian Edwards and David Fowler Persist Connections with SignalR

dotnetrocks@franklins.net (Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST

Carl and Richard talk to Damian Edwards and David Fowler about SignalR. SignalR is a library for providing persistant connections between a web server and a browser by providing an abstraction over top of technologies like WebSockets or even AJAX polling. SignalR requires .NET 4.0 on the back end and jQuery on the front end... although non-browser clients are in the future!

Development Practices at Oredev

dotnetrocks@franklins.net (Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell) — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST

Another set of stories from Oredev, this time around development practices. The first interview is with Dan North, where he discusses how development teams can move beyond just being able to ship software into something he calls hyper-productivity. He talks about teams that ship software twenty times a day! Next up, Jean Tabaka talks about how RallyDev uses Agile practices to make the entire company Agile. At RallyDev every person is involved in planning out the vision of the company quarter to quarter, from developer to executive. Finally, Gary Short digs into the challenges of technical debt - the idea that shortcuts in code increase the cost of development in the long term. Sometimes debt make sense, getting more features shipped in less time. But eventually the debt has to be repaid or the project goes bankrupt, unable to ship new features and ultimately cancelled.

Kathleen Dollard and Son talk Algorithms

dotnetrocks@franklins.net (Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST

Recorded live from the GrapeCity booth at DevConnections, Kathleen Dollard (and her son Ben) talk about his PhD work in algorithms, how they are being utilized by her company, software composition (see show 708 with Juval Lowy), and ruminations on the future of software.