Here’s the recording from my launch presentation last month in Seattle.  Topics are Windows 7 multi touch APIs and the new improvements in .NET 4.0 and VS2010 to writing parallel code. Enjoy!

This post is a departure from my usual developer-focused content.  A fun part of my job is variety.  I was asked to speak on my favorite new consumer features of Office 2010 for the ‘ Jeff Levy on Computers Show’ .  (I will record this...

For my talks this month and next on SQL Azure – be sure to read the included slide notes as well if you download this deck.  I added all of the updates and announcements from TechEd US last week as well. Sql azure june_2010 View more presentations...

  Llewellyn and I have just completed our first after-school program introducing kids to programming (using the Intentional Method of teaching and SmallBasic) and I wanted to share the lessons we learned here. First, a description of what we did...

Why – Live proctors aren’t enough As we’ve taught kids to program around the world, we found that having a live proctor for each 10 kids (or 5 pairs, as we have the kids pair program while learning), was essential to keeping the hands-on coding activities...

Last night I was one of the speakers at IGNITE-LA .  The lightning talk format is interesting – 5 minutes, 20 slides, automatically advancing every 15 seconds.  This is called ‘Pecha Kucha’ and means ‘chit-chat’ in English. I will update this...

Llewellyn Falco and I have been writing FREE courseware to introduce kids to programming with SmallBasic for awhile now.  Last night we recorded screencasts (for teachers) for one of our more advanced recipes – Simple Bubble.  More information...