Video Presentation: Conquering XML with LINQ in Visual Basic 9

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# Microsoft news and tips » Video Presentation: Conquering XML with LINQ in Visual Basic 9 said on April 30, 2008 9:34 PM:

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# Gerhard said on May 2, 2008 6:09 AM:

You where right about the hands, they were all over the place, I am sure you are now referred to as the Microsoft Ninja.  Actually, I do not know if it is more than any other presenter or if it was that I read your blog before watching it where you pointed out that you used your hands a lot. The power of suggestion, before even seeing the video I was focused on watching your hands and then I could not stop watching them move all over the place. But enough about the hands, I watched the series you did on “What is my favorite new VB9 feature” were you interviewed multiple vb9 product managers. One of the things I loved was that the whole computer screen was shown and the video was inserted into the lower tight or left of the screen (like picture in picture or screencast/video). There was, many times during the QCon presentation, were you pointed off camera toward the projected image on the wall, which of course I could not see but really wanted to see. So this is my one vote for more screencast/video combinations in the future. One small critic, near the beginning you said “If you think the demo is boring or something we can tweek it and change it around”. It is great that you are telling the audience they can participate but why would it be that the “demo is boring”. The power of suggestion again, think of another way to say that without the “boring”. In all, I liked all the education items I have seen from you so far. The next on my list of things to watch is the “How Do I Videos — Visual Basic” series. Keep up the good work!

# Radiolistener said on May 4, 2008 7:58 AM:

Hi Beth,

The hands were fine, but I think Gerard has a point, their method of broadcasting it is limited.  It took like 10 minutes into it, before I realized that your powerpoint screen shots were located in a box below you.

Would it be possible to put the presentation on channel 9?  They have a great way of broadcasting, so that the presentation will utilize double monitors.  It really is an excellent way of showing off a presentation.

Also, we've followed a similar database path.  I started a little earlier in the picture, dbase III, before Clipper.

Keep up the great work, I study your HowTo videos a lot.  I'm working on mastering the N-Tier one now.  It was pleasant to see the woman behind the video in this presentation.

Thanks again,

John.

# Beth Massi said on May 5, 2008 12:32 PM:

Yes the conference organizers were gracious enough to film the presentation, I didn't realize that until I went up there to speak. :-)

And thanks for the kind words about my Channel 9 style. I think the extra production work is worth it because people seem to enjoy "head in the box" a lot.

If you rather watch it in a webcast format (which is clearer for code and powerpoint) it's here on-demand:

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032374409&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

There's also a great C9 video I did with Erik Meijer on XML literals here:

http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=327367

Cheers,

-B

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