Contagious Curiosity : geekSpeak

MSDN geekSpeak Feb 2009 shows

llangit — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:49:32 GMT

Hey - we've got a great line-up for Feb 2009. Join us LIVE and get your questions answered by our developer experts. Shows are recorded each Wednesday from Noon to 1pm PST. If you can make it to the live show, you can always catch the recording via .wmv or podcast on our geekSpeak series page on MSDN

MSDN Webcast: geekSpeak: What You May Not Know About the Visual Studio Team System 2008 with Mike Vincent
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032402457&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: geekSpeak: Virtual Earth for Developers with Geoffrey Emery

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032402574&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: geekSpeak: "Oslo" and the "M" Language with Jon Flanders
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032402585&Culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: geekSpeak: Live Identity Services with Michele Leroux Bustamante
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032402694&Culture=en-US

geekSpeak Channel9 developer-to-developer webcasts

llangit — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:36:46 GMT

Now, that my BI book is nearly done (yes, you read it here first!), I am getting back into geekSpeak in a big way. We've got two great shows booked for December and we'll soon announce shows for EACH week in Jan/Feb/Mar.

geekSpeak: Cloud Services 101 with Aaron Skonnard 12/3/08; 12:00 PM (PST)
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032397078&Culture=en-US

geekSpeak: Silverlight Video Players with Corey Schuman 12/10/08; 12:00 PM (PST)
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032397084&Culture=en-US

Check out the MSDN landing page (below) to listen to past geekSpeaks.

geekSpeak: Join a Discussion Like No Other

September 2008 geekSpeak shows

llangit — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:37:00 GMT

We have a great line-up for September (Live each Wednesday at noon PST to 1 pm) - check it out! In case you missed it, we have a series page on MSDN, and a show on Channel 9 too :)

9/3/2008 12:00 PM - geekSpeak: REST and Windows Communication Foundation 3.5 with Adnan Masood

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032387085&Culture=en-US

9/10/2008 12:00 PM - geekSpeak: Dynamic Languages and the DLR with Mike Vincent

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032387088&Culture=en-US

9/17/2008 12:00 PM - geekSpeak: Virtual Earth Development with Tyler Davey

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032387125&Culture=en-US

9/24/2008 12:00 PM - geekSpeak: Virtualization for Developers with Stephen Rose

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032387139&Culture=en-US

Two weeks in Seattle with SoCalDevGal

llangit — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:08:21 GMT

I've just returned from a trip to Seattle. Many of you have asked, "What are you doing there?" So, here you go....

The overall purpose of the trip was technical readiness. To that end I (mostly) attended a MS-internal conference called TechReady. Nearly all sessions are presented by the product group and are delivered at deep, technical level. Many sessions focus on future technologies. Of course, I LOVED this. The entire conference is private. So, no, I can not release any information. However, I can tell you that you should PAY ATTENTION around the time of PDC (session list) . Better yet, if you can attend PDC, you won't be sorry. Here's more PDC Buzz.

In addition to TR, I had the good fortune to be invited to a session at the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit held in Redmond by MSR. There I spoke with a panel, representing women academics in computing. I was invited because I've been accepted to speak on my Africa (personal volunteer work for SmartCare - electronic medical records collection system) work at the Grace Hopper conference in October in Keystone, CO. It was quite an honor to meet Telle Whitney there. She is the CEO of the Anita Borg Institute and chairs the GHC.

I am wearing my iGive Microsoft limited-edition shirt in the picture with her. Asli and I launched iGive for a couple of reasons:

1) We were tired of getting ugly, man-sized swag at each conference

2) We wanted a cool-looking shirt that showed how much we (Microsoft) cared. To get the shirt you must donate to a selected charity that benefits women and kids.

To that end, she and I ran the third iteration of the iGive program at TR7. The recipient charity was the MONA Foundation. Because this group has both financial and infrastructure needs, we are distributing shirts for money or technical volunteering time (web programming, etc..). If you wish to volunteer, pls ping me and I'll connect you to Jason Ward from the MS VS-team. He is leading the technical volunteers for this project.

We have also gained approval for running iGive at GHC and PDC. It was great to see how many men wanted shirts for their daughters!

While at the MSR Faculty summit, I met with a group from MSR that is taking a look at StoryTelling Alice. As part of my work with Microsoft DigiGirlz, I have been asked to advise on a global curriculum repository for them. I have been investigating various visual programming environments - StoryTelling Alice, PopFly, OpenSim for SecondLife, MS Robotics (RoboChamps) and more. The group at MSR asked me to write a synopsis of my work and submit it for presentation at next year's MS Academic Days Conference (April 2009). This conference is actually held on a cruise ship!

This month I am leading a group to implement the first-ever DigiGirlz camp (in SoCal) based on the visual programming theme. On the plane home from Seattle, I bumped into one of the co-leads, Cindy Palmer, who had been in Seattle for MS-Surface training. It is quite possible that the SoCal DigiGirlz will be the first to see the new surface for our Irvine, CA MTC!

Oh, and I won't be neglecting my SoCal Developers this month either. I am scheduled to speak at 3 UGs this month. LA.NET on Monday, Aug 4; OC SQL (new UG!) on Thursday, Aug 14; SoCal Architects on Thursday, Aug 21. For a complete list of all SoCal UGs, see this link.

Also Glen and I will be resuming our weekly Channel9 / MSDN geekSpeak shows, starting Wednesday August 6th.

And, oh yeah, I've got a a book to finish too. :)

geekSpeak taking off the month of July -see you in August

llangit — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:28:24 GMT

Oops, I forgot to mention this. We'll be back, better than ever in August. See the link below for links to our four August shows.

geekSpeak : geekSpeak taking off the month of July -see you in August

MSDN geekSpeak: Workflow Services in .NET 3.5 with Jon Flanders

llangit — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:46:55 GMT

Tune in to tomorrow's (June 18) geekSpeak w/MVP WF/WCF/BizTalk expert and all-around brainiac Jon Flanders. Oh btw, I happen to think he's one of the best technical instructors I've ever had the pleasure of hearing teach as well. I am looking forward to 'seeing' you on geekSpeak tomorrow.

MSDN Webcast: geekSpeak: Workflow Services in .NET 3.5 with Jon Flanders (Level 200)

I'll be in San Diego, speaking on BI and more

llangit — Mon, 12 May 2008 06:05:35 GMT

I'll be speaking on Data Mining for .NET developers at the MS Office in San Diego on Thursday, May 15th. The event is free and starts at 6:30 pm You do not have to be a member of the UG to attend. It is being held at the MS Office in San Diego. The SQL UG website lists the date incorrectly. SDSQL San Diego SQL User Group

On Tuesday, May 13th, I'll be presenting MSDN launch content at the San Diego convention center. The event is sold out. For those of you who will be there, I've got a car loaded up with extra swag! At the launch, I'll be speaking on .NET 3.5 enhancements w/an emphasis on WCF/WF integration.

On Saturday, May 17th, I'll be hosting the first-ever FireStarter (free, community technical education) event in the MS Office in Irvine - see presenters here. The topic is SQL Server 2008 content - for administrators, developers and BI professionals. I'll be speaking on the SQL Server 2008 BI stack enhancements in two sessions. This event is registered full, please print your registration email and bring it to the event as confirmation.

I'll also be Webcasting - Wednesday, May 14th, topic is best practices for Async programming - register here

On (next) Wednesday, May 21rst, I'll be Webcasting with Donald Farmer on Data Mining - register here

geekSpeak and why it's cooler than a podcast

llangit — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:47:00 GMT

Hey - check it out, while at Mix08 in Las Vegas - Glen and I talked to Nikita from Channel 8 about geekSpeak.

Like my shirt? Very 'bling, bling' isn't it? That's the shirt we gave out to Mix attendees for making a donation to the YMCA for National Women's History month. I did a blog entry about it. The next time we'll be making these limited edition shirts available is at the upcoming financial services conference in NYC. After that, probably at TechEd 2008 Developers in Orlando and PDC08 in LA in October.

geekSpeak and why it's cooler than a podcast

Learning Silverlight? Join geekSpeak webcasts

llangit — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:29:10 GMT

This link points to an 'all up' MSDN webcast page for Silverlight. We've got not one, but two geekSpeak webcasts scheduled (one tomorrow, one next month), with Silverlight developer experts. Join us!

Microsoft Silverlight: Light Up the Web

geekSpeak: Join a Discussion Like No Other

llangit — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:03:35 GMT

Now available in two formats - all shows - both .wmv and now (new) .mp3. Podcasts of geekSpeak - check 'em out!

geekSpeak: Join a Discussion Like No Other

geekSpeak: The Web Client Software Factory with Paulo Morgado

llangit — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 20:19:07 GMT

I love this 'classic' geekSpeak, that is - lots of new information, presented at a level of depth that the audience enjoyed on a topic that was useful - check it out.

geekSpeak: The Web Client Software Factory with Paulo Morgado

Do remember that all geekSpeak shows (past, present and future) now can be accessed via one convenient page on MSDN

http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/geekspeak.aspx

geekSpeak: Developer-to-Developer Conversations

llangit — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:59:36 GMT

Check it out - we've got all the past, present and future geekSpeak webcasts in one place! Register now to join the live shows, which run Wednesdays, 12 - 1 pm PST. Or you can listen to recorded shows.

geekSpeak: Join a Discussion Like No Other

MSDN geekSpeak - whole 'lotta shows for Dec 2007/Jan 2008

llangit — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:51:53 GMT

We've got great guest experts - join us live Wednesdays from 12 to 1pm PST for the virtual chalktalk - geekSpeak. If you can't make the live show, catch recorded shows at http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/geekSpeak.

Dec12 - Brian Loesgen - BizTalk Adapters

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032359319&Culture=en-US

Dec19 - Shaun Walker - DotNetNuke

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032359088&Culture=en-US

Jan 2 - Michele Leroux Bustamante - CardSpace – Why should you care? Who’s using it today and how?

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032362458&Culture=en-US

Jan 9 - Kevin Goff - SQL Server 2008 Programming for Application Developers

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032362462&Culture=en-US

Jan 16 - Kate Gregory - The Vista bridge for .NET programmers

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032362711&Culture=en-US

Jan 23 - Paulo Morgado - The Web client software factory in action

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032362714&Culture=en-US

Jan 30 - Jim Wilt - Best Practices for Private Security from a Public, Anonymous WSS 3.0 Site

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032362721&Culture=en-US

geekSpeak - Wednesday, November 28th - httpHandlers and httpModules with Chris Love

llangit — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:20:12 GMT

Join Glen and me for this week's geekSpeak. We are looking forward to 'seeing' you there. Also the January lineup for geekSpeak will be available shortly.

Next geekSpeak - Wednesday, November 28th - httpHandlers and httpModules with Chris Love

Download details: Search Server 2008 Express VHD

llangit — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 04:15:25 GMT

This is test environment for the newly-released Search Search (a version of SharePoint Server that we've licensed for search, plus a few other interesting changes). Check it out

Download details: Search Server 2008 Express VHD