TPN :: The Microsoft Developer Show

This week I was able to catch up with fellow Perth MVP, Brian Madsen.  Notorious for being too busy to attend our weekly coffee meetings, Brian is one of the rising stars when it comes to the Perth developer community.  After taking on board running the SQL Server user group he has also recently started a community portal, CSharpZealot, focused on providing a forum for Perth based developers to communicate.  There is more information on other Perth developer activities across at my blog.  An...more

Last week I was in Sydney for the Mobile and Embedded DevCon (MEDC) and it was a great opportunity to catch up with what’s been happening in the Microsoft space.  With TechEd 2007 just around the corner, I was able to chat with Darryl Burling on just why it’s going to be an event not to be missed.  And the show goes a little bit like this….[Listen to the Podcast] [Opening music - big thanks to the guys of Minder for the use of their track Chess]

Last year before I left New Zealand I managed to grab some time with Mitch right after the Ready tour - around the time that Vista and Office went RTM.  I must apologise to both Mitch and listeners for the delay in getting this posted but better late than never.  Although there are a couple of points which we discuss that have been and gone, for the most part the points raised are as relevant now as they were 5 months ago! And the show goes a little bit like this….[Listen to the Podcast] [Op...more

The next recording was taken at this month’s session of the Perth .NET Community of Practice where David Gardner (Chief Architect at Intilecta) discussed the good, bad and the ugly of Ajax. The slides from this session should be available shorly Everything you need to know about Ajax

It’s been so long I’ve almost forgotten the process for getting new shows on the air.  Anyhow I’m back and have a couple of pre-recorded sessions to upload before we get onto new content.  The first of these was recorded at the March meeting of the Perth .NET Community of Practice where I covered a range of Microsoft synchronisation technologies such as RDA, Merge and the new MS Sync Services.  I repeated this session at the recent Code Camp Oz and the slides will be availa...more

Continuing the recordings from SQL Code Camp (NZ) that was on the 25/26th November 2006.  There are 13 recordings in total (full list can be downloaded from Nick Randolph’s .NET Travels).  15 Tips for Better Reporting Services Adam Cogan

Continuing the recordings from SQL Code Camp (NZ) that was on the 25/26th November 2006.  There are 13 recordings in total (full list can be downloaded from Nick Randolph’s .NET Travels).  ORM’s & LINQ Andrew Tokely

Continuing the recordings from SQL Code Camp (NZ) that was on the 25/26th November 2006.  There are 13 recordings in total (full list can be downloaded from Nick Randolph’s .NET Travels).   Forum Discussion : Data 2.0 - The future of relational databases in an OO world

Last week both the Perth SQL User Group and the Perth .NET Community of Practice had the privilege of having David Lemphers present.  Whilst Mr DotBoto got a bit of publicity at the .NET group, Dave saved the discussion of Linq and the future of data access layers for the SQL group.  Luckily I was lucky enough to attend this session and managed to capture it via my iPod (isn’t technology great!).  Unfortunately the audio quality is not that great (actually it’s more of a volume is...more

Continuing the recordings from SQL Code Camp (NZ) that was on the 25/26th November 2006.  There are 13 recordings in total (full list can be downloaded from Nick Randolph’s .NET Travels).  SQL Error Handling Greg Low