Monday, January 31, 2011
CodeCast Episode 101: History of Microsoft with Stuart Johnston

In this special episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews long time professional journalist Stuart Johnston on the history of Microsoft, primarily from the start in 1975 to around 2005. Stuart J. Johnston is currently contributing editor for www.internetnews.com and has covered Microsoft as a reporter and columnist for 23 years. He has regularly appeared as the “Tech Expert” on ABC-TV’s Seattle station, as well as on the BBC and TechTV on cable. He has been a columnist for Information Week, PC World, and InfoWorld, as well as spending several years as the Seattle bureau chief for InfoWorld. His areas of coverage have ranged from Microsoft’s object technologies to tools, application development environments, messaging middleware and operating systems to Microsoft’s Biztalk XML Server and related technologies.

Guest

·         Stuart Johnston: Twitter: @stuartj1000, and on LinkedIn

Links

·         Microsoft 1975-1990

·         Microsoft 1991-2005

·         Channel 9: History of Microsoft

·         Triumph of the Nerds

·         Pirates of Silicon Valley

Length: 01:28:57

Twitter: @CodeCast

Direct download: CodeCast_101.mp3 - Size: 81MB

Categories: Microsoft

Wednesday, January 12, 2011
CodeCast Episode 100: 2010 Year in Review

In this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Markus Egger and Ken Levy discuss 2010 year in review including the following topics: Windows 7, Azure, Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Office 365, Lync, Async CTP, Bing, Windows Live Essentials 2011, IE 9, Silverlight, Kin, Windows Phone 7, Tablet/Slate PCs, Kinect, Surface, Microsoft executives/employee exodus, Microsoft retail stores. Near the end of the show, Ken and Markus review their 2010 predictions and goals, then make new ones for 2011.

Links

·         Markus Egger: @MarkusEgger

·         Ken Levy: @KenLevy

Length: 01:28:27

Twitter: @CodeCast

Direct download: CodeCast_100.mp3 - Size: 81MB

Categories: Windows 7, Azure, Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Office 365, Lync, Bing, Windows Live Essentials, IE 9, Silverlight, Windows Phone, Tablet PC, Kinect, Surface