Thursday, September 24, 2009
CodeCast Episode 47: WPF and Silverlight with Walt Ritscher

In this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Walt Ritscher discussing WPF, Silverlight, Expression Blend, Surface, and other related topics.

Guest

·         Walt Ritscher - Blog: http://blog.waltritscher.com, Twitter: http://twitter.com/WaltRitscher

Links

·         Shazzam - http://shazzam-tool.com

·         Programming WPF

·         Pro WPF in C# 2008: Windows Presentation Foundation with .Net 3.5

·         Pro WPF: Windows Presentation Foundation in .NET 3.0

·         Expression Blend

·         Microsoft WPF and Windows Forms Site

Length: 55:17

Direct download: CodeCast_047.mp3 - Size: 51MB

Categories: WPF, Silverlight, Expression, Surface

Thursday, September 17, 2009
CodeCast Episode 46: Upcoming Microsoft PDC 2009

In this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Ken Levy, Markus Egger, and Gary Short discuss the various technology topics expected be included at the upcoming Microsoft PDC 2009 conference in Los Angeles.

Links

·         Microsoft PDC – http://microsoft.com/pdc

·         PDC on Twitter: http://twitter.com/PDC09

·         CODE Training – http://codemag.com/training

·         Markus Egger’s blog post: Developer/Contractor Work and Training Opportunity at EPS/CODE

Length: 55:34

Direct download: CodeCast_046.mp3 - Size: 51MB

Categories: Microsoft Platform, PDC 2009, CODE Training

Monday, September 14, 2009
CodeCast Episode 45: Development Constraints with CSS, HTML, HTML 5

In this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Ken Levy, Markus Egger, and Gary Short discuss web development constraints of CSS, HTML and upcoming HTML 5. In the brief tech news segment, the topics include recent Apple announcements including the new iPhone/iPodTouch OS 3.1 firmware and iTunes 9 update.

Links

·         HTML 5 draft – http://w3.org/TR/html5

·         HTML 5 demos- http://html5demos.com

Length: 48:06

Direct download: CodeCast_045.mp3 - Size: 44MB

Categories: CSS, HTML, Apple, iPhone, iPod, iTunes

Thursday, September 10, 2009
CodeCast Episode 44: Virtualization with Brian Randell

In this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Brian Randell on Windows virtualization using Microsoft Virtual PC (VPC), Windows Virtual PC (WVPC), and Hyper-V. VMWare and virtualization of Windows on a Mac are topics also included in the discussion.

Guest

·         Brian Randell: Blog: http://mcwtech.com/cs/brianr  Twitter: http://twitter.com/BrianRandell

Links

·         Microsoft Virtual PC – http://microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc

·         Microsoft Virtualization: http://microsoft.com/virtualization

·         Ben Armstrong’s Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy

Length: 51:33

Direct download: CodeCast_044.mp3 - Size: 46MB

Categories: Virtual PC, Hyper-V, VMWare

Thursday, September 03, 2009
CodeCast Episode 43: Real-time vs. Cached Search, CODE in Kindle Format

In this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Ken Levy, Markus Egger, and Gary Short discuss news on Apple, Zune HD, The Lost Symbol coming to eBook (same day as hardback), Windows phone 6.5, CODE and CODE Focus magazines on Kindle format, Xiine, upcoming new CODE Magazine website, and the latest issue of CODE magazine. Then in the main topic, an in-depth chat on real-time vs. cached search when using public search engines as well as when embedding search into an application like a website app.

Links

·         CODE Magazine – http://codemag.com

·         Kindle Books on amazon.com

·         Advanced Twitter Search - http://search.twitter.com/advanced

Length: 65:08

Direct download: CodeCast_043.mp3 - Size: 60MB

Categories: Apple, Bing, CODE Focus, CODE Magazine, Google, iPhone, iPod, Kindle, Windows Phone, Xiine