Tuesday, September 20, 2011
CodeCast Episode 112: Windows 8 Developer Roadmap with Mary Jo Foley

In this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy and Mary Jo Foley discuss developer related news and details from the Microsoft Build Windows conference focusing on Windows 8. Topics include: Windows 8 Metro vs desktop apps, Windows 8 on ARM, Visual Studio 11 (2012), Expression Blend 5, HTML5/JavaScript/CSS, XAML, C#, VB, WinRT, WinJS, .NET 4.5, IE 10, Metro app async contracts, Silverlight, Windows 8 Server, Azure, Hyper-V, Windows Phone, Windows Live, Windows Store, and overall the roadmap for Windows platform development.

Length: 01:19:21

Mary Jo Foley - Blog: http://allaboutmicrosoft.com, Twitter: http://twitter.com/MaryJoFoley

Ken Levy - http://twitter.com/KenLevy

Windows Developer Center – http://dev.windows.com

Build sessions online: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/Build2011

Direct download: CodeCast_112.mp3 - Size: 73MB

Categories: Microsoft, Microsoft Platform, .NET, Windows, Visual Studio

Friday, July 02, 2010
CodeCast Episode 85: Cool Apps, Utilities, and Tips for Windows, Mac, and iOS

In this episode of CodeCast, co-hosts Ken Levy and Gary Short discuss many useful cool apps, utilities, and tips for power users (developers and non-developers) for the Windows, Mac, and iOS platforms.

Topics include: ZoomIt, TweetDeck, Kindle apps, iPhone Disk / iPhone Explorer, Adapter, SharedView, UltraVNC, Remote Desktop, Virtual PC 2007, Zinio, AppDelete, Flash Video, Dash Monitors, iOS SDK emulator, ShowAnytime, VR+ Recorder, RedLaser, SmartScan, ShareIt, Air Sharing, iExplorer, My Secrets, News Fuse / Tech Fuse, lynda.com, Instapaper, Windows Live Messenger, Podcaster, Twittelator, Dragon Dictation, Bing app, Pastebot, iGo MyWay, Maplets, WiFoFoFum, iNet, iTeleport, Jaadu RDP, FTPOnTheGo, Whiteboard, My Movies, Deliveries, FlightTrack, iRail, Expedia, Point Inside, LED Football, Mikey mic for iPhone/iPod.

Length: 01:02:40

Direct download: CodeCast_085.mp3 - Size: 57MB

Categories: Windows, Mac, iOS, iPhone, iPad

Tuesday, April 06, 2010
CodeCast Episode 76: PowerShell for Developers with Ed Wilson

In this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Ed Wilson (aka “The Scripting Guy” at Microsoft). Ed creates cool and useful scripts, cmdlets, and samples for PowerShell (now included in Windows). Ed is very active in the PowerShell community, and blogs participates in the Scripting Guys blog which posts daily 365 days a year. Ed discusses the power and useful scenarios of PowerShell for .NET developers, and how every Windows developers should learn to use it.

Guest

·         Ed Wilson – Blog: Scripting Guy:, Twitter: @ScriptingGuys, Email: scripter@microsoft.com

Links

·         TechNet Script Center

·         Script Center Gallery

·         PowerShellCommunity.org

·         iPowerShell app

·         2010 Scripting Games

·         Windows PowerShell 2.0 Best Practices by Ed Wilson

Length: 47:39

Direct download: CodeCast_076.mp3 - Size: 44MB

Categories: PowerShell, Windows

Tuesday, July 21, 2009
CodeCast Episode 34: Surface, Win7 Multi-Touch, iPhone SDK with Dr. Neil Roodyn

In this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy interviews Dr. Neil Roodyn with an extended conversation on a variety of topics including the Microsoft Surface, upcoming Windows 7 multi-touch applications, iPhone SDK, WPF, Silverlight, Expression Blend, Windows SDK, natural interface UI/UX design, Twitter, and more.

Guests

·         Dr. Neil Roodyn - Blog: http://roodyn.com, Twitter: http://twitter.com/DrNeil

Links

·         nsquared - http://nsquared.com.au

·         http://surface.com

·         http://twitter.com/MSSurface

Length: 61:00

Direct download: CodeCast_034.mp3 - Size: 56MB

Categories: Windows 7, Surface, Multi-Touch, NUI, iPhone, iPhone SDK, Silverlight, Expression Studio, Expression Blend, Twitter, Windows

Thursday, February 19, 2009
CodeCast Episode 12: Visual Basic and the VB Community

In this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy, Markus Egger, and Gary Short discuss Internet Explorer 8, Windows 7 beta, Kindle and Sony eBook readers, and Visual Studio 2010. Ken has two in-depth interviews on the topic of Visual Basic, .NET languages, and the VB community. The first interview is with VB community program manager Lisa Feigenbaum and the second is with VB program manager Dustin Campbell.

Topics

·         Lisa Feigenbaum (@ 20:32) – Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam, Twitter: http://twitter.com/lisafeig

·         Dustin Campbell (@ 35:15) – Blog: http://diditwith.net, Twitter: http://twitter.com/dcampbell

Links

·         IE8 issue of CODE Focus magazine – http://code-magazine.com/focus

·         Internet Explorer 8 – http://microsoft.com/ie

·         Windows Live Essentials - http://download.live.com

·         Amazon Kindle – http://amazon.com/kindle

Length: 50:07

Direct download: CodeCast_012.mp3 - Size: 46MB

Categories: Windows 7, Windows, Internet Explorer, Sony Reader, Kindle, Visual Basic, CODE Focus, Live

Thursday, January 08, 2009
CodeCast Episode 9: 2008 Year in Review

Our special 2008 year in review episode with hosts Ken Levy and Markus Egger, joined by special guest co-host Rick Strahl of West Wind Technologies.

Topics

·         Visual Studio (@ 2:37)

·         Languages (@ 6:28)

·         SQL Server (@ 10:15)

·         Windows (@ 12:57)

·         WPF/Silverlight (@ 18:10)

·         SOA/WCF (@ 24:56)

·         IIS/ASP.NET (@ 29:55)

·         VSX (@ 36:07)

·         Tablet/Touch/Surface (@ 40:20)

·         Mobile (@ 43:07)

·         Browsers (@ 51:14)

·         Social Networking/Media and Web 2.0 (@ 59:02)

·         The "one big thing" in 2008 discussion (@ 1:05:57)

·         Our 2009 new year's resolutions for business discussion (@ 1:08:24)

Links

·         CoDe Magazine – http://codemag.com

Length: 1:12:52

Direct download: CodeCast_009.mp3 - Size: 67MB

Categories: Visual Studio, SQL Server, Windows, WPF, Silverlight, IIS, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, VSX, Surface, Tablet PC, NUI, iPhone, iPod, Windows Mobile, CODE Magazine