Carl Franklin
Carl Franklin has been a figurehead in the VB community since the very early days when he wrote for Visual Basic Programmers Journal. He authored the Q&A column of that magazine as well as many feature articles for VBPJ and other magazines. He has authored two books for John Wiley & Sons on sockets programming in VB, and in 1994 he helped create the very first web site for VB developers, Carl & Gary’s VB Home Page. He now teaches hands-on VB .NET classes for his company, Franklins.Net. He has taught developers from Citigroup, Aetna, Fidelity Investments, Fleet Bank, Foxwoods Casino, UTC, Hubbell, Microsoft, Mohegan Sun Casino, Northeast Utilities, to name a few. Carl is co-host of a weekly talk show on his website for .NET programmers called .NET Rocks! Carl is MSDN Regional Director for Connecticut.
Contact Information:
- Email: carl@franklins.net
- Phone: 860-447-9610
Articles Authored
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.NET Rocks!: The Youngest MCP
Last updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2007 - March/April
Mar/April 07 Carl Franklin .NET Rocks Column
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Finish Your Week with .NET Rocks!
Last updated: Friday, February 22, 2019
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2004 - May/June
This is the first in a series of what I hope will be one of your favorite columns for years to come! I am the host of a talk show on the Internet called .NET Rocks! (see advert), in which I interview the movers and shakers in the .NET community.
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Heard on .NET Rocks!
Last updated: Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2004 - July/August
I am the host of .NET Rocks!, an Internet audio talk show for .NET developers online at www.franklins.net/dotnetrocks and msdn.microsoft.com/dotnetrocks. My co-host, Rory Blyth (www.neopoleon.com), and I interview the movers and shakers in the .NET community. We now have over 60 shows archived online, and we broadcast a new show every Thursday night from 10PM to Midnight, Eastern Standard Time (GMT-5). For more history of the show check out the May/June 2004 issue of CoDe Magazine, in which this column first appeared.
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Heard on .NET Rocks!
Last updated: Thursday, February 21, 2019
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2004 - November/December
I am the host of a weekly Internet audio talk show for .NET developers called .NET Rocks!Each week my co-host, Rory Blyth, and I interview the movers and shakers in the .NET community. It's a free download, and there are about 80 shows in the archives as of this writing. We've interviewed the likes of Alan Cooper, Scott Guthrie, Don Box, Kimberly Tripp, Chris Sells, and many other well-known persons in the community. Our show is not boring! We have fun! We give away prizes, look at strange Web sites, talk about what went on in .NET land during the week, and otherwise have a good time. Heard on .NET Rocks! is a regular feature of CoDe Magazine in which I highlight some of the conversations we've had recently.
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Heard on .NET Rocks! Andy Leonard on Unit Testing Your Database
Last updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2008 - May/June
May/June 2008 .NET Rocks! column
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Heard on .NET Rocks! Dead Head Bill Wagner
Last updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2007 - July/August
Carl Franklin's .NET Rocks July/August 2007 column.
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Heard on .NET Rocks! Don Demsak on LINQ to XML
Last updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2008 - January/February
In episode #271 of .NET Rocks! (www.dotnetrocks.com) Richard and I spoke with Don Demsak about LINQ to XML. Here’s an excerpt from that interview.
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Heard on .NET Rocks! Future of Web Development Panel
Last updated: Saturday, January 18, 2020
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2009 - January/February
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Heard on .NET Rocks! Jim Webber on Guerilla SOA!
Last updated: Thursday, February 21, 2019
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2008 - July/August
In episode #337 (jeez, can you believe we’ve produced so many shows?) Richard and I talked to Jim Webber, Global Architecture Lead for Thoughtworks, about his favorite topic, Guerilla SOA.
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Heard on .NET Rocks! Moving VB6 Applications to .NET
Last updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2007 - January/February
Jan/Feb 07 .Net Rocks Column
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Heard on .NET Rocks! Oslo Is Love with Chris Sells
Last updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2009 - March/April
Mar/Apr 09 .NET Rocks Column
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Heard on .NET Rocks! Pablo Castro on Astoria
Last updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2008 - March/April
Mar/April 2008 .NET Rocks by Carl Franklin
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Heard on .NET Rocks! Ted Faison on Event-driven Design
Last updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2008 - September/October
In .NET Rocks! episode 355, Richard and I talked to Ted Faison about event-based and event-driven programming. There’s more to it than you think. Ted Faison has more than 30 years of experience in the software industry and has been involved with object-oriented-programming and component-based development since the inception of those technologies. He is currently working on .Net projects for the Motorcycle Industry Council and Amtrak. Ted is the author of the books Event-Based Programming: Taking Events to the Limit, Component-Based Development with Visual C#, and a few others.
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Heard on .NET Rocks! Axum!
Last updated: Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2009 - September/October
In Show #449 we spoke to Niklas Gustafsson and Josh Phillips about Axum, a new language developed specifically for parallelism.
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Heard on .NET Rocks! Is Software Development Too Complex?
Last updated: Saturday, January 18, 2020
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2009 - November/December
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Heard on .NET Rocks! James Kovacs Inverts Our Control
Last updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2008 - November/December
Nov/Dec 08 .NET Rocks by Carl Franklin
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Heard on .NET Rocks!: A Torrent of Cool
Last updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2006 - March/April
Carl Franklin's .Net Rocks March/April 05
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Heard on .NET Rocks!: Kimberly Tripp on SQL Server 2005 SP1 and More
Last updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2006 - September/October
Heard on .NET Rocks!: Kimberly Tripp on SQL Server 2005 SP1 and More
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Heard on .NET Rocks!: Managing Geographical Data with World Wind
Last updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2005 - May/June
May/June 2005 .NET Rocks Column
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Heard on .NET Rocks!: Microsoft Pundits
Last updated: Friday, February 22, 2019
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2006 - November/December
November/December 06 .NET Rocks Carl Franklin
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Heard on .NET Rocks!: Talking .NET with Tim Huckaby
Last updated: Thursday, February 21, 2019
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2006 - July/August
July august Carl Franklin .NET Rocks column
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Heard on .NET Rocks!: A Stroll Down RAM Lane with David Treadwell
Last updated: Saturday, January 18, 2020
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2006 - January/February
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Heard on .NET Rocks!: Cogan Rules
Last updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2006 - May/June
May June .NET Rocks Column by Carl Franklin
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Heard on .NET Rocks!: Frank Savage on Programming the Xbox 360
Last updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2007 - September/October
.NET Rocks column for Sept/Oct 2007
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Heard on .NET Rocks!: Indy Racing League
Last updated: Friday, February 22, 2019
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2005 - July/August
In episode #109 Matt Mannion from Clarity Consulting talks about the application his company developed with and for the Indy Racing League in Indianapolis, IN. Using Visual Studio .NET 2003 and VB.NET they were able to develop a great application for managing real-time racing data and reporting.Matt Mannion is an Engagement Manager for Clarity Consulting Inc., a Chicago-based technology consulting firm and Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. Matt has delivered many large-scale, WinForm and WebForm systems for a variety of industries, including retail, financial services, publishing, and banking. Contact Matt at mannion@claritycon.com.
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Heard on .NET Rocks!: Joel Pobar and Brad Abrams on the CLR
Last updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2005 - November/December
.Net Rocks by Carl Franklin Nov/Dec Article.
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Heard on .NET Rocks!: Paul Randal on SQL Server 2005 Performance and Recovery
Last updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2007 - May/June
May/June .Net Rocks Column
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Heard on .NET Rocks!: Spring.NET
Last updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2005 - March/April
Carl Franklin .NET Rocks Column
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Heard on .NET Rocks!: SQL Reporting Services
Last updated: Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2004 - September/October
I am the host of .NET Rocks!, an Internet audio talk show for .NET developers online at www.franklins.net/dotnetrocks and msdn.microsoft.com/dotnetrocks. My co-host, Rory Blyth (www.neopoleon.com), and I interview the movers and shakers in the .NET community. We now have over 60 shows archived online, and we broadcast a new show every Thursday night from 10PM to Midnight, Eastern Standard Time (GMT-5). For more history of the show check out the May/June 2004 issue of CoDe Magazine, in which this column first appeared.
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Heard on .NET Rocks!: Virtual PC and Virtual Server
Last updated: Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2005 - September/October
.NET Rocks Carl Franklin Column Sep/Oct 05
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Heard on .NET Rocks: Jay Roxe
Last updated: Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2005 - January/February
Carl Franklin - Jan/Feb 05 .NET Rocks Column
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LINQ to Entities with Erik Maijer
Last updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2007 - November/December
In show #270 Richard and I talked to Erik Meijer from Microsoft about LINQ. In this excerpt we talk about LINQ to Entities.