In this episode we start by talking about Cutting the cable, DTV conversion, Internet Explorer 8 and Drinking the Kool-Aid. Finally we jump into our interview with Zain Naboulsi talking about Online Virtual Worlds (example: Second Life, Facebook, etc) and their impact on the Microsoft technology community

To listen, go here: http://www.connectedShow.com/default.aspx?Episode=9

Related Resources:

• Zain Naboulsi’s Blog
  • http://blogs.msdn.com/zainnab/
• Adam Kinney’s Blog Post: Microsoft Teams and Products on Twitter
  • http://www.adamkinney.com/blog/408/default.aspx
• Second Life .NET User Group
  • http://sldnug.net/Home.aspx
• User Group Support
  • http://www.usergroupsupportservices.com/
  • http://www.ineta.org
  • http://www.communitymegaphone.com
• Media Center DTV issues:
  • Ed Bott’s Report: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=1056
  • The Hack: http://msmvps.com/blogs/chrisl/archive/2009/06/14/1695364.aspx
• Solutions on Green Button:
  • http://thegreenbutton.com/forums/thread/367826.aspx
• Explanation of how DTV works from MS on The Green Button:
  • http://thegreenbutton.com/blogs/media_center_and_me/archive/2009/06/05/365919.aspx
• IE8 10 Grand Contest:
  • http://www.microsoft.com/australia/ie8/competition/default.aspx

In this episode we start by talking to Andrew Brust on Microsoft’s move to kill the Oracle Data Provider and how the world is not coming to an end. Then, Peter and I talk again about his trip to JavaOne including HTML 5 vs. RIA applications (like Silverlight). Finally, we jump into Peter's JavaOne interview with Ted Neward on Project Stonehenge and interoperability between Java and .NET.

To listen, go here: http://www.connectedShow.com/default.aspx?Episode=8

Related Resources:

• Apache Stonehenge Project:
  • http://incubator.apache.org/stonehenge/
• Microsoft Interoperability Bridges:
  • http://www.interoperabilitybridges.com/
• ADO.NET Oracle Client Announcement:
  • http://blogs.msdn.com/adonet/archive/2009/06/15/system-data-oracleclient-update.aspx
• Andrew Brust quoted in Redmond Dev News about Oracle Client:
  • http://reddevnews.com/articles/2009/06/16/microsoft-kills-oracle-data-provider-for-adonet.aspx
• Ted’s Blog:
  • http://blogs.tedneward.com/
• Andrew’s Blog:
  • http://www.brustblog.com
• Press coverage of Microsoft @ JavaOne:
  • http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Microsoft-Touts-NET-Java-Interoperability-at-JavaOne-685603/
  • http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/306354/microsoft_pitches_interoperability_javaone?fp=2&fpid=1&rid=1
  • http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=19262

This is actually a very impressive phone, check out the video! I am very happy to see phone hardware starting to match the iPhone for other platforms. I wonder how good the screen i though.

In this episode we talk with Peter about his visit to JavaOne in San Francisco. Then we discuss the new Bing 411 phone service, changes to the Bing API, the new Windows 7 Training Kit and MVC & Visual Studio 2010. Finally we jump into our interview with Laurence Moroney on Silverlight 3 beta, Smooth Streaming and more!

To listen, go here: http://www.connectedShow.com/default.aspx?Episode=7

Related Resources:

• Bing 411 (Phone Search!)
• Bing API (with unlimited access for customer-facing applications!)
• Blog Post about MVC and VS 2010
• Windows 7 RC Training Kit for Developers
• Silverlight 3 Beta
• Visual Studio 2008 Express (Free!)
• Smooth Streaming for IIS (and experience a demo here)
• Laurence Moroney’s Blog
• Books by Laurence Moroney (Amazon Link)

In this episode we talk about Peter’s recent bar camp presentation on “cutting the cable bill” and other hot news topics like Bing.com. Then we jump into our interview with Tony Goodhew of Microsoft Corporation on Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1. Tony describes major features coming for various groups of developers and crosscutting functionality like Multi-monitor support!

To listen, go here: http://www.connectedShow.com/default.aspx?Episode=6

Related Resources:

• In the News!
• Bing.com, Microsoft’s new Search Engine
• Windows 7 release date announced, General Availability Oct 22nd 2009!
• Visual Studio 2010 Official Homepage
• Download Visual Studio 2010 Professional Beta now
• Download Visual Studio Team System 2010 Beta now

In this episode Dmitry welcomes a new co-host, Peter Laudati. Next, we speak to Maarten Balliauw about the new PHP SDK for Windows Azure which is designed to help PHP developers use Windows Azure services.

To listen, go here: http://www.connectedShow.com/default.aspx?Episode=5

Related Resources:

• Maarten Balliauw’s Blog: http://blog.maartenballiauw.be/
• Peter Laudati’s Blog: http://www.PeterLaudati.com
• PHP SDK for Windows Azure: http://phpazure.codeplex.com
• Webcasts, videos, virtual labs and podcasts: http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/azure.aspx
• Azure training kit (including PHP samples): http://www.microsoft.com/azure/trainingkit.mspx
• Other Azure SDK's: http://www.microsoft.com/azure/sdk.mspx
• How do I.... videos: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dd439432.aspx
• PHP on Windows Training Kit: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=c8498c9b-a85a-4afa-90c0-593d0e4850cb
• PHPExcel: www.phpexcel.net
• PHPLinq: www.phplinq.net

I'd like to announce that Peter C. Laudati of Microsoft DPE is now my co-host of the ConnectedShow! Podcast. Welcome Peter and thank you for coming on board!

For more on Peter, check out his blog: http://www.PeterLaudati.com

In June I will be speaking once again in NYC on a very interesting topic, “PRISM v2.0”. On a personal note, I have been fortune enough to actually work on a project that implements PRISM in a WPF application and I am very happy with the results.

Here is the info, hope to see you all there.

When: June 15th, 2009, 6:00pm

Where: Silverlight User group hosted by Erik Stepp

Microsoft Office in NYC
1290 Avenue of the Americas (6th Ave. & 51 St.)
New York, NY 10019

Title: Prism v2.0 for WPF & Silverlight: Building flexible Composite applications

Abstract: Back in June 2008 Microsoft released something called the "Composite Application Guidance for WPF". This new guidance package provided a clear path for building flexible composite WPF client applications that use loosely coupled, independently evolvable pieces that work well together. In this presentation we will explore the 2nd release (PRISM 2.0, Feb 2009) of this guidance that now also supports Silverlight 2.

Just a a quick note that I have fixed all the blog postings to show the correct new URL for my podcast: http://www.connectedShow.com/.

Also as you can see in my previous entry I have finally made available the 4th episode, its a great Interview and my first Skype recording, I do hope you check it out and provide feedback!

Future Episodes...

I have many more shows lined up and hope to begin delivering them to you in a more regular fashion. Thanks for reading folks and for your continued support.