Hanselminutiae-six with Richard Campbell
In this sixth episode of our micro-series "Hanselminutiae," Scott and Richard Campbell chat about all things technological. It's a bit random at times, but at least we enjoy it.
Aug 07, 2009•45 min•Ep. 174
Hanselminutes with Scott Hanselman
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All About Microsoft with Mary Jo Foley
Mary Jo Foley writes the All About Microsoft blog for ZDNet and has worked as a journalist covering Microsoft for years. Scott and Mary Jo chat about Windows 7 and the future of Microsoft.
Jul 30, 2009•42 min•Ep. 173
Dan Bricklin on Technology
Dan Bricklin is an innovator and entrepreneur, and created VisiCalc, the first electronic spreadsheet in 1979. He's just written a book called Bricklin on Technology full of observations, stories, case histories and insight into the human aspect of technology.
Jul 23, 2009•50 min•Ep. 172
Return of Uncle Bob
Scott and Uncle Bob meet again, this time in Norway and in person. Uncle Bob tries to answer the question Are You Professional. Scott and uncle Bob chat about software craftmanship.
Jul 16, 2009•29 min•Ep. 171
Kanban Boards for Agile Project Management with Zen Author Nate Kohari
Today Scott chats with Nate Kohari, author of Ninject, about Nate's new Kanban-inspired project "Zen." Are project boards something your agile team should be thinking about?
Jul 09, 2009•31 min•Ep. 170
The Art of Unit Testing with Roy Osherove
In this show recorded in Norway, Roy Osherove educates Scott on best practices in Unit Testing techniques and the Art of Unit Testing.
Jul 02, 2009•35 min•Ep. 169
Successful Cross Platform .NET Development - Mono and Banshee with Aaron Bockover
Scott chats with Aaron Bockover of Novell about the Banshee Project - a cross-platform Media Player. It's a Mono Application that runs on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. What are the hard-won secrets of cross platform .NET dev? Aaron and his team know the answers.
Jul 01, 2009•43 min•Ep. 168
Convention Over Configuration with Jeremy Miller.
Scott's Norway interviews continue this week, this time with Jeremy Miller, author of Structure Map. Scott and Jeremy chat about fluent interfaces, Convention Over Configuration and how to best simplify your systems.
Jun 25, 2009•36 min•Ep. 167
Windows Presentation Foundation explained by Ian Griffiths
Scott chats with Ian Griffiths about Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). Why is it so hard to master? What techniques should the WinForms developer learn first? Scott's working on a side project, and he and Ian brainstorm ways for Scott's application to use WPF more effectively.
Jun 22, 2009•36 min•Ep. 166
Working Effectively with Legacy Code with Michael Feathers
Scott's in Norway this week and he sits down with Michael Feathers. Michael is the author of "Working Effectively with Legacy Code." What is legacy code? Are you writing legacy code right now?
Jun 18, 2009•24 min•Ep. 165
Silverlight 3 with Tim Heuer
When's Silverlight 10 coming out? These versions are moving pretty fast. Scott chats with Tim Heuer to try and make sense of it. How does offline for Silverlight work? What's the best way to keep on the this new tech.
Jun 11, 2009•41 min•Ep. 164
Software Metrics with Patrick Smacchia
Scott sits down with Patrick Smacchia, lead developer of NDepend, and talks about Software Metrics. What metrics lie beyond Lines of Code?
May 26, 2009•37 min•Ep. 163
Powershell 2.0
Scott's at TechEd and bumps into Hal Rottenberg and Kirk Munro. Hal's a Powershell IT guy and Kirk's a Powershell-focused Dev. What's new in Powershell 2.0 and what's in it for the .NET developer or Windows power user?
May 14, 2009•35 min•Ep. 162
BBSs and Wildcat! from Mustang Software
Scott chats with founders of Mustang Software (creators of Wildcat! BBS) Jim Harrer and Scott Hunter about the BBS era. We start at 300 baud and work our way up. Remember Hayes modems, v.32bis, Fidonet, Compuserve? This is the show for you.
May 08, 2009•48 min•Ep. 161
JavaFX and the Web's Four Virtual Machines
In this episode Scott talks to Joshua Marinacci from Sun, a Staff Engineer working on JavaFX. JavaFX, along with Flash and Silverlight battle to be The VM for the Web. We chat about how JavaFX approaches things and muse on who will win the web.
May 01, 2009•40 min•Ep. 160
IronPython with Michael Foord
Michael Foord makes his living as a Python programmer. More specifically has an IronPython programmer. He chats with Scott about his company's use of IronPython, the DLR and why they picked Python over C# or VB.
Apr 24, 2009•46 min•Ep. 159
Visiting Fog Creek Software and Joel Spolsky
Scott's in New York this week and he stops by the Fog Creek Software offices on Broadway and chats with Joel Spolsky. Why did they write their own compiler? How long have they used VBScript? What does Joel think about online community? All this and less in this episode!
Apr 15, 2009•44 min•Ep. 158
Hanselminutae-five with Richard Campbell
Be warned! We may just waste your time with this show. It's Hanselminutae #5 with Richard Campbell. We talk books, Windows, Economics, being a Millionaire, Multiple Monitors, TweetDeck, and much much less!
Apr 09, 2009•40 min•Ep. 157
Dealing with Diversity in Agile Teams with Aslam Khan
Scott chats about Diversity with Aslam Khan. He is a software architect and coach from South Africa. He shares his experience growing up South African, and how he applies his experience to working with Agile software development teams.
Apr 02, 2009•55 min•Ep. 156
A C64 Emulator with Silverlight 3 by Pete Brown
Scott digs deep with Pete Brown about the Commodore 64 Emulator he is writing in Silverlight 3. Is Silverlight fast enough? What about offline support? What Silverlight 3 features made the job easier? All this and next steps in this week's show.
Mar 26, 2009•29 min•Ep. 155
ASP.NET and the Mobile Web
Scott's at Mix09 in Las Vegas this week and he sits down with Chris Woods, a Program Manager on the Mobile Browse Platform Team. They've just open sourced a MASSIVE database of mobile device capabilities, enabling better mobile development for ASP.NET developers.
Mar 18, 2009•30 min•Ep. 154
Tables Turned - Mo Interviews Scott Hanselman
Scott's wife Mo turns the tables in this interview and talks to Web Developer Scott Hanselman. How does he fit it all into a day? What about work life balance? Is Scott bored with technology? When will the madness stop?
Mar 12, 2009•48 min•Ep. 153
Code Generation and T4 with Kathleen Dollard
Scott chats with Kathleen Dollard about the past and the future of Code Generation. Scott's infatuated with T4, but does it have a future?
Mar 05, 2009•38 min•Ep. 152
Fit is Dead, Long Live Fitnesse - with Ward Cunningham and James Shore
You may have heard the terms "Fit" and "Fitnesse" bandied about by the software engineering literati. What are they? Are they useful? Are they used at all? Does your testing strategy need some fitnesse? The creator of Fit and the coordinator of the Fit project chat with Scott and answer the hard questions.
Feb 27, 2009•31 min•Ep. 151
Uncle Bob Martin: SOLID, this time with feeling.
Uncle Bob Martin responds to the hullabaloo around the SOLID principles from Show 145, his time on the Jeff Atwood and Joel Spolsky StackOverflow podcast, and offers his reasoned response. Is it time for a Software Apprenticeship Program? Other possible titles for this show: "He's back and he's pissed." "Bob's your Uncle." "Joel Who?" "SOLID State" "I got your tests right here!" "Smack Overflow" "Pay Attention This Time: Bob Martin on SOLID" (No, Bob's not pissed. We're just having a laugh.)...
Feb 18, 2009•34 min•Ep. 150
Deconstructing "blu" - a new WPF Twitter client from thirteen23
Scott talks to Doug Cook, Hal Saville, and Lee Brenner about their dramatic new Twitter client, called "blu" (formerly "chirp") with a jelly aesthetic you have to see to believe. How do they find developing in WPF? What's their workflow? What's coming for the next release of blu?
Feb 10, 2009•42 min•Ep. 149
MEF - Managed Extensibility Framework with Glenn Block
There's been lots of talk about MEF lately, but what the heck is it? Is it an Open Source Project or is it part of the .NET Framework? Is it both? Is it an IOC Container or something new? Glenn Block sets Scott straight in this interview recorded on the Microsoft Campus.
Jan 28, 2009•31 min•Ep. 148
The new WPF-based Text Editor in Visual Studio 2010 - Interview with a Dev
Scott is on campus this week and bumps into Noah Richards, a "lowly" (his word) dev on the new editor in Visual Studio 2010. They sit down and Scott gets an education on how it's put together, built, componentized and shared.
Jan 23, 2009•31 min•Ep. 147
Test Driven Development is Design - The Last Word on TDD
Scott Hanselman talks to Scott Bellware about TDD. ScottB says that Test Driven Development is less about Testing and more about Design. Is TDD poorly named? Did Test Smell beget Design Smell beget Code Smell?
Jan 12, 2009•44 min•Ep. 146
SOLID Principles with Uncle Bob - Robert C. Martin
Scott sits down with Robert C. Martin as Uncle Bob helps Scott understand the SOLID Principles of Object Oriented Design.
Jan 05, 2009•45 min•Ep. 145
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