In this episode Dave and Clark talk with the mad scientist, Clint Rutkas.  Clint talks us through what a day in the life looks like when you work on Coding4Fun and Channel9.  From automated bartenders to dropping a thousand bouncy balls on your CTO’s head. It’s a wild and crazy show!

Show Notes

Are you new to Coding4Fun? The very first place to start is here.  They are always looking for new and crazy ideas.  Pitch the idea first but just don’t pitch any crazy LOB solutions.

Links

Here is a list of the different items we referenced during the show:

• Clint’s Blog
• Clint on Twitter
• Coding4Fun @ PDC
• Clint’s Groovy Dance floor
• Tweetcraft 
• wiimote
• ZWave ( specifically ControlThink )
• Phidgets
• Silverlight Media Framework (SMF) 
• Make magazine  

Tip of the day: Never ever hook up AC into your USB port.

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In this episode, we sit down with Jimmy Schementi of the Dynamic Languages Runtime team at Microsoft as we discuss Iron Ruby, Iron Python and how Jimmy found his way to Microsoft.

Show Notes:

Jimmy's Blog

Jimmy on Twitter

Jimmy Schementi: Inside IronRuby (Channel 9)

Iron Ruby

Iron Python

LOLCode

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In this episode, we grab some time with Microsoft Architect Evangelist, Kirk Evans, to discuss the all important question, "When NOT to use SharePoint". The conversation leads to Kirk laying out some of the new enhancements in SharePoint 2010 as well as discussing the finer points of going from a pure ASP.NET developer to a SharePoint developer. Kirk also gives Dave and Clark a lesson on how one can ramp up quickly in SharePoint development with a list of great resources.

I apologize for the recording quality of this interview. We are still trying to work out the kinks with recording some of our interviews through Skype. Please bear with us.

Thanks!

Show Notes:

Kirk's Blog

Kirk on Twitter

Sites running SharePoint: Ferrari, Hed Kandi, Hawaiian Airlines

WSS Demo – Features web sites that are built using SharePoint (and it is built with SharePoint, too)

Randy Drisgill’s Blog on SharePoint Branding

Andrew Connell's Blog

MSDN Article: Understanding and Creating Customized and Uncustomized Files in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Book: Inside Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Book: Professional SharePoint 2007 Web Content Management Development: Building Publishing Sites with Office SharePoint Server 2007

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