Hanselminutes - Fresh Talk And Tech For Developers

In this episode Scott talks with Chris Brooks and Eli Smith about the evolution and current state of classic board gaming.

In this episode Scott interviews Leon of SecretGeek.net about the partnership that created their TimeSnapper product. Leon shares his 25 steps to starting your own MicroISV. Leon will be publishing detailed info on each step on his blog. If you've ever considered selling software on the net, this is the show for you.

Scott and Carl discuss Microsoft's answer to Flash, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere (WPF/E), a lightweight version of the .NET 2.0 (and 3.0) Framework that promises to be multi-browser and multi-platform.

Scott and Carl bring us up to date on the developments in dynamic and static language extensibility.

Scott and Carl discuss some of the basics and modern myths of professional audio.

Scott and Carl talk about life hacks with Gina Trapani, web developer and author of the book "Life Hacker - 88 tricks to turbocharge your day".

Scott talks with Carl about the state of gaming hardware, software, and programmability.

This week Scott and Carl discuss the various WS specifications and how they relate to WCF, with a strong emphasis on security.

This week Scott and Carl discuss Software Architecture from the Tech Ed developer conference in Barcelona.

Scott and Carl talk about digital identity and related technologies.

This week Scott and Carl talk about the latest technology around dealing with Diabetes, as well as a short discussion of the basics.

Scott catches up with Scott Guthrie in an interview covering Ajax, Asp 2.0, extender controls, CSS adapters and more.

Scott turns the tables and interviews Jeffrey Snover, the Architect of PowerShell (previously Monad) and gets the lowdown on the history of this enhanced management shell.

Scott and Carl discuss the current state of Hi-Def Television.

Scott spends some quality time with Microsoft Program Manager Chris Sells to discuss Vista, the joys of the XBox 360 and to set the world straight on spelunking.

Scott and Carl discuss their experiences with Windows Vista Release Candidate 1. New features, pain points, expectations, etc.

Scott and Carl discuss the topic of Mock Objects: what they are, when to use them, and of course an analysis of available tools.

Scott addresses the processes and benefits of test-driven development.

Scott discusses some useful add-ons for Outlook.

Scott talks with Carl about what we can learn from dynamic languages such as Ruby and Ruby on Rails