<Building 42/Polita Paulus/>

Scott teams up with Rory Blyth to find and talk to developers at Microsoft building 42. In a feat of investigative skill and daring they find themselves interviewing a dev with major cred: Polita Paulus. Find the Channel9 video at www.shinkster.com/nik

http://hanselminutes.com/default.aspx?showID=74

Rocky Lhotka on using CSLA.NET with a Data Access Layer

Our good friend Rocky Lhotka is back showing us how to use a Data Access Layer with his CSLA.NET framework. Rocky runs the gamut starting with ADO.NET code in you business objects and going all the way through using a web service.

http://dnrtv.com/default.aspx?showID=60

Oren Eine, creator of Rhino Mocks, reprises his DNR tv appearance with discussions on the effectiveness and power of NHibernate, coding advantages and the joys of authoring open source work.

http://dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showID=227

Bill Wagner is back to talk about C# with topics from his best-selling book, Effective C#. Bill is a multi-faceted developer, however, and the conversation turned to topics like community. Great stuff.

http://dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showID=226

<The Old New Thing - Interview with Raymond Chen/>

Scott sits down with the original raconteur of Windows, Raymond Chen to talk about all things Win32 and where Microsoft Bob is currently.

http://hanselminutes.com/default.aspx?showID=73

So What Really Is In A McDonald's Chicken McNugget?

http://www.alnyethelawyerguy.com/al_nye_the_lawyer_guy/2007/03/so_what_really_.html

OMG!

Brian Noyes on Windows Presentation Foundation Part 2

Mr. Brian Noyes is back with another episode on MS WPF. This time Brian gets into the Expression Blend design tool, styles, triggers and a XAML browser application.

http://dnrtv.com/default.aspx?showID=59

Michele checks in with Carl and Richard on the state of WCF. Not to be missed!

http://dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showID=225

The always brilliant and delightful Kate Gregory talks with Carl and Richard about her passion, which is managed C++, as well as Vista, UAC and other things geekish.

http://dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showID=224

.NET Rocks! with Kate Gregory will be posted at 12PM EST Today, Tue March 20

Office Space - A Cautionary Tale

My father told me this story. Unbelievable.

Bill Vaughn on Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition

Mr. Bill Vaughn spent some time with Carl to talk about this light-weight version of SQL Server. Bill shows us exactly what it can do, what it can't and how to get around the few bumps in the road. If you are planning to use this database in an upcoming project this is a must-see!

http://dnrtv.com/default.aspx?showID=58

<Monorail - Alternative ASP.NET/>

Scott interviews two developers who are betting on Monorail on ASP.NET, an MVC Web Framework inspired by Action Pack.

http://hanselminutes.com/default.aspx?showID=71

Jack Greenfield talks about software factories, or software that builds software. The conceptual and practical aspects of the future of software development, and implications for developers are discussed.

http://dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showID=223

Shaun Walker is back to talk about advances in DotNetNuke, his incredible open-source ASP.NET framework. .NET Nuke has been an increasingly popular option for development of ASP.NET sites and applications ever since it arrived on the scene in the early days of .NET.

http://dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showID=222

I just took the RealTraps Portable Vocal Booth ($299) for a spin, and it does a really good job of minimizing room echo.

How good? Check out this WAV file (5MB) I just recorded in a big open room, my studio which is in the process of renovation to be exact.

I recorded this with the following equipment:

Marantz PDM671 Flash Recorder

Sennheiser MD46 Interview Microphone with windscreen

The WAV file is Mono, 44.1K, 16-bit

Keeping the Eyeballs

During dinner recently, Aydika and I talked, and as usual we talked about everything. And obviously, since everything includes the subject of animal dissection...

Venkat Suramaniam on More Ruby in .NET

You asked for him, so here he is! Dr V. is back with more Ruby in .NET. This time Venkat shows us how to force garbage collection in a Ruby-like way, how to invoke Windows Forms from Ruby and more.

http://dnrtv.com/default.aspx?showID=57

<Squeezing the most out of Continuous Integration - with Jay Flowers/>

In this long-awaited Part II on Continuous Integration, Scott talks to Jay Flowers, maker of CI Factory about how to squeeze the most out of your Continuous Integration build. If you're not doing CI, this is a great opportunity to start!

http://hanselminutes.com/default.aspx?showID=70

Dare Obasanjo talks to us about his work with Windows Live Server technologies, Windows Live Messenger, and RSS Bandit, his open source RSS aggregator.

http://dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showID=221

One of our .NET Rocks! listeners is looking for ASP.NET gurus to join their software engineering team. Their web application developers are outstanding engineers, but many of them come from the LAMP, Oracle, Java, or RoR world. The ASP.NET Specialists will help these developers translate their knowledge onto the Microsoft technology stack.

Responsibilities:

o    Helping developers understand the intricacies of ASP.NET, the CLR and MS SQL.

o    Building ASP.NET-powered sites for our customers and partners.

The Requirements:

o    A Zen-like understanding of ASP.NET 2.0. You understand the page lifecycle, data binding, IIS, IHttpHandler, ASP.NET AJAX, precompilation, and anything else that Scott Guthrie talks about.

o    A deep foundational knowledge of the stuff that makes the web tick: HTTP, HTML, CSS, XML, and the relational data model.

o    A thorough understanding of the non-ASP.NET elements of the Microsoft stack, such as Microsoft SQL Server, the .NET Framework, and WPFE/WCF/WF.

o    You are a developer, not a programmer.

o    Excellent interpersonal skills and a sense of humor.

o    A solid command of written and spoken English. Outstanding writing skills a plus.

The Perks:

o    Work in an office that understands and values developers. No cubicles, no unnecessary meetings, the latest hardware, and an 11/12 on The Joel Test.

o    Design BIG applications that receive millions of hits per week and databases that process hundreds of transactions per second.

o    Show off your work. Instead of building "a scalable data access layer with an XML-configuration engine" that only five people will ever use, build a website that everyone -- including your mother -- can appreciate.

o    Great downtown location with convenient access to Metro, restaurants, and parking.

o    Competitive salary, benefits, and equity.

If you're interested, contact us at dotnetrocks@franklins.net

You might have heard already on Tuesday's .NET Rocks!, but in case you didn't...

First of all, the announcement that affects all our fans. Starting this week we'll be publishing 2 .NET Rocks! shows every week. This week will be Tuesday and Thursday, and next week we're moving the first show to Monday making the publishing days Monday and Thursday. Woohoo!

Also, our friends at telerik have become Franklins.Net Gold sponsors, meaning that they are supporting EVERY SHOW! - .NET Rocks!, dnrTV, and Hanselminutes!! We honestly would not be doing this if it were not for all of our sponsors, and especially telerik. Thanks to all our major sponsors!

In local news, we're doing a major renovation to Pwop Studios. I realize we didn't publish lots of photos of the space before now, but you saw the studio if you watched the .NET Rocks! 2004 Movie (which will be coming soon on BitTorrent!) in the middle of which the Franklin Brothers band played our original tune New London Blues.

We have 2 26x26 rooms on the 5th and top floor of the Dewart Building (1915) in downtown New London, CT. The view is awesome from our space. One room was the training room, which seated 20 students. The other room was our studio where I started recording and editing .NET Rocks! in 2001. Just about all the media we produce comes out of that studio.

So what did we do? Why, knocked down the wall between them and gutted it, of course! We're going to turn it all into studio space and move the public classes to Atlanta (check the Franklins.Net website soon for new dates).

You can view the progress of the renovation here: http://photos.pwop.com/studio_renovation

Once the renovation is complete we're going to add screencast production and audio mastering and restoration to our list of services!

At the end I'll post a story on the entire process. Fun fun fun!

Carl

Oh yeah, we should have a new Mondays on Monday!

Microsoftee Paul Randal drops by for an engaging talk about his contributions to the recoverability of SQL Server 2005, which are many (Can you say CHECKDB?). An old friend of ours, and a fairly new friend of Paul's, busts in on the conversation and makes a cameo appearance.

http://dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showID=220

Canada Nees to Move the Hell Over

Some of you might know that my work involves a lot of travel... and it looks like I'm going to be making a trip to Alaska.

Brian Noyes on Windows Presentation Foundation Part 1

Virginia RD Brian Noyes is back to formally introduce us to Windows Presentation Foundation, the whiz bang GUI portion of .NET 3.0. Brian gives us some dazzling real world examples of WPF in action and then goes into the object/element hierarchy with data binding.

http://dnrtv.com/default.aspx?showID=56

<Hiring and Interviewing Engineers/>

Scott and Carl talk about the "FizzBuzz" test and try to come up with practical techniques for hiring engineers and technical folks.

http://hanselminutes.com/default.aspx?showID=69

Mike Libecki has spent over 10 years finding untouched regions of the globe to explore. Hear him describe the perks and risks of solo adventures, the logistics of crossing a desert on camel, how he trains for month-long adventures, the wonder of becoming a part of local culture, his tricks for creating laughter and fun throughout, his plans for the Year of the Pig, and the importance of caring for the world around us. The time is now, focus on the moment. Pursue passion; why ration passion? Dream big and live those dreams.

http://bluepizza.ems.com/default.aspx?showID=11