Looks like Carl and Co. have put up a .NET Rocks show that Amanda, Erik and I recorded at the PDC. We had a very interesting discussion, ranging from LINQ to what it was like for Erik to be a “Head in a Box,” definitely something for everyone! Check it out!

I’ve been thinking about something Wes said last week about C# 3.0 and VB 9.0. After viewing my PDC presentation slides, he noted: The difference in focus between the C# and VB team is becoming much more evident: The VB team is opting for greater relevance and convenience in the short term, while the C# team is trying to avoid...

I’ve been thinking about something Wes said last week about C# 3.0 and VB 9.0. After viewing my PDC presentation slides, he noted: The difference in focus between the C# and VB team is becoming much more evident: The VB team is opting for greater relevance and convenience in the short term, while the C# team is trying to avoid...

Over in the LINQ MSDN forums, the question came up: which is better, Select/From (as VB does it) or From/Select (as C# does it)? To quote from the thread, here’s the C# side of it, straight from Anders: There are a multitude of reasons why select comes at the end and not the beginning of a query in C# 3.0. The more important ones are:(1)...

Over in the LINQ MSDN forums, the question came up: which is better, Select/From (as VB does it) or From/Select (as C# does it)? To quote from the thread, here’s the C# side of it, straight from Anders: There are a multitude of reasons why select comes at the end and not the beginning of a query in C# 3.0. The more important ones are:(1)...

While at the PDC, I also did a short video interview with F5 DevCentral. Check it out, even though the front image is kind of scary, in my opinion… Tag: PDC05

While at the PDC, I also did a short video interview with F5 DevCentral. Check it out, even though the front image is kind of scary, in my opinion… Tag: PDC05

During the PDC, I got to sit down with Jon Udell and Anders and do a quick podcast about LINQ and other stuff. Check it out. Tag: PDC05

During the PDC, I got to sit down with Jon Udell and Anders and do a quick podcast about LINQ and other stuff. Check it out. Tag: PDC05

Two new videos, timed to coincide with the PDC are now up: Paul Vick and Erik Meijer - Dynamic Programming in Visual Basic – This is me and Erik talking about dynamic stuff in VB. We were planning on talking about some of the new XML stuff as well, but didn’t even get to it! Another video, I’m sure… Paul Vick and Amanda...

Two new videos, timed to coincide with the PDC are now up: Paul Vick and Erik Meijer - Dynamic Programming in Visual Basic – This is me and Erik talking about dynamic stuff in VB. We were planning on talking about some of the new XML stuff as well, but didn’t even get to it! Another video, I’m sure… Paul Vick and Amanda...

FYI, Scott Swigart was nice enough to do an interview with myself, Amanda, Erik, Rob Copeland, Alan Griver and Jay Roxe about VB 9.0 for Dr. Dobb’s Journal. We even made the front (web)page! Check it out.

FYI, Scott Swigart was nice enough to do an interview with myself, Amanda, Erik, Rob Copeland, Alan Griver and Jay Roxe about VB 9.0 for Dr. Dobb’s Journal. We even made the front (web)page! Check it out.

Now that I’m back, safe and sound, in Seattle, I can start to catch up on some of my blog backlog! So let’s start with the highlight of the trip, my talk. I was a little nervous about it, but the worried turned out to be for naught — the session went really well! Lots of people showed up and we had a good time talking about...

Still not at a point to post more about how the session went (long story, short: very good), but I had a funny moment just a second ago. I was looking at the internal website that has speaker evaluation information to see how people liked the session. Pulled up the data and sorted it in Excel. Then I was thinking, “You know, I really want...