Category: Zune

Arcane Fun Fridays–Music to Code By

I love music, it’s great to listen to when I read or program. I do find music with a lot of lyrics distracting when I’m trying to concentrate, thus action/adventure soundtracks are one of my favorite genera’s. Some surprisingly good music can be found from video game soundtracks. I thought I’d share a few of my favorites with you.

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Call of Duty – Modern Warfare 2 – This is an awesome score. I love the game, and love the music even more. It’s fast paced and will really keep your energy flowing.

 

 

 

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Call of Duty – Black Ops – Another great game, and another great soundtrack.

 

 

 

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Army of Two – After finding the Call of Duty soundtracks, I began to explore the soundtracks from other video games. This is the first one that I thought was in the same class as the Call of Duty games. Good stuff.

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Getting into the Mix – Mix 09 that is

First, I want to say I think it’s incredibly generous of Microsoft to provide videos of all the sessions for free, to anyone. Many people spent thousands to attend, so giving this away is a real boon to us who were unable to attend for whatever reason.

If you haven’t downloaded the sessions yet, you can go to http://videos.visitmix.com/mix09/all to see everything, in various formats. The fastest way to get them all is to use Firefox with an add on called DownThemAll. When you use down them all, it will let you quickly select all the links on a page for a specific file time, or with words in their links. To grab all of the high quality ones, you can use the Fast Filtering feature, and type in wmv-hq which is part of the path name. For the portable format you can use mp4,or pptx will snare you all the slides.

A couple of things to note, Ask The Gu is only available in high quality, while the day 2 keynote is only available in standard quality. Also not all the sessions have slides. There’s also one session I noticed, T17F that only has a high quality session, no low or MP4 version.

If I had any complaint, it is around the file names. They are very short, just the session numbers, such as T20F. Not very useful when I’m looking through a directory trying to decide what to watch. So, I created a simple batch file to rename them. I thought others may find it useful as well, so here it is. They, actually, three, one for the WMVs, one for the MP4, and one for the Powerpoint slides.

WMVs

rename B01M.wmv "B01M – Scaling a Rich Client to Half a Billion Users.wmv"
rename B02M.wmv "B02M – Software Entrepreneurs – Go Big with BizSpark.wmv"
rename B03M.wmv "B03M – Copyright Laws for Web Designers and Developers.wmv"
rename B04M.wmv "B04M – Enhancing Large Windows Media Platforms with Microsoft.wmv"
rename B05M.wmv "B05M – Exposing Web Content to a Global Audience Using Machine.wmv"
rename C01F.wmv "C01F – Sketch Flow – From Concept to Production.wmv"
rename C02F.wmv "C02F – Improving UX through Application Lifecycle Management.wmv"
rename C03F.wmv "C03F – Microsoft Expression Web – No Platform Left Behind.wmv"
rename C04F.wmv "C04F – The Future of Microsoft Expression Blend.wmv"
rename C05F.wmv "C05F – C Sharp for Designers.wmv"
rename C06F.wmv "C06F – Ten Ways to Ensure RIA Failure.wmv"
rename C07F.wmv "C07F – Deep Zoomplusplus  – Build Dynamic Deep Zoom Applications with.wmv"
rename C08F.wmv "C08F – Using Total Experience Design to Transform the Digital.wmv"
rename C09F.wmv "C09F – A Website Named Desire.wmv"
rename C10F.wmv "C10F – Design Prototyping – Bringing Wireframes to Life.wmv"
rename C11F.wmv "C11F – Escaping Flatland in Application Design – Rich User.wmv"
rename C12F.wmv "C12F – Go Beyond Best Practices – Evolving Next Practices to.wmv"
rename C13F.wmv "C13F – Interaction Techniques Using the Wii Remote (and Other.wmv"
rename C14F.wmv "C14F – Interactive Prototyping with DHTML.wmv"
rename C15F.wmv "C15F – Touch and Gesture Computing, What You Haven’t Heard.wmv"
rename C16F.wmv "C16F – The Way of the Whiteboard – Persuading with Pictures.wmv"
rename C17F.wmv "C17F – Web Form Design.wmv"
rename C18F.wmv "C18F – Wireframes That Work – Designing (Rich Internet).wmv"
rename C19F.wmv "C19F – How Razorfish Lights Up Brand with Microsoft SharePoint.wmv"
rename C20F.wmv "C20F – State of the Art in Web Site Design on Microsoft.wmv"
rename C21F.wmv "C21F – User Experience Design Patterns for Business.wmv"
rename C22F.wmv "C22F – Creating a Great Experience on Digg with Windows.wmv"
rename C23F.wmv "C23F – Windows Internet Explorer 8 in the Real World – How Is.wmv"
rename C24F.wmv "C24F – Measuring Social Media Marketing.wmv"
rename C26F.wmv "C26F – Designing the Windows 7 Desktop Experience.wmv"
rename C27M.wmv "C27M – Creating Interactivity with Microsoft Expression Blend.wmv"
rename C28M.wmv "C28M – Integrating Microsoft Expression Blend with Adobe.wmv"
rename C29M.wmv "C29M – Effective Infographics with Interactivity.wmv"
rename C30M.wmv "C30M – User Experience Design for Non-Designers.wmv"
rename KEY01.wmv "KEY1 – Day One Keynote.wmv"
rename KEY02.wmv "KEY2 – Day Two Keynote.wmv"
rename T01F.wmv "T01F – A Lap around Microsoft .NET Services.wmv"
rename T02F.wmv "T02F – Simplifying Distributed Access Control with Microsoft.wmv"
rename T03F.wmv "T03F – Connecting Applications across Networks with Microsoft.wmv"
rename T04F.wmv "T04F – Mesh-Enabled Web Applications.wmv"
rename T05F.wmv "T05F – Live Framework and Mesh Services – Live Services for.wmv"
rename T06F.wmv "T06F – What’s New in Microsoft SQL Data Services.wmv"
rename T07F.wmv "T07F – Overview of Windows Azure.wmv"
rename T08F.wmv "T08F – Windows Azure Storage.wmv"
rename T09F.wmv "T09F – Building Web Applications with Windows Azure.wmv"
rename T10F.wmv "T10F – RESTful Services for the Programmable Web with Windows.wmv"
rename T11F.wmv "T11F – Developing RESTful Services and Clients with.wmv"
rename T12F.wmv "T12F – Principles of Microsoft Silverlight Animation.wmv"
rename T13F.wmv "T13F – Working across the Client Continuum.wmv"
rename T14F.wmv "T14F – What’s New in Microsoft Silverlight 3.wmv"
rename T15F.wmv "T15F – High-Speed RIA Development with the Microsoft.wmv"
rename T16F.wmv "T16F – Building Microsoft Silverlight Controls.wmv"
rename T17F.wmv "T17F – Deep Dive into Microsoft Silverlight Graphics.wmv"
rename T18F.wmv "T18F – Delivering Ads to a Silverlight Media Player.wmv"
rename T19F.wmv "T19F – Creating Media Content for Microsoft Silverlight Using.wmv"
rename T20F.wmv "T20F – Using Microsoft ASP.NET MVC to Easily Extend a Web Site.wmv"
rename T21F.wmv "T21F – Running PHP on Microsoft Servers and Services.wmv"
rename T22F.wmv "T22F – Using Dynamic Languages to Develop Microsoft.wmv"
rename T23F.wmv "T23F – Choosing between ASP.NET Web Forms and MVC.wmv"
rename T24F.wmv "T24F – The Microsoft Web Sandbox – An Open Source Framework for.wmv"
rename T25F.wmv "T25F – Web Development Using Microsoft Visual Studio – Now and.wmv"
rename T26F.wmv "T26F – Love the New Windows Live Messenger Web Toolkit for.wmv"
rename T27F.wmv "T27F – Protecting Online Identities.wmv"
rename T28F.wmv "T28F – Standards for Aggregating Activity Feeds and Social.wmv"
rename T29F.wmv "T29F – Adding Microsoft Silverlight to Your Company’s.wmv"
rename T30F.wmv "T30F – Advance Your Design with UX Design Patterns.wmv"
rename T31F.wmv "T31F – Microsoft Xbox Lips and Fable II -.wmv"
rename T32F.wmv "T32F – Cloud Computing – What’s in It for Me?.wmv"
rename T33F.wmv "T33F – Customized Live Search for Web and Client Applications.wmv"
rename T34F.wmv "T34F – Introducing the Microsoft Virtual Earth Silverlight Map.wmv"
rename T35F.wmv "T35F – Building a Rich Social Network Application.wmv"
rename T36F.wmv "T36F – Modeling RESTful Data Services – Present and Future.wmv"
rename T37F.wmv "T37F – Extending Your Brand to the Desktop with Windows 7.wmv"
rename T38F.wmv "T38F – See through the Clouds – Introduction to the Azure.wmv"
rename T39F.wmv "T39F – What’s New in Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF).wmv"
rename T40F.wmv "T40F – Building Amazing Business Centric Applications with.wmv"
rename T41F.wmv "T41F – .NET RIA Services – Building Data-Driven Applications.wmv"
rename T42F.wmv "T42F – Consuming Web Services in Microsoft Silverlight 3.wmv"
rename T43F.wmv "T43F – Microsoft Silverlight Media End-to-End.wmv"
rename T44F.wmv "T44F – Microsoft ASP.NET Model View Controller (MVC) – Ninja on.wmv"
rename T45F.wmv "T45F – Building Out of Browser Experiences with Microsoft.wmv"
rename T46F.wmv "T46F – Microsoft ASP.NET 4.0  – What’s Next?.wmv"
rename T47F.wmv "T47F – Microsoft ASP.NET 4.0 Data Access – Patterns for Success.wmv"
rename T48F.wmv "T48F – Microsoft ASP.NET – Taking AJAX to the Next Level.wmv"
rename T49F.wmv "T49F – File-New – Company – Creating NerdDinner.com.wmv"
rename T50F.wmv "T50F – ASP.NET MVC – America’s Next Top Model View.wmv"
rename T51F.wmv "T51F – The Microsoft Web Platform – Starring Internet.wmv"
rename T52F.wmv "T52F – A Lap around Windows Internet Explorer 8.wmv"
rename T53F.wmv "T53F – Building High Performance Web Applications and Sites.wmv"
rename T54F.wmv "T54F – Securing Web Applications.wmv"
rename T55F.wmv "T55F – Creating a Next Generation E-Commerce.wmv"
rename T56F.wmv "T56F – Delivering Media with Internet Information Services 7.wmv"
rename T57F.wmv "T57F – Developing and Deploying Applications on Internet.wmv"
rename T58F.wmv "T58F – Build Applications on the Microsoft Platform Using.wmv"
rename T59F.wmv "T59F – Building Scalable and Available Web Applications with.wmv"
rename T60F.wmv "T60F – Miss March and Other Distractions.wmv"
rename T61F.wmv "T61F – Windows Mobile 6.5 Overview.wmv"
rename T62F.wmv "T62F – There’s a Little Scripter in All of Us – Building a.wmv"
rename T63M.wmv "T63M – Building Data-Driven Scalable AJAX Web Pages.wmv"
rename T64M.wmv "T64M – Caching REST with Windows Communication Foundation.wmv"
rename T65M.wmv "T65M – Building Accessible RIAs in Microsoft Silverlight.wmv"
rename T66M.wmv "T66M – Building Microsoft Silverlight Applications with.wmv"
rename T67M.wmv "T67M – Building an Optimized, Graphics-Intensive Application.wmv"
rename T68M.wmv "T68M – When Errors Happen – Debugging Microsoft Silverlight.wmv"
rename T69M.wmv "T69M – Microsoft Silverlight Is Ready for Business.wmv"
rename T70M.wmv "T70M – Optimizing Performance for Microsoft Expression Encoder.wmv"
rename T71M.wmv "T71M – Going Inside Microsoft Silverlight – Exploring the Core.wmv"
rename T72M.wmv "T72M – Making XML Really, Really Easy with Microsoft Visual.wmv"
rename T73M.wmv "T73M – What’s New for Microsoft Silverlight and Microsoft.wmv"
rename T74M.wmv "T74M – Protecting Against Internet Service Abuse.wmv"
rename T75M.wmv "T75M – Five Killer Scenarios for the Windows Live Messenger.wmv"
rename T76M.wmv "T76M – Lighting Up Web and Client Applications with Microsoft.wmv"
rename T77M.wmv "T77M – Oomph – A Microformat Toolkit.wmv"
rename T78M.wmv "T78M – Offline Network Detection in Microsoft Silverlight 3.wmv"
rename T79M.wmv "T79M – How’d they do it? Real App. Real Code. Two Weeks..wmv"
rename T80M.wmv "T80M – How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Microsoft.wmv"
rename T81M.wmv "T81M – Using the Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual.wmv"
rename T82M.wmv "T82M – Introducing the Microsoft Web Platform.wmv"
rename T83M.wmv "T83M – Automated User Interface (UI) Testing with Microsoft.wmv"
rename T84M.wmv "T84M – A Shot of Windows Live Messenger and a Pint of.wmv"
rename T85M.wmv "T85M – Improving Mobile Experiences with the Microsoft Mobile.wmv"
rename T86M.wmv "T86M – Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for Web Developers.wmv"
rename T87F.wmv "T87F – Microsoft Silverlight and Windows Presentation.wmv"

MP4

rename B01M.mp4 "B01M – Scaling a Rich Client to Half a Billion Users.mp4"
rename B02M.mp4 "B02M – Software Entrepreneurs – Go Big with BizSpark.mp4"
rename B03M.mp4 "B03M – Copyright Laws for Web Designers and Developers.mp4"
rename B04M.mp4 "B04M – Enhancing Large Windows Media Platforms with Microsoft.mp4"
rename B05M.mp4 "B05M – Exposing Web Content to a Global Audience Using Machine.mp4"
rename C01F.mp4 "C01F – Sketch Flow – From Concept to Production.mp4"
rename C02F.mp4 "C02F – Improving UX through Application Lifecycle Management.mp4"
rename C03F.mp4 "C03F – Microsoft Expression Web – No Platform Left Behind.mp4"
rename C04F.mp4 "C04F – The Future of Microsoft Expression Blend.mp4"
rename C05F.mp4 "C05F – C Sharp for Designers.mp4"
rename C06F.mp4 "C06F – Ten Ways to Ensure RIA Failure.mp4"
rename C07F.mp4 "C07F – Deep Zoomplusplus  – Build Dynamic Deep Zoom Applications with.mp4"
rename C08F.mp4 "C08F – Using Total Experience Design to Transform the Digital.mp4"
rename C09F.mp4 "C09F – A Website Named Desire.mp4"
rename C10F.mp4 "C10F – Design Prototyping – Bringing Wireframes to Life.mp4"
rename C11F.mp4 "C11F – Escaping Flatland in Application Design – Rich User.mp4"
rename C12F.mp4 "C12F – Go Beyond Best Practices – Evolving Next Practices to.mp4"
rename C13F.mp4 "C13F – Interaction Techniques Using the Wii Remote (and Other.mp4"
rename C14F.mp4 "C14F – Interactive Prototyping with DHTML.mp4"
rename C15F.mp4 "C15F – Touch and Gesture Computing, What You Haven’t Heard.mp4"
rename C16F.mp4 "C16F – The Way of the Whiteboard – Persuading with Pictures.mp4"
rename C17F.mp4 "C17F – Web Form Design.mp4"
rename C18F.mp4 "C18F – Wireframes That Work – Designing (Rich Internet).mp4"
rename C19F.mp4 "C19F – How Razorfish Lights Up Brand with Microsoft SharePoint.mp4"
rename C20F.mp4 "C20F – State of the Art in Web Site Design on Microsoft.mp4"
rename C21F.mp4 "C21F – User Experience Design Patterns for Business.mp4"
rename C22F.mp4 "C22F – Creating a Great Experience on Digg with Windows.mp4"
rename C23F.mp4 "C23F – Windows Internet Explorer 8 in the Real World – How Is.mp4"
rename C24F.mp4 "C24F – Measuring Social Media Marketing.mp4"
rename C26F.mp4 "C26F – Designing the Windows 7 Desktop Experience.mp4"
rename C27M.mp4 "C27M – Creating Interactivity with Microsoft Expression Blend.mp4"
rename C28M.mp4 "C28M – Integrating Microsoft Expression Blend with Adobe.mp4"
rename C29M.mp4 "C29M – Effective Infographics with Interactivity.mp4"
rename C30M.mp4 "C30M – User Experience Design for Non-Designers.mp4"
rename KEY01.mp4 "KEY1 – Day One Keynote.mp4"
rename KEY02.mp4 "KEY2 – Day Two Keynote.mp4"
rename T01F.mp4 "T01F – A Lap around Microsoft .NET Services.mp4"
rename T02F.mp4 "T02F – Simplifying Distributed Access Control with Microsoft.mp4"
rename T03F.mp4 "T03F – Connecting Applications across Networks with Microsoft.mp4"
rename T04F.mp4 "T04F – Mesh-Enabled Web Applications.mp4"
rename T05F.mp4 "T05F – Live Framework and Mesh Services – Live Services for.mp4"
rename T06F.mp4 "T06F – What’s New in Microsoft SQL Data Services.mp4"
rename T07F.mp4 "T07F – Overview of Windows Azure.mp4"
rename T08F.mp4 "T08F – Windows Azure Storage.mp4"
rename T09F.mp4 "T09F – Building Web Applications with Windows Azure.mp4"
rename T10F.mp4 "T10F – RESTful Services for the Programmable Web with Windows.mp4"
rename T11F.mp4 "T11F – Developing RESTful Services and Clients with.mp4"
rename T12F.mp4 "T12F – Principles of Microsoft Silverlight Animation.mp4"
rename T13F.mp4 "T13F – Working across the Client Continuum.mp4"
rename T14F.mp4 "T14F – What’s New in Microsoft Silverlight 3.mp4"
rename T15F.mp4 "T15F – High-Speed RIA Development with the Microsoft.mp4"
rename T16F.mp4 "T16F – Building Microsoft Silverlight Controls.mp4"
rename T17F.mp4 "T17F – Deep Dive into Microsoft Silverlight Graphics.mp4"
rename T18F.mp4 "T18F – Delivering Ads to a Silverlight Media Player.mp4"
rename T19F.mp4 "T19F – Creating Media Content for Microsoft Silverlight Using.mp4"
rename T20F.mp4 "T20F – Using Microsoft ASP.NET MVC to Easily Extend a Web Site.mp4"
rename T21F.mp4 "T21F – Running PHP on Microsoft Servers and Services.mp4"
rename T22F.mp4 "T22F – Using Dynamic Languages to Develop Microsoft.mp4"
rename T23F.mp4 "T23F – Choosing between ASP.NET Web Forms and MVC.mp4"
rename T24F.mp4 "T24F – The Microsoft Web Sandbox – An Open Source Framework for.mp4"
rename T25F.mp4 "T25F – Web Development Using Microsoft Visual Studio – Now and.mp4"
rename T26F.mp4 "T26F – Love the New Windows Live Messenger Web Toolkit for.mp4"
rename T27F.mp4 "T27F – Protecting Online Identities.mp4"
rename T28F.mp4 "T28F – Standards for Aggregating Activity Feeds and Social.mp4"
rename T29F.mp4 "T29F – Adding Microsoft Silverlight to Your Company’s.mp4"
rename T30F.mp4 "T30F – Advance Your Design with UX Design Patterns.mp4"
rename T32F.mp4 "T32F – Cloud Computing – What’s in It for Me?.mp4"
rename T33F.mp4 "T33F – Customized Live Search for Web and Client Applications.mp4"
rename T34F.mp4 "T34F – Introducing the Microsoft Virtual Earth Silverlight Map.mp4"
rename T35F.mp4 "T35F – Building a Rich Social Network Application.mp4"
rename T36F.mp4 "T36F – Modeling RESTful Data Services – Present and Future.mp4"
rename T37F.mp4 "T37F – Extending Your Brand to the Desktop with Windows 7.mp4"
rename T38F.mp4 "T38F – See through the Clouds – Introduction to the Azure.mp4"
rename T39F.mp4 "T39F – What’s New in Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF).mp4"
rename T40F.mp4 "T40F – Building Amazing Business Centric Applications with.mp4"
rename T41F.mp4 "T41F – .NET RIA Services – Building Data-Driven Applications.mp4"
rename T42F.mp4 "T42F – Consuming Web Services in Microsoft Silverlight 3.mp4"
rename T43F.mp4 "T43F – Microsoft Silverlight Media End-to-End.mp4"
rename T44F.mp4 "T44F – Microsoft ASP.NET Model View Controller (MVC) – Ninja on.mp4"
rename T45F.mp4 "T45F – Building Out of Browser Experiences with Microsoft.mp4"
rename T46F.mp4 "T46F – Microsoft ASP.NET 4.0  – What’s Next?.mp4"
rename T47F.mp4 "T47F – Microsoft ASP.NET 4.0 Data Access – Patterns for Success.mp4"
rename T48F.mp4 "T48F – Microsoft ASP.NET – Taking AJAX to the Next Level.mp4"
rename T49F.mp4 "T49F – File-New – Company – Creating NerdDinner.com.mp4"
rename T50F.mp4 "T50F – ASP.NET MVC – America’s Next Top Model View.mp4"
rename T51F.mp4 "T51F – The Microsoft Web Platform – Starring Internet.mp4"
rename T52F.mp4 "T52F – A Lap around Windows Internet Explorer 8.mp4"
rename T53F.mp4 "T53F – Building High Performance Web Applications and Sites.mp4"
rename T54F.mp4 "T54F – Securing Web Applications.mp4"
rename T56F.mp4 "T56F – Delivering Media with Internet Information Services 7.mp4"
rename T57F.mp4 "T57F – Developing and Deploying Applications on Internet.mp4"
rename T58F.mp4 "T58F – Build Applications on the Microsoft Platform Using.mp4"
rename T59F.mp4 "T59F – Building Scalable and Available Web Applications with.mp4"
rename T60F.mp4 "T60F – Miss March and Other Distractions.mp4"
rename T61F.mp4 "T61F – Windows Mobile 6.5 Overview.mp4"
rename T62F.mp4 "T62F – There’s a Little Scripter in All of Us – Building a.mp4"
rename T63M.mp4 "T63M – Building Data-Driven Scalable AJAX Web Pages.mp4"
rename T64M.mp4 "T64M – Caching REST with Windows Communication Foundation.mp4"
rename T65M.mp4 "T65M – Building Accessible RIAs in Microsoft Silverlight.mp4"
rename T66M.mp4 "T66M – Building Microsoft Silverlight Applications with.mp4"
rename T67M.mp4 "T67M – Building an Optimized, Graphics-Intensive Application.mp4"
rename T68M.mp4 "T68M – When Errors Happen – Debugging Microsoft Silverlight.mp4"
rename T69M.mp4 "T69M – Microsoft Silverlight Is Ready for Business.mp4"
rename T70M.mp4 "T70M – Optimizing Performance for Microsoft Expression Encoder.mp4"
rename T71M.mp4 "T71M – Going Inside Microsoft Silverlight – Exploring the Core.mp4"
rename T72M.mp4 "T72M – Making XML Really, Really Easy with Microsoft Visual.mp4"
rename T73M.mp4 "T73M – What’s New for Microsoft Silverlight and Microsoft.mp4"
rename T74M.mp4 "T74M – Protecting Against Internet Service Abuse.mp4"
rename T75M.mp4 "T75M – Five Killer Scenarios for the Windows Live Messenger.mp4"
rename T76M.mp4 "T76M – Lighting Up Web and Client Applications with Microsoft.mp4"
rename T77M.mp4 "T77M – Oomph – A Microformat Toolkit.mp4"
rename T78M.mp4 "T78M – Offline Network Detection in Microsoft Silverlight 3.mp4"
rename T79M.mp4 "T79M – How’d they do it? Real App. Real Code. Two Weeks..mp4"
rename T80M.mp4 "T80M – How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Microsoft.mp4"
rename T81M.mp4 "T81M – Using the Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual.mp4"
rename T82M.mp4 "T82M – Introducing the Microsoft Web Platform.mp4"
rename T83M.mp4 "T83M – Automated User Interface (UI) Testing with Microsoft.mp4"
rename T84M.mp4 "T84M – A Shot of Windows Live Messenger and a Pint of.mp4"
rename T85M.mp4 "T85M – Improving Mobile Experiences with the Microsoft Mobile.mp4"
rename T86M.mp4 "T86M – Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for Web Developers.mp4"
rename T87F.mp4 "T87F – Microsoft Silverlight and Windows Presentation.mp4"
rename T55F.mp4 "T55F – Creating a Next Generation E-Commerce.mp4"
rename T31F.mp4 "T31F – Microsoft Xbox Lips and Fable II -.mp4"

Powerpoint

rename B01M.pptx "B01M – Scaling a Rich Client to Half a Billion Users.pptx"
rename B02M.pptx "B02M – Software Entrepreneurs – Go Big with BizSpark.pptx"
rename B03M.pptx "B03M – Copyright Laws for Web Designers and Developers.pptx"
rename B04M.pptx "B04M – Enhancing Large Windows Media Platforms with Microsoft.pptx"
rename B05M.pptx "B05M – Exposing Web Content to a Global Audience Using Machine.pptx"
rename C01F.pptx "C01F – Sketch Flow – From Concept to Production.pptx"
rename C02F.pptx "C02F – Improving UX through Application Lifecycle Management.pptx"
rename C03F.pptx "C03F – Microsoft Expression Web – No Platform Left Behind.pptx"
rename C04F.pptx "C04F – The Future of Microsoft Expression Blend.pptx"
rename C05F.pptx "C05F – C Sharp for Designers.pptx"
rename C06F.pptx "C06F – Ten Ways to Ensure RIA Failure.pptx"
rename C07F.pptx "C07F – Deep Zoomplusplus  – Build Dynamic Deep Zoom Applications with.pptx"
rename C08F.pptx "C08F – Using Total Experience Design to Transform the Digital.pptx"
rename C09F.pptx "C09F – A Website Named Desire.pptx"
rename C10F.pptx "C10F – Design Prototyping – Bringing Wireframes to Life.pptx"
rename C11F.pptx "C11F – Escaping Flatland in Application Design – Rich User.pptx"
rename C12F.pptx "C12F – Go Beyond Best Practices – Evolving Next Practices to.pptx"
rename C13F.pptx "C13F – Interaction Techniques Using the Wii Remote (and Other.pptx"
rename C14F.pptx "C14F – Interactive Prototyping with DHTML.pptx"
rename C15F.pptx "C15F – Touch and Gesture Computing, What You Haven’t Heard.pptx"
rename C16F.pptx "C16F – The Way of the Whiteboard – Persuading with Pictures.pptx"
rename C17F.pptx "C17F – Web Form Design.pptx"
rename C18F.pptx "C18F – Wireframes That Work – Designing (Rich Internet).pptx"
rename C19F.pptx "C19F – How Razorfish Lights Up Brand with Microsoft SharePoint.pptx"
rename C20F.pptx "C20F – State of the Art in Web Site Design on Microsoft.pptx"
rename C21F.pptx "C21F – User Experience Design Patterns for Business.pptx"
rename C22F.pptx "C22F – Creating a Great Experience on Digg with Windows.pptx"
rename C23F.pptx "C23F – Windows Internet Explorer 8 in the Real World – How Is.pptx"
rename C24F.pptx "C24F – Measuring Social Media Marketing.pptx"
rename C26F.pptx "C26F – Designing the Windows 7 Desktop Experience.pptx"
rename C27M.pptx "C27M – Creating Interactivity with Microsoft Expression Blend.pptx"
rename C28M.pptx "C28M – Integrating Microsoft Expression Blend with Adobe.pptx"
rename C29M.pptx "C29M – Effective Infographics with Interactivity.pptx"
rename C30M.pptx "C30M – User Experience Design for Non-Designers.pptx"
rename KEY01.pptx "KEY1 – Day One Keynote.pptx"
rename KEY02.pptx "KEY2 – Day Two Keynote.pptx"
rename T01F.pptx "T01F – A Lap around Microsoft .NET Services.pptx"
rename T02F.pptx "T02F – Simplifying Distributed Access Control with Microsoft.pptx"
rename T03F.pptx "T03F – Connecting Applications across Networks with Microsoft.pptx"
rename T04F.pptx "T04F – Mesh-Enabled Web Applications.pptx"
rename T05F.pptx "T05F – Live Framework and Mesh Services – Live Services for.pptx"
rename T06F.pptx "T06F – What’s New in Microsoft SQL Data Services.pptx"
rename T07F.pptx "T07F – Overview of Windows Azure.pptx"
rename T08F.pptx "T08F – Windows Azure Storage.pptx"
rename T09F.pptx "T09F – Building Web Applications with Windows Azure.pptx"
rename T10F.pptx "T10F – RESTful Services for the Programmable Web with Windows.pptx"
rename T11F.pptx "T11F – Developing RESTful Services and Clients with.pptx"
rename T12F.pptx "T12F – Principles of Microsoft Silverlight Animation.pptx"
rename T13F.pptx "T13F – Working across the Client Continuum.pptx"
rename T14F.pptx "T14F – What’s New in Microsoft Silverlight 3.pptx"
rename T15F.pptx "T15F – High-Speed RIA Development with the Microsoft.pptx"
rename T16F.pptx "T16F – Building Microsoft Silverlight Controls.pptx"
rename T17F.pptx "T17F – Deep Dive into Microsoft Silverlight Graphics.pptx"
rename T18F.pptx "T18F – Delivering Ads to a Silverlight Media Player.pptx"
rename T19F.pptx "T19F – Creating Media Content for Microsoft Silverlight Using.pptx"
rename T20F.pptx "T20F – Using Microsoft ASP.NET MVC to Easily Extend a Web Site.pptx"
rename T21F.pptx "T21F – Running PHP on Microsoft Servers and Services.pptx"
rename T22F.pptx "T22F – Using Dynamic Languages to Develop Microsoft.pptx"
rename T23F.pptx "T23F – Choosing between ASP.NET Web Forms and MVC.pptx"
rename T24F.pptx "T24F – The Microsoft Web Sandbox – An Open Source Framework for.pptx"
rename T25F.pptx "T25F – Web Development Using Microsoft Visual Studio – Now and.pptx"
rename T26F.pptx "T26F – Love the New Windows Live Messenger Web Toolkit for.pptx"
rename T27F.pptx "T27F – Protecting Online Identities.pptx"
rename T28F.pptx "T28F – Standards for Aggregating Activity Feeds and Social.pptx"
rename T29F.pptx "T29F – Adding Microsoft Silverlight to Your Company’s.pptx"
rename T30F.pptx "T30F – Advance Your Design with UX Design Patterns.pptx"
rename T31F.pptx "T31F – Microsoft Xbox Lips and Fable II -.pptx"
rename T32F.pptx "T32F – Cloud Computing – What’s in It for Me?.pptx"
rename T33F.pptx "T33F – Customized Live Search for Web and Client Applications.pptx"
rename T34F.pptx "T34F – Introducing the Microsoft Virtual Earth Silverlight Map.pptx"
rename T35F.pptx "T35F – Building a Rich Social Network Application.pptx"
rename T36F.pptx "T36F – Modeling RESTful Data Services – Present and Future.pptx"
rename T37F.pptx "T37F – Extending Your Brand to the Desktop with Windows 7.pptx"
rename T38F.pptx "T38F – See through the Clouds – Introduction to the Azure.pptx"
rename T39F.pptx "T39F – What’s New in Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF).pptx"
rename T40F.pptx "T40F – Building Amazing Business Centric Applications with.pptx"
rename T41F.pptx "T41F – .NET RIA Services – Building Data-Driven Applications.pptx"
rename T42F.pptx "T42F – Consuming Web Services in Microsoft Silverlight 3.pptx"
rename T43F.pptx "T43F – Microsoft Silverlight Media End-to-End.pptx"
rename T44F.pptx "T44F – Microsoft ASP.NET Model View Controller (MVC) – Ninja on.pptx"
rename T45F.pptx "T45F – Building Out of Browser Experiences with Microsoft.pptx"
rename T46F.pptx "T46F – Microsoft ASP.NET 4.0  – What’s Next?.pptx"
rename T47F.pptx "T47F – Microsoft ASP.NET 4.0 Data Access – Patterns for Success.pptx"
rename T48F.pptx "T48F – Microsoft ASP.NET – Taking AJAX to the Next Level.pptx"
rename T49F.pptx "T49F – File-New – Company – Creating NerdDinner.com.pptx"
rename T50F.pptx "T50F – ASP.NET MVC – America’s Next Top Model View.pptx"
rename T51F.pptx "T51F – The Microsoft Web Platform – Starring Internet.pptx"
rename T52F.pptx "T52F – A Lap around Windows Internet Explorer 8.pptx"
rename T53F.pptx "T53F – Building High Performance Web Applications and Sites.pptx"
rename T54F.pptx "T54F – Securing Web Applications.pptx"
rename T55F.pptx "T55F – Creating a Next Generation E-Commerce.pptx"
rename T56F.pptx "T56F – Delivering Media with Internet Information Services 7.pptx"
rename T57F.pptx "T57F – Developing and Deploying Applications on Internet.pptx"
rename T58F.pptx "T58F – Build Applications on the Microsoft Platform Using.pptx"
rename T59F.pptx "T59F – Building Scalable and Available Web Applications with.pptx"
rename T60F.pptx "T60F – Miss March and Other Distractions.pptx"
rename T61F.pptx "T61F – Windows Mobile 6.5 Overview.pptx"
rename T62F.pptx "T62F – There’s a Little Scripter in All of Us – Building a.pptx"
rename T63M.pptx "T63M – Building Data-Driven Scalable AJAX Web Pages.pptx"
rename T64M.pptx "T64M – Caching REST with Windows Communication Foundation.pptx"
rename T65M.pptx "T65M – Building Accessible RIAs in Microsoft Silverlight.pptx"
rename T66M.pptx "T66M – Building Microsoft Silverlight Applications with.pptx"
rename T67M.pptx "T67M – Building an Optimized, Graphics-Intensive Application.pptx"
rename T68M.pptx "T68M – When Errors Happen – Debugging Microsoft Silverlight.pptx"
rename T69M.pptx "T69M – Microsoft Silverlight Is Ready for Business.pptx"
rename T70M.pptx "T70M – Optimizing Performance for Microsoft Expression Encoder.pptx"
rename T71M.pptx "T71M – Going Inside Microsoft Silverlight – Exploring the Core.pptx"
rename T72M.pptx "T72M – Making XML Really, Really Easy with Microsoft Visual.pptx"
rename T73M.pptx "T73M – What’s New for Microsoft Silverlight and Microsoft.pptx"
rename T74M.pptx "T74M – Protecting Against Internet Service Abuse.pptx"
rename T75M.pptx "T75M – Five Killer Scenarios for the Windows Live Messenger.pptx"
rename T76M.pptx "T76M – Lighting Up Web and Client Applications with Microsoft.pptx"
rename T77M.pptx "T77M – Oomph – A Microformat Toolkit.pptx"
rename T78M.pptx "T78M – Offline Network Detection in Microsoft Silverlight 3.pptx"
rename T79M.pptx "T79M – How’d they do it? Real App. Real Code. Two Weeks..pptx"
rename T80M.pptx "T80M – How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Microsoft.pptx"
rename T81M.pptx "T81M – Using the Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual.pptx"
rename T82M.pptx "T82M – Introducing the Microsoft Web Platform.pptx"
rename T83M.pptx "T83M – Automated User Interface (UI) Testing with Microsoft.pptx"
rename T84M.pptx "T84M – A Shot of Windows Live Messenger and a Pint of.pptx"
rename T85M.pptx "T85M – Improving Mobile Experiences with the Microsoft Mobile.pptx"
rename T86M.pptx "T86M – Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for Web Developers.pptx"
rename T87F.pptx "T87F – Microsoft Silverlight and Windows Presentation.pptx"

Gentleman, JumpstartTV Your Engines

Thought I’d spread a little link love today, and to start with I will point you to the http://jumpstarttv.com website. JumpstartTV hosts short training videos with one very specific, focused topic per video. When I say short, I mean short. Three to five minutes is the goal for each video. I was honored recently when asked to participate in the site, and have created a series for them on SQL Server Full Text Searching. The first video on installing was featured yesterday, but you don’t have to wait for the videos to be featured, you can see all of them by jumping to my JumpstartTV profile.

One thing to note, you will be asked to create an online profile. This is free, and it turns out very useful. You can use it to track all of the videos you watched. This makes it very convenient to come back later and refresh yourself on something you learned. In addition, the site has a “watch it later” feature. You can go all over the site picking out videos you think would be interesting and clicking the “watch it later” link. Then when you go to your profile, you’ll be able watch the selected videos one after the other. JumpstartTV has videos on both SQL Server and .Net, as well as some interesting ones in the “Misc” category, including bartending, self defense, and more.

The second link for the day is an interesting article on the simple-talk website, “Taking Back Control of your IT Career”. It was written by a friend of mine, Stephan Onisick and chronicles his ordeal of getting laid off from his company of seven years, through a period of retraing himself and ultimately landing a new job that met the needs he set out. Even if your company is nice and stable, you will find good advice for keeping your skills up in this article. Disclaimer, he does mention a presentation I did in the article, but in spite of that it’s still a good read. 😉

Next is a new SQL Server resource brought to us by the fine folks at Quest Software, it’s the new SQLServerPedia. The site is both a wiki and a series of podcast like videos you can subscribe to from your Zune or other music player. I have my Zune setup to automagically download new episodes as they come out. I believe it was @BrentO himself who clued me in on the site.

I’ve written in the past about CodeRush, the tool I refuse to code without. Well the wonderful folks at Devexpress have created a free version called CodeRush Xpress for Visual Studio. Now if you need to code on a budget, you can still enjoy CodeRushy goodness in your 2008 IDE! And it’s not even Christmas yet!

Many of you follow me on Twitter, if you don’t I’d love to invite you, I”m on as @arcanecode . Guy Kawasaki has a great article on How To Pick Up Followers on Twitter. Good article that shows some of the strengths of Twitter, and how to use them to everyone’s advantage.

Speaking of Twitter, thanks to @theronkelso I found a new service called TweetLater. This service lets you schedule a tweet to be delivered to Twitter at a later time. For example, I would like to be able to tweet that our BSDA meeting is about to begin. But as the current President I’m usually up front introducing the guest speaker, and thus not at a keyboard. TweetLater to the rescue, I can set it to auto post the meeting is starting and be in two places at once.

It’s also great as a reminder tool, I can queue up meeting reminder tweets for the entire year ahead of time and forget all about it. Another feature, you can set it to auto reply with a message to new followers, and it can even be setup to automatically follow anyone who is following you. I believe this is a resource I’ll be using a lot.

The next to final link is a reminder really, to the Alabama Tech Events site. This is a community site for posting technical events of interest to folks in the state of Alabama. Please note that the event doesn’t have to be in Alabama, just of reasonable interest to folks in the state. We’ve posted events in Tennesee, Mississippi, Florida and Georgia. If you have a technical event contact me or one of the other user group leaders to get it added.

I’ll wrap up today’s link lovefest with the site analogous to the Alabama Tech Event site, but for the entire country: Community Megaphone. This site lists events from all over the United States. You can filter by state or event type.

PDC2008 – What’s in a name?

As many of you know, the Microsoft PDC (Public Deveopers Conference) 2008 took place last week. Lots of new announcements, and in a class move Microsoft has made all of the sessions available for download from their site.

However, navigating the site, as pretty as it is, and downloading all of the sessions can be a bit time consuming. One of my twitter friends, Luciano Guerche (@guercheLE ) has posted a series of blog posts for each day with quick hyperlinks to everything for faster download. He’s even done a post on how to bulk download using Firefox and DownThemAll.

PDC 2008 – Day 1 (46 matching sessions)

PDC 2008 – Day 2 (50 matching sessions)

PDC 2008 – Day 3 (60 matching sessions)

PDC 2008 – Day 4 (49 matching sessions)

How to download PDC Sessions using DownThemAll! Firefox addon

While this makes it much easer to download, my one complaint, regardless of where you download from, is knowing what you have. Microsoft simply named each file for it’s session number, leaving you with files such as PC47.wmv or BB08.wmv. Come on folks, what’s the point of having long file names if we’re not going to use them?

So I wrote a series of batch files that will rename each file, adding the name of the session after the session number. This will make it much easier to determine what you have when browsing with explorer or when watching on your Zune. Simply copy the text below into your favorite text editor and save them as one or more .bat files.

RenamePDC2008Day1.bat
rename TL02.wmv "TL02 Under the Hood- Advances in the .NET Type System.wmv"
rename TL47.wmv "TL47 Microsoft Visual Studio Team System- A Lap Around VSTS 2010.wmv"
rename BB08.wmv "BB08 Microsoft Dynamics CRM- The Appealing Business Application.wmv"
rename TL29.wmv "TL29 Live Labs Web Sandbox- Securing Mash-ups, Site Extensibility, and Gadgets.wmv"
rename BB53.wmv "BB53 SharePoint Online- Extending Your Service.wmv"
rename BB48.wmv "BB48 Microsoft Advertising Platform- A Lap Around.wmv"
rename BB11.wmv "BB11 Identity Roadmap for Software plus Services.wmv"
rename PC12.wmv "PC12 Deep Dive- The New Rendering Engine in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.wmv"
rename ES16.wmv "ES16 A Lap Around Windows Azure.wmv"
rename TL46.wmv "TL46 Microsoft Visual C Sharp IDE- Tips and Tricks.wmv"
rename BB58.wmv "BB58 Case Study- Bridging On-Premises with the Cloud.wmv"
rename ES30.wmv "ES30 Datacenters and Resilient Services.wmv"
rename PC47.wmv "PC47 Microsoft Expression Blend- Tips and Tricks.wmv"
rename BB56.wmv "BB56 Showcase- Industry Leaders Moving to the Cloud.wmv"
rename BB49.wmv "BB49 Microsoft Advertising Platform- A Day in the Life of a Click.wmv"
rename TL40.wmv "TL40 Dublin and .NET Services- Extending On-Premises Applications to the Cloud.wmv"
rename PC53.wmv "PC53 Building High Performance JScript Applications.wmv"
rename PC17.wmv "PC17 Developing for Microsoft Surface.wmv"
rename PC20.wmv "PC20 ASP.NET 4.0 Roadmap.wmv"
rename BB42.wmv "BB42 Identity- Geneva Server and Framework Overview.wmv"
rename BB09.wmv "BB09 Microsoft Office Communications Server and Exchange- Platform Futures.wmv"
rename TL33.wmv "TL33 Managed Extensibility Framework- Overview.wmv"
rename TL19.wmv "TL19 Microsoft Visual Studio- Bringing out the Best in Multicore Systems.wmv"
rename TL30.wmv "TL30 Microsoft Sync Framework Advances.wmv"
rename TL16.wmv "TL16 The Future of C Sharp.wmv"
rename TL52.wmv "TL52 Team Foundation Server 2010- Cool New Features.wmv"
rename PC21.wmv "PC21 ASP.NET MVC- A New Framework for Building Web Applications.wmv"
rename PC27.wmv "PC27 Microsoft Silverlight, WPF and the Microsoft .NET Framework- Sharing Skills and Code.wmv"
rename PC59.wmv "PC59 Commerce Server Mojave- Overview.wmv"
rename TL25.wmv "TL25 Parallel Programming for Cplusplus Developers in the Next Version of Microsoft Visual Studio.wmv"
rename TL10.wmv "TL10 Deep Dive- Dynamic Languages in Microsoft .NET.wmv"
rename TL03.wmv "TL03 Microsoft Visual Studio Team System- Software Diagnostics and Quality for Services.wmv"
rename BB29.wmv "BB29 Identity- Connecting Active Directory to Microsoft Services.wmv"
rename BB01.wmv "BB01 A Lap Around the Azure Services Platform.wmv"
rename TL17.wmv "TL17 WF 4.0- A First Look.wmv"
rename TL48.wmv "TL48 Microsoft Visual Studio- Web Development Futures.wmv"
rename PC58.wmv "PC58 Framework Design Guidelines.wmv"
rename BB45.wmv "BB45 Office Communications Server 2007 R2- Enabling Unified Communications.wmv"
rename TL13.wmv "TL13 Microsoft Visual Cplusplus- 10 Is the New 6.wmv"
rename BB15.wmv "BB15 SQL Server- Database to Data Platform - Road from Server to Devices to the Cloud.wmv"
rename TL49.wmv "TL49 Microsoft .NET Framework- Overview and Applications for Babies.wmv"
rename TL45.wmv "TL45 Microsoft Visual Studio Team System Database Edition- Overview.wmv"
rename TL09.wmv "TL09 Agile Development with Microsoft Visual Studio.wmv"
rename ES32.wmv "ES32 Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5.wmv"
rename TL44.wmv "TL44 IronRuby- The Right Language for the Right Job.wmv"
rename ES01.wmv "ES01 Developing and Deploying Your First Windows Azure Service.wmv"

 
RenamePDC2008Day2.bat
rename BB36.wmv "BB36 FAST- Building Search-Driven Portals with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Microsoft Silverlight.wmv"
rename TL39.wmv "TL39 Coding4Fun- Windows Presentation Foundation Animation, YouTube, iTunes, Twitter, and Nintendo's Wiimote.wmv"
rename TL54.wmv "TL54 Natural Interop with Silverlight, Office, and Python in Microsoft Visual C Sharp and Microsoft Visual Basic.wmv"
rename BB57.wmv "BB57 Microsoft Dynamics AX- Building Business Process into Your Application.wmv"
rename ES29.wmv "ES29 Showcase- Windows Azure Enables - Nsoftware and Full Armor.wmv"
rename PC44.wmv "PC44 Windows 7- Programming Sync Providers That Work Great with Windows.wmv"
rename TL59.wmv "TL59 Visual Studio Debugger Tips and Tricks.wmv"
rename BB52.wmv "BB52 SQL Services- Tips and Tricks for High-Throughput Data-Driven Applications.wmv"
rename BB41.wmv "BB41 Live Services- What I Learned Building My First Mesh Application.wmv"
rename TL38.wmv "TL38 WCF- Zen of Performance and Scale.wmv"
rename PC24.wmv "PC24 Windows 7- Welcome to the Windows 7 Desktop.wmv"
rename TL07.wmv "TL07 Developing Applications Using Data Services.wmv"
rename BB04.wmv "BB04 Live Services- A Lap around the Live Framework and Mesh Services.wmv"
rename TL14.wmv "TL14 Project Velocity- A First Look.wmv"
rename BB16.wmv "BB16 SQL Server 2008- Beyond Relational.wmv"
rename ES13.wmv "ES13 How to Develop Supercomputer Applications.wmv"
rename TL55.wmv "TL55 The Concurrency and Coordination Runtime and Decentralized Software Services Toolkit.wmv"
rename PC52.wmv "PC52 Windows 7- Writing World-Ready Applications.wmv"
rename BB07.wmv "BB07 SQL Server 2008- Developing Large Scale Web Applications and Services.wmv"
rename PC51.wmv "PC51 Windows 7- Best Practices for Developing for Windows Standard User.wmv"
rename ES04.wmv "ES04 Windows Azure- Essential Cloud Storage Services.wmv"
rename BB26.wmv "BB26 SQL Server 2008- Business Intelligence and Data Visualization.wmv"
rename PC46.wmv "PC46 WPF Roadmap.wmv"
rename TL23.wmv "TL23 A Lap around Oslo.wmv"
rename TL27.wmv "TL27 Oslo- The Language.wmv"
rename PC11.wmv "PC11 Microsoft Silverlight Futures- Building Business Focused Applications.wmv"
rename TL56.wmv "TL56 Project Velocity- Under the Hood.wmv"
rename PC50.wmv "PC50 Windows 7- Using Instrumentation and Diagnostics to Develop High Quality Software.wmv"
rename PC33.wmv "PC33 Microsoft Visual Studio- Easing ASP.NET Web Deployment.wmv"
rename PC10.wmv "PC10 Microsoft Silverlight 2 for Mobile- Developing for Mobile Devices.wmv"
rename BB43.wmv "BB43 Identity- Geneva Deep Dive.wmv"
rename BB20.wmv "BB20 Live Services- Making your Application More Social.wmv"
rename BB23.wmv "BB23 A Lap around SQL Services.wmv"
rename PC23.wmv "PC23 Windows 7- Integrate with the Windows 7 Desktop.wmv"
rename BB02.wmv "BB02 Architecture of the .NET Services.wmv"
rename TL20.wmv "TL20 Entity Framework Futures.wmv"
rename PC06.wmv "PC06 Deep Dive- Building an Optimized, Graphics-Intensive Application in Microsoft Silverlight.wmv"
rename ES10.wmv "ES10 Developing Solutions for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Using WMI.wmv"
rename PC31.wmv "PC31 ASP.NET and JQuery.wmv"
rename BB22.wmv "BB22 Identity- Live Identity Services Drilldown.wmv"
rename TL12.wmv "TL12 Future Directions for Microsoft Visual Basic.wmv"
rename BB40.wmv "BB40 Sync Framework- Enterprise Data in the Cloud and on Devices.wmv"
rename PC04.wmv "PC04 Windows 7- Writing Your Application to Shine on Modern Graphics Hardware.wmv"
rename ES11.wmv "ES11 Developing Connected Home Applications and Services for Windows Home Server.wmv"
rename TL50.wmv "TL50 Research- BAM, AjaxScope, and Doloto.wmv"
rename BB05.wmv "BB05 Live Services- Building Applications with the Live Framework.wmv"
rename ES20.wmv "ES20 Developing Applications for More Than 64 Logical Processors in Windows Server 2008 R2.wmv"
rename PC16.wmv "PC16 Windows 7- Empower users to find, visualize and organize their data with Libraries and the Explorer.wmv"
rename ES02.wmv "ES02 Windows Azure- Architecting and Managing Cloud Services.wmv"

 
RenamePDC2008Day3.bat
rename TL06.wmv "TL06 WCF 4.0- Building WCF Services with WF in Microsoft .NET 4.0.wmv"
rename BB19.wmv "BB19 Live Services- Live Framework Programming Model Architecture and Insights.wmv"
rename TL57.wmv "TL57 Panel- The Future of Programming Languages.wmv"
rename BB38.wmv "BB38 .NET Services- Connectivity, Messaging, Events, and Discovery with the Service Bus.wmv"
rename ES14.wmv "ES14 IIS 7.0 and Beyond- The Microsoft Web Platform Roadmap.wmv"
rename BB14.wmv "BB14 SQL Services- Futures.wmv"
rename ES12.wmv "ES12 Exposing Connected Home Services to the Internet via Windows Home Server.wmv"
rename ES31.wmv "ES31 Showcase- How HP Built their Magcloud Service on Windows Azure.wmv"
rename TL58.wmv "TL58 Research- Concurrency Analysis Platform and Tools for Finding Concurrency Bugs.wmv"
rename PC27.wmv "PC27-R Microsoft Silverlight, WPF and the Microsoft .NET Framework- Sharing Skills and Code [REPEAT].wmv"
rename PC25.wmv "PC25 Windows 7- The Sensor and Location Platform- Building Context-Aware Applications.wmv"
rename TL26.wmv "TL26 Parallel Programming for Managed Developers with the Next Version of Microsoft Visual Studio.wmv"
rename TL42.wmv "TL42 Microsoft SQL Server 2008- Powering MSDN.wmv"
rename PC48.wmv "PC48 Research- Designing the World Wide Telescope.wmv"
rename PC35.wmv "PC35 Silverlight Controls Roadmap.wmv"
rename TL61.wmv "TL61 Panel- The Future of Unit Testing.wmv"
rename ES25.wmv "ES25 Showcase- Windows Azure Enables Live Meeting.wmv"
rename TL37.wmv "TL37 Microsoft Visual Studio Team System- Leveraging Virtualization to Improve Code Quality with Team Lab.wmv"
rename TL60.wmv "TL60 Improving Code Quality with Code Analysis.wmv"
rename TL43.wmv "TL43 Microsoft XNA Game Studio- An Overview.wmv"
rename TL46-R.wmv "TL46-R Microsoft Visual C Sharp IDE- Tips and Tricks [REPEAT].wmv"
rename BB37.wmv "BB37 SQL Server 2008- Developing Secure Applications.wmv"
rename BB59.wmv "BB59 Behind the Scenes- How We Built a Multi-Enterprise Supply Chain Application.wmv"
rename PC22.wmv "PC22 Windows 7- Design Principles for Windows 7.wmv"
rename TL18.wmv "TL18 Oslo- Customizing and Extending the Visual Design Experience.wmv"
rename TL24.wmv "TL24 Improving .NET Application Performance and Scalability.wmv"
rename ES07.wmv "ES07 Windows Azure- Modeling Data for Efficient Access at Scale.wmv"
rename ES22.wmv "ES22 Extending Terminal Services and Hyper-V VDI in Windows 7.wmv"
rename PC18.wmv "PC18 Windows 7- Introducing Direct2D and DirectWrite.wmv"
rename TL22.wmv "TL22 Concurrency Runtime Deep Dive- How to Harvest Multicore Computing Resources.wmv"
rename PC39.wmv "PC39 Inside the Olympics- An Architecture and Development Review.wmv"
rename BB51.wmv "BB51 Live Services- Programming Live Services Using Non-Microsoft Technologies.wmv"
rename PC03.wmv "PC03 Windows 7- Developing Multi-touch Applications.wmv"
rename BB25.wmv "BB25 SQL Server 2008- New and Future T-SQL Programmability.wmv"
rename BB39.wmv "BB39 .NET Services- Logging, Diagnosing, and Troubleshooting Applications Running Live in the Cloud.wmv"
rename TL28.wmv "TL28 Oslo- Repository and Models.wmv"
rename BB06.wmv "BB06 Live Services- Mesh Services Architecture and Concepts.wmv"
rename PC40.wmv "PC40 SQL Server Compact- Embedding in Desktop and Device Applications.wmv"
rename BB18.wmv "BB18 Dublin- Hosting and Managing Workflows and Services in Windows Application Server.wmv"
rename BB24.wmv "BB24 SQL Server 2008- Deep Dive into Spatial Data.wmv"
rename PC43.wmv "PC43 Deep Dive- What's New with user32 and comctl32 in Win32.wmv"
rename TL08.wmv "TL08 Offline-Enabled Data Services and Desktop Applications.wmv"
rename BB55.wmv "BB55 .NET Services- Access Control In Microsoft .NET Services.wmv"
rename ES23.wmv "ES23 Windows 7- Optimizing Applications for Remote File Services over the WAN.wmv"
rename PC30.wmv "PC30 ASP.NET Dynamic Data.wmv"
rename PC55.wmv "PC55 Oomph- A Microformat Toolkit.wmv"
rename TL16.wmv "TL16-R The Future of C Sharp [REPEAT].wmv"
rename ES06.wmv "ES06 Developing with Microsoft .NET and ASP.NET for Server Core.wmv"
rename ES03.wmv "ES03 Windows Azure- Cloud Service Development Best Practices.wmv"
rename PC14.wmv "PC14 Windows 7- New Shell User Experience APIs.wmv"
rename BB30.wmv "BB30 Live Services- Building Mesh-Enabled Web Applications Using the Live Framework.wmv"
rename TL15.wmv "TL15 Architecture without Big Design Up Front.wmv"
rename BB32.wmv "BB32 Microsoft Dynamics CRM- Building Line-of-Business Applications.wmv"
rename ES15.wmv "ES15 Web Application Packaging and Deployment.wmv"
rename TL21.wmv "TL21 WF 4.0- Extending with Custom Activities.wmv"
rename TL33.wmv "TL33-R Managed Extensibility Framework- Overview [REPEAT].wmv"
rename PC56.wmv "PC56 Windows Embedded Quebec- Developing for Devices.wmv"
rename TL23.wmv "TL23-R A Lap around Oslo [REPEAT].wmv"
rename BB28.wmv "BB28 .NET Services- Access Control Service Drilldown.wmv"
rename PC54.wmv "PC54 Mono and .NET.wmv"

RenamePDC2008Day4.bat

rename TL04.wmv "TL04 Microsoft Visual Studio Team System Team Foundation Server- How We Use It at Microsoft.wmv"
rename BB31.wmv "BB31 Live Services- FeedSync and Mesh Synchronization Services.wmv"
rename BB09-R.wmv "BB09-R Microsoft Office Communications Server and Exchange- Platform Futures [REPEAT].wmv"
rename TL51.wmv "TL51 Research- Contract Checking and Automated Test Generation with Pex.wmv"
rename BB03.wmv "BB03 SQL Services - Under the Hood.wmv"
rename ES24.wmv "ES24 PowerShell- Creating Manageable Web Services.wmv"
rename PC02.wmv "PC02 Windows 7- Extending Battery Life with Energy Efficient Applications.wmv"
rename BB46.wmv "BB46 Exchange Web Services Managed API- Unified Communications Development for Exchange.wmv"
rename BB33.wmv "BB33 Dynamics Online- Building Business Applications with Commerce and Payment APIs.wmv"
rename BB13.wmv "BB13 SharePoint 2007- Creating SharePoint Applications with Visual Studio 2008.wmv"
rename PC01.wmv "PC01 Windows 7- Web Services in Native Code.wmv"
rename TL35.wmv "TL35 WCF- Developing RESTful Services.wmv"
rename SYMP01.wmv "SYMP01 Parallel Symposium- Addressing the Hard Problems with Concurrency.wmv"
rename SYMP04.wmv "SYMP04 Services Symposium- Expanding Applications to the Cloud.wmv"
rename TL36.wmv "TL36 Microsoft .NET Framework- Declarative Programming Using XAML.wmv"
rename ES19.wmv "ES19 Under the Hood- Inside the Windows Azure Hosting Environment.wmv"
rename PC49.wmv "PC49 Microsoft .NET Framework- CLR Futures.wmv"
rename PC34.wmv "PC34 Open XML Format SDK- Developing Open XML Solutions.wmv"
rename PC41.wmv "PC41 ASP.NET- Cache Extensibility.wmv"
rename TL32.wmv "TL32 Microsoft Visual Studio- Customizing and Extending the Development Environment.wmv"
rename PC42.wmv "PC42 Windows 7- Deploying Your Application with Windows Installer (MSI) and ClickOnce.wmv"
rename BB12.wmv "BB12 .NET Services- Messaging Services - Protocols, Protection, and How We Scale.wmv"
rename ES21.wmv "ES21 Windows 7 Presentation Virtualization- Graphics Remoting ( RDP) Today and Tomorrow.wmv"
rename BB35.wmv "BB35 Live Services- The Future of the Device Mesh.wmv"
rename PC26.wmv "PC26 Microsoft Visual Studio- Building Applications with MFC.wmv"
rename SYMP02.wmv "SYMP02 Parallel Symposium- Application Opportunities and Architectures.wmv"
rename SYMP05.wmv "SYMP05 Services Symposium- Enterprise Grade Cloud Applications.wmv"
rename PC29.wmv "PC29 Microsoft Silverlight 2- Control Model.wmv"
rename PC13.wmv "PC13 Windows 7- Building Great Audio Communications Applications.wmv"
rename BB34.wmv "BB34 Live Services- Notifications, Awareness, and Communications.wmv"
rename ES09.wmv "ES09 Enabling Test Automation Using Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V.wmv"
rename BB47.wmv "BB47 SharePoint 2007- Advanced Asynchronous Workflow Messaging.wmv"
rename TL34.wmv "TL34 Managed and Native Code Interoperability- Best Practices.wmv"
rename PC45.wmv "PC45 WPF- Data-centric Applications Using the DataGrid and Ribbon Controls.wmv"
rename PC05.wmv "PC05 Windows 7- Unlocking the GPU with Direct3D.wmv"
rename TL01.wmv "TL01 Office Business Applications- Enhanced Deployment.wmv"
rename BB54.wmv "BB54 Designing Your Application to Scale.wmv"
rename TL31.wmv "TL31 Oslo- Building Textual DSLs.wmv"
rename SYMP03.wmv "SYMP03 Parallel Symposium- Future of Parallel Computing.wmv"
rename SYMP06.wmv "SYMP06 Services Symposium- Cloud or No Cloud, the Laws of Physics Still Apply.wmv"
rename ES17.wmv "ES17 Windows Azure- Programming in the Cloud.wmv"
rename BB27.wmv "BB27 .NET Services- Orchestrating Services and Business Processes Using Cloud-Based Workflow.wmv"
rename PC07.wmv "PC07 WPF- Extensible BitmapEffects, Pixel Shaders, and WPF Graphics Futures.wmv"
rename BB10.wmv "BB10 Live Services- Deep Dive on Microsoft Virtual Earth.wmv"
rename PC19.wmv "PC19 Windows 7- Designing Efficient Background Processes.wmv"
rename BB44.wmv "BB44 Identity- Windows CardSpace Geneva Under the Hood.wmv"
rename PC15.wmv "PC15 Windows 7- Benefiting from Documents and Printing Convergence.wmv"
rename TL11.wmv "TL11 An Introduction to Microsoft F Sharp.wmv"
rename PC32.wmv "PC32 ASP.NET AJAX Futures.wmv"

Update – After I wrote this, I found @Jorriss (another twitter friend) post which essentially does the same thing as what I do above, only he uses some cool C# and reading the sessions names from the web, rather than the simple batch file approach I took above. Read his post then choose which solution best fits your needs.

Blog Action Day – Fighting Poverty with Tech

Today is Blog Action Day, a day for bloggers to rally to a cause. This year the cause is poverty. I firmly believe one of the best ways to fight poverty is via education. Since what I know is development technology, I’d like to offer some suggestions and advice for someone aspiring to get into a career as a developer. Assuming someone has access to even a moderately low end computer, there are some great ways to educate yourself about development technologies at no cost, even ways to get development software at no charge that you can put to use to begin making money.

First are the express editions of Microsoft Visual Studio and SQL Server. You can find these at http://www.microsoft.com/Express/.

If you are still in school, Microsoft gives you access to more full featured versions of their development tools through their DreamSpark program. The site has complete instructions on getting your school added if it’s not already.

There are many ways to learn how to use these products. One of the main ways is through podcasts and video training. There are many I listen to, but the ones I’d suggest starting with are DNRTV, DotNetRocks, Channel 9 and Security Now. Other shows are linked to on my links page.

If you want something to help you manage and find other podcasts, consider the Zune software. Even if you can’t afford to purchase a Zune, you can download the Zune software for free and use it to manage and listen to your podcasts. You can go to the marketplace to find and subscribe, for free, to many podcasts. Once subscribed the software will download them automatically for you.

Finally, check out the free educational opportunities available to you at local user groups. Again on my links page you’ll find a list of groups local to my area. At these user groups, most of which are free, you can learn, and more importantly make contact with people in the tech industry. These contacts will be valuable to you as you seek to begin your career. They can tip you off to better paying jobs, prep you on how to look / talk, and more.

Of course, most of the links I’ve provided here revolve around Microsoft technologies. There are also other technologies available, surrounding languages such as Java, Perl, PHP, Ruby and more that are also free to the aspiring developer. Since they are a bit out of my areas of expertise I’d suggest searching the web for what interests you. If you are not sure, check the want ads (both newspaper and on-line) for the skill sets that are in demand in your area.

Using your time to advance your education can give you knowledge with makes your more valuable in the workplace, a proven path to escaping poverty.

My Dev Kit

There’s a new meme of sorts on the web, folks talking about the tools they use to develop with. I first saw it on Shawn Wildermuth’s blog. Shawn’s a great guy, he co-wrote most of those .Net MCTS/MCPD study guides from MS Press, and does a lot of training on Silverlight. So I thought I would keep the meme alive and talk about my own tools.

Hardware

I do a lot on the road, so a laptop is essential. Mine’s getting up there in age, it’s an HP Pavillion dv8000. 2 gig ram, two internal 160 gig hard disks, 17 inch wide screen, single core 64 bit processor. It’s OK, but will hopefully get replaced next year with something with more cores and horsepower. I don’t care much for the keyboard, so I bought an external keyboard from Lenovo. It’s got a trackpoint so I don’t have to take my hands off the keyboard very often, and I use it with both my laptop and the Dell that work supplies me.

At home I use a larger wireless Microsoft mouse, on the road I use one of the smaller Microsoft travel mice. Also in my hardware list is an external Seagate 1TB drive. It hooks up via either firewire or USB, which is nice when my USB ports are all full.

Also in my list is my Zune. Yes my Zune. Cubical farms can get noisy at times, some good tunes on my Zune really help me to zone out and ignore my surroundings, focusing on my code. It’s also nice on my commute or daily walk, I listen to podcasts to keep up my technical knowledge. At night I hook it to my TV via my X-Box 360 to watch video podcasts, or sometimes I lay in bed before going to sleep and watch.

My final piece of hardware is my iPaq, it helps keep my appointments in line and my contacts, plus I have lots of e-books loaded on it for reading. I also used to use it for podcasts prior to getting my Zune.

Operating System and Dev Tools

My laptop currently runs 32 bit Vista Ultimate with Service Pack 1. Since it maxes out at 2 gig, and some 64 bit drivers were not available when Vista first arrived, I saw no benefit to 64 bit and took the path of least resistance. I have quite a few virtual machines in a variety of OS (Server 2008, 2003, XP, Vista, and Ubuntu) for testing, development, and running Beta versions of programs. For a web browser, I bounce back and forth between FireFox and IE7. For a while I was using FF most of the time, but IE7 was a big improvement over 6, and I’m now using them about 50/50. I suspect when IE8 comes out I may be using it more, but will have to see.

Like Shawn I also use Outlook 2007 for my e-mail client. It’s so much easier to organize my mail in Outlook than the g-mail host. But I also use the other features, such as the calendar and task list to help manage my life. I also use the rest of the Office suite for my daily tasks.

I use SnagIt for grabbing still screen captures, awesome tool, and Camtasia for video screen captures. I’m working on several video tutorials now, which is fun but time consuming (which also explains while my blog posts have been off of late). I use Paint.Net for basic photo / image editing. For creating my blog posts, I write them originally in Word 2007, then use Windows Live Writer to post them to my blog.

For quick access to my daily programs, I use one of two things. I really like Bayden Systems SlickRun. I also create a shortcut menu using a technique I blogged about in February.

Developer Tools

As you might expect I use both SQL Server Management Studio and Visual Studio 2008 Team System for day to day development. My top add-ins are Red-Gates SQL Prompt bundle for SSMS and CodeRush for Visual Studio. For a text editor, I absolutely love UltraEdit. Since I have blogged a lot about my dev tools in the past, I will keep this section short.

The Cloud

I’m on a couple of social networking sites, in addition to this blog:

· Twitter

· Posterous

· LinkedIn

· MSDN Code Gallery – One site for SQL Server Full Text Searching and one for SQL Server Compact Edition.

Passing the Baton

OK, your turn, let’s see your blog with your tools!

Bug.Net, Zune TV, and My Sony MiniDV Handycam

Tonight’s Bug.Net meeting was sort of weird, when I got there I was the only one there. Not sure where everyone got to, but 3 other guys showed up while I was there, so we had an impromptu meeting. I wound up giving my “Developer Experience” presentation for the small group. I want to thank the three for hanging in there with me during the hastily put on demonstration. It was fun to do something for a small group.

When I got home I decided to give hooking my Zune up to my TV a try and see how it handled video. I don’t have my official Zune cable for hooking up the TV (yet), but I do have a cable that I got with my Sony Mini-DV Handicam. The two looked identical, at least from what I could see of the Zune cable on the web, so I decided to give it a try. Hooked up the various colors correctly, plugged the other end into the Zune and… nuthin. Butkis. Squat. Static filled the display. My first thought was “oh well I’ll need to wait”, but then some of the things I’d studied getting my ham radio license kicked in. Hmm, the cables LOOKED identical, and electrons flow the same, so perhaps the problem wasn’t with the cable exactly, maybe the Zune just used a different output than the Sony to carry the video signal.

So I unhooked the 3 RCA plugs, and this time plugged the red end of the Sony cable into the Yellow video In port of my TV. Eureka! I hooked up the other two to the audio and now I’m watching the Mix keynote on my small office TV, from the Zune. Sweet. My moral is if you have a spare cable from a Sony or other manufacturer, give it a try (at your own risk of course) and if it’s not working right off the bat, try swapping the ends as I suggested until you get some output.

Speaking of video, I already mentioned Doug Turnure will be speaking Thursday night (March 13) at the BSDA. We’re planning to record the session and make it available via the Silverlight Live site. Be patient with me, will likely be next week before I get the editing worked out and get it uploaded.