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049 – David Yack and Jonathan Carter on ALT.NET, MVC and Community

Seventh the in the Twelve Podcasts of Christmas 2008!


David & Jonathan


Audio man Zi making sure it’s all good!

In this podcast you can listen to David Yack and Jonathan Carter very eloquently discussing ALT.NET and .NET 3.5 SP1 and beyond. You may hear me using to the word “opposite” somewhat out of context, apologies for that…I was within the “safe for podcasting alcohol limit”…it just goes to show that any alcohol and podcasting can be have consequences… Luckily David and Jonathan are more professional than me and carried on answering the question has if they had heard it correctly in the first place!

Recorded live inside Italian Graffiti (their web-site does need a face lift, yes?) near Soho, London, just after ALT.NET Beers 2, organised by Sebastien Lambla. There is some restaurant noise, please grin and bear it, one has to grab podcasts with superstars as and when they arise, rarely is there a quiet room to hide in!

Photos of the event can be found here.

Podcast feed – subscribe here!

This podcast: http://www.craigmurphy.com/podcasts/049-David-Yack-Jonathan-Carter.mp3

Resources
David Yack’s blog
The CRM Book (mentioned in the podcast)
Jonathan Carter’s blog
Zi Makkie’s blog

The Twelve Podcasts of Christmas 2008
01 – Kyle Baley on ALT.NET and Brownfield Development in .NET
02 – Aaron Parker on Microsoft Application Virtualisation
03 – Caroline Bucklow from IT4Communities: charitable software development
04 – Eileen Brown on IT Professionals, TechNet, Women In Technology & Girl Geek Dinners
05 – Stephen Lamb on security, community, Linux and Twitter
06 – Cristiano Betta on Geek Dinners
07 – David Yack and Jonathan Carter on ALT.NET, MVC and Community
08 – Andrew Fryer on SQL Server 2008 and “upgrade”
09 – Viral Tarpara on Collaboration, SharePoint, Open Source (Port 25) and Community
10 – Guy Smith Ferrier on Internationali[s|z]ation, VS2008, .net 3.5, C# language features
11 – Matt Dunstan on event management, “engagement” and life as an Application Platform Manager
12 – Stephen Lamb on his new role in marketing / PR

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What podcasting kit do I use?

A lot of folks have asked me what “kit” I use to record my podcasts…

The NxtGenUG chaps, Dave’n’Rich, John’n’Chris, etc., are avid supporters of the Edirol products, such as R-09 and R-09HR units. The Edirol kit certainly very good, and would seem to fall into the ‘you get what you pay for’ sector.

So here is what I use: an iRiver H320 device with a 20GB hard drive. I was given this particular unit back in 2005, it has served me well both as a podcast recording device, MP3 player and FM radio. Earlier this year the battery started to fail to hold its charge, I replaced the battery at a cost of £12.

Here’s a photograph of the device:

1 – I use a Sony ECM-DS70P Microphone. This a good microphone that is capable of picking up conversation without the need for it to be directed specifically at the person who is speaking.

2 – The iRiver device itself. I use the ROCKbox firmware, it supports a variety of codecs and file formats including MP3 and FLAC. The iRiver supports dual-boot, so I can switch between ROCKbox and the default firmware. ROCKbox has the advantage of a feel-good factor whilst recording as it offers record level bars.

3 – The iRiver lapel mic, as supplied with the device. This worked well for my first 40 or podcasts, however it doesn’t have the professional look of the Sony microphone.

4 – Headphone socket, line in, line out and a connector for the optional but not supplied remote control. To the right of the “4” stamp, there is an internal microphone. I’ve used this once, by accident, I thought I was recording via the external mic, but no…one lost podcast. I had, however, remembered to press the record button!

5 – Power socket, USB 1.1 host and USB 2.0 device connections. The iRiver can connect to your digital camera and suck the photographs from the camera to the iRiver HDD.

I personally think the kit is rather good. The problem I have relates to the location at which the podcast is recorded! More often than not, it’s in a pub or another equally noisy environment. The podcasts that I have recorded in a quiet environment demonstrate this point. I’m thinking specifically about podcast number 45 with Caroline and number 12 with Jerome. Both of these were essentially recorded in a closed environment where noise was at a minimum.

Getting hold of an iRiver H320 or H340 series device is probably a matter of going to eBay. From recent excursions to the MP3 player market, I’ve noticed that the number of devices with an external microphone socket are few and far between. An external mic socket is, in my opinion, a key requirement.

I’ll certainly be looking for a like-for-like replacement when the time comes to choose something else.

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043 – Kyle Baley on ALT.NET after ALT.NET Beers II

One of Twelve Podcasts of Christmas 2008!


Kyle Baley: follow Kyle on Twitter

Earlier this year I was priviledged to be able to record a short podcast with Kyle Baley. I’m not usually so slow at getting content such as this produced and published online. 2008 has been different, I’ve spent a lot of time in London and as such have enjoyed / endured the travel that goes with that. I’ve also endured my first dental work in many years, costly financially and in time too. All things told, everything mounts up and something has to give…finding time has been hard! FWIW, a 15 minute podcast like this one takes roughly an hour to produce.

Kyle is one of the many well-respected CodeBetter.com bloggers. Recorded live outside Italian Graffiti (their web-site does need a face lift, yes?) near Soho, London, just after ALT.NET Beers 2, organised by Sebastien Lambla. There is some traffic noise, please grin and bear it, one has to grab podcasts with superstars as and when they arise, rarely is there a quiet room to hide in!

Photos of the event can be found here.

Kyle Baley and Donald Belcham are working on a book, Brownfield Application Development in .NET, published by Manning. This podcast was recorded in June 2008, the dates given in this podcast were accurate at the time of recording! Please visit the Manning web-site for further release information.

Podcast feed – subscribe here!

This podcast: http://www.craigmurphy.com/podcasts/043-Kyle-Baley.mp3

Resources
Kyle’s blog (and on Twitter)
Kyle and Donald’s book
CodeBetter (and on Twitter)
Joel on Software

StructureMap
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Ninject
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The Twelve Podcasts of Christmas 2008
01 – Kyle Baley on ALT.NET and Brownfield Development in .NET
02 – Aaron Parker on Microsoft Application Virtualisation
03 – Caroline Bucklow from IT4Communities: charitable software development
04 – Eileen Brown on IT Professionals, TechNet, Women In Technology & Girl Geek Dinners
05 – Stephen Lamb on security, community, Linux and Twitter
06 – Cristiano Betta on Geek Dinners
07 – David Yack and Jonathan Carter on ALT.NET, MVC and Community
08 – Andrew Fryer on SQL Server 2008 and “upgrade”
09 – Viral Tarpara on Collaboration, SharePoint, Open Source (Port 25) and Community
10 – Guy Smith Ferrier on Internationali[s|z]ation, VS2008, .net 3.5, C# language features
11 – Matt Dunstan on event management, “engagement” and life as an Application Platform Manager
12 – Stephen Lamb on his new role in marketing / PR

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The Twelve Podcasts of Christmas!

Ho ho ho!

Starting today, Friday 12th and running up to the 23rd, I will be posting a podcast each day for 12 days!

What to expect: a mix of community chats with speakers and guests at the likes of Heroes Happen Here, VistaSquad event speakers, Microsoft staffers, and ALT.NET evangelists.

If it’s safe for broadcast (after edit), you might hear what happens when you put a handful of Microsoft MVPs around a table and throw in some beer! We have tried this mixing MVPs and beer before, it worked rather well, check out podcast number 15!

Here’s the first one, Kyle Baley on ALT.NET and Brownfield Development in .NET.

The second podcast of Christmas 044 – Aaron Parker on Microsoft Application Virtualisation

The third podcast of Christmas 045 – Caroline Bucklow from IT4Communities: charitable software development

The fourth podcast of Christmas 046 – Eileen Brown on IT Professionals, TechNet, Women In Technology & Girl Geek Dinners

The fifth podcast of Christmas 047 – Stephen Lamb on security, community, Linux and Twitter

The sixth podcast of Christmas 048 – Cristiano Betta on Geek Dinners

The seventh podcast of Christmas 049 – David Yack and Jonathan Carter on ALT.NET, MVC and Community

The eighth podcast of Christmas 050 – Andrew Fryer on SQL Server 2008 and “upgrade”

The ninth podcast of Christmas 051 – Viral Tarpara on Collaboration, SharePoint, Open Source (Port 25) and Community

The tenth podcast of Christmas 052 – Guy Smith Ferrier on Internationali[s|z]ation, VS2008, .net 3.5, C# language features

The eleventh podcast of Christmas 053 – Matt Dunstan on event management, “engagement” and life as an Application Platform Manager

The twelfth podcast of Christmas 054 – Stephen Lamb on his new role in marketing / PR

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