ASP.NET Podcast Show #115 - Interview with Josh Holmes RIA Evangelist for Microsoft

admin — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:36:00 GMT

Show Notes:

· Josh's new role.

· Started as a community archectual evangalist.

· With MS for about 18 months.

· Involved with RIA.

· Silverlight, ajax, wpf, sharepoint, mvc.

· 20 states.

· cross compile silverlight app to wpf.

· .net in the browser, 20 controls, wcf, linq, datagrid, more mature development.

· SL1: windows XP forward & MacPPC and forward. javascript & xaml.

· SL Mobile: Nokia & Phones with SDKs.

· SL2: wintel macs & forward. Windows XP and forward on the intel platform. Moonlight through Novell on Linux within 6 months.

· Silverlight tools for VS 2008.

· Expression Blend 2 for Silverlight 1.

· Expression Blend 2.5 CTP for Silverlight 2.

· What's happening in the community.

o TechEd 2008.

o Joe Healy's betweener weekend.

o PDC 2008.

o Cleveland Day of .NET.

o Lansing Day of .NET.

o Bar Camps.

o Agile Summer Camp in Lansing.

o Give Camps. http://www.GiveCamp.org. Started in Dallas. 85 developers across 13 charities.

o July 11-13 for Ann Arbor Give Camp.

o Indianapolis Give Camp.

o DevLink in August.

o eRuby Conference August 16-18 in Cleveland. erubycon.com

o Twin Cities CodeCamp.

o http://www.DayOfDotNet.org

o http://www.riapalosia.com. - Zach Dorman - May 30-31.

o http://theumlguy.com - Martin - virtually free.

o new stuff coming down the pipe.

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