Hanselminutes with Scott Hanselman

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Jeff Atwood on the Future of Stack Overflow Apr 22, 2010

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There's no Stack Overflow podcasts lately so Scott's got Jeff on the show so we can get our Coding Horror fix. Jeff shares some of the thinking behind recent changes on StackOverflow.com and how they plan on building a community outside just techies. Also, Jon Skeet, Needlepoint, Bows and Arrows, and Mustache people.

John Lam and the Science of Fitness Apr 15, 2010

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Sedentary Scott chats with Fit John Lam about the science of fitness. If you're a coder you you use huge amounts of data and statistics to plan your next move, why not do the same when working out? John talks about the software and hardware folks use to measure not just where they ran and how far, but also their Watts per Kilo of body weight!

ASP.NET MVC Contrib with Jeffrey Palermo Apr 09, 2010

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Scott sits down with Jeffrey Palermo to chat about his thoughts around ASP.NET MVC and the MVCContrib Project. What's the MVCContrib Project for? What value does it bring to the platform, and what's the story behind it joining the CodePlex Foundation?

Social Media and the Business of Social - The Wynn Resorts Apr 02, 2010

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Scott sits down with Jade Bailey, who manages social media and online services for the Wynn in Las Vegas. How does a world wide brand use social media to serve its customers while still remaining authentic? Is Twitter a legitimate customer service choice? Does a company need a Facebook page?

Charles Petzold on Windows Phone 7 Series Mar 22, 2010

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Charles Petzold wrote the book on Windows. Specifically, he wrote "Programming Windows, 1st edition" in 1988. This was the book I learned on and I still have it on my shelf. Charles has never stopped writing and is now working on a free book for Microsoft Press called "Programming Windows Phone 7 Series." I get the scoop from Chuck in this interview recorded in the waning hours of Mix 10 in Las Vegas.

Windows Phone 7 Series - The Developer Experience with Charlie Kindel Mar 17, 2010

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Scott's at Mix this week in Las Vegas, and he gets a second to sit down with Charlie Kindel from the Windows Phone team. What's the real developer story? What can these phones do and how do we program them? They talk aesthetic, controls, IDEs and hardware details.

Open Data Protocol (OData) with Pablo Castro Mar 11, 2010

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Astoria, ADO.NET Data Services and OData - what's the difference and the real story? How does OData work and when should I use it? When do I use OData and when do I use WCF? Scott gets the scoop from the architect himself, Pablo Castro.

What does a Social Media Consultant Do? - with Liz Burr Mar 09, 2010

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This week Scott talks to new media consultant Liz Burr about working in Social Networking. What does a social media consultant do? Is it PR or marketing? How much is science and how much is gut? Are social media people more than just the popular kids from High School? Liz helps Scott work out his school issues. Also: People of Color and their role in Social Media.

Women in Technology in the Muslim World Feb 27, 2010

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Scott's in Egypt today and he had the opportunity to sit down with Lamees and Abeer, two successful women in IT. Lamees is a programmer transitioning to Systems Analysis, and Abeer is a veteran Senior Systems Analyst and Agile Project Manager at Dashsoft. Nearly 50% of the people at Cairo Code Camp are women. What is Egypt doing right to encourage so many women to choose technology as their career?

A different way to do ASP.NET WebForms with WebFormsMVP Feb 20, 2010

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Scott sits down with Tatham Oddie to talk about the WebFormsMVP open source project created by he and Damian Edwards. What does it add? Can we have the best of both worlds, convenience and testability?