Microsoft .NET Evangelism Team
This show is a lively and candid conversation with three members of the Microsoft .NET Evangelism team.
In this episode Mark takes a break to enjoy his sons last baseball game of the season. Carl talks to the team about what they do and how their efforts impact the quality of the framework and developer tools in general.
Get a behind-the-scenes look at the daily operations of the .NET Evangelism team and how it operates. Other topics include companies that Microsoft has worked with as early adopters, Visual Basic.NET vs C#, why Regional Directors are so special (grin), why web services are the new focus of the .NET moniker and why it gives developers severe acid reflux, why developers are still stuck on nanosecond-level performance differences, differences between DevDays; Tech-Ed; and the Professional Developers Conference (PDC). Fascinating stuff.
Also, Carl plays a wicked cool guitar piece in lieu of the first ad spot!
Guests:
Eileen Crain
Eileen Crain is the .NET Marketing Manager on the .NET Evangelism team at Microsoft. She has 5+ years at Microsoft in variety of marketing, business development and communications roles. Crain began her s/w industry career at Ashton Tate, with stints at Nintendo, McGraw Hill, and the Campbell Soup Co. Eileen has her BA from the University of Washington and lives outside Seattle today not far from Microsoft Campus. She has a 21 year old son and a cat named Molly.
Thomas Lewis
Thomas Lewis is a technical evangelist in the developer division at Microsoft. Thomas has worked with early adopter customers of the .NET Framework and Visual Studio .NET and is now evangelizing ASP.NET. He also wrote the book, "VB COM"
Jas Sandhu
Jas Sandhu is a Program Manager in the Developer Division at Microsoft, primarily working with Developer Evangelist Worldwide. Previously he was a Developer Evangelist working out of the Silicon Valley Campus where he worked closely with the technical and developer community evangelizing Microsoft's technology and vision.
Links:
- callmeRD@microsoft.com mailto:callmeRD@microsoft.com
- Regional Directors website http://www.microsoft.com/rd
- Communities http://www.microsoft.com/communities
- Terra Server Website http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnsqlsg/html/msdn_msterra.asp
- Microsoft .NET Case Studies http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/productinfo/casestudies/
- How big is Microsoft??? How big is Microsoft???
- What is .NET? http://microsoft.com/net/basics/
- .NET Connected Logo Program http://microsoft.com/net/logo/
- Do not click this link http://www.franklins.net/holyshit.mp3