Special guest star Jason Olson explains Open Space at PDC2008. The "Birds of a Feather" sessions were considered too structured and too boring. Enter Open Space, the new (to the tech industry) way to create ad-hoc "un"-conferences. Open Space will be located in the main room right next to the track ...

We've heard a lot about PDC2008 which promises to bring a boatload (official term) of information and announcements about the future of the Microsoft development platform. But before you rush out to book your trip you should also check out the list of PDC2008 pre-conferences for 11 reasons to come t...

I sat down with the VB Language design team and asked them about their design process, favorite features, their thoughts on other languages, as well as what the Visual Basic language strategy really is. It was a fun and enlightening interview with a group of really smart people lead by Paul Vick. Y...

Meet Jasmine Park, program manager in Windows Live, who works on SkyDrive and FolderShare.  Want 5 gigs of free password-protected online file storage?  Sign up for SkyDrive.  Need to keep your latest files with you, no matter which computer you're using?  Install FolderShare for free and you ca...

Architect Tara Prakriya is in the business of finding solutions to hard problems.  What are hard problems?  Ones that are complicated by both the business model and new domains, and then trying to figure out a technical solution that would be feasible within the confines of the market.  Plus, bei...

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Countdown to PDC, where Jennifer Ritzinger, the PDC2008 Event Owner, and Mike Swanson, the PDC2008 Content Owner, share updates and behind-the-scenes stories about what it takes to produce a ginormous conference like the PDC. Join them, along with other members of...

This Week on Channel 9, Dan and Brian cover: - Netflix streaming coming to Xbox 360 via Gizmodo (0 - 2:00) - Roiy Zysman: Programatically geotag photos (2:00 - 3:51) - Mark Brown: Behind the Maps Series (3:51 - 4:21) - Terrarium open sourced on Codeplex via Bil Simser (4:21 - 7:05) - Chris Piets...

WARNING: The unruly child depicted in this episode is not an unruly child but he plays one on BetterBadNews whenever he feels like it. Nancy Pelosi and George Lakoff are equally mocked as strict and nurturing parents who have failed their children. Nancy pelosi is standing down without permission . ...