The Wit and Ramblings of David Giard - Friday, February 20, 2009
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Episode 7

Microsoft Architect Evangelist Darryl Hogan loves his job.  In this interview, Darryl explains what he does why it rocks.

Episode 6

In this interview, Joe Fiorini discusses how he and his team created the meetinbetween.us application that won the 2008 Rails Rumble contest.

Episode 5

BizTalk Server is one of those products that many people have heard of, but few are familiar with. 

In this discussion, Monish Nagisetty briefly and clearly explains the purpose and uses of BizTalk Server messaging

Episode 4

I've attended two conferences where Alan Stevens helped to make Open Spaces a success.  In this interview, Alan describes open spaces technology and explains his role in the process.

Episode 3

In this interview, Jason Follas explains spatial data types, which were introduced in SQL Server 2008

Episode 2

Steve Smith sat down with me to share his ideas on increasing performance and scalability in your web applications.

Episode 1

I spoke with Telerik Developer Evangelist John Kellar at CodeMash about how to effectively interview tech people on camera and about the DevLink conference.

View John's video interviews at EdgeOfDev.com

Episode 0

I'm starting a new feature on this site.  I'll be publishing video interviews of smart people who are passionate about technology.

In Episode 0, I describe my goals for this feature.

My last post included photos from this year's

Below is a musical slideshow of the event, for those who just can't get enough.

I've been home from CodeMash four days now and I'm still absorbing all I learned there.

The speakers were great, sessions were interesting, the open spaces were stimulating, but the chance to interact with so many smart people in a short period of time was what made this conference so special.

I asked the following question of a number of people at CodeMash: What is the best part of this conference.  Without exception, each person responded that it was the people.  I cannot disagree with this.

This was the first conference I've ever attended in which I spent an entire day without going to a single organized event.  Friday I stayed away from all the scheduled sessions and open spaces - not because I didn't find the topic compelling - but because I wanted to spend some time in one-on-one conversations with smart people in my field.

I discussed paired programming with Corey Haines, Alt.Net with Leon Gersing, web site performance with Steve Smith, building community with Mike Wood, recording interviews with Carl Franklin, open spaces with Allen Stevens, and many more.  I brought my video camera and recorded many of these conversations and more.  I hope to share these videos with you on this site in the coming weeks.

In the meantime, here are some photos of the event:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29942169@N08/sets/72157612393831992/show/