Carl and Richard Geek Out on Solar Power
.NET Rocks!29 Maalis 2012

Carl and Richard Geek Out on Solar Power

The first of many alternative energy geek outs, Carl and Richard talk about solar power. The boys talk about using solar in the home in the form of thermal as well as photovoltaic, at utility scale with solar thermal, even space-based power. The conversation explores the huge diversity of photovoltaics, including concentrators and quantum dot technologies, the advantages and disadvantages involved. There's also a brief discussion on battery technologies, since solar power doesn't work all that well at night. In the end there aren't easy answers, but things are advancing forward - the amount of solar power being generated these days is increasing!

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Juval Löwy

Juval Löwy

Carl and Mark have an enlightening talk with Juval Löwy about COM+ Enterprise Services, and how they relate to .NET. If you thought Enterprise Services (COM+) was just about Transactions and Object Pooling, you've got to check this out. Juval believes that we will all be using Enterprise Services in the near future because it will be time-prohibitive (and therefore cost-prohibitive) not to do so.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

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Billy Hollis

Billy Hollis

This week Carl and Mark interview Billy Hollis, noted speaker and .NET expert. Billy and Rockford Lhotka had the first VB.NET book on the market from Wrox Press. Since then, Billy has taught VB.NET classes and done consulting for major companies, as well as authoring (or co-authoring) at least 8 books on .NET. He is the MSDN Regional Director (RD) for Tennessee, and was RD of the year in 2001. He authors many articles, including a regular column at MSDN called Adventures in VB.NET Billy talks about ASP.NET vs Smart Client applications, Remoting, and offers lots of great advice and information to VB.NET programmers. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

16 Syys 200259min

Dan Appleman

Dan Appleman

This, our second show was recorded live from the Microsoft Offices in Waltham, MA at the montly meeting of the .NET User Group of Greater Boston. Carl and Mark interview Daniel Appleman of Desaware, Inc. Dan shares his insights into .NET and offers advice to shops looking at moving to .NET. Topics include Interop, obfuscators, assemblies and memory, performance, C# vs VB.NET, State Machines, and more.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

9 Syys 200251min

Pat Hynds

Pat Hynds

Look out! Its .NET Rocks! In this, the premiere episode, Carl interviews Pat Hynds from Critical Sites, a Sun Partner, IBM Partner, and Microsoft Partner. He shares his insights into .NET and provides real world stories of development in J2EE and Visual Studio.NET, and compares the results.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

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