July 2010 Entries

Episode 105: Nathan Blevins on Lego Mindstorm

Last year, I interviewed Nathan Blevins (Episode 50) about using Microsoft Robotics Studio to control robots. This year, he brought a robot with him and shows us how to use Lego Mindstorm to control the robot without wrting any code.

Episode 104: Panel Discussion: Putting on a great conference

This panel discussion, held at Codestock in Knoxville, included organizers of the most successful community-run conferences in the Heartland. The panelists discussed what goes into planning a great conference and how to get started.

Episode 103: Steve Andrews on GeekGive

Steve Andrews describes the Geek Give event he organized at TechEd in New Orleans in which developers chipped in to help build a home for a family displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

Episode 102: Phil Japikse on Automated Testing

In this interview, Phil Japikse describes the advantages of  Automated Testing and what he does to improve the testability of his code.

Episode 101: Brian Sherwin on Refactoring

In this interview, Brian Sherwin describes a recent project in which he improved application performance through refactoring.

Episode 100: Technology and Friends

This is a special 100th episode of Technology and Friends, featuring many of the friends who have appeared on the past 99 shows.

Episode 99: Mike Amundsen on Hypermedia

In this interview, Mike Amundsen describes hypermedia and how it can change the way we use the web.

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