Episode 15 - Aaron Powell on Umbraco

All content management systems are the same! Well maybe not :-) Aaron Powell talks with Richard about the Umbraco CMS platform, how it differentiates itself from other CMS projects, and some of the interesting things that are happening in this project with regards to search and ASP.NET MVC.

As always, enjoy the show!

Links:
Aaron Powell (@slace) - Website
Umbraco
Umbraco Code Garden
ASP.NET WebForms MVP Contrib
Lucene.NET
DDD Sydney



Duration 31:47 mins | download mp3 (29Mb)

Episode 14 - Build Mastery with Jason Stangroome

Works on my machine! We've all heard it and probably said it, but do we really need to? Probably not, especially if you have a good build master on your team who will set up automated builds, deployments, keep the team on their toes and constantly nudge people to do better. It's one of the more underrated roles in software development so have a listen as Jason Stangroome talks with Richard Banks about his experiences as a Build Master and the value it can add to a team.

Links:
Jason Stangroome (@jstangroome) - Website
TFS Deployer
Powershell Team Blog


Duration 32:02 mins | download mp3 (29Mb)

Episode 13 - Optimizing Search with Craig Bailey

Do you run a website or blog? Interested in getting more traffic to your site, reaching the audience you want to target or in just finding out what people are interested in and how engaged they are? Then have a listen this week as Craig Bailey talks with Richard about search engine optimisation (it's not a swear word, honest!) and some of the things to consider when monitoring and tuning your site to attract eyeballs.


Links:
Craig Bailey (@craigbailey) - Website
Xen Systems
SEO Resources on Craig's site
SEO Book
Visual Website Optimizer
Bing Webmaster Tools


Duration 33:03 mins | download mp3 (30Mb)

Episode 12 - WebForms MVP with Tatham Oddie

This week Richard talks with Tatham Oddie about the ASP.NET Web Forms MVP Project, why it came about, it's purpose and future directions plus a whole lot more.

Enjoy!

Links:
Tatham Oddie (@tathamoddie) - Website
WebForms MVP
Codeplex Foundation Announcement
DDD Melbourne
DDD Sydney


Duration 34:43 mins | download mp3 (32Mb)

Episode 11 - Alt.Net Seattle and Software Craftsmanship

This is a really interesting episode and see Richard talking with Paul Batum and Liam McLennan about their experiences at Alt.Net Seattle. Not only that, Liam also talks about his experiences with software craftsmanship from a practical viewpoint in that he actually spent time working in a few companies in the US to get a feel for how they do things and to learn from them in their own environments. This was a lot of fun to record and hopefully it's just as much fun for you to listen to as well.

Enjoy!

Links:
Liam McLennan (@liammclennan) - Website
Paul Batum (@paulbatum) - Website
Alt.Net Seattle
Agenda and Session Notes
Software Craftsmanship Manifesto


Duration 36:41 mins | download mp3 (34Mb)