After years of software development, Carl Franklin started .NET Rocks! in 2002 inspired by Public Radio infotainment shows like Car Talk. Before that he taught his own hands-on .NET classes for Franklins.Net. He is a Microsoft Regional Director and Most Valuable Professional. You may recall the first website for Visual Basic programmers: Carl & Gary's VB Home Page. If you had a SoundBlaster back in the day, you may have already heard Carl's music. He authored a few of the MIDI files that came with it.
Jonathan Zuck is a widely known and respected leader in the technology industry. Since assuming leadership of the Association for Competitive Technology, Mr. Zuck has provided analysis, commentary and background information on a wide range of technology issues to the media, the public and Congress. He has been called on as a technology expert for the major news networks including CNN, CNBC and ABC, he is a frequent contributor to national and local radio news programs, and is consistently quoted in the trade and popular press. A prolific writer whose work has appeared in trade publications including PC Magazine, PC Week, Windows Tech Journal and in several books, Mr. Zuck is in high demand as a speaker at trade conferences around the world.
ACT is a national education and advocacy group for the technology industry. Representing mostly small- and mid-sized companies, ACT is the industry's strongest voice when it comes to preserving competition and innovation in the high tech sector. ACT's membership includes businesses involved in all aspects of the IT sector including computer software and hardware development, IT consulting and training, and dot-coms.
Carl and Richard talk to Micheal Learned about the new ALM features coming in Visual Studio 11.
Micheal Learned is a Senior Premier Field Engineer & Visual Studio ALM Ranger working for Microsoft. Micheal travels around the world and work’s with many of Microsoft’s largest customers, and helps their developers in various capacities with .NET, Visual Studio, and Team Foundation Server. Currently Micheal is working on the next version of the Rangers Branching and Merging guidance, which can be found on Codeplex. Micheal has 2 children, 10 year old Nicholas and 6 year old Katelyn, and enjoys watching sports and spending time with his friends and family when not working. Micheal lives in a very small town in central Illinois, and also spends recreational time remodeling his barn into an “IT Man Cave”, which includes a 25 foot wide HD Projection screen, fully equipped with Kinect. Micheal can be reached at his blog “the adventures of mlhoop” at
http://tfsmentor.com, on twitter at @mlhoop, or the branching guide on codeplex located here:
http://vsarbranchingguide.codeplex.com/.
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