Show #418 | 2/5/2009 (63 minutes)
Coding for Fun with Dan Fernandez and Brian Peek
Dan and Brian talk about the fun projects they've created for their Coding for Fun book, the blog, the website, and all that goes with it.
 Dan Fernandez is an Evangelism Manager in the Developer and Platform Evangelism team at Microsoft. Dan has been with Microsoft since July 2001, working in multiple roles including the Lead Product Manager for Visual Studio Express and Popfly, the Visual C# Product Manager, and as a Developer Evangelist in the Mid-Atlantic district. Prior to joining Microsoft, he worked as a developer at several consulting firms including IBM Global Services specializing in web-based and mobile application development. Dan is also the co-creator of Coding4Fun and works on fun open source projects in his spare time. You can read more about Dan on his blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/danielfe/.
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 Brian is a Microsoft C# MVP and a recognized .NET expert with over 6 years experience developing .NET solutions, and over 9 years of professional experience architecting and developing solutions using Microsoft technologies and platforms. Along with .NET and its associated languages, Brian is particularly skilled in the languages of C, C++ and assembly language for a variety of CPUs. He is also an expert in a variety of technologies including web development, document imaging, GIS, graphics, game development, and hardware interfacing. Brian has a strong background in developing applications for the health-care industry, as well as developing solutions for portable devices, such as tablet PCs and PDAs. He is also a co-author of the book "Debugging ASP.NET" published by New Riders, and is currently co-authoring his second book, this time for O’Reilly. Brian is also a member of MSDN's Coding4Fun writing team, contributing articles on a monthly basis.
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