The Hello World Podcast
Episode 22: Brad Wilson

Brad Wilson has been a software professional for more than 20 years, working as a consultant, developer, team lead, architect, and CTO. He is probably best known for his work on ASP.NET MVC and ASP.NET Web API during his 7 1/2 year tenure at Microsoft. Today, he calls CenturyLink Cloud his home, where he is a Technical Director working on their worldwide Infrastructure-as-a-Service and cloud management platform. He also is an active open source contributor to xUnit.net and ElasticLINQ.

 

In his off hours, he's an avid musician, poker player, and photographer.

 

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Episode 21: Richard Campbell

Richard Campbell has more than 30 years of high-tech experience and is both a Microsoft Regional Director and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP). He has consulted with a number of leading North American organizations; Barnes&Noble.com, Dow Chemical, Johnson & Johnson Health Care Services, Reuters, Subaru/Isuzu and the U.S. Air Force.

In addition to speaking at conferences around the world, Richard is co-host of '.NET Rocks!, the Internet Audio Talk Show for .NET Developers' and the host of 'RunAs Radio, the Internet Audio Talk Show for IT Professionals'.

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Episode 20: Scott Meyers

Scott Meyers is one of the world's foremost authorities on C++.  He wrote the best-selling Effective C++ series (Effective C++, More Effective C++, and Effective STL); published and maintains the annotated training materials Overview of the New C++ (C++11/14) and Effective C++ in an Embedded Environment; is Consulting Editor for Addison Wesley's Effective Software Development Series, and, with Herb Sutter and Andrei Alexandrescu, is a principal in the conference-like event, C++ and Beyond. He has a Ph.D in Computer Science from Brown University.

Scott is currently working on a new book, Effective Modern C++: 40 Specific Ways to Improve Your Use of C++11 and C++14, which he desperately hopes to finish by summer.

Direct download: Episode20.mp3
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Episode 19: William Vaughn

William R. Vaughn is the former principal of Beta V Corporation and Microsoft MVP who worked at Microsoft for fourteen years. His previous books include seven editions of the popular Hitchhiker's Guides (Microsoft Press, Addison Wesley), ADO Examples and Best Practices, and the bestseller ADO.NET Examples and Best Practices and a separate edition for C# Programmers (APress). Bill is a top-rated speaker at conferences worldwide, including VBits, Developer Connections and TechEd, and is the author of numerous articles for SQL Server Magazine, MSDN Online, and others. He’s currently lecturing for Progressive Business Technology doing online webinars on SQL Server Reporting Services.

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