Episode 36: What Happens In The Speaker’s Lounge is Supposed to Stay In the Speaker’s Lounge
Summary: In this episode Keith sits down with a bunch of speakers at the DevLink 2009 conference held in Nashville, TN. It isn’t every day one gets to hear what other speakers talk about and that’s why we titled the show the way we did. Listen in to learn how much time speakers devote to the community, why they do it, why some are getting tired and why the developer community can be so rude at times. Thanks to our guests this episode Michael Eaton Michael Eaton is the owner and principal consultant of Validus Solutions, LLC. Since 1994, Mike has been designing and implementing high quality, robust solutions using Microsoft technologies including .NET and SQL Server. Mike has spoken at many regional technical events including devLink and CodeStock. He is the organizer of the Kalamazoo X Conference and the Ann Arbor Give Camp. He is a 2009 C# MVP. When not working on projects or spending time with his family, he enjoys blogging, playing his XBOX 360 and hanging out with friends. Michael’s blog is http://mjeaton.net/blog twitter @mjeaton Alan Stevens Alan Stevens is a father, geek, vegan and software artisan living in Knoxville, TN. Alan regularly speaks at industry conferences and user groups. Alan is an Open Space Technology facilitator. Alan is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in C#. Alan is a member of ASP Insiders. When Alan is not playing with his kids, enjoying a fine cigar, singing or playing his acoustic guitar, he occasionally updates his blog at http://netcave.org. twitter @alanstevens Chris Smith Chris Smith works at Microsoft on the F# team. When he isn’t blogging or programming, he enjoys skiing and spending quality time with his X-Box. You should totally buy his book Programming F# by O’Reilly due out later this year. Chris’ blog is http://blogs.msdn.com/chrsmith twitter @aChrisSmith Jim Holmes Father. Husband. Geek. Veteran. Community Guy. Blogger (FrazzledDad.com). Big fan of Naps. Jim’s blog is http://frazzleddad.com twitter @jimholmes Sara Ford Sara Ford is the Program Manager for CodePlex, Microsoft’s open source project hosting site. Prior to CodePlex, she worked on the Visual Studio team for six years and ran the popular Visual Studio Tip of the Day series. In 2008, she authored her first book Microsoft Visual Studio Tips by Microsoft Press and donated all her royalties to start a scholarship fund for Hurricane Katrina survivors of her hometown. Her life-long dream is to become a 97 year old weightlifter, so she can be featured on the local news Sara’s blog is http://blogs.msdn.com/saraford twitter @saraford Kevin Griffin Kevin Griffin is a .NET Developer for Antech Systems, located in Chesapeake, VA. He’s the leader of the Hampton Roads .NET Users Group. Often, he can be found speaking at or attending other local user group meetings or code camps. He enjoys working with new technology, and consistently works on being a better developer and building the best software he can. Kevin’s blog is http://www.kevgriffin.com twitter @1kevgriff Chris Roland I’m into a wide range of tech, from hobby robotics to development. I focus on data related technologies because I love to analyze data and the infrastructure needed to support it. I work with SQL Server and Microsoft’s business intelligence stack. I think the ease of use and integration with MS BI provides small businesses an awesome tool. Chris’ blog is http://www.chrisroland.info/ twitter @ChrisRoland Jeff McWherter Jeff McWherter is the Director of Simplicity at Web Ascender in Okemos, MI. Jeff graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in Telecommunications, and has thirteen years of professional experience in software development. He is a founding member and current Program Director for the Greater Lansing Users for .NET (GLUG.net). He enjoys
