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ToolShed Tooltip #22 – Channel9 and the Tool Shed … A Treasure Chest of Resources

August 25, 09 //
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This Tool Shed Tooltip is about a very valuable resource for all developers… Channel9. Do you know there are other Microsoft communities linked to Channel9 for ASP.NET, Silverlight, IIS, Mix, TechNet Edge and more? Do you know… not every video posted to the channel9 site makes it to the home page? How do you find all of the videos? Do you know you can download a video in many different formats from Zune to High Def for offline viewing?  Do you know about the upcoming enhancements to Channel 9? Do you know you can rate videos and provide much wanted feedback? Did you know there is a channel9 toolshed site with links to all of the resources covered in the TV Shows as well as a toolshed code site? Watch this video to learn answers to these questions and many other tips and tricks to optimize your resource experience.

This clip was originally filmed as part of Episode 4 of It’s All About The Tools, but it is not included in the final version. So, this is never seen before footage! This was presented in front of a live audience. And even though it was a roomful of Niners… each person I talked to after the event, still walked away learning something. Hopefully you will too!

The show is hosted by Russ Fustino and Co-Host Stan Schultes. Download code, ppt and demo script from http://code.msdn.com/toolshed for all episodes. Also, use the links on http://channel9.msdn.com/toolshed to download tools. Finally, check out some more great videos on the Developer Evangelist East site: http://channel9.msdn.com/dpeeast

Introducing the new home for Windows on Channel 9

August 6, 09 //
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Windows is one of the world’s most complex pieces of software. The latest edition of Microsoft’s general purpose operating system, Windows 7, is our best offering yet. The efficient and focused engineering and thoughtful design that went into Windows 7 deserves an efficient and well designed home on Channel 9. It was the least we could do. Further, as the title of this post suggests, this area of Channel 9 will accommodate future iterations of Windows, so don’t just think of this as the Windows 7 area on C9 (it is today and for the next chunk of time between Windows iterations). It’s the home for Windows on Channel 9.

We figured it would be a really good idea to break Windows down into three broad “pillars” that match our significant Windows content repository. So, if you want to learn about how to develop for Windows 7, we’ve categorized all of our programming content to fit neatly under a new C9 “taskbar” button, Programming Windows 7. If you want to learn about how to use Windows 7 and take advantage of its new user features, click on the Using Windows 7 “taskbar” button. If you want to know how Windows 7 works, the nuts and bolts, the engine room, well, you’ll want to click on the Under the Hood “taskbar” button.

Enjoy and happy learning!

C9 Team