{"id":1315,"date":"2008-12-18T20:01:48","date_gmt":"2008-12-18T20:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/12\/coalface-tech-episode-1-microsoft-pdc-2008.htm"},"modified":"2009-01-23T09:04:48","modified_gmt":"2009-01-23T09:04:48","slug":"coalface-tech-episode-1-microsoft-pdc-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/12\/coalface-tech-episode-1-microsoft-pdc-2008.htm","title":{"rendered":"Coalface Tech: Episode 1 (Microsoft PDC 2008)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Coalface<\/a>
\nLast month, James Bannan<\/a> and I released a pilot episode of a new podcast called Coalface Tech<\/a> – the idea being that IT Pros should have a slightly different take on IT industry developments to the professional journalists that cover this.<\/p>\n

We’ve taken on board the feedback that we received and, whilst it’s still a bit rough around the edges, Episode 1 is now online at the APC Pro magazine website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In this episode, we look at some of the major announcements from Microsoft’s 2008 Professional Developers’ Conference – Windows Azure and Windows 7 – as well as some interesting things to come out of Microsoft Research.<\/p>\n

PDC may seem like old news now, but our aim is not to report the news – like this blog the intention is that we provide a commentary from the perspective of those who actually implement the technology.<\/p>\n

If you like what you hear, then you might like to consider subscribing – there are two podcast feeds available (MP3 and AAC) – if you use iTunes then I recommend the AAC version as that’s the enhanced podcast with chapter markings and context sensitive links but MP3 should work for just about everyone. We’ve also submitted the AAC feed to the iTunes store (it’s still under consideration but will hopefully be in the index soon).<\/p>\n

\"Coalface<\/a> Coalface Tech (MP3 podcast)<\/a>.
\n\"Coalface<\/a> Coalface Tech (AAC enhanced podcast)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you don’t like it, please tell us why. We’re still learning how to do this podcasting stuff and there’s a lot to take on board but we really would like feedback – including suggested topics for discussion.<\/p>\n

Going forward, James and I hope to get an episode out every month. They are time-consuming to produce though, so please bear with us if the schedule is not as regular as we’d like.<\/p>\n

Finally, here are the show notes for episode 1:<\/p>\n