The Digitally Published Words of Mike Riley

Applications

• 1996
  • 12-19 Nuke.com (waybackmachine.org link)
    
• 2000
  • 09-01 ContentBOT (Java Swing Client Application)
    
• 2001
  • 02-01 Bob (Voice, X10, Audio, Video, TV, Internet-enabled Controller)
  • 04-01 Mike's Spiffy Newscatcher (Kylix on Linux)
  • 07-01 Telematics Test (Java Swing Client Application)
  • 12-01 Cross Media Converter Application (Web Capture)
  • 12-01 Cross Media Converter Application (Tools Forms)
    
• 2002
  • 01-15 Content Remote Pocket PC Application (Title Screen)
  • 01-15 Content Remote Pocket PC Application (Audio Screen)
  • 01-15 Content Remote Pocket PC Application (Video Screen)

Conferences

• 2002
  • 09-11 Web Services in the Real World Seybold Presentation at the Fall 2002 Seybold Conference in San Francisco.
• 2003
  • 02-22 The Nineteenth Annual DuPage Engineers Week Expo. Here is a collage of photos taken by Glenn Ferrell.
  • 04-24 The O'Reilly 2003 Emerging Technology Conference, hard at work.
• 2006
  • 05-24 Open Source Consultants: Getting What You Pay For at the Application Life Cycle Management Conference and Exposition. A link to the presentation will be avaialble once it is publicly accessible from the ALM Expo website.
  • 06-23 RailsConf 2006 blog for Dr. Dobbs Journal.
• 2007
  • 05-30 OSX Server Essentials, Part 1 of 4 during the Mac Mania 6 Geek Cruise.
  • 05-30 OSX Server Essentials, Part 2 of 4 during the Mac Mania 6 Geek Cruise.
  • 05-30 OSX Server Essentials, Part 3 of 4 during the Mac Mania 6 Geek Cruise.
  • 05-30 OSX Server Essentials, Part 4 of 4 during the Mac Mania 6 Geek Cruise.
  • 05-31 OSX Server Advanced Topic, Part 1 of 3 during the Mac Mania 6 Geek Cruise.
  • 05-31 OSX Server Advanced Topic, Part 2 of 3 during the Mac Mania 6 Geek Cruise.
  • 05-31 OSX Server Advanced Topic, Part 3 of 3 during the Mac Mania 6 Geek Cruise.

Interviews

• 1997
  • 10-11 The Housenet Crew from Housenet.com. (archived)
  • 11-24 Borland looks for profit in cross-platform acquisition story in Computerworld. (archived)
  • 12-01 Intranets Open Worlds Within story in Graphic Arts Monthly. (archived)
    
• 1998
  • 03-02 Borland moves please loyal users story in Computerworld. (archived)
  • 04-14 Clearnet Communications Utilizes JBuilder story on Computing Canada .
  • 05-04 Donnelley's Intranet Dynamo story in InternetWeek. (archived)
  • 07-13 Allaire Releases HomeSite 4.0 Beta press release on Macromedia.com.
  • 08-10 Borland tools targeting enterprise story in Computerworld. (archived)
  • 09-09 Applications outsourcing could ease the pressure for IS managers story in LAN Times. (archived)
  • 11-23 Users clamor for Win 2000 security story in Computerworld. (archived)
    
• 1999
  • 01-18 Y2K may mask hacker attacks story in Computerworld. (archived)
  • 01-25 Y2K may stall Windows 2000 story in Computerworld. (archived)
  • 04-12 Users Wait Out Inprise Turmoil story in Computerworld. (archived)
  • 05-01 Is the sky falling? story in Ragan's Intranet Report. (archived)
  • 05-01 Traffic cops lots of attention at Donnelley story in Ragan's Intranet Report. (archived)
  • 05-11 Fast Track 100 List of Internet Technology Innovators ranking in PC Week. (archived)
  • 05-25 Open eBook Specification Announcement press release. (archived)
  • 06-01 Managing to manage change story in Ragan's Intranet Report. (archived)
  • 06-07 BackOffice to Be Offered Via Rental Pilot Program story in Computerworld. (archived)
  • 06-14 Reinvent Your Intranet and Lessons Learned story in Intranet Journal. (archived)
  • 09-16 Open eBook 1.0 Specification at the openebook.org web Site.
    
• 2000
  • 03-20 The PDA Predicament story at Network World Fusion web site.
  • 08-10 REBOL: The Official Guide book review quote for REBOL Press. (archived)
    
• 2001
  • 03-20 How Safe Is Your Cell story in PC World magazine .
    
• 2002
  • 05-15 Security Sieves: Misused Technology Leaving Networks Vulnerable story on Internet.com.
  • 06-13 The Hidden Costs of Handhelds story on Internet.com.
  • 06-25 IT Expected To Push Enterprise Handheld Adoption story on Internet.com.
  • 11-06 Tablet PC article in the Chicago Sun Times. (archived)
  • 11-21 Should 'The Suits' Have More Say Over IT Budget story on Internet.com.
  • 12-20 CIOs On Tighter Budget Leash story on CIOupdate.com.
    
• 2003
  • 01-01 Grid Computing article in EContent Magazine.
  • 04-29 Latest Move Rekindles Debate About Apple's Future story on Internet.com.
  • 05-05 Selling the 'Suits' on Your IT Project story on ITmanagement.com.
    
• 2004
  • 06-18 Open Source Software: Is there a free lunch? webcast on BusinessRadio.com.
    

Magazine Articles

• Book Contributions

  • 2001
    • 07-01 XSLT by Doug Tidwell, published by O'Reilly and Associates.
      
  • 2002
    • 08-01 Essential Blogging by Corey Doctorow, et al, published by O'Reilly and Associates.

• Book Reviews

  • 2000
    • 12-01 Wireless Web Development published in Delphi Informant.
      
  • 2001
    • 05-01 Cryptography and E-commerce publshed in OfficePro Magazine. (archived)
    • 06-01 Designing Web Useability published in OfficePro Magazine. (archived)
    • 07-01 PostgreSQL: Introduction and Concepts published in Delphi Informant.
    • 08-01 Cryptography and E-commerce published in Delphi Informant.
    • 08-01 Designing Web Useability published in Delphi Informant.
    • 08-01 VB.NET Programming with the Public Beta published in OfficePro Magazine. (archived)
    • 10-01 Windows 2000 Security published in Microsoft Office Solutions. (archived)
    • 11-01 Visual Basic 6 COM+ Programming Bible published in Microsoft Office Solutions. (archived)
      
      
  • 2002
    • 01-01 An Introduction to General Systems Thinking review in Microsoft Office Solutions. (archived)
    • 03-01 A Programmer's Introduction to C#, Second Edition review in asp.netPRO.
    • 03-01 HTML 4.0 Sourcebook review in asp.netPRO.
    • 03-01 Professional ASP.NET review in asp.netPRO.
    • 03-01 XHTML 1.0 Language and Design Sourcebook review in asp.netPRO.
    • 04-01 XML for ASP.NET Developers review in asp.netPRO.
    • 05-01 Mobile Commerce: Opportunities, Applications, and Technologies of Wireless Business review in Microsoft Office Solutions. (archived)
    • 06-01 ASP.NET for Developers review in asp.netPRO.
    • 06-01 ASP.NET Unleashed review in asp.netPRO.
    • 06-01 Early Adopter VoiceXML review in asp.netPRO.
    • 06-01 Professional C# review in asp.netPRO.
    • 06-01 SAMS Teach Yourself ASP.NET in 21 Days review in asp.netPRO.
    • 08-01 XSLT: Working with XML and HTML review in asp.netPRO.
    • 09-01 Building a Content Management System review in asp.netPRO.
    • 09-01 Building Web Services and .NET Applications review in asp.netPRO.
    • 09-01 Mastering Visual Basic .NET Database Programming review in asp.netPRO.
    • 09-01 Windows Forms Programming with C# review in asp.netPRO.
    • 10-01 ADO.NET and ADO Examples and Best Practices for VB Programmers review in asp.netPRO.
    • 10-01 ASP.NET Mobile Controls Tutorial Guide review in asp.netPRO.
    • 10-01 Distributed .NET Programming in C# review in asp.netPRO.
    • 10-01 Microsoft .NET XML Web Services review in asp.netPRO.
    • 11-01 The Tomes of Delphi 3: Win32 Core API, Windows 2000 Edition published in Delphi Informant.
      
  • 2003
    • 01-01 The Tomes of Delphi 3: Basic 32-Bit Communications Programming published in Delphi Informant.
    • 04-01 ASP.NET Kick Start published in asp.netPRO.
    • 07-01 Programming C#, 3rd Edition published in asp.netPRO.
    • 09-11 Performance Testing Microsoft .NET Web Applications published in asp.netPRO.
    • 10-23 Building Microsoft ASP.NET Applications for Mobile Devices, Second Edition published in asp.netPRO.
    • 11-06 ASP.NET In a Nutshell, 2nd Edition published in asp.netPRO.
    • 12-04 A First Look at ASP.NET v2.0 and A First Look at ADO.NET and System.Xml v2.0 published in asp.netPRO.
      
  • 2004
    • 01-29 ASP.NET Professional Secrets published in asp.netPRO.
    • 02-15 Advantage Database Server: The Official Guide published in Delphi Informant.
    • 03-01 ASP.NET Solutions - 23 Case Studies published in asp.netPRO.
    • 03-12 .NET and XML published in asp.netPRO.
    • 04-22 Delphi Developer's Guide to XML, Second Edition published in Delphi Informant.
    • 05-07 Beginning VB.NET 2003 published in asp.netPRO.
    • 06-20 Hackers and Painters published in asp.netPRO.
    • 06-23 Murach's ASP.NET Web Programming with VB.NET published in asp.netPRO.
    • 07-06 Windows Server Hacks published in asp.netPRO.
    • 07-15 Code Complete 2 published in asp.netPRO.
    • 08-15 Hacking the Code: ASP.NET Web Application Security published in asp.netPRO.
    • 08-16 ASP.NET 2.0 Beta Preview published in asp.netPRO.
    • 08-30 Professional ASP.NET 1.1 published in asp.netPRO.
    • 09-15 Stealing the Network: How to Own a Continent published in asp.netPRO.
    • 10-01 Building Business Intelligence Applications with .NET published in asp.netPRO
      
  • 2005
    • 02-01 Open Source .NET Development published in asp.netPRO
    • 02-15 Cisco Routers for the Desperate published in asp.netPRO
    • 02-20 Securing Windows Server 2003 published in asp.netPRO
    • 04-15 Hacking a Terror Network: The Silent Threat of Covert Channels published in asp.netPRO
    • 04-20 Pragmatic Version Control Using Subversion published in asp.netPRO
    • 04-20 Pragmatic Version Control Using Subversion published in asp.netPRO
    • 05-15 Visual Studio Hacks published in asp.netPRO
    • 05-31 Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 Databases Beta Preview published in asp.netPRO
    • 06-10 Silence on the Wire published in asp.netPRO
    • 06-08 Building Intelligent .NET Applications published in asp.netPRO
    • 06-30 Windows Server Cookbook published in asp.netPRO
    • 07-08 DHTML Utopia: Modern Web Design Using JavaScript & DOM published in asp.netPRO.
    • 08-01 ASP.NET 2.0: A Developer’s Notebook published in asp.netPRO.
    • 09-01 Stealing the Network: How to Own an Identity published in asp.netPRO.
    • 09-15 Murach’s ASP.NET 2.0 Upgrader’s Guide, C# Edition published in asp.netPRO.
    • 10-01 Write Portable Code: A Guide to Developing Software for Multiple Platforms published in asp.netPRO.
    • 10-05 Host Integrity Monitoring Using Osiris and Samhain published in asp.netPRO.
    • 10-15 Car PC Hacks: Tips & Tools for Geeking Your Ride published in asp.netPRO.
    • 11-01 Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management published in asp.netPRO.
    • 11-10 Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Step by Step published in asp.netPRO.
    • 11-15 Maximizing ASP.NET published in asp.netPRO.
    • 12-01 Visual Basic 2005 Jumpstart published in asp.netPRO.
    • 12-15 Murach’s ASP.NET 2.0 Upgrader’s Guide, VB Edition published in asp.netPRO.
  • 2006
    • 01-01 .NET Framework Standard Library Annotated Reference Volume 2: Networking Library, Reflection Library, and XML Library published in asp.netPRO.
    • 01-01 Working with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System published in asp.netPRO.
    • 01-15 Mastering Web Development with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 published in asp.netPRO.
    • 01-25 Programming Microsoft Web Forms published in asp.netPRO.
    • 02-10 Visual Studio Tools for Office: Using C# with Excel, Word, Outlook, and InfoPath published in asp.netPRO.
    • 04-18 Programming MapPoint in .NET published in asp.netPRO.
    • 06-19 Visual Basic 2005 in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition published in asp.netPRO.
    • 07-05 Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 in C# 2005: From Novice to Professional published in asp.netPRO.
    • 07-10 ASP.NET 2.0 Cookbook published in asp.netPRO.
    • 07-20 Foundations of Atlas: Rapid Ajax Development with ASP.NET 2.0 published in asp.netPRO.
    • 08-01 Murach's C# 2005 published in asp.netPRO.
    • 09-01 ASP.NET 2.0 Unleashed published in asp.netPRO.
    • 10-15 Expert Service-Oriented Architecture in C# 2005, Second Edition published in asp.netPRO.
    • 11-01 Visual Basic 2005 Cookbook published in asp.netPRO.
  • 2007
    • 01-01 Programming Atlas published in asp.netPRO.
    • 01-01 Foundations of WF published in asp.netPRO.
    • 04-01 Programming ASP.NET, 3rd Edition published in asp.netPRO.
    • 05-01 Mastering Regular Expressions, 3rd Edition published in asp.netPRO.
    • 06-01 Community Server Quickly published in asp.netPRO.
    • 06-01 How to Code .NET published in asp.netPRO.

  Product Reviews

  • 2002
    • 01-01 Rational Visual Test review in Microsoft Office Solutions. (archived)
    • 02-01 DeployMaster review in Delphi Informant.
    • 03-01 Component-Based Encryption article in Microsoft Office Solutions. (archived)
    • 03-01 Rational Rose 2001 review in Delphi Informant.
    • 03-01 XML Spy 4.1 Suite review in asp.netPRO.
    • 05-01 TestTrack Pro 4.0 review in Microsoft Office Solutions. (archived)
    • 06-01 IP*Works:Delphi Edition 5.0 review in Delphi Informant.
    • 08-01 ActivePatch 1.1 review in Delphi Informant.
    • 09-01 XMLPartner 2.5 Professional review in Delphi Informant.
    • 09-01 XMetal 3 review in Microsoft Office Solutions.
    • 09-01 UltraSuite 3.0 review in Microsoft Office Solutions. (archived)
    • 10-01 Advantage TDataSet Descendant for Kylix review in Delphi Informant.
    • 10-01 Macromedia Studio MX with Editor Comment in asp.netPRO.
  • 2003
    • 03-01 TallPDF .NET review in asp.netPRO.
    • 04-01 Pragma Secure Shell 3.0 review in asp.netPRO.
    • 05-01 XML Spy 5 Enterprise Edition review in asp.netPRO.
    • 05-01 VMWare Workstation 4 review in asp.netPRO.
    • 05-23 SlickEdit 8.0 review in asp.netPRO.
    • 06-01 DevPartner Studio 7.0 review in asp.netPRO.
    • 07-01 Spread for Web Forms review in asp.netPRO.
    • 08-01 FogBUGZ 3.0 review in asp.netPRO.
    • 08-15 XMetaL 4 review in asp.netPRO.
    • 08-15 Wise for Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Edition review in asp.netPRO.
    • 09-25 Borland C#Builder Enterprise Edition review in asp.netPRO.
    • 10-10 CodeWright 7 for .NET and CodeWright 7.5 review in asp.netPRO.
    • 11-11 TestComplete 3.0 review in Delphi Informant.
    • 11-24 XML Spy 2004 Enterprise Edition review in asp.netPRO.
    • 12-18 Compuware DevPartner Studio Professional Edition 7.1 review in asp.netPRO.
    • 12-25 Macromedia Studio MX 2004 review in asp.netPRO.
      
  • 2004
    • 02-20 eDocEngine and PDFtoolkit review in Delphi Informant.
    • 03-09 PE Explorer review in Delphi Informant.
    • 03-14 AppForge Crossfire 5.0 review in asp.netPRO.
    • 05-01 Doc-To-Help 7.0 review in Delphi Informant.
    • 05-31 RoboDemo 5 review in asp.netPRO.
    • 06-21 Visual SlickEdit 9 review in asp.netPRO.
    • 07-01 Delphi Spell Checker PRO review in Delphi Informant.
    • 07-01 Shell+ review in Delphi Informant.
    • 07-21 Flywheel 7.2 review in asp.netPRO.
    • 07-26 Intraweb for ASP.NET review in asp.netPRO.
    • 08-01 WebGrid.NET Enterprise v3.5 published in asp.netPRO.
    • 08-31 NetAdvantage 2004 Volume 2 published in asp.netPRO.
    • 09-01 RemObjects SDK 3.0 published in Delphi Informant.
    • 10-21 AQtime 4.1 published in asp.netPRO.
    • 12-03 Windward Reports 3.0 published in asp.netPRO.
    • 12-17 Delphi 2005 Architect (the very last article ever) published in Delphi Informant.
      
  • 2005
    • 01-01 Dundas Chart for .NET 4.1 review in asp.netPRO.
    • 02-01 Enterprise XML Suite 2005 review in asp.netPRO.
    • 03-01 Nevron Chart for .NET 3.0 review in asp.netPRO.
    • 04-01 DevPartner Security Checker 1.0 review in asp.netPRO.
    • 04-01 Ektron CMS400.NET review in asp.netPRO.
    • 04-15 r.a.d. controls review in asp.netPRO.
    • 04-15 FlyGrid.Net 1.0 Professional Edition review in asp.netPRO.
    • 05-15 Automated Build Studio 1.4 review in asp.netPRO.
    • 06-09 MSDN Universal Subscription review in asp.netPRO.
    • 07-01 VMware Workstation 5 review in asp.netPRO.
    • 08-01 dtSearch Desktop Version 7 review in asp.netPRO.
    • 08-01 ScaleOut StateServer review in asp.netPRO.
    • 08-15 HP h6315 iPAQ article published in Make Magazine, Volume 03. Author bio is also available.
    • 09-10 SmartInspect Professional review in asp.netPRO.
    • 11-15 Exploring ASP.NET 2.0 Using Visual C# 2005 Beta 2 review in asp.netPRO.
  • 2006
    • 01-01 Ektron CMS400.NET Version 5.1 review in asp.netPRO.
    • 02-01 XSE.NET review in asp.netPRO.
    • 09-01 ComponentOne Studio Enterprise 2006 v2 review in asp.netPRO.
    • 11-01 Compuware DevPartner Studio Professional 8.1 review in asp.netPRO.
    • 11-15 Altova UModel 2006 review in asp.netPRO.
    • 12-01 Nevron .NET Vision Enterprise review in asp.netPRO.
  • 2007
    • 01-15 Stylus Studio 2007 XML Enterprise Suite review in asp.netPRO.
    • 03-01 NetAdvantage for .NET 2006 Volume 3 review in asp.netPRO.
    • 04-01 Portable Musician's Friend in Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine.
    • 06-01 Bedazzling Bluetooth Breakthroughs in Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine.
    • 11-01 My Top Ten Games in Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine
    • 10-01 GPS Hardware and Accessories for the Windows Mobile Platform in Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine.
  • 2008
    • 03-01 Go Mobile, Go Green in Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine.
    • 06-09 Wing IDE Professional 3.1.1: An IDE for Python in Dr. Dobbs Journal.
    • 08-27 Hardware Mash-ups and Bug Lab's Bug in Dr. Dobbs Journal.
    • 09-01 dtSearch 64-bit Version review in asp.netPRO.
    • 11-01 Iron Speed Designer review in asp.netPRO.
    • 12-01 Mathematica 7: A Review in Dr. Dobbs Journal.

  Technical Articles

  • 1990
• 01-01 LaserDisc Remote Control Program published in Start Magazine.
• 1996
  • 01-01 Brainpan column published in Internet Underground
  • 05-01 "Death of the HTML Coder" Brainpan column published in Internet Underground
    
• 1999
• 07-01 Data at a Distance article in Delphi Informant.
  
• 2000
  • 08-01 Writing WAP-WML Applications in Delphi article in Delphi Informant.
    
• 2001
  • 01-01 Implementing Secure Messaging with PGP article in Delphi Informant.
  • 07-01 Using X-10 Controls to Automate Your House article in Delphi Informant.
    
• 2002
  • 07-01 A Modest Proposal guest editorial in Microsoft Office Solutions. (archived)
  • 09-01 A Simple Request guest editorial in asp.netPRO.
    
• 2003
  • 09-01 100 and Going Strong contribution acknowledgement in Delphi Informant.
    
• 2004
  • 11-01 Special Guide to Middleware Solutions Distributed Objects and Messages in Software Development Magazine.
    
• 2005
  • 01-01 Altered State Editor's Comment contribution acknowledgement in asp.netPRO.
  • 02-01 Special Guide to Demo and Presentation Tools in Software Development Magazine.
  • 04-01 Special Guide to Requirements Tools in Software Development Magazine.
  • 05-01 Cross-Platform Develompent... On the Cheap in Software Development Magazine.
  • 06-01 Special Guide to Eclipse Plug-ins in Software Development Magazine.
  • 08-01 Special Guide to Configuration Management Tools in Software Development Magazine.
  • 10-01 Special Guide to Testing Tools in Software Development Magazine.
  • 12-01 Special Guide to Service Oriented Architecture Tools in Software Development Magazine.
• 2006
  • 01-01 Tomorrow's Technology Today in Software Development Magazine.
  • 02-01 Special Guide to Digital Rights Management Tools in Software Development Magazine.
  • 04-01 Special Guide to Model Driven Architecture (MDA) Tools in Software Development Magazine.
  • 05-01 Special Guide to Web Content Management System Tools in Software Development Magazine.
  • 06-01 16th Annual Jolt Awards judge write-ups in Software Development Magazine.
• 2007
  • 03-12 Developing Windows Vista Sidebar Gadgets in Dr. Dobbs Journal.
  • 03-14 RAD XAML with Microsoft Expression Blend in Dr. Dobbs Journal .
  • 07-01 17th Annual Jolt Awards judge write-ups in Dr. Dobbs Journal.
  • 09-01 Best Software Awards 2007 Board of Experts board member in Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine.
  • 10-01 18th Annual Jolt Awards judge write-ups in Dr. Dobbs Journal.
• 2008
  • 03-31 Dual-screen Recording In Linux in Dr. Dobbs Journal.
  • 12-03 It's Time to Get Good at Functional Programming (Mathematica Sidebar) in Dr. Dobbs Journal.

Podcasts

• Software Development Magazine

  • 2005
    
    Audio clips, techtips, and interviews with industry experts. Audio
    is provided in MP3 formated audio files.
    
    Listen online or subscribe to the Dr. Dobbs Journal Podcast feed

    Macrovision
    Suresh Balasubramanian, Director of Product Management at Macrovision. (MP3, 16:30 mins.)
    
    SealedMedia
    Ulrike Wigger, CIO at Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln for SealedMedia. (MP3, 13:55 mins.)
    
    Safenet
    Jam Khan, Product Manager for Sentinel RMS at Safenet.(MP3, 14:44 mins.)
    
    SOA Strategy: BEA's AquaLogic Suite
    Software Development interviews, Sanjay Chikarmane, BEA's Senior Director of Product Management for Integration Products, on service-oriented architectures. (MP3, 16:01 mins.)
    
    SOA Strategy: Cape Clear's Focus on Open Standards
    Software Development interviews Annrái O'Toole, CEO of Cape Clear, on service-oriented architectures, the enterprise service bus and open standards. (MP3, 12:19 mins.)
    
    SOA Strategy: Infravio's Vision of the Adoption Blueprints
    Software Development interviews Miko Matsumura, vice president of marketing, Infravio, on the company's Ensemble suite, OASIS's SOA adoption blueprints, and the Apache Synapse project. (MP3, 12:06 mins.)
    
    SOA Strategy: Internosis's Expertise on Deployments
    Software Development interviews Scott Burgess, Internosis CTO, on why he has bet his business on service-oriented architecture. (MP3, 11:09 mins.)
    
    SOA Strategy: Oracle's Tools for Agile Business Processes
    Software Development interviews John Deeb, director of product management for Oracle's middleware components, on Oracle's business process execution language manager. (MP3, 11:16 mins.)
    
    SOA Strategy: SOA Software's Reuse Holy Grail
    Software Development interviews Ian Goldsmith, vice president of product marketing for SOA Software, about the company's Service Manager suite and why SOA will succeed where previous distributed computing efforts have failed. (MP3, 14:35 mins.)
    
    SOA Strategy: Sonic's Service Bus
    Software Development interviews Paul Markson, senior director for product management for Sonic Software, about why SOA is such an overloaded term these days. (MP3, 12:53 mins.)
    
    IBM/Rational Software Testing Tools
    Brian Bryson of IBM/Rational discusses its software testing tools. Brian also explains IBM's plans for the self-healing autonomic systems of the future and how this vision will alter the software testing process. (MP3 audio, 9:54 mins.)
    
    .NET Winforms Testing Tools
    Andrew Flick of Infragistics talks about Test Advantage 2005 components that allow regression testing on Windows forms in the .NET Framework. (MP3 audio, 9:43 mins.)
    
    AppSight Black Box Technology
    Lori Wizdo of Identify Software discusses how AppSight can dramatically improve the quality of software testing. AppSight automates the problem resolution process. (MP3 audio, 9:48 mins.)
    
    Successful Software Testing
    Mark Eshelby, Product Manager for Compuware's QA Center testing platform, discusses managing successful software testing. (MP3 audio, 9:50 mins.)

• Dr. Dobbs Journal Magazine

  • 2006

  RadRails Ruby on Rails IDE
  Mike Riley interviews Kyle Shank, lead developer of the RadRails Ruby on Rails IDE. The goal of RadRails is to provide Rails developers with everything they need to develop, manage, test, and deploy their applications. The RadRails IDE is built on the Eclipse RCP. RadRails tools are also available as Eclipse plug-ins. Part 1 of 2. (MP3 12:06 min)
  April 19, 2006
  
  RadRails and Podcasting
  Kyle Shank of RadRails talks about using podcasts to promote new releases of the RadRails IDE. He also compares his experiences at this years’ EclipseCon and Canada on Rails. Part 2 of 2. (MP3 9:15 min)
  April 28, 2006
  
  RadRails Podcast
  Kyle Shank of RadRails references my interview with him in his RadRails v0.6.2 release podcast.
  
  Ruby on Rails Podcast, Part 1/2
  Geoffrey Grosenbach discusses the state of Ruby on Rails, detailing some of its strengths and weaknesses. Part 1 of 2. (MP3, 10:56 mins.).
  
  Ruby on Rails Podcast, Part 2/2
  Geoffrey Grosenbach shares some of his favorite online resources for getting up-to-speed on Ruby on Rails. Part 2 of 2. (MP3, 14:13 mins.).
  
  RailsConf 2006 Podcast, Part 1/2
  Mike Riley reports what's happening with Ruby and Ruby-on-Rails from the conference floor of the RailsConf 2006 conference in Chicago. (MP3, 4:44 mins.).
  
  Sun's New Java Developer Tools: Part 1
  Mike Riley interviews Dan Roberts, Director of Marketing for Sun Microsystems, on Sun's plethora of new Java developer tools. (Part 1 of 2).
  
  Sun's New Development Tools: Part 2
  Sun's Dan Roberts speaks about Java IDE enhancements, AJAX and more (Part 2 of 2).
  
  Flex 2 and Rich Internet Apps
  Ben Watson, senior manager for technical evangelism at Adobe, discusses rich internet application development and the benefits Flex 2 platform for both developers and end users. The first podcast in a series focusing on RIA.
  
  Deshpande on WPF and XAML
  Ben Watson, senior manager for technical evangelism at Adobe, discusses rich internet application development and the benefits Flex 2 platform for both developers and end users. The first podcast in a series focusing on RIA.

  Building RIA with OpenLaszlo
  Mike Riley interviews Jim Grandy, Director of OpenLaszlo at Laszlo Systems, about his company's open source platform for Rich Internet Application development.

  Application Scalability
  Mike Riley interviews Mark Sundt, Vice President of Services and Technology Evangelism at Appistry, about the Appistry Enterprise Application Fabric, and scaling Java or .NET apps on Windows or Linux.

  AJAX, Cosmo, and Hemispheres
  Mike Riley talks with working man Matthew Eernisse, author of Build Your Own AJAX Website, about Matthew's experiences with AJAX application construction and his work at the Open Source Applications Foundation. Matthew also talks about the Cosmo calendar server project, his musical interests, and balancing the hemispheres of both work and home life.

  • 2007

  Inside Komodo 4.0
  Mike Riley talks with Matt Herdon about Komodo IDE 4.0, which, among other features, lets you create entire web applications--server, browser, and the HTTP conversation that connects them--within a single unified workspace.

  Vista Sidebar Gadget Development
  David Streams, Group program manager for the Windows Live team discusses the Sidebar platform, the development process for Sidebar gadgets, and security models for gadget deployment.

  Exploring the Gadget 'Ecosystem'
  David Streams of Microsoft discusses the emerging gadget development community. David compares gadgets to similar platforms, and explains Microsoft's expectations for how users and partners will be employing, sharing, and potentially monetizing sidebar gadgets.

  Limiting Vista's Attack Surface With UAC
  In this interview Steve Hiskey, Lead Program Manager for User Account Control in the Windows Security Core Group, spoke to Mike Riley about the new security infrastructure of UAC and its impact on sys admins and software developers.

  Retrofitting Apps for UAC Compliance
  Microsoft's Steve Hiskey, lead program manager for User Account Control in the Windows Security Core Group, continues the User Account Control discussion with Mike Riley, Jon Erickson, and Scott Swigart. Steve discusses some of the challenges developers are facing in retrofitting apps for UAC compliance.

  The Introduction Ceremony and CardSpace
  Microsoft's Kim Cameron continues discussing the details of CardSpace, including the introduction ceremony, self-asserted cards, and identity portability.

  Developing Connected Apps with WCF and WF
  Doug Purdy, Group Program Manager in the Connected Systems Division, spoke to Mike Riley about Windows Communication Foundation and Windows Workflow. Doug describes WCF and WF as the logical next step for all of Microsoft's distributed applications and frameworks.

  Leveraging Legacy Tools and WCF
  Mike Riley and Jon Erickson talk to Doug Purdy about how the WCF can leverage existing technologies such as MSMQ and BizTalk. Doug also discusses the goal of sharing a consistent developer experience with other Microsoft tools and platforms such as SQL Everywhere and the .NET Compact Framework.

  XML and Dynamic Workflow Management
  Doug Purdy of Microsoft explains how the XML-based format of Workflow Foundation allows developers to inspect and modify business processes while they're running. Additionally WF allows you to natively save the state of long-running workflow instances in a persistent store. Doug also discusses adoption of WF and WCF by Microsoft's customers and partners.

  Metadata Searches on Windows Vista
  Mike Riley talks to Ed Averett, program manager on the Windows Shell team, about the Always On search indexing in Windows Vista and the ever-expanding role of metadata on all forms of digital content.

  Windows CardSpace and the Laws of Identity
  Kim Cameron, Microsoft's architect of Identity and Access, discussed how CardSpace grew out of the lessons learned from previous, unsuccessful identity management approaches.

  What's New in Mathematica 6.0
  Mike Riley talks with Tom Wickham-Jones, Director of Kernel Technology for Wolfram Research, about the new features available in the Mathmatica 6.0 release.

  VMware Workstation 6
  Dr. Dobb's Journal interviews James Phillips, Senior Director of VMWare Software Lifecycle Solutions, about the most interesting features available to application developers and testers in the VMWare Workstation 6 release.

  Randal Schwartz on Perl 6 and Ruby
  Dr. Dobb's interviews Perl expert Randal Schwartz while attending the recent Mac Mania 6 Geek Cruise to Alaska. Besides sharing his favorite ports of call, Randal reveals his views on Perl 6 and how it compares to the Ruby scripting language as well as an update on his latest book project.

  Digital Photography and Apple's Xcode
  Dr. Dobb's talks with photographer Ben Long about his innovative use of Apple's Xcode and Applescript Studio IDE to develop a sophisticated multimedia application for the performing arts.

  OSX Application Package Management
  Dr. Dobbs Journal talks with technologist and Mac enthusiast Ted Landau about OSX application package management.

  Automated Workflow and OS X
  Dr. Dobb's Journal talks to Sal Soghoian, product manager for automated technologies at Apple. Sal discusses the Automator workflow framework built into the OS X operating system.

  Interview with Kevin Baird
  Dr. Dobb's Journal talks with Dr. Kevin Baird, author of "Ruby by Example: Concepts and Code." In the conversation, Kevin shares his thoughts about the Ruby language and its place among other high-level scripting languages.

  Adobe Cold Fusion 8: Out of the Box
  Dr. Dobb's Journal talks with Adobe's Tim Buntel about the release of Adobe's Cold Fusion 8 application server.

  Windows Workflow Foundation Development
  Dr. Dobb's Journal interviews author, speaker, and .NET consultant Brian Noyes about his recently released "Developing Applications with Windows Workflow Foundation," part of Addison-Wesley's new DVD-ROM-based Live Lessons series of video tutorials.

  All About GIMP Effects
  Dr. Dobbs talks with embedded software developer Michael J. Hammel about his book The Artist's Guide to GIMP Effects.

  Forbidden LEGO: A Conversation with Ulrik Pilegaard and Michael Dooley
  Dr. Dobb's talks with Ulrik Pilegaard and Mike Dooley, the authors of Forbidden Lego: Build the Models Your Parents Warned You Against, which introduces you to the type of free-style building that LEGO's master builders do for fun--when they can get away with it.

  Interview with Compuware's Fergal McGovern
  Dr. Dobb's talks to Compuware's Fergal McGovern about the Version 5.0 release of Optimal Trace, a tool for business requirements definition and management solution.

  Developing with Qt
  Dr. Dobb's interviews Johan Thelin, author of FOundations of Qt Development. Johan shares his thoughts about the book and the advantages of using Qt, as well as the philosophy and insights of working with Qt progenitor Trolltech.

  Silverlight 1.0 as a Platform
  Dr. Dobbs speaks with Adam Nathan, author of Silverlight 1.0 Unleashed. Adam discusses the strengths of the Silverlight platform and shares his current site favorites using Silverlight technology.

  Learning Python Today and Tomorrow
  Dr. Dobb's talks with Mark Lutz about the third edition of his book Learning Python. Mark shares his thoughts about the changes in the Python language since his previous edition was published nearly five years ago. He also talks about changes on the horizon as a result of the impending release of Python 3000.

  Practical Rails Projects
  Dr. Dobb's talks with Ruby on Rails developer Eldon Alameda about his new book Practical Rails Projects and his thoughts about Ruby on Rails 2.0.

  Adobe Goes Open Source with BlazeDS
  Dr. Dobb's talks to Adobe's Tom Barclay about the company's open source intiatives including BlazeDS.

  • 2008

  RailsSpace Tutorial
  Dr. Dobb's Journal talks with Aurelius Prochazka, creator of the RailsSpace Ruby on Rails Tutorial, part of the Live Lessons series published by Addison-Wesley. In this conversation, Aure reveals the ups and downs of instructional video creation, developing in Rails and his current efforts. Pay close attention toward the end for a special offer from Aure to Dr. Dobb's podcast listeners!

  PyCon 2008 Conference
  Dr. Dobb's Journal interviews David Goodger, Chair of the PyCon 2008 Developer Conference to be held in Chicago March 14-16, 2008. David shares insights about the conference sessions and the upcoming release of Python 3.0.

  Guido van Rossum On Python 3 -- and More
  Dr. Dobb's contributing editor Mike Riley talks with Guido van Rossum about Python 3, multi-core architectures, and how other languages compare to Python.

  Silverlight and Python
  Dr. Dobb's contributing editor Mike Riley talks to Python developer Michael Foord about his experiences developing IronPython applications using Microsoft's Silverlight.

  Ben Fry on Data Visualization
  Dr. Dobb's speaks to Ben Fry, author of Visualizing Data, about his Java-based data visualization API and the future of data visualization.

  Adiran Holovaty on the Django Project
  Dr. Dobb's talks to Adrian Holovaty, co-creator of the Django web framework, regarding recent additions and future plans to the framework.

  Tom Mornini on Ruby on Rails, Part 1
  Dr. Dobb's talks with Tom Mornini, CTO of Engine Yard, a Ruby on Rails service provider. In the first part of this two-part conservation with Mike RIley, Tom discusses how his company has optimized the Ruby on Rails application management experience.

  Tom Mornini on Ruby on Rails, Part 2
  Dr. Dobb's talks with Tom Mornini, CTO of Engine Yard, a Ruby on Rails service provider. In the second installment of this two-partconversation with Mike Riley, Tom Mornini discusses Merb and Rubinius, Ruby-based open-source projects being developed in part by key Engine Yard staff.

  Dr. Dobb's and CodeGear Talk
  Dr. Dobb's talks with Michael Swindell, CodeGear's VP of Products and Strategy, and Nick Hodges, Delphi and Delphi for PHP Product Manager, about Embarcadero Technology's recent acquisition of CodeGear, what that means for future CodeGear product releases, and the release of Delphi for PHP 2.0.

  The Rubinius Project
  Dr. Dobb's talks with Rubinius Founder and Project Lead Evan Phoenix about the major Rubinius announcement made at this year's RailsConf 2008 event.

  DevSuite 7 Discussion
  Dr. Dobb's talks to TechExcel's Joel Ferman and Paul Unterberg about their company's recently released DevSuite 7 Application Lifecycle Management suite.
  
  The Eclipse Ganymede Release
  Dr. Dobb's talks to Mike Milinkovich, Executive Director of the Eclipse Foundation, about the Eclipse Ganymede release, a coordinated release of 23 different Eclipse project teams and represents over 18 million lines of code.
  
  WSO2's Open Source Enterprise Service Bus
  Dr. Dobb's interviews Paul Fremantle, CTO of WSO2 about the company's open source ESB announcement.
  
  Simply Rails 2
  Dr. Dobb's talks with Patrick Lenz, author of the book Simply Rails 2 about the improvements in the latest release of the Ruby on Rails framework and the challenge of finding a European-based Rails hosting service.
  
  Ubuntu and the Software Around It
  Dr. Dobb's interviews Ubuntu's Gerry Carr about the Linux-based Ubuntu operating sytem and the application lifecycle tools -- such as the recently released Launchpad -- that surround it.
  
  What Zope Did Wrong (and How It's Being Fixed)
  Dr. Dobb's talks with Lennart Regebro about the many things that Zope 2 did right and did wrong. Lennart has also been one of the driving forces behind Five, the integration of Zope 3 technologies into Zope 2.
  
  Voice Recording Meets Open Source
  Dr. Dobb's talks with Bruce Kaskey, cofounder of OrecX, about the Oreka open source project and why it's an important contribution to the open source community.
  
  2008 International Mathematica Conference
  Dr. Dobb's interviews Wolfram Research's Theo Gray, co-founder and Director of User Interfaces, and Roger Germundsson, Director of Research and Development, about the upcoming 2008 International Mathematica Conference.

Vidcasts

• Dr. Dobbs Journal

  • 2007
    
    A Look Inside REALBasic 2007
    Mike Riley spoke with Geoff Perlman CEO of REAL Software about the latest innovations in REALBasic 2007 Professional Edition, including enhanced database connectivity, incremental compilation, and namespace support.
    
    A Look Inside the Tcl and Perl Dev Kits
    Mike Riley spoke to ActiveState's Jeff Hobbes about the new features in Tcl Dev Kit 4.0 and Perl Dev Kit 7.0, including the new code-coverage and hot-spot analysis tool and Mac OSX support.
    
    
  • 2008
    
    A Conversation with Paul Kimmel
    Dr Dobbs interviews Paul Kimmel, author of LINQ Unleashed for C#, about the power of Microsoft's new query technology that allows developers to poll any information from any data source regardless of location or structure. In this podcast, Paul discusses LINQ's optimal use cases and posits the technology's future.
    
    Miguel de Icaza on Project Mono
    
    Delphi 2009
    
    UI Tools for Windows
    
    Yehuda Katz on Merb
    
    Komodo IDE 5.0
    
    OpenCV
    
    Stephen Wolfram: Part 1
    
    Stephen Wolfram: Part 2
    
    Eric Schultz on the on the Mathematica Essentials Palette and the future of digital educational materials
    
    Kris Carlson on "Why We Die: Simulation of the Evolution of Senescence
    
    Schoeller Porter on the grid and cloud versions of Mathematica
    
    Thomas Roman on "Mathematica Visualization in a Theoretical Physics Problem - Negative Energy in an Unusual Quantum State"
    

Blogs

DR DOBBS JOURNAL

Dobbscodetalk.com

• 2008
  • 03-10 Welcome to the 'Open Mike' Blog
  • 03-15 PyCon 2008: Day 1, Part 1
  • 03-15 PyCon 2008: Day 1, Part 2: Guido van Rossum's Py3 Keynote
  • 03-15 PyCon 2008: Day 1, Part 3
  • 03-15 PyCon 2008: Day 2 Summary
  • 03-16 PyCon 2008: Day 3 Summary
  • 03-19 The Ruby Programming Language
  • 04-02 The eeePC Bridge
  • 04-09 Ruby on Rails: Same as the Old Boss?
  • 04-16 FXRuby: Create Lean and Mean GUI's with Ruby Book Review
  • 04-21 Virtual Machine Programming
  • 05-04 Hackerteen: Internet Blackout, Volume 1 Review
  • 05-08 Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management Book Review
  • 05-19 Deploying Rails Applications Book Review
  • 06-02 SlickEdit 2008 Review
  • 06-08 Pragmatic Screencasts Review
  • 06-16 Clustering Mathematica
  • 06-17 Your Brain: The Missing Manual Book Review
  • 06-23 Happy Birthday, Mathematica!
  • 06-24 ActiveState Komodo 4.4 Released
  • 07-03 Dr. Dobb's Talks...To a Lot of People About a Lot of Stuff
  • 07-08 The Ruby Object Model and Metaprogramming
  • 08-03 Essential SQLAlchemy Book Review
  • 08-23 Mathematica's Cloud Computing Initiative
  • 08-26 Scripting GUI Testing with Ruby Book Review
  • 09-01 Envycasts Advanced ActiveRecord Review
  • 09-05 Intellectual Property and Open Source Book Review
  • 09-10 Learning the vi and Vim Editors Book Review
  • 09-16 The Productive Programmer Book Review
  • 10-07 Practical Django Projects Book Review
  • 10-15 Pragmatic Thinking and Learning Book Review
  • 11-03 Python for Unix and Linux System Administrators Book Review
  • 11-04 Komodo 5.0 IDE Released
  • 11-16 Hacking VoIP Book Review
  • 11-18 Mathematica 7 Released
  • 11-16 Free Linux Network Programming eBook
  • 11-16 Web Security Testing Cookbook Book Review
  • 11-16 Mathematica Demystified Book Review

SMARTPHONE & POCKET PC MAGAZINE

Experts Online

• 2007
  • 02-19 Windows Mobile Dream Machine
  • 03-05 Scripting on the Windows Mobile platform
  • 03-28 Better Backups
  • 04-01 Why I chose Windows Mobile as my preferred handheld device platform
  • 05-01 Memory Conservation
  • 04-02 The eeePC Bridge
  • 06-01 My favorite 3rd party application: iLauncher
  • 07-01 My Current Favorite Bluetooth Device
  • 08-01 Windows Mobile Security
  • 09-30 Creative Use of a Windows Mobile Device
• 2008
• 01-15 The coolest applications on the Windows Mobile platform
• 02-01 My Best Windows Mobile Device Experience
• 02-29 The one Windows Mobile tweak that I can't live without
• 03-31 Windows Mobile Wish List
• 04-30 Spring Cleaning My Windows Mobile Devices
• 06-02 My Current Top 3 Favorite Windows Mobile Games

Television Appearances

• CLTV

  • 1998 - 2002
    • CLTV Computer Connection gadget guru and computer game reviewer (archived).

• SMT

• 2001
  • 08-16 Back to School Satellite Media Tour with 24 network affiliate stations.

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