Our intrepid hosts, Mike and Allen, reach double-digits via a revisit of Windows 7 with Microsoft MVP Todd Girvin who has been beta testing since early 2009. Todd provides us with experience reports on some of the features we covered in Episode 7 and fills us in on a few we missed as well.

Links:

- Virtual PC: http://microsoft.com/virtualpc
- Booting Win 7 from a VHD: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/LessVirtualMoreMachineWindows7AndTheMagicOfBootToVHD.aspx
- SlySoft’s Virtual Clone Drive (was by Elaborate Bytes): http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html
- Wikipedia page with Windows key shortcuts: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_key/
- The Dallas C# Special Interest Group: http://www.dallas-csharp-sig.com/
- Todd and Chris Tullier’s Workshop at PDC: http://microsoftpdc.com/Sessions/Developing-Quality-Software-using-Visual-Studio-Team-System-2010
- Todd Girvin (@tmgirvin): http://tmgirvin.com/

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Episode 9 finds our hosts reminiscing about the recent Houston TechFest. Allen and Mike discuss talks attended and given. Specifically, Allen reviews the content of his talk on using Getting Things Done (GTD) techniques in a development team environment. Hint: It starts to look a lot like Agile. Mike also gives an overview of Streamlined Object Modeling. As a wrap-up, the guys talk about a work-around to an iPhone and Bluetooth problem.

Links:
- http://www.houstontechfest.com
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Things_Done
- http://streamlinedmodeling.com
- Mike (@mikeabney): http://practicallyagile.com
- Allen (@allenhurst): http://ahurst.com

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