.NET Rocks Interview

I did an interview a few weeks back with Richard and Carl from .NET Rocks. It was posted earlier this week... you can download/listen to it over here. I just got back from a customer visit and got a chance to check it out myself today.

The segment with me starts about 12:45 into the recording. It was fun talking a bit about various things I've worked on over the years including some of my current projects... sort of a trip down memory lane. I still find it quite strange and odd to hear myself talk :-)

One of the somewhat deeper questions was around Ajax vs. Silverlight and would one replace the other . To summarize what I said over the recording, I tend to think there are distinct scenarios that both are optimal for, rather that either one being the only choice, at least for the foreseeable future. What do you think? You might have heard of Universal apps and Experience first apps. This sort of characterization, based on the high order priority for an application: eyeballs vs. capabilities, was used by Ray Ozzie at his Mix07 keynote. I refer to it because I like how it describes the spectrum of apps, and how both Ajax and Silverlight are relevant in the RIA space.