Now that I have an IPOD, I finally have a means of listening to DotNet Rocks.
I cannot listen to it while I am working and cannot just sit in front of the
computer doing nothing, listening to the show either. So, I downloaded a bunch
for my six hour drive to Syracuse this week. Among them was a recent show with
Michele Leroux Bustamante where she talked with Richard and Carl about WS
Security, Infocards and Indigo. In New York state you are not allowed to talk on
the cell phone while driving. I literally pulled off to the shoulder of the
highway because I just had to call Michele when I finished listening to
tell her how blown away I was by the show. To put things into perspective, I
have been working with WSE and WS Security for about 1 1/2 years and have
finally started digging my teeth into Indigo. So I have some context to what she
is talking about. However, since I work with so many different technologies, I
am sometimes very sadly a "Jack of All Trades, master of none". And I do not use
the term "master" lightly here. Michele
is absolutely and solidly a master of these technologies. Her knowledge is so
deep. She is not just about "how to" but also about who, why and when. She
understands how these technologies fit into the bigger picture, not just about
interop, but architecturally, historically and with a very knowledgeable eye to
the future. Michele constantly amazes me - almost every time she opens her
mouth.
I remember the reaction from the VTdotNET user group when she spoke there
last fall. It was the same. Most were not familiar with her so they saw this
beautiful blonde get up to the podium and might have expected some cute little
drag and drop session in ASP.NET. It was fun to watch their faces, both the men
and the women, as Michele opened up the guts of ASP.NET and explained to
everyone how it worked. Here is one
VTdotNetter's reaction, caught on his blog.
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