A weekly discussion featuring K. Scott Allen (odetocode.com), Kevin Dente, Scott Koon (lazycoder.com), and Jon Galloway.

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Alvin Ashcraft is a software engineer who lives southwest of Philadelphia. Alvin has been creating solutions professionally using Microsoft tools and technologies since 1995. He currently works in the healthcare industry for Eclipsys Corp. and specializes in C#, .NET and SQL Server development. He is a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCSD, MCDBA, MCSE) and is also CompTIA ITProject+ certified. He posts daily links to interesting .NET content in addition to writing original .NET-related articles.

Ben Hall is a UK C# developer\tester with a strong passion for software development and loves writing code. Ben works at Red Gate Software as a Test Engineer and enjoys exploring different ways of testing software, including both manual and automated testing, focusing on the best ways to test different types of applications. Ben is also a C# MVP.

Scott C. Reynolds is a developer with over a decade of experience creating enterprise solutions, primarily in healthcare and biotechnology. He is passionate about the art and craft of applying software solutions to business problems. He is a frequent speaker and participant of community events nationwide.

Ryan Farley is a long-time software architect and developer living in Arizona. As a consultant, he has been creating windows and web software for 18+ years for companies that range in size from small-midsized to fortune 500 companies. Ryan has been using .NET and C# since it's PDC debut and is passionate about .NET and programming in general. Ryan's blog focuses on .NET development, software and technology, and professional self improvement for developers.

Shawn Wildermuth is a Microsoft MVP (C#), MCSD.NET, MCT and is the founder of Wildermuth Consulting Services, LLC, a company that is dedicated to delivering architecture, mentoring and software solutions in the Atlanta, Georgia area. He is also a speaker on the INETA Speaker’s Bureau and has appeared at several national conferences to speak on a variety of subjects.

Jeff Blankenburg is a Developer Evangelist for Microsoft. His primary focus is on empowering software developers to be rock stars in their respective fields. While personally passionate about all things UX, he's excited by anything that can be translated to 1s and 0s. He is an active member of the software development community, and is currently working on 12 different pet projects at once.

I’ve been programming professionally since about 1995. By day I work mainly in the .NET space, and by night I'm an experimenter. I've run every Microsoft OS since Windows 3.1, 3 flavors of OS/2, a bunch of different Linux systems, and one OS X system. I consider the ability of a developer to communicate with other developers and customers a high priority; which is why I first started keeping an online journal back in 1998. I cover a wide variety of topics in technology ranging from abstract concepts about the act of building software to the technical details.

Nicholas Berardi works for Vovéo Marketing Group in Malvern, PA as a Software Architect. He is the co-author of ASP.NET MVC Website Programming, Problem, Design, Solution published by Wrox and will be released early 2009. He received his BS in Information Science and Technology from The Pennsylvania State University in 2003. Nick has been using C# and the .NET framework since its beta and has over 10 years of experience in web development and related technologies. He helped to develope one the first websites on the internet to use the ASP.NET MVC framework, in a production environment, at http://www.ideapipe.com. He blogs at http://www.coderjournal.com.

Justin Etheredge is an obsessed software developer living and working in Richmond, VA. Since 2000 he has been creating software applications for a wide range of industries from insurance to healthcare to e-commerce. He is passionate about all things software related, and enjoys occasionally speaking and writing about his opinions. He believes that writing software should be fun, and not just something that you do for a paycheck.

Keith Elder is a Team Leader / Sr. Software Engineer for Quicken Loans, the nation's largest online mortgage lender based in Livonia, MI. As a Microsoft MVP he speaks throughout the South and Midwestern parts of the United States at various Code Camps, .Net User Groups, technical conferences and schools.

DimeCasts.Net is a site that hosts short, concise, targeted and meaningful screeancasts targeted at .Net developers. The goal is that each episode review only a single overall concept and stays within a 10 minute time frame. The author/maintainer of DimeCasts.Net is Derik Whittaker, he can be found blogging over at www.Devlicio.us when he is not creating dimecasts.

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Rob Bazinet is a Software Architect and Developer from Woodstock, CT. He builds web applications for clients utilizing tools from Microsoft such as ASP.NET, C# and SQL Server and also takes advantage of Open Source languages such as Ruby and associated frameworks Ruby on Rails and Merb. Rob runs his own consulting and product development company and enjoys writing about his knowledge and experiences on his blog. He is also a .NET and Ruby Editor for the popular enterprise development web site InfoQ.

Josh Holmes is a RIA Architect Evangelist with Microsoft focused on building and educating the dev partners with a Rich Internet Application offering in Central Region. Prior to joining Microsoft, Josh was a consultant working with a variety of clients ranging from large Fortune 500 firms to smaller sized companies. Community focused, Josh has founded and/or run many technology organizations from the Great Lakes Area .NET Users Group to the Ann Arbor Computer Society and was on the forming committee for CodeMash.

Al Nyveldt is a software developer from central Pennsylvania focusing mainly on ASP.NET and similar technologies. Al works for Andrews & Patel as a senior web developer, and is a core member of the development team for BlogEngine.NET, an open source blogging software. He enjoys writing about a variety of development related topics on his blog.

By day, Nate Kohari is a Software Architect at Commercial Timesharing, Inc., in Akron, Ohio, where he creates custom software and data warehousing solutions for clients nationwide. By night, he is a Principal of Enkari, Ltd., and a proponent of open source on the .NET platform. He's also the author of Ninject, a lightweight and lightning-fast dependency injection framework for .NET applications.

Dave Donaldson is driven by making software better every day, which he does by constantly trying to improve himself and other developers around him. He’s a passionate developer with a pragmatic approach to writing software and truly cares about the craft. By day he helps make Community Server better as a member of the core product team for Telligent and by night he can be found working on CodeKeep and whatever else he can get his fingers into. He’s also a frequent speaker at user groups and regional conferences, and has been a Microsoft MVP since 2006.

Simone Chiaretta is a Software Architect and Developer from Milano, Italy that enjoys sharing via his blog his development experiences and more than decennial knowledge on web development with ASP.NET and other web technologies. He is Microsoft MVP in ASP.NET and he has been involved in many Open Source projects, but now he focuses only on SubText and taking it to the next level.
He just wrote a book: Beginning ASP.NET MVC, published by Wrox

Joel Ross is an Architect at RCM Technologies, Owner of Develomatic, LLC, and Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP). His current area of focus is ASP.NET, but also has a passion to decrease tediousness in the development process using techniques such as continuous integration and automated testing. He likes to write about his experiences in development, as well as the process of running a business.

Ben Scheirman is a Principal Consultant with Sogeti. He studied computer science at the University of Houston and is a Certified ScrumMaster & Microsoft Certified Solution Developer. He enjoys speaking and blogging about agile development topics in .NET. Read his blog online at http://www.flux88.com

Steven Harman is a passionate developer who believes that writing great software isn't his job, it’s his craft. He is a Microsoft MVP in ASP.NET and co-administrator the Subtext project, an Open Source blogging engine for .NET. Steven believes the status quo is never good enough and we should strive to challenge our own assumptions and always be pushing to improve our craft. You can read Steven’s thoughts on reducing development friction, practicing Test-Driven Development, his love for Open Source software, and just about everything else software related at his blog, http://stevenharman.net/. Steven is a Geek, and proud of it.

Tim Boland works at Seapine Software, Inc as a internet engineer. Since 2001 Tim has been working with a wide range of web technologies and now specializes in ASP.NET. His blog features a Daily Finds portion dedicated to the daily happenings in web technologies. He also enjoys writing about new tools & technology aimed at developers. Tim has a bachelors of computer science from the University of Cincinnati

Jim Holmes is the Studio Lead of the Information Worker Studio at Quick Solutions in Columbus, Ohio. He’s President of the Board of Directors for CodeMash Conference and founded the Dayton .NET Developers Group. He’s also the co-author of "Windows Developer Power Tools," from O’Reilly publications. Jim’s contributions to the developer community have earned him recognition as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional in 2006, 2007, and 2008.

Michael Eaton is an independent consultant who lives in southern Michigan. Since 1994, Mike has been designing and implementing solutions using Microsoft tools and technologies. He currently specializes in .NET and SQL Server development. He is a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCSD), has taught introductory programming courses at Lansing Community College, and has been published in Visual Studio Magazine. He has spoken at several Days of .NET and Code Camps in Michigan, Indiana, Tennesee and Ohio.

Visual Studio Hacks is the companion site to the book from O'Reilly of the same name and features articles and reviews of Visual Studio add-ins.

James Avery is the founder and owner of Infozerk Inc. which runs The Lounge advertising network and provides .NET and Ruby consulting. James has been working with .NET since 2001 and has been a web developer since 1996. He has written books for Microsoft Press, Wrox, and O'Reilly Press. James has written articles for MSDN Magazine and Dr. Dobbs, most recently doing a three month stint writing the Toolbox column in MSDN Magazine. James is a Microsoft MVP, ASPInsider and has spoken at a number of user groups and conferences.