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Brian Peek

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Microsoft C# MVP, Author and Geek

Areas of Expertise:

  • C#
  • .NET
  • VB
  • XNA
  • GIS
  • ASP.NET
  • Hardware
  • consulting
  • speaking
  • programming
  • training
  • writing

Biography

Brian Peek is a Microsoft C# MVP who has been developing in .NET since its beginnings in beta form0. Along with .NET and its associated languages, Brian is particularly skilled in the languages of C, C++ and assembly language for a variety of CPUs. He is also an expert in a variety of technologies including web development, GIS, graphics, game development, robotics and hardware interfacing. In 2005 he developed the software for The Finalizer, the world's first .NET-driven battlebot, showcased at TechEd 2005. Currently, Brian is a member of the Coding4Fun writing team, contributing articles on a monthly basis. He has developed demos and content for various events Microsoft has participated in including Mix and Maker Faire. His Wiimote library is currently the most viewed and downloaded project on the Coding4Fun site. You can reach Brian via his blog at www.brianpeek.com.

Books

Coding4Fun Coding4Fun
by Dan Fernandez , Brian Peek
November 2008
Print: $39.99
Ebook: $31.99

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Blog

Brian's blog posts are hosted at:
http://www.brianpeek.com/blog/

PDC 2009

November 09 2009

PDC 2009, starting November 17th, is almost upon us and I’ll be heading out to the conference once again with my Coding4Fun/Channel 9 playmates.  Anyone else heading out to the big show? We won’t be doing a Coding4Fun session like we did last year, but I will have another fun… read more

Tech Valley Code Camp 2009

October 29 2009

The Tech Valley Code Camp is almost here!  This year’s camp will be taking place on Saturday, November 7th, 2009 at SUNY Albany from 9am-3pm and is absolutely, 100% free for everyone to attend.  So far we have 18 sessions scheduled for everything from LINQ to Silverlight to the iPhone… read more

Akismet Spam Filter for Community Server 2008.5

October 25 2009

It appears the fantastic Waegis spam filtering site used to block blog comment spam has been down for over a month as the author tries to find hosting and figure things out.  Sadly, that leaves a lot of Community Server users with no decent comment spam blocking solution since… read more

Windows 7 Launch Party in NYC

October 24 2009

I had the extreme pleasure of being invited to and attending the Windows 7 Launch Party in New York City on October 22nd.  I went down to the city with fellow MVP Bill Pytlovany, author of the popular WinPatrol security software.  You can watch a video of the entire… read more

Windows 7 Launch Party in NYC

October 24 2009

I had the extreme pleasure of being invited to and attending the Windows 7 Launch Party in New York City on October 22nd.  You can watch a video of the entire launch below or at the official Windows 7 press site.  Be sure to watch to the end to… read more

The Coding4Fun Show – Ep 4 with Jeremiah Morrill

October 19 2009

The fourth episode of my Coding4Fun Show, the second show live from Las Vegas, is now up on Channel 9.  In this episode I interview interview Jeremiah Morrill who has written WPF MediaKit, an amazing library to quickly build DirectShow and MediaFoundation media player controls in WPF.  It's amazingly… read more

The Coding4Fun Show – Ep 4 with Jeremiah Morrill

October 19 2009

The fourth episode of my Coding4Fun Show, the second show live from Las Vegas, is now up on Channel 9.  In this episode I interview interview Jeremiah Morrill who has written WPF MediaKit, an amazing library to quickly build DirectShow and MediaFoundation media player controls in WPF.  It's amazingly… read more

VSLive! Orlando 2009 Sessions Posted

October 07 2009

Thanks to everyone who came out to my two VSLive sessions today.  You can find the slide decks and full source code posted in my download section.  Please note that in order to save some bandwidth, I didn’t include the 125MB video file I used in my examples, but… read more

VSLive! Orlando 2009 Sessions Posted

October 07 2009

Thanks to everyone who came out to my two VSLive sessions today.  You can find the slide decks and full source code posted in my download section.  Please note that in order to save some bandwidth, I didn’t include the 125MB video file I used in my examples, but… read more

VSLive! Orlando

October 04 2009

Anyone out there heading to VSLive! Orlando this week?  I will be giving two introductory sessions on Silverlight as listed below: Getting Started with Silverlight Tuesday, October 6, 10:30am Microsoft Silverlight allows developers and designers to build rich cross-browser and cross-platform applications for the Web using the same tools… read more

VSLive! Orlando

October 04 2009

Anyone out there heading to VSLive! Orlando this week?  I will be giving two introductory sessions on Silverlight as listed below: Getting Started with Silverlight Tuesday, October 6, 10:30am Microsoft Silverlight allows developers and designers to build rich cross-browser and cross-platform applications for the Web using the same tools… read more

The Coding4Fun Show – Ep 3 with Rick Barraza

September 18 2009

The third episode of my Coding4Fun Show, live from Las Vegas, is now up on Channel 9.  In this episode I interview Rick Barraza of Cynergy Systems, who has put together several very unique applications and accompanying tutorials demonstrating advanced rendering techniques using Silverlight 3.  During the show, we… read more

The Coding4Fun Show – Ep 3 with Rick Barraza

September 18 2009

The third episode of my Coding4Fun Show, live from Las Vegas, is now up on Channel 9.  In this episode, In this episode I interview Rick Barraza of Cynergy Systems, who has put together several very unique applications and accompanying tutorials demonstrating advanced rendering techniques using Silverlight 3.  During the… read more

Anyone in Vegas for C4F Show Interview?

August 14 2009

Is there anyone in or around the Las Vegas area between September 7th and September 12th that would like to be my guest for an episode of the Coding4Fun Show?  I’ll be in the area for the week and would love to do an in-person show with anyone doing… read more

Anyone in Vegas for C4F Show Interview?

August 14 2009

Is there anyone in or around the Las Vegas area between September 7th and September 12th that would like to be my guest for an episode of the Coding4Fun Show?  I’ll be in the area for the week and would love to do an in-person show with anyone doing… read more
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