Posted by Jim McKeeth on 28-Aug-2008
I’ve been tracking my traffic and I am getting a pretty heafty amount of traffic on my feeds. So I have setup 3 new FeedBurner feeds. This should alleviate some of the server load, and also provide a lot of great support to the subscribers. If you have any trouble or would like a new [...]
Posted by Jim McKeeth on 27-Aug-2008
I was really expecting someone to pick this up from the podcast and mention it. If you listen at about 15:56 in the podcast, we hear Nick say the following about the .NET Roadmap. Historically one of our strong .NET stories has been close compatibility with the .NET and Win32 compilers. But as we have [...]
Posted by Jim McKeeth on 26-Aug-2008
A few other bloggers have mentioned the install time being much faster, but I wanted to get a good measurement last night. In a fully patched XP SP3 VM with the prerequisites already installed (which does not include the .NET SDK), I started timing after finishing all the configuration. Results: Just shy of 10 minutes. [...]
Posted by Jim McKeeth on 25-Aug-2008
We knew this day was coming, but it is still exciting it is here. Nick Hodges has a nice collection of links for more information. Be sure to check out his interview in the latest PodCast for even more details.
Posted by Jim McKeeth on 25-Aug-2008
As I mentioned in the podcast, Gurock Software is donating a free copy of their SmartInspect tracing and debugging application for one lucky listener. If you are interested in winning a copy then download the 30-day trial of Smart Inspect version 3.0. Test it out and then send me your short review and comments. I’ll [...]
Posted by Jim McKeeth on 25-Aug-2008
This very special episode features an interview with Nick Hodges, the Delphi Product Manager for Embarcadero‘s CodeGear. A lot of great information and news on the changes with CodeGear and Delphi 2009. This one is a little bit longer at 38:46 with all that we covered in our interview. You will probably find it just [...]
Posted by Jim McKeeth on 19-Aug-2008
Nick Hodges just linked to an eWeek article that boldy places the release date of Delphi 2009 as 6 days from now on August 25th. Embarcadero Technologies plans to release the next generation of its CodeGear—formerly Borland—rapid application development tools for Windows, Delphi 2009 and C++Builder 2009, on Aug. 25. [UPDATE: This is when they [...]
Posted by Jim McKeeth on 18-Aug-2008
I am collecting some questions to ask Nick in our interview this week. If you have any questions you would like considered for the interview please include them here. I want to interview him early this week, so post your questions right away. I am experimenting with a new anti-spam system on this blog. It [...]
Posted by Jim McKeeth on 18-Aug-2008
The PodCast at Delphi.org is now carried on iTurns so you can get the latest episodes downloaded directly to your iPod. If you have iTunes installed then you can use the link on that ridiculously large button on the right to go straight to the podcast and subscribe in itunes.
Posted by Jim McKeeth on 18-Aug-2008
It was a lot of work, but we have Episode 1 online. This week I introduce you to the podcast and share some of the latest news on Tiburon. Nick Hodges has agreed to be interviewed for next week’s episode, so be sure to check back for that. Total run time is 18 minutes and [...]