.NET Rocks! is an Internet Audio Talk Show for Microsoft .NET Developers.
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Gael Fraiteur is Still PostSharp!
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Udi Dahan Clarifies CQRS
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Rob Eisenberg MVVMs Us with Caliburn.Micro!
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Joe O'Brien Does Ruby on Windows
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Andrew Russell Develops XNA Games for XBox, iPhone and More!
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Andrew Parsons and Alfred Thompson Educate Kids in Software!
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