A while ago, some of the guys in one of the UK Developer and Platform group here at Microsoft started putting together “MSDN Nuggets” – short videos (under 10 minutes) that demonstrate some new feature or technology. This is a great idea, and is a very convenient way of getting an overview of technologies, especially when finding time for in depth research and reading is limited. There is nothing like a hands-on demo to really aid learning.
Sadly, I fell behind with my watching – it was hard to figure out what I had seen and what was new etc, and I had to remember to download the videos locally so I could watch on the train.
However, I just stumbled across a post from Mike Taulty about the MSDN Nugget Viewer he has written (Mike is one of the guys who presents the nuggets). This is very cool; it allows for both online and offline viewing, and keeps a track of what you have watched. Highly recommended. It is also written in .Net 2.0 and uses ClickOnce installation… :-)
There is also an MSDN Nuggets gadget for Windows Live which is nice.
