Scott Hanselman

Scott Hanselman's website, hanselman.com, is a comprehensive resource for developers, educators, and tech enthusiasts. Hanselman, a Microsoft employee, blogger, and podcaster, shares insights on programming, technology trends, and personal productivity. He offers advice on web development, software engineering, and tools for developers. His long-running podcast Hanselminutes covers a wide range of topics, from coding to technology culture. His blog also features reflections on work-life balance, personal growth, and thoughts on the tech community.

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My name is Scott Hanselman. I'm a programmer, teacher, and speaker. I work out of my home office in Portland, Oregon for Microsoft as the Vice President of Developer Community. I work on .NET, Open Source, and the Azure Cloud Developer Experience, but this site, its content and opinions are my own. I blog about technology, culture, gadgets, inclusion, code, the web, where we're going and where we've been. I'm excited about community, social equity, media, entrepreneurship and above all, the open web.

I have a number of fun podcasts and a YouTube channel.

• • One podcast is a weekly talk show on tech modeled one NPR's Fresh Air, except for techies
  • A new video podcast called "Scott and Mark Learn To" (more fun on YouTube) with Azure CTO Mark Russinovich
  • I have a video podcast called Azure Friday where I learn about the Cloud from the folks that built it.
  • A long-form podcast an occasional one hour essay on developer's lives with Ron Conery
  • and an (archived) podcast was a social media and tech culture show with my friend Luvvie.

I would love it if you would subscribe to my blog's RSS feed, or you can get my blog delivered to you via email.

I'm also on TikTok, BlueSky, Mastodon, Threads, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube

If you just want to email me, go ahead send an email to scott@hanselman.com but be nice and make sure you Googled around a bit before you do. ;)

Background

Before Microsoft, I was the Chief Architect at Corillian Corporation, now a part of Checkfree, for 6+ years. Previously, I worked as a Principal Consultant at STEP Technology, speaking, writing, consulting, and very much not getting rich during Web 1.0, although I worked on a bunch of web sites you have heard of. I worked at Intel, Nike, and consulted all over the world. I've also been an Adjunct Professor at OIT, teaching C# and Web Services. I created the first PalmPilot Diabetes Management System in 1998 and sold it to a healthcare company some years later.

Too Much Information

I am an early adopter, it seems. I ran Tweak Computer Support BBS, with some success, a very long time ago. I was a FidoNet node. I have nice teeth and love cheese amongst other things. I like Tools, and I've co-written some books. I'm diabetic. I like studying Amharic and Zulu/Ndebele and listening to African Music as well as other music. I enjoy Black Hair as a hobby and can both braid and cornrow, although more recently focusing on starting and maintaining locs. I have a podcast. I hack on hardware and waste time. I do Open Source. I have a large forefive-head. I am good at Excel and keep my resume mostly up to date for no reason. We speak Sign Language to my son and my wife speaks Ndebele. I have a great family and have had great teachers and a fantastic wedding with a great Cake Topper. I don't sleep too much. I write a lot. I'm trying to raise $50,000 for Diabetes research.

That's me, today. I'll be different tomorrow, hopefully better.

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Short Bio

Scott has been a developer for 30 years and has been blogging at https://hanselman.com for 20 years! He works in Open Source on .NET and the Azure Cloud for Microsoft out of his home office in Portland, Oregon. Scott has been podcasting for over 950 episodes of http://hanselminutes.com over 18 years and over 750 episodes of http://www.azurefriday.com. He's written a number of technical books and spoken in person to over one million developers worldwide! He's also on TikTok, which was very likely a huge mistake.