Whilst Niamh and I were setting up our interviews with the important people at Build, we were invited to take part in our own Channel 9 interview!! This was an amazing highlight of the conference, and totally unexpected. We got to speak to Seth Juarez, in the Channel 9 studio in the foyer of the Moscone centre – in the …

Scott was talking about programming as a real useful skill, like when he was young and his father taught him practical skills with actual tools. It was great to see so many people say how much they think programming is a proper skill that everyone should learn. Find out what Scott had to say. …

Jason was another interviewee who started programming when he was young, and brought a different angle on how to engage children with programming – such as working with a Logic Gate, and working with actual boards. Find out what Jason had to say. 

Martin was keen to talk about the importance of how we need to encourage the next generation of programmers – he started at 6 – lots of the people we spoke to started young, not just in school but in the home too. And was keen to talk about the level of satisfaction you get from programming. Plus he talked about …

My second interview was with Ben Lower, and he talked about learning to programme as a kid with Logo, and how teachers can keep things interesting in the classroom with some of the great tools out there like Scratch or Alice, or even Kinect! Find out what Ben had to say. …

After Caitlin has interviewed Jeff on Build itself, it was my turn to come out from behind the camera and talk to Jeff about the importance of teaching children to programme, and what we can do to encourage teachers. This is an important subject to me as when I’m in my Code Club at school, my teacher often asks me for …

As the only women in technology we managed to speak to at the conference, I wanted to ask Michele what she thought we could do to help encourage girls to take up computing as a career – and liked how she emphasised the wide range of options available as a career – it’s not just about programming. Find out what Michele …

Michele was our only non-Microsoft interviewee, and our final one of the whole conference! Michele, as well as being a CIO, is also a Microsoft Regional Director and Azure MVP. She loved the conference, thought it was great, and it was marvellous to talk about cross-platform development with Michele. Find out what …

It was great to talk to Scott Hanselman about his highlights of Build. Scott is a Principal Program Manager Lead in the Microsoft Developer Division, and he was able to give an example of how Microsoft can produce cool technology that has a real useful purpose for him in his day to day life, enabling developers to …

One of the key announcements at Build was Microsoft Edge, and Jason is a Senior Product Marketing Manager for the new browser! Though his big takeaway was focused around what Microsoft can do with Data! Find out what Jason had to say.