Ron Jacobs, a Product Manager on Microsoft's Patterns and Practices team, just started a podcast called ARCTalk on MSDN Channel 9 . His first show is an interview with Steve Cook on the subject Software Factories and Domain Specific Languages.

Steve brings a unique perspective to this subject. He is a Software Architect in the Enterprise Frameworks and Tools group in Microsoft Visual Studio, working on the DSL Tools modeling technology. He is also a co-author of the book Software Factories: Assembling Applications with Patterns, Models, Frameworks, and Tools, which is destined to become a classic. What's really interesting about Steve is that he was a Distinguished Engineer at IBM, whom he represented in the UML 2.0 specification process at the OMG. After having worked so closely on the UML 2.0 specification, he decided it was not moving in the right direction and instead teamed up with Jack Greenfield and company to take things in a completely new direction.

The interview was very informative and well produced. Check it out!

You might be interested in listening to a podcast on MSDN's Channel 9 web site on the subject of model-driven development. Part of the ARCast series of Architecture podcasts, this podcast consists of a panel discussion between Jack Greenfield, Stevn Kelly, Bran Selic, Mauro Regio and myself. The first installment from this panel, ARCast #5, already has over 9,000 views, making it the second most popular of all of Microsoft's podcasts.

ARCast #5 (Model-driven development, week 1)
ARCast #6 (Model-driven development, week 2)
Architecture Podcast Series 

After you listen to the podcast, be sure to leave a comment on the Channel 9 web site, or post a comment to this blog with your thoughts.  Thanks!