TechZulu’s Geoffrey Emery interviews James Johnson while at the firestarter event. James is the Founder and President of the Inland Empire .NET User’s Group in Riverside California. He has been developing software since the HyperCard/Laser Disc days, still remembers sending backup tapes to get one-off CDs, loves staying ahead of the curve in new technology, and is passionate about getting people excited in their own potential. You can keep up on James’ adventures at www.duringlunch.com. We talked to James about ado.net data services and what it means to develop using beta bits. It was a fun talk with a great community organizer.

James Session was on - Consuming REST-based data with ADO.NET Data Services and introduced the ADO.NET Data Services framework and how to integrate REST-ful queries into your applications.