The MossyBlog Times Archives 2007 - 2009

Windows Vista has a lot of new features, but one of them is when programs stop functioning a popup appears asking if you would like to find a resolution to the problem that was just caused. Typically in the earlier versions of Windows, you'd not get...

I've been sitting here for the past few days really getting my head deeper into Silverlight and I'll post more example's of going from Flex to Silverlight later this week. I will however branch out a bit here and illustrate one nugget that I wish someone...

Sitting here watching Scott Guthrie do a demo of Silverlight on a MAC, using C# to write what initially appears to be JavaScript output one has to wonder what in the world has come to. Here is Microsoft VIP working on Apple using our new toys? Microsoft...

Since I'm a crazy 6-fingered, banjo Guitar Hero II playing, glass licking hillbilly from Oz, I decided to Flex my muscles somewhat and do a presentation at next weeks APAC Sharepoint Conference in Sydney - that and Angus Logan got me drunk and somehow...

I was talking to a friend of mine this afternoon, whom was asking me a bunch of questions around Silverlight and how it related to his Flex Development (he's keen to take it out for a try). One thing that he did say that struck a chord with me and later...

Disclaimer: This is part two of my Going Flex to Silverlight series, where I'll be talking about how one is able to transfer concepts they have learnt in Flex world but are looking to explore what Silverlight also has to offer. Whatever reason they have...

APAC Sharepoint Conference 2007 , Sydney - I had the pleasure of attending/presenting at this conference and was absolutely amazed at the level of approach folks have taken within the APAC region with Sharepoint so far. One such company that caught my...

Since I have a lot of time on my hands at the moment, due to a foot injury (I had my big toe's toenail ripped off), I decided to go nuts with a project I'm working on, called MossyVideo Player System Thingy which is built in Silverlight. Fig 1.0 (The...

I was going to do a MIX07 wrap-up , but it's been done to death and to be honest, I spent a bulk of my MIX07 experience meeting and greeting a large number of folks whom attended (I counted around 40 business cards at one stage). That being said, the...

If you're in Brisbane, Australia on Thursday and have a dying need to understand how you go about building Windows Vista SideBar Gadget(s), I'll be running a workshop so to speak on how to build one. Here is the official blurb: Scott Barnes Developer...

Michael has setup a Tangler ReMIX07 discussion group and today was the first day I actually sat down and used this web application I've been hearing allot about. My first initial reaction to Tangler was " Oh gee, yet another Message Forum, just what the...

Michael's been cooking up a lot of good things inside Silverlight, and recently has started to build his own "Office Ribbon" inside Silverlight (looks good). Not only that, he's got one of the coolest ideas going by combining Twitter and Mindmaps together...

Last week I listened as Chuck explained Twitter to someone whom has never heard of it, and he essentially explained at as being a consolidated version of blogging. I however up until then would always explain twitter as being a disconnected version of...

I 've been using Popfly for a few weeks now and I'm loving it a lot, as it's got all the goodness of Web 2.0 and then some. What is Popfly to the untrained eye? Well this isn't the official wording, but to me it's a way in which folks will be able to...

Expression Studio was just announced as being public today by Ray Ozzie. Silverlight story was told, and overall the kids are happy so far (few cheers). Windows Live Platform Group are going to make some announcements tomorrow as well. Silverlight + Photosynth...

Vince Bonfanti is the President and co-founder of New Atlanta Communications, LLC - makers of BlueDragon a Coldfusion-compatible web application server that allows native deployment and integration of CFML applications onto ASP.NET and J2EE servers. He...

John Allsopp just dropped me an email announcing the fourth Web Directions South in September 07. Here's the abstract: After tremendous recent success with Web Directions North in Vancouver, Canada, Australian web industry pioneers Maxine Sherrin and...

Gaming companies have a tougher hurdle to beat then most line of business application (LOB) vendors, as you see gaming is something you do when you're not in front of the LOB applications or when not at school. As a result, you can't let things slide...

I'm currently sitting in with the team behind iTraveller.com.au , a WPF application that is being shipped locally here this week. It's down to the last hour(s) so to speak and everyone is tired, over worked, stressed and have taken Expression Blend (May...

I found this little gem (via Ryan's blog, see his thoughts as well ), about how this Chris Messina thinks Mozilla could do more I guess is the end message around it all. It's interesting to watch or listen to his thoughts around this space, as at first...

Introduction This is going to probably annoy some, and signal mixed messages but overall the approach I am taking is to provide a context driven learning path on how to go from Adobe Flex coding to Microsoft Silverlight. I really don't want these posts...

A local .NET developer whom is branching out into the Silverlight space has posted his first application, which is a simple tic tac toe game . It's important to celebrate these style of applications from guys like Steven, as these are the ones that are...

I just read this over at Mike Harsh's blog Electric Rain recently announced a new product they're working on called Harmony. This app will take .swf files and convert them to XAML. This tool has the potential to help users with Flash assets ramp-up on...

Nick Hodge our resident " Professional Geek " has been playing around in the Silverlight Video space and came up with the brilliant idea of interviewing Monique & Frank on what More on Remix07 is all about. Nick also posts his experience in using...

Lightmaker is one of my favourite RIA companies and have quite an impressive portfolio ranging from JK Rowling's infamous Flash Site through to Orlando Magic built in Silverlight . These folks are kicking some nice goals in the RIA space and are quite...