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The MossyBlog Times Archives 2007 - 2009
I twittered my daughters birth.
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over 5 years ago
by
scbarnes
14
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I'm such a geek, yet I found the experience of twittering my daughters birth to be actually quite fun in a unique way. The reason being was that I was going through an experience that all expecting fathers go through, where we are essentially playing...
The MossyBlog Times Archives 2007 - 2009
Silverlight and Flex working together.
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over 5 years ago
by
scbarnes
3
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I've talked about this a lot, even produced some demos for presentation on the subject, yet there is one online you can see today . The guys at Switch On the Code have put together a demo of using Flex Sliders to manipulate a Silverlight ball. They also...
The MossyBlog Times Archives 2007 - 2009
Re-designed this Blog
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over 5 years ago
by
scbarnes
7
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Ever since I came to Microsoft, one thing has bugged me and that is my blog's look and feel. It's great that I'm housed on Community Server, but the look and feel isn't me! Since I'm about to kick off to New Zealand to hang with all other creative folks...
The MossyBlog Times Archives 2007 - 2009
RIA, building your control framework.
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over 5 years ago
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scbarnes
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Silverlight 1.0 is around the corner, and it won't have controls assigned to it upon official release. Yet, this is something very important to the success of Silverlight going forward, as without a control framework there is really no point right? This...
The MossyBlog Times Archives 2007 - 2009
Microsoft UX.Artu.Tv
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over 5 years ago
by
scbarnes
1
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Arturo Toledo , Product Manager for UX Platform & Tools (Silverlight, WPF, Expression...) has spun up his own blog found over at http://www.ux.artu.tv/ . Arturo is a classic artistic soul and he has some interesting insights once you get to know him...
The MossyBlog Times Archives 2007 - 2009
Twitter is changing perception about Microsoft.
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over 5 years ago
by
scbarnes
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I've watched Microsoft like most for many years. I first noticed a change in our behavior when folks within the company would start blogging. It gave us in many ways a focal point of interest around various products and it was how I first stumbled upon...
The MossyBlog Times Archives 2007 - 2009
Web On The Piste (New Zealand).
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over 5 years ago
by
scbarnes
1
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I'll be attending and speaking at the first " Web On The Piste " in New Zealand next week. This is a conference being organized by both Straker and Gruden , two companies in which I've had a lot of positive dealings with over the years. It's shaping up...
The MossyBlog Times Archives 2007 - 2009
Lightmaker Interview.
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over 5 years ago
by
scbarnes
1
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At ReMIX I had the pleasure of interviewing Lucas Sherwood from Lightmaker (which reminds me, must get down to Melbourne again soon). It was an on the spur of the moment interview but in it, we talk about a lot around some of the challenges they faced...
The MossyBlog Times Archives 2007 - 2009
I left my mark at TechEd AU.
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over 5 years ago
by
scbarnes
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I've been to a lot of conferences in the past, and I'd have to say that TechEd was a lot of fun for me personally. It was after all my first TechEd and one that I'm sure I won't forget in a hurry, especially some of the night-life that went on. I first...
The MossyBlog Times Archives 2007 - 2009
Finding that sweet spot between RIA and Desktop.
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over 5 years ago
by
scbarnes
2
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I've posted a bit on trust, around prescribing the rationale around why RIA (Rich Interactive Application) is an effective solution - yet - I've not decomposed the approach on when to use RIA vs Desktop. It's a pretty easy decision really, you first...
The MossyBlog Times Archives 2007 - 2009
RIA, just who really builds them.
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over 5 years ago
by
scbarnes
23
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In Microsoft we have a few bets on whom are the likely candidates who build RIA (Rich Interactive Applications) and what stimulates this behavior. It's a fluid demographic to pin down to be honest as typically speaking it's so new and foreign in many...
The MossyBlog Times Archives 2007 - 2009
RIA will replace Windows Vista.
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over 5 years ago
by
scbarnes
1
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Yes, this is the kind of thinking that occurs once a light bulb sometimes appears above someone's head - after - they finally grasped what the RIA (Rich Interactive Application) movement is all about. ".. With Cross Platform RIA, you don't even need an...
The MossyBlog Times Archives 2007 - 2009
Tech.Ed (AU) ownz your Movieworld.
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over 5 years ago
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scbarnes
0
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It's getting close kids, the Tech.Ed has finally arrived this week and and it's my first. Yes, hard to believe but this will be my first ever Tech.Ed and I'm looking forward to what's on offer to one and all. I've managed to worm my way out of any real...
The MossyBlog Times Archives 2007 - 2009
My code just went SubSonic.
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
scbarnes
11
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I absolutely love the the goodness which is SubSonic 2.0.3 (2.0.4 on it's way). It's basically a way of automating most of your mundane day to day Database tasks (CRUD - Create, Read, Update, Delete) by using it in a form of native objects. Example...
The MossyBlog Times Archives 2007 - 2009
Scoble needed Silverlight today.
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over 5 years ago
by
scbarnes
9
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I'm sitting here tonight watching the " Twitter Video " which is basically Robert Scoble interviewing the folks at Twitter.com Anyway, I noticed the " buffering. ." (See Image) overlay was stuck, maybe it was a bug whom knows but it was starting to get...
The MossyBlog Times Archives 2007 - 2009
Clawing our way beyond the browser.
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over 5 years ago
by
scbarnes
1
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RIA (Rich Interactive Applications) have this approach that's quite unique, in that they kind of want to sit with fingers in both barrels. On one hand, they want to stay within the browser whilst on other hand they want to breach the browser and live...
The MossyBlog Times Archives 2007 - 2009
Is Silverlight worth taking on?
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
scbarnes
0
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Catching up on some of my RSS Feeds (3wks of unread, egads!) and I noticed this post titled "Is Microsoft Silverlight Worth Taking On?" ( http://blog.wildmousesoftware.com/2007/08/is-microsoft-silverlight-worth-taking.html ) It's actually a healthy insight...
The MossyBlog Times Archives 2007 - 2009
Silverlight RC2 AutoUpdate a Success.
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
scbarnes
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I happened to hit a Silverlight site tonight, playing about and such and noticed the AutoUpdate feature kicked in once I hit a page with Silverlight on it. Tim Sneath did a post earlier on the week around RC2 so check out his blog for more information...
The MossyBlog Times Archives 2007 - 2009
RIA and Search Engines.
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
scbarnes
1
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The latest annoyance with RIA (Rich Interactive Applications) these days (not wide-spread thankfully) is how they aren't really suitable for search engine's such as Google. There's a reason for this and it's simply put, they aren't web pages. They aren...
The MossyBlog Times Archives 2007 - 2009
Live Messenger Partner Bot.
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
scbarnes
1
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I was hanging out with Christian Longstaff , our resident Web Partner guy whom you should all get to know, embrace and hug if you're in the Australian web industry. At any rate, he pointed me towards the UK PartnerBot and told me the story of how it works...
The MossyBlog Times Archives 2007 - 2009
RIA is a belief, Silverlight is the execution.
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
scbarnes
2
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I interact a lot around discussions in the Rich Interactive/Internet Application (RIA) space. I read as much as I can on it and keep tabs on what I find interesting around theories associated to RIA. I also engage folks whom never have even heard the...
The MossyBlog Times Archives 2007 - 2009
Silverlight will automatically update.
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
scbarnes
6
Comments
We are sneaky and I love it, but in a good way. You see with Silverlight RC1, one of things you may not of noticed is the " Silverlight Configuration ". Choice is a great thing is it not :)
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