Shane Morris: UXB

This is big - but small at the same time. Our very own karstenj , Ceslo Gomes (apologies to Celso - I blaim my source) designer to the stars, has launched " Nibbles Tutorials " - bite-sized tutorials for designers on how to use Expression with Silverlight...

Chuck has aligned the planets and I'm heading west to do "The Age of User Experience" at the Perth .NET Community of Practice on this Thursday 5th July at 5pm. I'll cover the same "user experience as a product differentiator" stuff, but I'll update...

The Silverlight ecosystem is hotting up with some nice stuff that goes beyond just taking it for a spin. Play Lieutenant Bennett here: www.ltbennett.com Read MS propaganda here: http://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2007/06/26/zerogravity.aspx

Arturo Toledo, our UX technical product manager back in Redmond has pointed out some free Expression training on from Lynda.com and TotalTraining. The Lynda.com Expression Blend training is presented by Lee Brimelow , who is a guest speaker at Remix...

Nice to see that "User Experience and Design" is now a 2nd-level category on microsoft.com under "Products and Related Categories". 'bout time. Next step - top level category!

Fellow UXE in Canada, Qixing Zheng , has posted a nice summary of a typical designer workflow using Expression Design and Blend . Of course, your mileage may vary but this is a nice encapsulation about how it might work. Here is the whole post, a series...

Well it just goes to show you you can't tell a developer by their pocket protector anymore. Designervsdeveloper.com.au is live - upload your photo and see whether your job description matches your t-shirt. This is a nice little lead-in to the "Designers...