Programming in Flash is pretty simple, you MUST use Actionscript, which is a form of ECMASCRIPT. Yawn, boring. In Silverlight you can program with the following languages: Languages supported by Flash Languages supported by Silverlight Actionscript F#...

Busy today, but I am really digging into the use of Visual Web Developer with Expression Blend, and frankly it is a blow away product grouping. The XAML is very easy to work with. Now I am thinking about how to implement a game using these tools, of course...

There is a fantastic tutorial out Anatomy of a Silverlight Game: Avoid Common Mistakes When Building Online Games , which is as up to date as you can find on the web. I have been going over a few of the tutorials and this is the best one I have encountered...

The evil economic times are hitting many of us, not me, my managers at Microsoft have made good decisions and we are doing well, but certainly others. Say what you will about Microsoft, their management is very sensitive to the needs of the workers and...

Wow! The Movie Angels & Demons is advertised on MSN using a combination of Flash and Photosynth. Well I would have liked to see Silverlight utilized instead, but the result is a fantastic combination of the two products. It does prove that Microsoft...

How do you build a profitable web site? Is it expensive to get started, or can you do it as a hobby and build value over time? Should you just use Silverlight or should you be able to consume and utilize any game type that can be consumed by browsers...

I have just read Serge Jespers’ blog on Silverlight last July, 2008, this is a good read, and one Microsoft should take to heart. Silverlight, in it’s many manifestations has been quite successful in many ways as well. Of course Serge isn’t really slamming...