The new Developer marketing boy. : Expression

When, How and Why Move to Silverlight?

chlong — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:40:13 GMT

I enjoyed reading Denny's post on the "Question of When, How and Why to Move to Silverlight".

3 of my favourite excerpts:

"If you have a hammer, then everything looks like a nail."
Don't Fall Into the "Version 3" Trap
Denny's answer to this question: "Why should I consider going with Silverlight when I already have Flash skills in house?"

I'm sure ShaneMo and Scott will have plenty to add :).

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Expression Silverlight Designer Training

chlong — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:40:47 GMT

Our User eXperience "bloke", Shane Morris (who is part of our Evangelist team) is promoting Expression and Silverlight training for Designers.

Training is held in either Sydney (13-14 Dec) or Melbourne (17-18 Dec) via New Horizons and Alpha Computer Consultants. Sydney is looking pretty full and there's places left in Melbourne.

New Horizons in Melbourne on December 13-14 and Sydney on December 17-18.
Alpha Computer Consultants in Melbourne and Sydney on 10-11 December.

(Or if you have a developer focus, check out Readify).

Click here to visit Shane's blog.

Technorati Tags: Microsoft, Designer, Expression, Silverlight, Australia, New Horizons, Alpha Computer Consultants

Alpha Computer Consultants Expression Training

chlong — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:16:38 GMT

If you are interested in Microsoft Expression, Alpha Computer Consultants are one of the first training partners to deliver a course: http://www.alphacc.com.au/course_outlines/microsoft-expression-silverlight.html

Microsoft Expression-Silverlight Course Outline

Course Aim:
This course introduces users to the features of Microsoft Expression & Silverlight. Users will be able to use Microsoft Expression & Silverlight to produce rich media. Microsoft® Expression® Studio takes your creative possibilities to a new level. The professional design tools and innovative technologies in Expression Studio give you the flexibility and freedom to bring your vision to reality—whether you are designing standards-based Web sites, rich user experiences on the desktop, or managing digital assets and content.

Course Prerequisites:
Previous experience using applications on a PC is an essential prerequisite for this course.

Course Duration: Two days; 9:00am - 4:30pm

Classroom courses include:

Adobe Certified instructors (with min 10 yrs experience)
Commercial courseware used in this course
Certificates
After course support (via email, to reinforce the learning)
Training guarantee
FREE repeat of public course within 6 months (where required, and on same version), see terms & conditions

Alpha Course Registration Steps:

please choose your course
call/email the office for specials/availablility,
register online BUY SYD BUY MELB or call one of our sales consultants 1300 880 860

Click here for Course Timetables

Win an AIMIA Award

chlong — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 06:17:35 GMT

Nominations for the 14th Annual AIMIA Awards, the longest running and most prestigious awards in Australia’s interactive media industry, will be closing Friday 9th November 2007!

There are plenty of Awards Categories to choose from, so click here to start your entry:

Best Advertising or Marketing
Best Children’s
Best Classifieds
Best Corporate or Business-to-Business
Best Cross-Platform Content or Content Integration
Best Cultural, Lifestyle or Sport
Best Integration with an Offline Advertising Campaign
Best Interactive TV
Best Emerging Exporter
Best Entertainment
Best Financial Service
Best Learning & Education
Best Mobile Advertising or Marketing
Best Mobile Product or Service
Best News, Media or Reference
Best Non-profit or Government
Best Online Retail
Best Science, Health or Environment
Best Student Developed Content
Best Tourism or Travel
Best Word-of-mouth, Peer-to-peer or Viral
Effectiveness Award
Best of the Best Award
Outstanding Contribution Award

Entries for the Awards are open from Tuesday 2nd October to Friday 9th November 2007, and all AIMIA Business, Associate and Corporate members are eligible to enter. Student members can enter their projects into the Best Student Developed Content category, and all members are invited to nominate an individual for the Outstanding Contribution Award.

Winners of the 14th AIMIA Awards will be announced and celebrated at the Digital Content Industry’s Night of Night’s, a glitzy ceremony bringing together over 650 industry leaders in Sydney on Friday 7th March, 2008.

Be a real winner in interactive innovation. and visit www.aimia.com.au/awards for more details and to begin your entry!

Technorati Tags: AIMIA, Microsoft Partners

Web Central Roadshow

chlong — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:03:30 GMT

Australia’s largest web and application hosting company, WebCentral, who are also the 2007 Microsoft Asia Pacific Hosting Partner of the year, will soon be kicking off their annual Partner Roadshow. As occurred last year, Microsoft will be presenting at the Roadshow – and all Microsoft Partners are welcome to attend.

Our very own Scott Barnes will be presenting... if you see him, ask about RIA. I'll be attending the Sydney event.

What will be covered?

WebCentral’s plans and roadmap for 2008
Microsoft's next generation web offerings, which tie in closely with WebCentral’s plans for 2008
How to be involved in the Software + Services vision

When is it?

Brisbane: 29 October 2007, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Melbourne: 31 October 2007, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Sydney: 2 November 2007, 8:00am - 11:00am

Full details and registration are available from www.roadshow.webcentral.com.au or call 1800 66 22 26 (option 2)

Technorati Tags: WebCentral, Microsoft Partners, Microsoft, Hosting

Microsoft Web Experience DVD

chlong — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:18:32 GMT

As part of the new Web solutions pages up on the Partner Portal, you can request a Microsoft Web Experience Stack DVD. This is a great resource which is proving to be really popular as it allows you to really test drive our new platform, push it's limits, learn about our new products and see how it compares against the competition. It also includes software that may not be available through other means, like an Action Pack etc. So if you are a Microsoft Partner based in Australia I can give you a complimentary copy... keep reading.

The DVD includes trial versions of (which expire March 2008):

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition, SP2
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 and .NET Framework 3.0
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, SP2
Microsoft Visual Studio Professional
Microsoft Expression Studio (includes Microsoft Expression Web, Expression Blend, Expression Design, and Expression Media)

There's a bunch of additional resources on the DVD as well:

ASP.NET 2.0 | ASP.NET 2.0 Virtual Labs | ASP.NET 2.0 Webcasts | Microsoft Web Development Learning Series (ASP.NET 2.0)
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition | Overview | Virtual Labs
Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition, SP2 | Overview | Training
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Professional Edition | Overview | Virtual Labs | Webcasts
Microsoft .NET Framework | Overview | Virtual Labs | Webcasts
Microsoft Expression Studio | Overview | Virtual Labs | Training Videos

So, do you want one? :)

Do you want to pay for the postage?

You can either click here and then click on this graphic --> complete the online form and pay US$5.00 for postage

- OR -

if you are based in Australia and are a Microsoft Partner, send me an email or leave a comment and I'll post you one at no charge (limited to the first 100 requests, 1 copy per organisation). I will also have a small supply of these at the Australia Partner Conference in a couple of weeks time.

Technorati Tags: Microsoft Web Experience DVD, Microsoft, Microsoft Partners, Web 2.0, Windows Server, .NET Framework, SQL Server, Visual Studio Team System, Expression

Web Partner Resources Now Online

chlong — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 05:43:42 GMT

There is some new content on the worldwide Microsoft Partner Portal for Web Partners, built in Silverlight, which highlights the resources available to you. It addresses the different audience types - IT Generalists, Custom Development Companies and Agencies.

Click here to take a look at let us know what you think.

We have also produced a DVD - the “Microsoft Web Experience Stack”, which is a VPC image of Windows Server 2003 R2, .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0, SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio Professional, Expression Suite (Web, Blend, Design, Media). Partners can order this DVD from here where you will also find webinars, case studies, and white papers. I will have a small supply of these available at the Australian Partner conference if you would like one.

Technorati Tags: Microsoft, Microsoft Partners, Microsoft Expression, Silverlight

Designer vs. Developer

chlong — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:17:53 GMT

Frank posted an entry about this little competition last week... with an interesting photo to start judging if the person is a Designer or indeed a Developer.

Visit http://designervsdeveloper.com.au to see how you score.

Even Michael Kordahi makes an appearance.

Technorati Tags: Designer, Developers, Expression