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April 2009 - Posts

announcement: 65% Discount on Visual Studio 2008 for partners

Special Offer for Gold Certified and Certified Partners–Save up to 65%* Offer #1—save up to 65%* off Microsoft® Visual Studio® Team System 2008 Team Editions with MSDN® Premium Subscription Expand your team collaboration capabilities and help ensure better Read More...
Posted Friday, April 17, 2009 10:59 AM by Christian J. Thilmany | 1 Comments

announcement: 65% off of visual studio 2008 for partners

Special Offer for Gold Certified and Certified Partners–Save up to 65%* Offer #1—save up to 65%* off Microsoft ® Visual Studio ® Team System 2008 Team Editions with MSDN ® Premium Subscription Expand your team collaboration capabilities and help ensure Read More...
Posted Friday, April 17, 2009 10:56 AM by Christian J. Thilmany | 1 Comments

Microsoft sketchflow and Blend 3: screencast

For those who didn’t make it to Mix 2009 or those who want to get a short “elevator pitch” version of the what sketchflow is and does I put together this screencast for you.   In it I review the top features in sketchflow as announced at Mix.  Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 16, 2009 8:35 PM by Christian J. Thilmany | 2 Comments

updated: silverlight 3 features

Fully supported by Visual Studio and Expression Blend, highlights of new features and functionality of Silverlight 3 include: major media enhancements, out of browser support allowing Web applications to work on the desktop; significant graphics improvements Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 09, 2009 4:05 PM by Christian J. Thilmany | 1 Comments

Updated: features of Silverlight 3

It has been awhile since I blogged briefly about the new feature provides by silverlight 3.  Since Mix 2009 I’ve been compiling a list of those features and wanted to provide you with a summarized version of them.   As you can see the list Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 09, 2009 3:43 PM by Christian J. Thilmany | 2 Comments

Mlb.tv running into problems since switching from Silverlight to flash

It seems as though there have been several issues for MLB.TV in their video delivery since they’ve converted from silverlight to flash.  http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/162805/mlb_in_social_media_stumble_with_mlbtv_blog.html?tk=loom_art Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 08, 2009 4:11 PM by Christian J. Thilmany | 2 Comments

phizzpop design challenge at South by southwest a success

As you all have seen, we had a great deal of positive buzz coming out of SxSW this year.  Microsoft’s investment in SxSW has been growing year after year, with more and more resources both coming to and participating in the event.  PhizzPop Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 08, 2009 1:18 PM by Christian J. Thilmany | 2 Comments

building office applications in silverlight

if you are looking to build office applications in Silverlight such as an mail client, word processing, et al check out http://divelements.co.uk/silverlight/ .  Yes the following screen shot is actually running in a browser using Silverlight.  Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 08, 2009 12:28 PM by Christian J. Thilmany | 1 Comments

microsoft ria technologies announced at Mix 2009

Silverlight 3 Beta · The Silverlight 3 Beta contains more than 50 new features and 20 new controls, including support for running Silverlight applications out of the browser, dramatic video quality and performance improvements, and features that dramatically Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 08, 2009 9:31 AM by Christian J. Thilmany | 0 Comments

Myspace announces support for Microsoft platforms

MySpace Announces Support for Microsoft Platforms 1. What Happened? · Today, MySpace announced support for Silverlight and Windows Mobile - http://in.sys-con.com/node/898377 2. Why is this important? · It is important for MySpace because it opens up their Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 08, 2009 9:24 AM by Christian J. Thilmany | 0 Comments

Free microsoft software for unemployed developers

ok now that my tongue is firmly planted in my cheek I will admit this title is a little deceiving.  Not the free software part, that is true.   But the fact you have to be unemployed to receive it.   To receive free Microsoft Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 07, 2009 4:33 PM by Christian J. Thilmany | 1 Comments
 
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