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see the Microsoft Experience at Internet week in NYC

Are you a blogger, press, or simply interested in seeing some of Microsoft’s latest technologies such as Windows 7, IE8, Silverlight 3, Surface, and much more. Come visit me at 414 W 14th Street in New York City starting June 1st. Read More...

Posted Thursday, May 28, 2009 5:42 PM by Christian J. Thilmany | 1 Comments

BizSpark 1.5 Goes Live!!

New Portal Goes Live, Go Daddy and startups.ro Featured, Robotics and CCR & DSS Toolkit Available, and More From signing up more than 12,000 Startups in just six months, to launching the new BizSpark portal to the Worldwide Partner Conference Read More...

Posted Wednesday, May 27, 2009 9:05 PM by Christian J. Thilmany | 1 Comments

texas startups: win an xbox 360 elite console …

Want to win prizes and meet some of the top local Venture Capitalists face to face? What about some of the top Angels in Texas? Need information on how to market yourself both traditionally, virally, or through SEO? Want access to free software for 3 Read More...

Posted Monday, May 18, 2009 12:22 PM by Christian J. Thilmany | 1 Comments

silverlight 3: pixel shaders

with pixel shaders in silverlight 3 effects such as blurs and drop shadows are literally one line of xaml markup – no code required. More advanced effects can also be applied by writing your own pixel shader or leveraging the already converted WPF Read More...

Posted Monday, May 11, 2009 12:39 PM by Christian J. Thilmany | 2 Comments

calling all Dallas startups

Want to meet some of the top local Venture Capitalists face to face? What about some of the top Angels in Texas? Need information on how to market yourself both traditionally, virally, or through SEO? Want access to free software for 3 years? Then join Read More...

Posted Friday, May 08, 2009 1:06 PM by Christian J. Thilmany | 1 Comments

announcement: state of .NET event

The State of .NET in Dallas (FREE) When: Tuesday, May 28, 2009 - 1:30 - 4:30 PM Where: Microsoft - Dallas Offices - 7000 SR-161 (George Bush Turnpike) A free, unbiased look at the current and future development with .NET. Join Markus Read More...

Posted Friday, May 08, 2009 11:57 AM by Christian J. Thilmany | 1 Comments

business makers show: radio interview on bizspark

Check out my interview on the business maker radio show last weekend. We discuss the bizspark program and how it benefits startups through free software, support, and promotes visibility for their new company. Read More...

Posted Monday, May 04, 2009 4:54 PM by Christian J. Thilmany | 1 Comments

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