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MSDN Flash - Silverlight, Rugby and Visual Studio 2008
18 September 07 02:52 AM

I know - the last one only just came out yesterday. I'll blame the spam legislation :-) Here is this weeks - should be in your mail box Friday or early next week. Silverlight, Rugby and Visual Studio 2008 Silverlight 1.0 is out! The final release of Silverlight Read More...

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Filed under: Visual Studio, Gadgets, User Groups, Community, Silverlight

MSDN Flash - What is in Windows Server for developers?
22 July 07 03:19 AM

The last editorial I wrote about Visual Studio 2008's multi-targeting support , however as the Launch coming in February is about Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 I thought I might shed some light on what is coming in Windows Server for developers Read More...

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Filed under: Windows, MSDN, Silverlight, women in technology

Into WPF & Silverlight? Local community coming your way!
06 July 07 05:34 AM

There is lots happening in the community and this is great to see. The latest is that Nas Khan is setting up a XAML based user group in Wellington. She's put up a blog post outlining her current thinking. The long and short of it is that she has a few Read More...

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Filed under: WPF, Community, Developer, Designer, Silverlight

If you do nothing else today...
19 May 07 09:02 AM

Watch this screencast . Popfly takes the concept of mashups to the masses. Not only can you create your own mashups without any code, but you can also create your own blocks for others to mash up! This is all based on silverlight , so it gives you a bit Read More...

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Filed under: Silverlight

Tech Ed ANZ Web Track - feedback required
17 May 07 04:48 AM

We are steadily filling sessions for Tech Ed ANZ, and I'm in charge of the web track, so here is what I have so far. Please note that this is not the entire list, just the speakers from the US. I have a few other sessions penciled in but my first priority Read More...

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Filed under: AJAX, Silverlight, DLR, Software+Services, TechEdNZ

Tech Ed - Women in Technology
04 May 07 05:44 AM

While I'm up to my neck in Tech Ed at the moment, I thought I'd drop you a couple of little tidbits... Firstly we are over 30% sold in terms of total tickets sold, but we've already sold 60% of our early bird tickets (remember how it works this year? Read More...

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Filed under: Silverlight, DLR, women in technology, TechEdNZ

Mix, Silverlight and the DLR
03 May 07 03:41 AM

I’m sure you’ve heard the headline items from Mix. I thought I’d put up a couple of links for the things that I found interesting. If you’ve got the time, I’d recommend watching the Mix keynote video (warning it’s 2.5 hours). In this you’ll get an overview Read More...

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Filed under: live, Silverlight, DLR

How we came up with Silverlight
19 April 07 11:07 AM

Tim Sneath has a great peice on humour on how we came up with the name silverlight. Check it out . Great work Tim! Read More...

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Filed under: Silverlight

Microsoft Silverlight announced
16 April 07 11:14 PM

We have a number of things coming around WPF/e in the next few weeks, but here is the first. WPF/e is now called Microsoft Silverlight . Key points to take away: Supports IE, Firefox, Safari (cross browser and cross platform) Enables WMV/WMA playback Read More...

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Filed under: Expression, Silverlight