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Tune in to the DirectX blog!
21 April 09 12:29 AM | KamVedBrat | 1 Comments   

We've started a dedicated blog for all things DirectX, including Direct2D, DirectWrite, and some of the other new graphics technologies created for Windows 7. I'll focus most of my posts regarding Windows Graphics on that blog moving forward. This one Read More...

SDK Documentation for Direct2D and DirectWrite now live on MSDN
13 January 09 01:52 PM | KamVedBrat | 0 Comments   

The SDK documentation for our new graphics and text API's in Windows 7 is now available on MSDN. Here are the links: · Direct2D · DirectWrite Happy coding! Read More...

Filed under: Work, Programming, Windows 7, Direct 2D, DirectWrite

Locating DirectX content on “The Goods” from PDC
06 November 08 11:11 PM | KamVedBrat | 1 Comments   

We’ve had a handful of PDC attendees contact us directly asking for help finding the DirectX related materials on the hard-drive that was handed out as part of “The Goods” at PDC. If you look in this folder: \Windows7\Windows_Whitepapers_and_HOLs\High-Fidelity Read More...

neowin covers my talk!
30 October 08 10:56 AM | KamVedBrat | 1 Comments   

It looks like some press folks from neowin were in the crowd for my talk yesterday, and posted some handheld video of the demo’s. link: http://www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=49358 Read More...

Filed under: Windows 7, PDC08, Direct 2D, DirectWrite, PDC 2008, PDC2008

Watch my PDC talk on Channel 9
30 October 08 10:48 AM | KamVedBrat | 1 Comments   

My PDC talk is now posted on Channel 9! If you weren’t able to attend at PDC, you can watch it here: http://channel9.msdn.com/pdc2008/PC18/ . If you were in the audience at PDC, thank you very much coming. It was great to finally be able to talk about Read More...

Filed under: Work, Windows 7, PDC08, Direct 2D, DirectWrite, PDC 2008, PDC2008

Attend my presentation at PDC2008!
09 October 08 10:35 PM | KamVedBrat | 1 Comments   

As you've probably guessed by know, I've been busy working on something that is part of Windows 7 for the past year and a half since Windows Vista shipped. I'll be presenting session PC-18, "Windows 7: New Text and Graphics API's" which will cover a great Read More...

Churos!
04 September 08 11:24 PM | KamVedBrat | 1 Comments   

Not much to add here - just watch the clip...(updated with higher quality video) Video: Shoe Circus Read More...

Engineering Windows 7
21 August 08 07:55 PM | KamVedBrat | 1 Comments   

I can't talk about my work quite yet - but some of the senior leadership on the Windows 7 team have started a blog about the engineering process . You'll want to subscribe to this one! Read More...

Filed under: Windows 7

Off Topic: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: The Abridged Script
29 June 08 12:32 AM | KamVedBrat | 1 Comments   

I saw this over at Craig's blog . Made me laugh out loud. I actually enjoyed Indy 4 quite a bit, but this was still hilarious. Read More...

Eric Tan's Poster Art
22 June 08 11:39 PM | KamVedBrat | 1 Comments   

Sorry for radio silence on work related posts. I promise to come back to it when there's something new for me to talk about. In the meantime, Slashfilm has a nice write-up on some super-cool retro poster-art that Eric Tan did for the new Pixar movie WALL-E. Read More...

Stamps!
24 February 08 01:25 PM | KamVedBrat | 1 Comments   

I was scrolling through shelterrific this afternoon and came across a post to some new 2008 stamp designs from the postal service, including this one , honoring Charles & Ray Eames. Nice! Read More...

It's late...
20 February 08 01:33 AM | KamVedBrat | 1 Comments   

...and I'm catching up on my blogroll. Two things that popped for me this evening are Brand New, which has a guest editorial write-up about how the brand of American Gladiators was updated for the return to television, and Jan's review of the updated Read More...

Filed under: Design

Windows Vista Ultimate (PRODUCT) RED
24 January 08 01:27 PM | KamVedBrat | 2 Comments   

Microsoft, Dell and (RED) announced a partnership to help people living with HIV/AIDS in Africa. All the details are over on the Windows Vista blog . There's also some coverage of it over on Engadget . Read More...

Filed under: Windows Vista

Keeping the taskbar transparent when your deskband is enabled
22 January 08 03:51 PM | KamVedBrat | 2 Comments   

If you have code that implements a deskband for the Windows Taskbar in Windows Vista, you may have noticed that it causes the taskbar to appear opaque when there is not a maximized window open, instead of being transparent, but darkly tinted which is Read More...

Filed under: Aero, Windows Vista, DWM

Clutter
20 January 08 11:29 PM | KamVedBrat | 1 Comments   

Someone at work forwarded me a link to this video on the New York Times site about the clutter around us. Read More...

Filed under: Design