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Monday, August 11, 2008 1:40 PM

MSDN Events are back again!

After quite an exciting Heroes Happen Here Launch , MSDN Events are here again! This quarter we have some tantalizing new content for you to enjoy, and I'm kicking it off in a couple of weeks in New York City and Edison, New Jersey. Due to some unresolved
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Friday, July 25, 2008 11:56 AM

Goodbye, Randy Pausch. Thank you.

"You just have to decide if you’re a Tigger or an Eeyore."
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Thursday, July 17, 2008 1:02 PM

Yay! Philly Geek Dinner

Whooohoooo, geek dinners are coming to Philly! A geek dinner is just that: eat dinner with fellow geeks. Any (geeky) topic is open for discussion, no canned presentations, no corporate-ness, no specific technology...just a place for geeks to be geeks,
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Friday, June 27, 2008 6:15 PM

"Look What You Can Do with Silveright 2" Part 6: Adaptive Streaming and More

The last part of webcast series didn't focus specifically on one facet of Silverlight 2, but rather highlighted various aspects: media improvements Adaptive Streaming, Server-side playlists, DRM, Accessibility and UI Automation, OpenFileDialog, Isolated
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008 4:40 PM

"Look What You Can Do with Silveright 2" Part 5: Testing Framework

In the fifth part of our series, we examined Unit Testing in Silverlight 2. Not only did we release the source code to many Silverlight 2 controls, we shipped over 1500 unit tests that target them. We also shipped a very robust Silverlight Testing Framework
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Attachment(s): Part5.zip
Monday, June 23, 2008 12:19 PM

"Look What You Can Do with Silveright 2" Part 4: Web Services Support

Today we discussed consuming Web Services in our Silverlight 2 applications using ASMX Web Services, WCF Services and REST. This webcast was based on a blogpost by Tim Heuer . The attached code is modified from his source code to work with Silverlight
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Attachment(s): Part4.zip
Monday, June 23, 2008 9:43 AM

Ooooh looky, XNA on CNN.

We all have our start-up routines, the boot order we go through as we sit down at our computer in the morning. Mine includes reading CNN.com. Today, one of the headlines in the Tech section caught my eye, "Indie video game designers break through". I
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Friday, June 20, 2008 2:08 PM

"Look What You Can Do with Silveright 2" Part 3: Introducing Deep Zoom

Today we covered Deep Zoom, based on Seadragon technology, which allows the users of our Silverlight application to navigate large amounts of visual information (images) regardless of the size of data and bandwidth available for downloading it. A really
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008 3:33 PM

"Look What You Can Do with Silveright 2" Part 2: WPF UI Framework Continued

Today we continued our discussion on why I love Silverlight 2 by examining Layout Managment using Grid, StackPanel and Canvas. We also took a look at binding controls to data ( see Jesse Libery's video ) and styling/skinning controls. Attached is the
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Attachment(s): Part2.zip
Monday, June 16, 2008 3:16 PM

"Look What You Can Do with Silveright 2" Part 1: Overview of Silverlight 2 and WPF UI Framework

Today we went over the architecture of Silverlight, the new features in Silverlight 2 and started our discussion in the WPF UI Framework. We took a look at creating a Silverlight app in Expression Blend and VS2008. Attached to this post is the code.
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Attachment(s): Part1.zip
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 3:07 PM

Upcoming Silverlight 2 Webcast Series

In June I'll be doing a very condensed 6-part webcast series entitled: Look What You Can Do with Silverlight 2. I wanted to call the series "Top Reasons I think Silverlight 2 is COOL," but that didn't fly. Click on the Webcast titles to register. Hope
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Thursday, May 22, 2008 4:01 PM

A Weekend of Firsts (or Ode to Live Search)

I've lived near Philadelphia for just over 2 years now, and until last weekend had never been "down the shore." For those of you not familiar with this magical land of goodness, "the shore" is how New Jersians and Eastern Pennsylvanians refer to the beaches
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Thursday, May 08, 2008 10:58 AM

XNA Game Studio 3.0 CTP Released!

Yesterday, I had the distinct pleasure of announcing the CTP of XNA Game Studio 3.0 LIVE. I was speaking on XNA at Laguardia Community College's 3rd Annual New Media Day , my first session went from 10:15 - 11:15...and since I couldn't announce the CTP
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Monday, May 05, 2008 12:49 PM

Visual Studio 2008 Podcasts

Last month, Sam Gazitt and I did a series of short podcasts waxing poetic on Visual Studio 2008. Basically it's just Sam and I blabbing, but I had a fun time recording them, and I think they do a good job of highlighting the awesomeness of Visual Studio
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Thursday, April 17, 2008 2:11 PM

Microsoft Sync Framework Webcast Follow-up

I hope you enjoyed my overview of the Microsoft Sync Framework! Here are the informational links, if you didn't get a chance to copy them: Microsoft Sync Framework: http://msdn.microsoft.com/sync Microsoft Sync Framework Forum: http://forums.microsoft.com/sync
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