November 2006 - Posts

UK MSDN Roadshow dates announced
28 November 06 10:47 AM
The UK MSDN Roadshow dates have been announced, so now is the time to get them in your diary. Registration is not open but the locations and dates have been set: - Nottingham: 21st February - Glasgow: 5th March - Harrogate: 13th March - London: 21st March Read More...
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The Panel - Creating front end experiences
28 November 06 10:04 AM
The Panel is a new site/community/buzz thing all about stuff that you look at on Windows Vista and the web. It is going to be a 'place' for Microsoft to showcase interesting applications, websites, gadgets that take advantage of all the great new stuff Read More...
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Camtasia and Windows Vista RTM
27 November 06 11:40 AM
All our team uses Camtasia Studio to record our MSDN Nuggets (super exciting screencasts on MS technology!) and we all recently moved to Vista RTM which caused us all to face the same frustration and problems wth recording our nuggets - they just don't Read More...
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Interesting interview with J + J (or 2J or John and Jon) on Web Accessibility and Design
27 November 06 09:44 AM
Over on Bad Language Matthew Stibbe has interviewed two of my team mates, John and Jon , who work in the Developer and Platform group looking at the luverly-jubberly desgin tools talking about Usability and Accessibility (I'm not sure John and Jon are Read More...
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Visual Studio 2005 Hotfix Support
24 November 06 03:50 PM
Developer Division in Redmond are piloting a new program which enables developers and ISVs,etc to get access to the most frequently asked for Visual Studio 2005 hotfixes without having to do anything more than fire up your browser of choice (beats speaking Read More...
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So much to do, so little time...
22 November 06 10:28 PM
Well, all I seem to talk about these days is that I am going away on holiday for a granduoso 3 weeks to Australia (maybe I should meet up with other DPE folks like Frank or Dave). The countdown is on now with under 2 weeks til we fly off - can't wait. Read More...
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SWF to XAML converter released by Michael Swanson
21 November 06 08:23 PM
Michael Swanson has released a free converter to take SWF to XAML converter. "Finally! After months of tinkering around in my spare time, I've managed to assemble a relatively useful tool called SWF2XAML . The first version of this tool allows you to Read More...
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WPF Screencast - Applying BitmapEffects on Controls
20 November 06 12:34 PM
In this session we'll look at how developers can apply effects to controls through the use of some simple XAML mark-up. (duration approx. 10mins 37secs, published on 14/11/2006) Link to streaming version Technorati tags: wpf , screencast , msdn , nugget Read More...
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WPF Screencast - Introduction to animation
20 November 06 12:27 PM
This nugget looks at animation in WPF and how we can animate almost any property of any element. (duration approx. 11mins 22secs, published on 14/11/2006) Link to Streaming version Technorati tags: wpf , screencast , msdn , nuggets Read More...
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WPF Screencast - Introduction to Brushes
20 November 06 12:24 PM
Brushes form a fundamental component of WPF and how graphical elements are displayed to the screen. This nugget will introduce Brushes and how to use them withing WPF controls. (duration approx. 17mins 42secs, published on 14/11/2006) Link to Streaming Read More...
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WPF Screencast - Introduction to Shapes
20 November 06 11:45 AM
So, I've started recording MSDN Nuggets and am going to focus on WPF. I've recorded 4 so far and they are now live. Disclaimer: I'm new to this game so they are a bit shakey but hopefully still useful :-) In this session we'll look at how developers can Read More...
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Birmingham University Talk - Lap around WPF
10 November 06 10:32 AM
Yesterday, I travelled north to visit Birmingham Computer Science department to give a guest presentation on WPF to a large lecture theatre's worth of students. I think that will be my 4th presentation there in 3 odd years so it's kind of a regular gig, Read More...
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Talk about 'Web 2.0' - Check out Photosynth from the Live Labs team
09 November 06 07:44 PM
This is very cool. You have to experience it to understand how great this app is... http://labs.live.com/photosynth Read More...
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No 3D glasses needed...Virtual Earth updated with 3D
07 November 06 10:31 AM
Head on over to http://local.live.com and check out the new 3D functionality (does require installation of a small plug-in - ~500K). Once you have it installed take yourself on a 3D stroll around the sights of London like the Eye or the Tower. Read More...
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Mix it up in 07 - Mix07 dates announced
07 November 06 09:35 AM
The team in Seattle have just announced that Mix07 will be happening on 30th April through to 2nd May next year, in sunny (and cheesy) Las Vegas! A bit of blurb about the conference: MIX is Microsoft’s premiere conference for web developers, designers Read More...
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Whether you write code to get a paycheck or do it in your bedroom/den/study/living-room Coding4Fun is just Fun!
03 November 06 09:36 AM
Coding4Fun has just relaunched with a great new look and feel. If you want to write code and do it outside of work (or inside of work, if your boss is so accomodating!) then this is a great site for inspiration, projects and sample code! And my good friend, Read More...
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