December 2008 - Posts

Silverlight skills are hot!
24 December 08 09:44 AM

And my name ain’t Paris either. Nick Langley over at Computer Weekly has a great piece on how important Silverlight is in the RIA space for those with .NET skills. C# and ASP.Net web developers with Silverlight £28-40k Not bad eh? And if you fancy some Read More...

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My festive geek gift list
19 December 08 11:12 AM

Everyone else does one of these, so I couldn’t resist throwing my gadget and geek desires onto HTML/RSS. Flip Mino HD This little beauty is an HD video recording device. It would be cool to start capturing more and more video moments both personally (family Read More...

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CM’s Christmas card in Silverlight Deepzoom
17 December 08 04:53 PM

The nice people over at Content Master created their Christmas card with DeepZoom : Check out Merry Christmas from all at CM Group (HT to Kris ) Read More...

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Photosynth goes Silverlight
15 December 08 09:54 AM

Spotted this one on the DeepZoom blog   Kudos to Mark Dawson for this Check it out - Experimental Silverlight Photosynth Viewer Read More...

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Are designers and developers really that different?
01 December 08 08:39 PM

I’m still figuring out this space and caught this great article over on Think Vitamin posing 10 unanswered questions from the FOWD event in New York. The interesting part of the article is reading people’s responses in the comments section (46 at time Read More...

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Filed under: Expression, Designer

Expression UK Newsletter launches - and every issue includes a free gift....
01 December 08 08:21 PM

I love working on Expression stuff, it gives me the opportunity to work with inspirational designers and developers who care about user experience and design in software. The launch of the Expression UK newsletter is to let you know about all the great Read More...

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BMW first car company to implement Microsoft Surface
01 December 08 04:07 PM

Phizzpop winners from New York, Vector Form have worked with BMW to create this Microsoft Surface based car designer. Very nice indeed! Can’t wait to see some UK agencies and what they can achieve with WPF, Expression and Surface! (Via Engadget ) Read More...

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