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Remix videos online
07 October 08 01:29 PM | markjo | 2 Comments   
Remix was only a few weeks ago now, and for those that missed out on the experience we have uploaded all the sessions and recordings for the event to the Remix site.   Highlights for me: Anything by Bill Buxton! How we built the wall by AllofUs Becoming Read More...
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Expression Blend tutorial videos on Microsoft.com
14 August 08 03:23 PM | markjo | 2 Comments   
Load of great videos on how to use Expression Blend, Design and their siblings in Expression Studio are up on the Microsoft.com Videos site (currently in Beta). Expression Studio tutorials Read More...
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I'll be at Remix UK in Brighton on 18-19 September
14 August 08 03:12 PM | markjo | 1 Comments   
I'm going to be at Remix in Brighton on 18-19 September. It is going to be great. Tonnes of great content. Great speakers. Great location. It should be the Great British Remix :) I'll be there in my new role as Expression Product Manager, rather than Read More...
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Expression...nah...its all about MSPaint for designers
31 March 08 05:10 PM | markjo | 0 Comments   
Looking forward to attending Future of Web Design in London in mid-April. The Academic team will be there in a "Student Zone" inside the MS stand area wanting to talk to designer students about how they use software and if we can help them or Read More...
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New Expression Community launched
18 March 08 12:36 PM | markjo | 1 Comments   
  It has all the usual gubbins you would expect from a community site with news, blogs, forums, training, links and more for anyone interested in the Expression product set and looking for information or inspiration http://expression.microsoft.co Read More...
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Mix UK is event registration is live
26 July 07 04:26 PM | markjo | 1 Comments   
Ian has the scoop on Mix UK event site going live. Great news for all web developers and designers in the UK interested in stuff like Silverlight and Expression . Sign up quick as places will go fast!! Technorati Tags: mixuk , mix , silverlight , expressio Read More...
Expression Blend book
16 July 07 07:37 PM | markjo | 0 Comments   
I haven't seen this posted elsewhere so thought it worth punting onto my blog. There is now a book on Expression Blend called Expression Blend Bible : Haven't read it but will probably borrow it from the MS library and see what it has to offer. Amazon Read More...
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End to end WPF demo - Family.Show
30 April 07 04:05 PM | markjo | 0 Comments   
Vertigo Software have just shipped Family.Show (family history explorer - stuff that my Dad would dig really!), a complete end to end reference example of building an application using Windows Presentation Foundation The Source Code is available for download Read More...
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PhotoStore WPF demo
10 April 07 10:21 AM | markjo | 1 Comments   
For those people who have seen my demo of styling a photo browser application using Expression Blend recently at the MSDN road show or user group meetings, this demo may be worth downloading. It is a much richer version of my 'on-stage' demo using the Read More...
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Workaround for Visual Studio 'Orcas' March CTP and Blend not playing together
29 March 07 01:00 PM | markjo | 0 Comments   
I've had a couple of email exchanges with customers who are playing with Visual Studio Orcas and Expression Blend and facing challenges with incomaptibilities. The problems arise when trying to open Blend created projects in Orcas and Blend not being Read More...
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Building a simple video player with WPF/E tutorial
19 March 07 02:28 PM | markjo | 4 Comments   
I haven't had much original content on here in a while so I thought that should change by putting up some short tutorials on building stuff using "WPF/E". And the obvious one to start with is a really simple video player (RSVP for short). For an introduction Read More...
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Expression Blend Release Candidate now available
14 March 07 10:19 AM | markjo | 0 Comments   
Just noticed on the Expression site that there is an RC available. Downloading it now and will have a play but it's getting really close to production quality as I haven't had any show stoppers or niggling quirks in a while. Download Expression Blend Read More...
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Expression Blend tutorial videos
15 February 07 10:01 AM | markjo | 0 Comments   
Martin Grayson , a UX guru in the Microsoft Services part of our business has worked with a colleague in my group, Richard Godfrey to put together these excellent video tutorials of working with WPF (from a real world project perspective) and Expression Read More...
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Rich Client Development with XAML Resources: MS UK Technical Roadshow 2007
14 February 07 07:31 PM | markjo | 2 Comments   
Below are a list of resources which are relevant for attendees of the UK Technical Roadshow running across the UK over the next couple of months. Websites .NET Framework 3 Community - WPF MSDN Developer Centre - WPF What is XAML? MSDN Developer Centre Read More...
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In Seattle for training this week
07 February 07 01:29 AM | markjo | 0 Comments   
I meant to post that I was heading to the north west US for our annual "chip-in-neck-upgrade" but forgot as I rushed myself onto the BA flight to Seattle from London. It's been a good week so far with lots of new stuff with a really heavy emphasis on Read More...
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