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MSDN UK events – Silverlight and WPF
11 January 09 06:55 PM
The guys in the MSDN team are presenting a load of events on rich client technologies during February: Event Description Audience: Developers In this half-day session we’ll do a refresh of the technologies that we can use to build rich, interactive clients 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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Microsoft Student Technology Day Videos Online - SteveB and more industry/MSFT greats
21 November 08 12:49 PM
On 1 October 2008, Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer and a host of industry professionals discussed the next generation of computer science innovations with more than 300 students and lecturers from across the UK - the event was the Student Technology Day Read More...
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Remix videos online
07 October 08 01:29 PM
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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I'll be at Remix UK in Brighton on 18-19 September
14 August 08 03:12 PM
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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Mix UK is event registration is live
26 July 07 04:26 PM
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...
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WPF Hands on lab - building an Outlook clone
13 June 07 09:07 PM
One of the questions I get asked most when talking about Windows Presentation Foundation is around whether this technology is just for 'whizz bang fancy pants graphics stuff' (I'm paraphrasing) and not really for serious business type apps. The answer Read More...
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WindowsClient.net community for rich-client/desktop developers
14 May 07 11:06 AM
Ian Moulster has the scoop on WindowsClient.net launching - it is a new site focused at developers working on rich client applications (run on desktop). It's a really nice site that combines the two worlds of WinForms and Windows Presentation Foundation. Read More...
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An introduction to WPF for academics
03 May 07 09:52 AM
In my old job, I used to spend a lot of time talking to academics about curriculum development covering a number of subject areas. Unfortunately, WPF was never really on the agenda due to timing and it being a beta product - now that it is prime time Read More...
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End to end WPF demo - Family.Show
30 April 07 04:05 PM
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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WPF Styles and Template explained with style
11 April 07 10:15 AM
Via Nathan Dunlap . This article by Nick Thuesen introduces the concept of Styles and Templates in WPF in a fun and compelling way. Definitely worth a few minutes of your time. Nick’s Twisted Perspectives on Styles and Templates Read More...
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PhotoStore WPF demo
10 April 07 10:21 AM
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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VBUG Northeast WPF, Expression and WPF/E event follow-up
05 April 07 11:29 AM
This is for attendees of the event earlier in the week in Newcastle (Northumbria Uni venue). As promised, the slides and demos are attached although you will need to source your own WMV video for the WPF/E demo as the one I used is 70 meg and I'm sure Read More...
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Workaround for Visual Studio 'Orcas' March CTP and Blend not playing together
29 March 07 01:00 PM
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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Hosting WPF/E code on an ISP - adding content types
23 March 07 05:00 PM
Due to the limitations of hosting my blog on the mammoth blogs.msdn.com and wanting to write WPF/E demos that I could show other people, I got myself some hosting space with www.discountasp.net It does everything that you would expect an ASP.NET hoster Read More...
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