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Silverlight 3 Firestarter Event - Download the Videos
Via Mithun Dhar Kickoff | Mithun Dhar & Mark Hindsbo | Download Keynote | Scott Guthrie | Download Silverlight Key Scenarios & Features | Tim Heuer | Download Expression 3 Overview | Adam Kinney | Download Sketch Flow | Janete Perez | Download Read More...
dezineforce Proof of Concept Interview
Following on from my post yesterday about the dezineforce proof of concept, I spent a little more time with Peter Williams (dezineforce), Neil Kidd (Microsoft) and Josh Twist (Microsoft) quizzing them on various aspects of the project… 1. Tell me a little Read More...
A User Experience Overhaul with Silverlight and MVVM
I recently had the opportunity to spend some time in the Microsoft Technology Centre (MTC) with a company called dezineforce who offer a unique capability – a cloud-based engineering design service . Coming from an engineering background myself, I found Read More...
Silverlight 3 Firestarter Event Streamed Live
On 17th September there’s a full day of Silverlight 3 / Expression 3 goodness coming live from Seattle. The Firestarter event being held in the Microsoft Conference Centre will also be streamed live so as many people as possible can attend. There’s a Read More...
Live Meeting with ScottGu Tomorrow
The Linked .Net Users Group (LIDNUG) is hosting another Q&A session with Scott Guthrie tomorrow starting at 5pm UK time. Click here for more details and registration Technorati Tags: scottgu , asp.net , .net Read More...
Silverlight / Expression UK Launch Videos
MikeT and I were both at the recent UK Launch of Silverlight 3 and Expression 3 and, amongst other things, were filming like it was going out of fashion. My job was simple – capture the screen. Only trouble was tapes last 60mins for a 3+ hour event so Read More...
Expression 3 Launched
Yesterday I was at the UK Silverlight 3 / Expression 3 launch event where we had the official launch announcement for Expression 3. You can find out more on the Expression blog and read about the product details and download trials at the Expression home Read More...
Want to see ScottGu talk ASP.NET MVC? [UK]
As well as doing a Silverlight session at the London .NET User Group on Thursday night, Scott has also offered to do an ASP.NET MVC session this Friday afternoon (3rd July) for Vista Squad at the Microsoft offices just outside Reading from 1pm. For Friday’s Read More...
Expression Design Resources
Following on from my post about the Expression family , I said I’d follow up with some more details on Expression Design. Someone commented on my other post that Expression Design is “too basic” and I suppose for many people that will be a fair criticism. Read More...
Microsoft Expression 1..2..3
Blend, Encoder, Web, Design, Media, Studio – it’s easy to get confused by the plethora of Expression family products but given we’re nearing another release I thought it might be worth a few posts to try and to try and simplify things as well as provide Read More...
Phil Winstanley and Dave Sussman Reflect on WebDD09
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Seadragon Ajax
I hadn’t seen this before so apologies if it’s old news but Microsoft Live Labs have an AJAX implementation of their Seadragon technology (the technology that goes by the name of Deep Zoom in Silverlight). The experience (for me at least) isn’t quite Read More...
Silverlight Adoption – A Few Numbers
I’ve had the same question asked a few times recently about the rate of Silverlight adoption so I thought I’d try and give some hard and fast figures as well as point to some useful references in case anyone comes here looking for information after our Read More...
Demos - Catching Up on Rich Clients Part 2
Following on from Part 1 , here are my demos for Part 2 of the “Catching Up on Rich Clients”. Part 2 was entitled “10 (more) Things You Should Know About Silverlight” Slide Overview Image of the slide deck overview for this session to get your bearings Read More...
Demos - Catching Up on Rich Clients Part 1
Rich Client Sample Sites http://www.thirteen23.com/experiences/desktop/blu/   (Desktop Twitter Client – it’s been renamed from Chirp to Blu) http://www.photosuru.com/ (Desktop Photo browsing / sharing application) http://www.mscui.net/PatientJourneyDemonstrator/ Read More...
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