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25 March 2009
History repeating itself: Out of Browser
I’ve been following the concept of what RIA represents since well, I can’t honestly remember but it’s around 1998. My first glimpse of RIA was via Erik’s ye olde project called WebOS.com , which was a virtual web based operating system built with DHTML Read More...
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20 April 2008
RIA is slowly fading in terms of it's definition.
When I first started the RIA Evangelism role in Microsoft, I had this nagging feeling that the term RIA was just all over the place. Depending on which technology you are backing and which stream of alliance you uphold, the truth is the term was destined Read More...
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04 February 2008
Meet "Dax", my idea for a mascot (not official).
I like both the "blue monster campaign" and SIlverlight and given I'm dabbling around in 3D at the moment, I decided to play around with the idea of combining the two. Note : This is not the official mascot for Silverlight, instead it's simply me mucking Read More...
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01 February 2008
You define RIA.
Last night I put up my RIA Chat video teaser and I got a few direct emails from folks asking who said the quote at the end: "..What you do with the UX Platform today will define what RIA looks like tomorrow.." Well, *proud look* it was me. It's Read More...
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31 January 2008
Something is being built...and I hope you RIA kids are watching...
I've been a busy little Microsoftee and have done a lot of interviews over the past few months with folks from all walks of life. I'm about to go live very soon with a project. What's the project? not telling until it's finished. I will give you a teaser Read More...
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28 January 2008
Why Chad is excited about Silverlight 2.0
I stumbled upon a post by Chad Campbell via my RSS reads (244 down, 9398 to go) and I enjoyed reading Chad's passion and insight into what he's thoughts are about the Silverlight 2.0 journey ahead. Chad has also written or is writing a book on Silverlight Read More...
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28 January 2008
What if you could combine RIA with tomorrows multi touch innovation
I was mucking about in YouTube today (smacks for me and not doing work) and I came across a project being built at MIT. This project allows folks to draw a physics based diagram which then comes to life on what appears to be a homemade (MIT style) "Smart Read More...
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28 January 2008
What resolution do you design RIA in?
I read an interesting post this morning on how the author wanted folks to consider the 800px resolution for their designs. He cites that although he has a large resolution, it doesn't mean that he's not also using other applications at the same time. Read More...
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27 January 2008
My RIA art...
12:33 AM and I'm currently putting together my power point deck for an upcoming internal conference (Seattle - February 4th - 15th). I typically like to use as many visuals as possible, as I've sort of decided that I'd prefer all my presentations going Read More...
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25 January 2008
Finding your balance between AJAX and Silverlight
Tonight, I found via twitter a deck from Plaxo’s Joseph Smarr . In this deck he talks about the war injuries he received in heading down the AJAX route. It’s a great deck and worth checking out but what I liked the most about it, was that Read More...
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19 January 2008
A new blog design, and I'm moving on..
Last year I spent a great deal of time studying research papers, articles, bloggers, anything related at all to RIA. I did this as being a RIA Evangelist for Microsoft It was important that I not only understand my audience but also what motivates them. Read More...
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09 January 2008
Interview: Cynergy Systems' Dave Wolf
When you first type in http://labs.cynergysystems.com you are presented with a matrix style decision. On the left you have the red pill whilst on the right you have the blue pill. This one screen summarises Cynergy Systems really well, as it shows this Read More...
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05 January 2008
2008 Prediction: The year of the RIA Device Discussion.
Like most technology bloggers today, I also will take a stab at a prediction for 2008. The prediction is simple; this will be the year that we engage in discussion around devices and RIA. State of Play Devices are getting smarter, more usable and most Read More...
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31 December 2007
Telerik RadControls 'Prometheus' and Silverlight..
I've been an avid user of telerik's "RadControls for ASP.NET" for quite some time now. RadControls are essentially a control framework built on top of ASP.NET technology which allows the average ASP.NET punter to produce Rich AJAX driven solutions Read More...
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17 December 2007
Who builds video sites these days anyway?
Well, lots actually. Take today, I woke up around 7am to get a start on some ideas / projects I've been brewing for a month now. I never got a single thing done as I was swamped in Video related S.O.S requests around Silverlight driven video sites. Now Read More...
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