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Tuesday, January 31, 2006 4:01 PM

I’m Hiring

So, are you interested in becoming a Technical Evangelist at Microsoft? Or do you have a friend or associate who might? If so, I currently have two open positions, and I’m looking for great candidates. Both positions focus on our next version of Visual
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Tuesday, January 31, 2006 10:40 AM

IE7 Beta 2 Preview for Windows XP

If you're a developer, power-user, or someone who wants to experiment with early software, you can now download the IE7 Beta 2 Preview for Windows XP . You can also take a quick tour of the new features. Here are some of the improvements and additions
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Monday, January 30, 2006 1:26 PM

File Formats for Conversion to XAML

As WPF application development continues to pick up steam, it's becoming more and more important to consider which file formats make the most sense for conversion to XAML. Just based on discussions I've had with many of you regarding my Illustrator export
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Wednesday, January 25, 2006 7:47 PM

WPF Components and Updated Lab Content

Phil Wright of Component Factory shares his insights about WPF and components in the article, The WPF Tidal Wave . Coincidentally, three of the component vendors he mentions are featured on our Third Party Controls for the Windows Presentation Foundation
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Tuesday, January 24, 2006 11:11 PM

Expression Interactive Designer January 2006 CTP Released

Okay. This is a big one. This morning, we released the Expression Interactive Designer January 2006 CTP (formerly known as "Sparkle"). This build runs on both the December 2005 and January 2006 CTPs of WinFX, and as a point of interest, the tool itself
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Wednesday, January 18, 2006 12:33 PM

WinFX January CTP Released

We released the WinFX January CTP this morning along with some associated Go-Live licenses. As Karsten mentions in his post , there are no changes to WPF between the December and January CTPs, and in fact, they're binary compatible. Here are links to
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Wednesday, January 11, 2006 4:59 PM

Be Seen at MIX 06

Sure, you can visit the MIX 06 site and read the blah, blah, blah. Or, you can just download the essentials to your brain and register before Web 2.0 passes you by. Let me make it easier for you: if you're a developer, professional designer, or business
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Tuesday, January 10, 2006 11:34 PM

Forrester and SD Times on WPF and XAML

Forrester Research, Inc. recently released a five page report titled: Why Windows Presentation Foundation Will Dominate Thick Client Development . In their executive summary, authors Carl Zetie and John R. Rymer state (my boldfacing): Microsoft has unveiled
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Thursday, January 05, 2006 11:02 PM

NxOpinion Needs Developers

I don't make it a point to reference external job postings via my blog, but this one is special. You see, I spent two years working with the Robertson Research Institute (RRI) and Sagestone (now NuSoft Solutions, Inc. ) to develop a cutting-edge medical
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Thursday, January 05, 2006 12:32 AM

Illustrator to XAML Plug-In Updated for December 2005 CTP

I've updated my freely available Adobe Illustrator to WPF/XAML Export Plug-In to be compatible with the WinFX December 2005 CTP . Other than a very minor tweak to the XAML syntax, I've added Width and Height attributes to the outer Canvas tag ( Chris
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