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MSDN Subscriber Evening - Building UX with Silverlight 2

Posted Monday, April 14, 2008 10:26 PM by niwong
I did a session last Wednesday (9 Apr) -- introducing our Rich Internet Application technology Silverlight to our MSDN subscribers. In the session, we re-acquainted with Silverlight 1.0 and its AJAX-like programming model, but dedicated most of the time Read More...
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Channel 9 Interview: Miguel de Icaza and Dragos Manolescu

Posted Friday, March 07, 2008 4:45 PM by niwong
This is one of my favorite video interviews coming out from Channel 9 this year. In this post, Channel 9's intrepid reporter Charles Torre interviews Miguel de Icaza and Dragos Manlescu . Miguel de Icaza is, of course, the famed free-software developer Read More...
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Sample Code: Silverlight 1.0-enabled Quiz

Posted Friday, February 29, 2008 3:43 PM by niwong
A Customer who asked if a quiz-type application can be enabled by Silverlight. The answer is yes (obviously ) and I had to put my rusty coding skills to work over a good part of a Saturday afternoon. The result is a Silverlight 1.0 proof-of-concept application, Read More...
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A Silverlight Shines On Hellgate

Posted Monday, February 25, 2008 2:07 PM by niwong
Hellgate: London is, of course, the new action role-playing game for the PC platform. Playworks Online , who distributes the game, will partner SingTel to launch the MMORG system. Early this year, we worked with the Playworks team to deliver a micro-site Read More...
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Microsoft Singapore .NET Briefing - Web UX Technologies

Posted Tuesday, February 12, 2008 8:19 PM by niwong
On 30th January, we did the first of a planned series of web-related technology talk events -- this time focusing on Web User Experience (UX). I'd like to thank everyone who attended and stayed back late (we overran by 45 minutes!) I think we had a lively Read More...
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Microsoft + Yahoo!

Posted Friday, February 01, 2008 2:36 PM by niwong
This is definitely news - Microsoft Proposes Acquisition of Yahoo! for $31 per Share . Read More...
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New Year Countdown (with Silverlight) [Updated]

Posted Saturday, December 29, 2007 5:10 AM by niwong
Counting down with Silverlight - http://www.office2007quiz.com.sg/greetings/ . Check back again in a couple of days . Check out the super upbeat New Year eCard at http://www.office2007quiz.com.sg/greetings . It's available online right now -- feel free Read More...
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CodeProject Article: Silverlight Controls - The Path to Reusable XAML

Posted Tuesday, December 25, 2007 1:13 AM by niwong
Came across this very nice article by Justin-Josef Angel on the Code Project web site -- Silverlight Controls - The Path to Reusable XAML . I've been working on a few Silverlight 1.0 projects recently, and a consistent struggle on these has been to maintain Read More...
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Silverlight Powers Singapore's "Emmy Awards" Event

Posted Sunday, December 16, 2007 2:56 AM by niwong
MediaCorp TV will be activating their Silverlight-powered Star Awards 2007 "LIVE" Update site later today (Sunday, 16 Dec) at 7pm. The Star Awards is, of course, MediaCorp TV's annual gala event celebrating and recognizing Singapore's own TV celebrities. Read More...
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Silverlight 1.0 RC1 & Windows Presentation Foundation 3.5 News

Posted Friday, July 27, 2007 10:21 PM by niwong
Tim Sneath has two exciting posts up on his blog: Silverlight 1.0 RC 1 Is Here What's New In WPF 3.5? Here's Fifteen Cool Features Linda and I have been looking forward to the Silverlight 1.0 RC1 release in particular as we are working with several enterprise Read More...
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Dopod / HTC Upgrade to Windows Mobile 6

Posted Sunday, July 15, 2007 5:49 AM by niwong
Dopod 838Pro , 810 , P800W users should be happy to note that the long awaited upgrade to Windows Mobile 6 is finally here. See the HTC press release, " HTC Offers Windows Mobile 6 Upgrade " for more information. The shortcut to the download page is at Read More...
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Windows Live Quick Apps

Posted Thursday, July 12, 2007 7:46 PM by niwong
Lots of exciting stuffs are being announced at the Microsoft World Partner Conference (WPC.) Windows Live Quick Apps (Beta) are showcase online sites that demonstrate the applications that can be built using the Windows Live Services . Two Quick Apps Read More...
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One Stop Office Business Applications Portal

Posted Wednesday, July 11, 2007 3:57 PM by niwong
Just got wind from folks in the Microsoft Office System product team about the launch of the new OBA Central portal site at http://www.obacentral.com . Quick glance at the page source reveals that the site is hosted on Office SharePoint Server too. Good Read More...
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Automating Public Sector Forms Processing and Workflow with Office Business Application

Posted Monday, July 09, 2007 3:45 PM by niwong
Certain days, mana just seem to drop from the heavens -- and the release of the new OBA RAP for E-Forms processing a week back was one such timely moment. We are working with a number of customers (both public sector and commercial) to explore automating Read More...
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Live Earth, the Concert for a Climate in Crisis

Posted Saturday, July 07, 2007 9:57 AM by niwong
Live Earth, the Concert for a Climate in Crisis , a series of concerts around the world this weekend to raise climate change awareness, kicked off today (Saturday, 7 July 2007) in various parts of the world. As I type this entry, Australia and Japan crowds Read More...
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