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21 November 2009
PDC Day 2 – Silverlight 4
If Windows Azure was the big topic on day 1 of the PDC conference in LA. For me Silverlight 4 was certainly the big topic of day 2. Scott Guthrie introduced Silverlight 4 during the keynote and showed some of the enhancements that are being introduced Read More...
25 September 2009
Air New Zealand Fashion Week Finale!
I convinced Michael Ng (the official photographer) for Air New Zealand Fashion week to attempt a photosynth at last nights Stolen Girlfriends show . I think he did a great job! Showing the models and the who’s who celebs in the front row. Add this with Read More...
24 September 2009
Building the MSN Silverlight "Wall of Fashion" for Air New Zealand Fashion Week
Anyone that has been reading my blog for a while will know that I have been working with DeepZoom for some time now. I have been very keen to get Silverlight onto MSN.co.nz for a while. An opportunity presented itself for me to build a DeepZoom viewer Read More...
23 July 2009
Silverlight 3 + Expression 3 Launch
I previously blogged about the release of Silverlight 3 . Today I want to expand on this and talk about the Release To Manufacturing of Expression Studio 3 and DeepZoom Composer . Having used these products and technologies for a little while now I racked Read More...
11 July 2009
Silverlight 3 Released
Silverlight 3 was released to the web today along with it a new release candidate build of Expression Blend 3 that includes SketchFlow. Check out the new C9 Video – with Scott Guthrie & Christian Schormann Also there are new landing pages for Silverlight Read More...
12 June 2009
GOVIS09 Videos Making Windows Media Streaming work Cross Platform.
It is funny the things that can start on Twitter these days. Take this Twitter conversation between Don Christie (President of NZOSS) and Kevin Ackhurst (Microsoft NZ MD). I guess this is my opportunity to explain the situation and offer a solution. GOVIS09 Read More...
19 May 2009
Expression For Art’s Sake – 3 1/2 Day Silverlight 3 Camp – Wellington, NZ
There’s no better way to try a new technology than getting people together to learn, share and build on top of it. So, that’s what we’ve been doing with Silverlight and Expression Studio for the last couple of years: Inviting a board array of developers Read More...
16 May 2009
NZsynth – How It Was Done
Previously I wrote and demoed the NZsynth application that was built for the WEB09 keynote. This post is detailing how it was made and introducing version two (Zoom all the way in using mouse wheel then double-click for popup image).   WATCH THE Read More...
12 May 2009
NZsynth and WEB09
It started as a conversation I was having with Brett Roberts regarding options for promoting NZ online at a time when tourism was taking a hit from the current economic climate. From there we discussed the proposed National Cycleway and this lead to a Read More...
05 May 2009
ACP Media Development Leads To Pure Direction
I have been working with the team at ACP Media for a couple of years and finally at the Expression For Art’s Sake event at Wellington a couple of weeks ago I had a chance to catch up with Dave Harvey , Grant Archibald and Darko Zoroja to discuss their Read More...
30 April 2009
WEB09 - ‘Wheel of Fortune’ Challenge
This is the first of a few posts that I am making on WEB09 in Auckland and the 'Expression For Art’s Sake’ event that we held in Wellington this month. I have over 30GB of raw video to process so it will take some time to get the stories out. After previously Read More...
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20 April 2009
Come see Tim Heuer present Silverlight 3 and .NET RIA Services Wednesday night in Wellington.
Following WEB09.org last week in Auckland the team is down in Wellington. On Wednesday night Tim Heuer is presenting at the Wellington .NET User Group if you live in Wellington I hope to see you there. Silverlight 3 and .NET RIA Services with Tim Heuer, Read More...
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03 February 2009
Louis Vuitton Pacific Series 2009 Auckland New Zealand – The Silverlight Story
Introducing http://lvps09.com … It is not everyday that the best sailors on the planet set up shop 150 metres from your work and race each other over a two week period but that is exactly what is happening for me right now. For two weeks - 30 January Read More...
17 June 2008
Why is Silverlight 1 broken with Firefox 3 and how do I fix it?
Firefox 3 is about to be released. There is a launch party this Sunday in the US and next Thursday in Barcelona . The original V1 Silverlight detection script Firefox 3 has a race condition that affects the way that <object is invoked, loaded and detected. Read More...
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24 January 2008
It Took Me Four Months But Here It Is - Thirty One Demos in Thirty Nine Minutes.
Four months ago I started a little project making a video out of a bunch of demos that I had been giving to different audiences over the second half of last year. I finally finished the video over the holiday break and have today got it uploaded and live Read More...
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