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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Nigel Parker's Outside Line : Design</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/nigel/archive/tags/Design/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Design</description><dc:language>en-NZ</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)</generator><item><title>Artist in Residence Melbourne Dec 1-5</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/nigel/archive/2008/11/04/artist-in-residence-melbourne-dec-1-5.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:43:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9037003</guid><dc:creator>nparker</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/nigel/comments/9037003.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/nigel/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9037003</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://blogs.msdn.com/nigel/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=9037003</wfw:comment><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://delicategeniusblog.com/?p=777"&gt;Michael Kordahi&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/shanemo/archive/2008/10/31/announcing-silverlight-artists-in-residence-melbourne-1-5-december.aspx"&gt;Shane Morris&lt;/a&gt; are holding an Artist in Resident (AiR) in Melbourne from Dec 1-5.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Michael wrote:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;blockquote&gt;   &lt;p&gt;For those unfamiliar: AiR is a program whereby a developer and designer pair get together and build something in Silverlight from scratch.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;It goes for 5 days where you start with some training (day 1), conceive an idea (day 2) and build (days 3 - 5) under the guidance of a qualified trainer.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;It is a great way to get going on that Silverlight project that you’ve always wanted to do.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;If you work as part of a dev/designer pair, have a project that you’re commencing (or want to commence) then AiR might be for you.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you meet the criteria and are interested in crossing the ditch contact &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://delicategeniusblog.com/?p=777"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Michael&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt; or &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/shanemo/archive/2008/10/31/announcing-silverlight-artists-in-residence-melbourne-1-5-december.aspx"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shane&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt; to request a spot!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;For NZ based designers wanting to get started with Expression there is a growing pool of resources that you can tap.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://visitmix.com/"&gt;MIX09&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://nibblestutorials.net/"&gt;nibblestutorials&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://expression.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx"&gt;Expression Community Site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://ux.artu.tv/?p=95"&gt;Expression Blend 2 Video Series for Designers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/expression/news-press/newsletter/"&gt;Expression Newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://phizzpop.visitmix.com/main/Home.aspx"&gt;PhizzPop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9037003" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/nigel/archive/tags/UX/default.aspx">UX</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/nigel/archive/tags/Expression/default.aspx">Expression</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/nigel/archive/tags/events/default.aspx">events</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/nigel/archive/tags/training/default.aspx">training</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/nigel/archive/tags/Silverlight2/default.aspx">Silverlight2</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/nigel/archive/tags/Design/default.aspx">Design</category></item></channel></rss>