I interact a lot around discussions in the Rich Interactive/Internet Application (RIA) space. I read as much as I can on it and keep tabs on what I find interesting around theories associated to RIA. I also engage folks whom never have even heard the acronym RIA and it's interesting conversation to have as how do you explain it without going deep into a detailed technology discussion. What does RIA represent really. It's effectively an idea, on how to get maximum user experience through a browser

It's been an interesting couple of days for me, as I've meet some developers in both business meeting setting and via social setting (aka WebJam ). In my chats with these developers, they all seem very keen to learn more about Silverlight but have hesitations on it that range from "Isn't it bleeding edge?" to "It looks good but I'm not a .NET developer". I'm not a .NET developer, so I guess Silverlight isn't for me. Wrong, it can be, you can use Silverlight with HTML as if you would with Flash and