The Platform and the Hardman : Silverlight

PDC 2008 / Agenda / Sessions

Matthew Hardman — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:45:46 GMT

Getting out to LA for a Microsoft event is not always the easiest thing for people to do, so great to hear that all of the sessions from PDC are being hosted so you can watch them after the actual event. I remember the last few PDCs where you had to wait a couple of months before you could get the recorded sessions, now they are being released within a day… awesome progress for online media.

UPDATE: The technology behind this is cool, Silverlight and Streaming means you can easily and quickly jump around the content and video without having to worry about the buffering. Very Cool!

PDC 2008 / Agenda / Sessions

Smooth HD

Matthew Hardman — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:03:40 GMT

So what is Smooth HD?

The definition from the Akamai web site says...

"SmoothHD.com is an early glimpse of cutting edge new technology from Microsoft and Akamai that will raise the bar on the consumer video experience.

SmoothHD.com is powered by Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) 7.0 Smooth Streaming – a unique adaptive streaming technology that dynamically adapts video quality in real-time based on local bandwidth conditions - and Akamai AdaptiveEdge Streaming for Microsoft® Silverlight™ , a new solution for enabling high-quality, scalable video experiences over Akamai's global HTTP network of more than 36,000 servers around the world. "

Check it out at the following link! This is amazing stuff high definition content streamed instantly through your browser!

Smooth HD

Moonlight (Silverlight on Linux) – Interview with Miguel de Icaza

Matthew Hardman — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:03:37 GMT

Code to Live: Dancing in the Moonlight with Miguel de Icaza

The interview is a bit old, but has just been published. Miguel de Icaza talks about Moonlight and how it came about. Thanks to Josh Holmes for posting it.

Ruby on Rails, Silverlight and IronRuby

Matthew Hardman — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:15:25 GMT

Was just chatting to my colleague John Lam, the drive for IronRuby in Microsoft about his recent participation in RailsConf 2008. At the event there were two cool things that they showed.

1. Silverlight plugin for Ruby on Rails, bringing the richness of Silverlight applications to Ruby on Rails.

2. Getting IronRuby to run on Rails, as noted he indicated that performance still needs to get worked on, but it is a step in the right direction.

Read more about their progress at John's Blog.