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Silverlight UK User Group: Inaugural Meeting April 2nd

The jolly chaps at Conchango are setting up a user group in London to focus on Silverlight, and the first meeting is tomorrow! By chance I'm actually in the UK right now on something of a customer tour, so I plan to be there myself and give a bit of a Read More...

Posted Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:43 AM by tims | 2 Comments

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Attend the WPF Virtual Bootcamp - no need to register!

People frequently ask me how they can learn WPF quickly. Now the technology has been on the market for a while, there are a number of different choices: books from the likes of Petzold , Moroney , Nathan , MacDonald , Anderson and Sells/Griffiths , classroom Read More...

Posted Friday, October 26, 2007 2:49 PM by tims | 22 Comments

Filed under: wpf, blend, events, cider, screencast, silverlight, lab, training, presentation

Silverlight 1.0 Issue Resolution Lab: November 2007

A couple of months ago, we conducted an experiment where we offered our lab facilities and technical resources here in Redmond to companies building Silverlight sites or applications that wanted assistance in resolving issues. We were really delighted Read More...

Posted Wednesday, October 24, 2007 4:39 PM by tims | 2 Comments

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Come to a Silverlight Lab in Redmond

From time to time, we run development labs in Redmond where folk can bring their applications in and work on them in a secure lab environment, with hands-on support from ourselves and other members of the product group. The next one is taking place on Read More...

Posted Thursday, July 05, 2007 5:44 PM by tims | 7 Comments

Filed under: events, silverlight, lab

A Summer of WPF and Silverlight Training

Summer's here, and that usually means a bit of a slow-down in the office as folk take off on vacation. It's also a great time for some new skills development and training, and as there's a smorgasbord of WPF and Silverlight-related courses taking place Read More...

Posted Monday, June 25, 2007 5:07 PM by tims | 10 Comments

Filed under: wpf, blend, events, silverlight, training

Silverlight in the UK and Ireland...

Sorry - I temporarily fell off the blogging wagon. It's tough to keep it going - there's always new stuff to blog about, but finding the time to write and polish is more challenging. It's been a busy month with all the follow-up from MIX, a brief vacation, Read More...

Posted Monday, June 04, 2007 11:00 AM by tims | 6 Comments

Filed under: events, silverlight, mix07

Keeping Track of MIX

Our flagship conference for web designers and developers, MIX , starts today in Las Vegas. This event is unlike any other Microsoft conference, with a fascinating mix of internal and external speakers even including a few that are openly hostile towards Read More...

Posted Monday, April 30, 2007 8:28 AM by tims | 8 Comments

Filed under: wpf, events, flickr, mix07, twitter

WPF / Expression Technical Chat: February 21st

We had a pretty successful online technical chat in December , where we brought about twenty members of the WPF team together to answer your technical questions and listen to your feedback. Based on the response, we're going to host a similar event at Read More...

Posted Monday, February 05, 2007 2:44 PM by tims | 5 Comments

Filed under: wpf, expression, events, chat, msdn

Microsoft Expression Launch Event

I'm presuming that almost everyone who follows this blog has at least one of the Expression design tools on their machine; Expression Blend (formeddrly known as "Sparkle" or Expression Interactive Designer) is an essential part of the arsenal for any Read More...

Posted Monday, December 18, 2006 11:49 AM by tims | 11 Comments

Filed under: blend, web, expression, media, events, design