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MIX09 – Why YOU should be there.

Ok, so we turn on the news and we see economic crisis everywhere, we hear of layoffs and cost cutting and rumors of depression. Well, I’m a rose-tinted-glasses kind of guy, and I firmly believe that it is at times like this that the smarter investor sows Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 14, 2009 8:49 PM by lmoroney@microsoft.com | 3 Comments
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Some great new Silverlight Apps from the Netherlands :)

A few new Silverlight Apps from our friends in the Netherlands are definitely worth checking out. First up is Monteverdi.tv, a portal for classical music events, built in PHP, but which delivers Silverlight: http://live.monteverdi.tv/rco/view.php It allows Read More...
Posted Monday, January 12, 2009 9:24 AM by lmoroney@microsoft.com | 2 Comments

Silverlight and Otaku – A match made in heaven :)

I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m an Otaku and I’m happy that I work in a job that allows me to visit Otaku heaven (Akihabara) once or twice a year. Anyway, it was only a matter of time before someone used Silverlight to build a site for Otaku like me Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 07, 2009 10:23 AM by lmoroney@microsoft.com | 4 Comments
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Silverlight and Windows Live

For those of you who have been asking about Silverlight and Windows Live, I’m now pleased to announce that Windows Live downloads will include Silverlight in the installation. If you haven’t already tried the Windows Live applications, I thoroughly recommend Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 06, 2009 9:05 AM by lmoroney@microsoft.com | 13 Comments
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Silverlight 2 Update for BiDirectional Text in Hebrew and Arabic

In its early days, Silverlight concentrated on being Web friendly with its text, meaning that the number of fonts were constrained to those that would be available on most computers. On this blog I listed a number of workarounds for languages such as Read More...
Posted Monday, January 05, 2009 11:12 AM by lmoroney@microsoft.com | 2 Comments

Silverlight 2 Book – In Russian

del.icio.us Tags: Silverlight Technorati Tags: Silverlight First of all I’d like to say a big Happy New Year to everybody reading, and in particular to my friends in Russia who have made my ‘Introducing Silverlight 2’ book a big success over there. С Read More...
Posted Monday, December 29, 2008 12:32 PM by lmoroney@microsoft.com | 6 Comments

Meet Silverlight Authors and Anders Hejlsberg at PDC

There's going to be some great stuff going on in the bookstore @ PDC -- including some book launchings, book signings and more. In addition to me being there on Monday signing 'Introducing Silverlight 2', we'll all have the privelige of being able to Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 23, 2008 1:43 PM by lmoroney@microsoft.com | 1 Comments

Panoramic Deep Zoom -- Question of the Day -- Repost

If you want to learn how to stitch diverse photos together into a panorama, and then turn it into a Deep Zoom application, it's actually very easy, and I've got the full details here: http://blogs.msdn.com/webnext/archive/2008/10/18/panoramic-deep-zoom-question-of-the-day.aspx Read More...
Posted Sunday, October 19, 2008 5:20 PM by lmoroney@microsoft.com | 1 Comments

Introducing Silverlight 2 Book now available

del.icio.us Tags: Silverlight       Technorati Tags: Silverlight   My Silverlight 2 book is finally available! Amazon's page for this book is a little confusing, so I thought I'd clear some stuff up :) Despite the title, Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 22, 2008 6:20 PM by lmoroney@microsoft.com | 5 Comments

Silverlight 2 Beta 2: Available very soon

Technorati Tags: Silverlight del.icio.us Tags: Silverlight We're just wrapping up the final details for Silverlight 2 Beta 2. It should be available to download very very soon, so keep your eye on http://www.silverlight.net for details. There's lots of Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 03, 2008 5:34 PM by lmoroney@microsoft.com | 1 Comments
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Silverlight: Great showcase of Silverlight 1 wins, and information on updates...

Technorati Tags: Silverlight     del.icio.us Tags: Silverlight While many among you are focusing more on Silverlight 2, I still strongly recommend that you look at Silverlight 1 for your development needs. If you weren't at MIX, there's Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 08, 2008 1:51 PM by lmoroney@microsoft.com | 1 Comments

Live IT : I'm speaking at Tech ED Israel Tomorrow

If you happen to be hanging out in Eilat, Israel tomorrow, I'm speaking on 'Go Gold With Silverlight' tomorrow afternoon at 2PM local time. I'll be going into detail on what Silverlight is, and where it fits in with Microsoft's overall UX strategy. I'll Read More...
Posted Sunday, April 06, 2008 4:54 PM by lmoroney@microsoft.com | 4 Comments

A quick note on Silverlight Evangelism...and a great blog on Business Development of Silverlight

del.icio.us Tags: Silverlight Technorati Tags: Silverlight Working for Microsoft is something that I'd recommend to anyone that is interested in technology. I work with the Developer Platform Evangelism team, which, if you're a geek like me, is a great Read More...
Posted Friday, April 04, 2008 5:53 AM by lmoroney@microsoft.com | 2 Comments
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Silverlight Dynamic Languages in Visual Studio

Technorati Tags: Silverlight , Dynamic Silverlight , IronRuby      del.icio.us Tags: Silverlight , Dynamic Silverlight , IronRuby Silverlight's support of Dynamic Languages is really cool, but, as there is no template in Visual Studio Read More...
Posted Sunday, March 30, 2008 1:38 AM by lmoroney@microsoft.com | 3 Comments
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Determining Silverlight Installation Metrics at your site

del.icio.us Tags: Silverlight Technorati Tags: Silverlight Following lots of requests from folks inside MS, I wrote this paper as a very simple guide to determine installation metrics. No reason why it shouldn't see light of day, so share and enjoy! :) Read More...
Posted Monday, March 24, 2008 9:29 PM by lmoroney@microsoft.com | 2 Comments
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