XAML and UI, whever it is found. Phone, Surface, Silverlight or WPF
Posted in Conferences, MIX, Silverlight on Mar 4th, 2008
Scott Guthrie writes another amazing article, this time about using Expression Blend 2.5. His 40 page, 4,000 word post shows how to build a Silverlight chat application with the upcoming Expression beta.
Posted in Conferences, MIX, Silverlight, WPF on Mar 4th, 2008
Soon, very soon, Microsoft will open the Mix08 information floodgates. Microsoft employees and partners will be released from their NDA shackles and we’ll finally learn what’s been cooking in the Silverlight kitchen. At Mix07 I heard an excited buzzing sound in the conference hallways as attendees discussed the ramifications of the Silverlight announcements. Managed code. [...]
Posted in Conferences, WPF on Jan 31st, 2008
It must be contest season in the WPF/Silverlight world. I wrote earlier about a MIX08 contest. Just prove your CSS ninja skills and win a MIX08 pass. WPF in Finance Contest Here’s another chance for fame and free travel for the WPF programmer. WPF has enormous potential in finance, to affect the way we visualize [...]
Posted in Conferences, MIX on Jan 30th, 2008
Think you’re the best CSS wrangler out there? Do customers weep over the beauty of your web sites? You say you can create a three column layout, using only CSS and div tags, before your next coffee break? Do you want to spend a week in Las Vegas with several thousand new found UI friends? [...]
Posted in Conferences, Presentations, Silverlight, WPF on Dec 31st, 2007
2007 was a busy year for me. I spent a lot of time with WPF and Silverlight which was a lot of fun. I traveled all over the globe and met a lot of fascinating people at conferences and training events. I consulted with companies building cool WPF/Silverlight applications and had prolonged discussions with their [...]
Posted in .NET 3.0, Conferences, Silverlight, WPF on Aug 13th, 2007
Tomorrow (August 14, 2007) is the first day of Devscovery. This conference is presented by the Wintellect crew and it looks like it will be full of great content. I’m biased, of course, because I’m one of the speakers. But check out the agenda for yourself. What’s the first thing you notice? Mark Russinovich is [...]
Posted in Conferences, Silverlight, WPFe on Apr 30th, 2007
Last year, when Silverlight was known as WPFe (Windows Presentation Foundation – Everywhere) Microsoft told us that it would be cross platform and programmable in C# and other .NET languages. During all the CTP releases up until today however the only programming language available was JavaScript and XAML. During the last 4 months Microsoft has been [...]
Posted in Conferences on Apr 30th, 2007
Only in Vegas, only in Vegas. I’m sitting in the Mix07 Blog Zone, and in walks Elvis. Robert Scoble is live video blogging the event at http://ustream.tv/watch/channel/sl9Q3uQL8LZKUqO.4nJmiQ See for yourself. Elvis lives!
Posted in Conferences, Silverlight, WPF on Apr 29th, 2007
There are so many good sessions at Mix this year. I hope Microsoft posts videos of all the sessions as there is only one of me and a multitude of great sessions scheduled. I checked the Mix07 website and sure enough, Microsoft will be sharing the content Starting on Monday morning, we’re going to be [...]
Posted in Conferences on Apr 25th, 2007
You never know what’s going to happen at a good conference. If you’re lucky a speaker or session lights a fire in your brain. You walk out of the room with a wicked glow in your eye and you can’t wait to talk to someone about all the ideas sizzling inside your head. At a bad conference you [...]
