Tim posted today about the new opening for a Windows '7' evangelist. And he's not looking for just any old Windows '7' evangelist, but the Windows '7' Evangelist (at this point in time).It's pretty interesting to think about when you read his description about the role: Windows is one of the…
- read the full post
HHH stands for Heroes happen {here} which is a new site centered around events local and virtual where you can test drive Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008. The site takes advantage of Silverlight in a few places but one that I saw today grabbed my attention. …
- read the full post
Recently I've been talking about Silverlight News on Twitter and how you can add it to your blog and that's all up and running fine and dandy. During this time, I've also been continuing to post to the Silverlight Events Twitter account. This works out great as I continue to find new events w…
- read the full post
HelloSecureWorld.com is a new Silverlight based site that is focused on educating developers about writing secure code. Going beyond the basics of writing articles, this site also includes a comic strip, tutorials and video presentations, including some by security guru Tammy Green and some n…
- read the full post
Mindscape recently announced the release of their WPF Property Grid. The Mindscape WPF Property Grid is a 100% WPF component for browsing and editing object properties. Use the WPF Property Grid to rapidly add features such as user configuration, preference editing and domain-specific designers to …
- read the full post
Of course any day is fine day but while tracking events covering Silverlight, I've noticed that January 26th is an especially good day to learn about Silverlight. There are three events this coming Saturday that include a lot of Silverlight goodness: Silverlight 1.0 Fire Starter in New York …
- read the full post
No, not my Vista SideBar, at least not yet...I've added a simple script to my site to show the latest from Silverlight News in my blog's side bar. Since each twit is formatted the same way, I was able to grab the URL and text from each post and mash them together in a simple anchor tag. If you…
- read the full post
The ReStyle submission form is now ready to take contest entries. If you visit the page you will be asked for your EvNet credentials. What are those? They are what you use to comment with on Channel 10 or MIX Online. And if you don't have a SignIn there should be a ni…
- read the full post
For awhile now, I've been tracking interesting Silverlight links and articles using my del.icio.us account. Another Silverlight fanatic Dave Campbell has been tracking worthy links to Silverlight content for awhile as well. His activity morphed from his daily blog posts to its own site…
- read the full post
Yesterday I posted about the MIX08 ReStyle contest and I also happened to see my pal Ernie Booth who recently moved to the Surface team. Upon reflecting on the day's events, I started thinking about what it might be like to do a "restyle" using the Surface as a graphic design workspa…
- read the full post
Mike Harsh posted about the Silverlight 1.0 video training he recorded with Lynda.com. Not only does he announce that the training is now FREE (all caps so you can see the word from afar) but he also talks about the experience of the recording and alongside a few photos of the Lynda.com offi…
- read the full post
Since MIX06, I have been involved with the development of the MIX site one way or another. This year is no different, I'm just a sucker for conferences about the web, design and Microsoft technologies like, hmm let's see, Silverlight (among others). Today we've re-launched the ReStyle contes…
- read the full post
On November 29th 2007, a group of people gathered together to study Silverlight. "What is it, really?", "What can I do with it today?" and "There really is more than just a Media?" were all questions answered that day. Video and audio of the event has been captured on the Silverl…
- read the full post