Post Archives for July 2008

Scoble's Backpack and Microspotting

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This is me making a video to celebrate a new backpack and hopefully acquire a new t-shirt.  I'm a sucker for unique tees. That should be a website "UniqueTees.com"  Instead its just a wasted domain name with someone sitting on it. Microspotting is a cool site, its like the So…

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posted on Jul 30th, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (6)

Silverlight User Groups updated on the wiki

I just finished updating the Silverlight Communities page on the Ch9 wiki to reflect the most recent list of Silverlight User Groups that I'm aware of. Its been interesting to watch as Silverlight emerges as a technology the group activity that emerges as well. There is enough excitement around Sil…

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posted on Jul 30th, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (1)

Silverlight Games today and more on the way

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Yesterday Bill Reiss announced the Sports Game in Silverlight Contest which begins August 8th, (the same day as the Olympics, interesting).  Bill has been around since the beginning of writing games in Silverlight.  His blog Silverlight Games 101 began a few days after MIX07 when he starte…

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posted on Jul 25th, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (2)

Robby steps up the game with nerdplusart

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Robby Ingebretson has stepped up the game with his new blog nerdplusart.  Not only does the new site use a sweet Silverlight app for the homepage (with custom blur effect!) but its functional too.  It cleverly provides his latest twitter and song choice along with links to more content.…

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posted on Jul 20th, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Yosemite Deep Zoom project from xRez is now live

Last week the xRez Yosemite project on Surface was revealed and now this week the Silverlight Deep Zoom version is live. I've added a few screenshots below to give an idea of the of the experience, but of course, it doesn't even come to close to trying the xRez site yourself. Deep Zoom has caught …

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posted on Jul 17th, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (1)

Animation Hands On lab for Silverlight 2

This Hands On lab was originally written for a training event we held last month.  While I'm guessing we'll post in some official fashion in the future I thought why not share it in the meantime. The Lab is made up of four sections: Animation API overview - a general look at the concepts…

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posted on Jul 10th, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (2)

Extreme Panoramic Project on Surface and Silverlight

Thanks to Scoble for posting the great xRez Studio - extreme pano project video today.  The project itself is interesting and the deliver is the frosting on the cake. 70 photographers hiking through Yosemite Park, toting robotic cameras, and positioned by GPS coordinates.  They then synch…

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posted on Jul 9th, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (4)