At this time (version 2 Beta 1), in the life of Silverlight there is no 64-bit support. I'm not certain if or when 64-bit support will appear, but I don't think Vista 64-bit users should go without Silverlight. And the good news is they don't have to. In most cases, running Silverlight applic…
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There are a few of us here, who really, really like Silverlight. In some cases a little bit too much. They filmed one of our group therapy sessions last week to raise awareness. I hope this video can help bring comfort to some of you, knowing that you're not alone. Silverlight Rehab - Y…
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I could share the video here and use the embedded player, but I think for the full experience you should head over to the Channel 10 site and check out the latest video Life at Microsoft - The Truth Revealed. A few of us chipped in as actors to play out the very funny script written by Tina Wood.…
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[UPDATE:My video interview is now live on Channel 10]A large amount of my time last week was spent on a little project called Microsoft CoolWall. Tim Sneath already posted about the site going live this week and provided the story on how the app came to be: The application was originally prot…
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Official Job Listing on the career site Well its not exactly my old job, Duncan has taken over the dev lead role (Congrats to Duncan), but it does include a lot of the client and UI work I was handling. I like the skill set description they used: We are looking for someone who lives and breat…
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Two years ago on this very date of June 20th, I started my first day here at Microsoft. It was an exciting day, it was just new employee orientation, but it was my first job in a technical company with more than 20 employees. I was hired on to become the newest web developer on the coole…
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Duncan wrote an article entitled And Along Came 10...* that talks about at a high-level how we started the codebase behind on10.net and the next version of Channel 9 some of the architectural decisions behind the scenes. This project, which has encompassed this whole year, has been a very…
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This is one of my favorite videos we've released on 10 lately. Tina, with the help of Scott Finley, walks through some tips and tricks on how to shoot good video. In the end, the result is a very interesting well shot and edited video about her fridge. Its a nice fridge.…
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This is a cool demo of how the Zune is actually used to share songs. Watch as Duncan bridges the gap between Canada and the US by sharing a song with his friend Brian. Poetry in motion it is. Yes, and I must point out that I did my part by providing the Zune icon for the Zune download …
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Sampy just posted the video he took of our team while we were posting the last update to 10. We were a bit giddy at getting this update at the door and I think that comes through in the video :)…
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Last week we updated the Microsoft 10 site. Jeff talks about it here, mainly covering the fact that the code update was written to prepare for the conversion of Channel 9 and reach the goal of one code base running on multiple sites. We've simplified the architecture down to four major c…
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I know this happened back in June and was covered everywhere, but I was just reading someone giving a metaphor for the Internet and this one will always be stuck in my head: Series of tubes was a metaphor used by United States Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), to describe the Internet in a June…
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Jeff blogged and posted a video on 10 today about the lead role for the 10 team that we are hiring for. I think it could be a really great position for someone is into what we're looking for. Below is a section from the synopsis:
We are looking for a rare bird to help s…
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I just noticed that the new documentation for developing Sidebar gadgets on Windows Vista RC1 is up and live on MSDN - Object Model Reference Dev Overview. I'm looking forward to working on some gadgets for Channel 9 and 10. A mini application using simple languages like JavaScript and H…
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I posted about the Starbucks Interactive Cup Brewer when it first came, but Duncan took it a step further and created this short hidden video on 10.…
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Check it out! Jeff has some more info and links here. Very excited to get this out there :) …
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We've been feverishly working on the new update to 10. No, its just an update its version 1.0. Its exciting, man, I go to the current site now and it just hurts my eyes, I can't wait to share the new site. BUT, its not ready yet, very close though (after I finish up the oth…
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Laura and Duncan caught up with Louis Castle to talk about Battle for Middle-Earth II. Looks like a sweet game and huge step in graphics and interaction from playing old RTS games like Myth.As a sidenote, this was my first attempt at advanced video editing (beyond the cut and paste s…
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Laurent Kempe has created a sample of the on10.net login modal screen using Atlas controls. I actually haven't tried it but it looks similiar in the screenshot.Its interesting to me because currently in the 10 codebase we are using custom controls where we define every bit of html and…
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I like Fridays on 10, you never know what you're going to get. Today a video on Video Game Theatre was posted. Yes, that is Pac-man with a cigarette in his mouth below...…
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Tina and Laura have posted two very interesting videos on the training provided by the University of Washington School of Medicine. Part one covers a breathing robot with a heartbeat who's prone to heart attacks (that its the trainee's job to fix), and part two covers the training tool…
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This is very cool. emkaydubu, a member of the 10 community who's been working on entries for the Custom PC contest asked for a copy of the 10 logo in eps format to work with for creating new designs. I passed it along and in return I get this nice email including new icons for 1…
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Man, I just found these thanks to my Feedster search for on10.net. emkaydubu has been busy recreating the 10 logo presumably for the Custom PC Contest. Very nice work!…
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Scoble brought up the issue of Firefox support not always making it as a requirement for the launch of Microsoft websites. He even suggests automatic low review scores for teams that ship without it. Luckily with 10 we cleared the bar and launched with Firefox support (on t…
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This is not my actual commentary about the redesign this is just a notice that it's happened. 10 has been given a design refresh! Its late and I'm tired but I had to get it out. Notice my previous blog entry was about a week ago, when do you think we started getting heavy o…
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So around 7pm PDT tonight I jumped into Second Life for the planned 10 party. We had some of the team there Laura, Tina, Erik and a little late due to technical difficulties Jeff.We had some fans of 10 show up and even some who had not heard of 10. At the peak I'd…
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Tomorrow night (Thurs. Apr 20th) at 7pm PDT, we're having our first planned event on the 10 island. The 10 island exists in the virtual world of Second Life. Laura and Tina are going to be there. Scoble said he'd even try stop by. Should be a fun time and offer u…
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Ok, so after MIX06 and the launch of 10, I was ready for some relaxation and thought time. My blog has been dead, although not much difference than the regular entries. I've decided to do more with my blog, a little more effort into it. So I've been working on it and I thought keep silent until t…
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Here's the video. My favorite quote is when Scoble is asked about possible Creative Commons license for the videos on 10.You know, we got to break one rule a day. You know we broke like 15 the first day.fdsfds…
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I was on IM with a friend and proudly I said "Hey, have you seen http://on10.net/?"In a very direct way, he says "What makes this cool?"Great answer. Time is one of the most valuable things, so you tell me why you think its cool. So my answer was: "Technically its cool, be…
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Awesome, the day has come! 10 is alive and kicking.Last week we launched a series of preview videos (first vignette one here) which provided some context to who the hosts of our show were going to be (Laura and Tina) and some additional clues and even a few riddles. I'm glad to see someone got the…
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Jeff explained a bit about what we're doing, but right now we're still keeping the full story under wraps. on10 has been an awesome project to work on and I'm very excited to see it come to life. Next monday will be cool, but this week you can enjoy the preview videos and get to know Laura and Tina,…
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Scoble responds to Guy's bozo explosion entry with a few items of his own. I keyed in on item #2 on how to prevent a company bozo explosion, "Have your development team over for Xbox and pizza". Thanks Scoble for the comment on our latest project. Its fun to watch as the hype comes. Now ou…
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