Adam Kinney posts tagged with 'remixboston07'

Moon Monsters - Silverlight demo with code

Adam Kinney — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:45:00 GMT

This is another demo created for my "There's more than a Media Element in Silverlight 1.0" presentation that I gave at REMIX Boston. This was a lot of fun to create. I definitely pushing vector graphics to act organically.

The demo shows off four different concepts:

CreateFromXAML
User Control pattern for 1.0
Dynamic Animations
HTML Overlay

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Photo Fader v2

Adam Kinney — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:55:00 GMT

The first time I posted this demo, I got a few confused comments on how to actually use it and what the purpose was. This time around I've added a few more UI elements to better explain what is going on. Tool tips when hovering over the mod and code buttons, a thumb and some depth was added to the scrollbar and if you watch in the beginning there is a "look here" flare.

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I'll post the full instructions again just for fun, too.

Instructions:
To fade the photos between each other providing a faux 3D effect move your cursor along the lower dark gray rectangle.

The upper right squares are clickable and show code (lower light gray squares) and modify the demo (upper row dark gray squares that turn orange).

Mod 1 - Change the x position text block in the upper right to use a custom font.
Mod 2 - Randomize the x position when scrolling on the lower dark gray rectangle, just for fun.
Mod 3 - After seeing the photo flip around randomly, I was reminded of a music video and attempted to add sound playback while scrolling the lower dark gray rectangle. A better job synching the sound and the movement could certainly be done but the concept is there.

Photo Fader - Silverlight demo with code

Adam Kinney — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:36:00 GMT

I created this demo for my "There's more than a Media Element in Silverlight 1.0" presentation that I gave at REMIX Boston.

The demo shows off three different concepts:

Retrieving dynamic content from packages
Using SetFontSource for custom fonts
Sound playback is simple

Instructions:
To fade the photos between each other providing a faux 3D effect move your cursor along the lower dark gray rectangle.

The upper right squares are clickable and show code (lower light gray squares) and modify the demo (upper row dark gray squares that turn orange).

Mod 1 - Change the x position text block in the upper right to use a custom font.
Mod 2 - Randomize the x position when scrolling on the lower dark gray rectangle, just for fun.
Mod 3 - After seeing the photo flip around randomly, I was reminded of a music video and attempted to add sound playback while scrolling the lower dark gray rectangle. A better job synching the sound and the movement could certainly be done but the concept is there.

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My REMIX Boston 07 trip

Adam Kinney — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:13:00 GMT

This week I attended REMIX Boston 07 and gave two presentations. First time in Boston, "go Red Sox!", I felt left out since I didn't have a Red Sox hat like everyone else. Maybe not everyone, maybe just 7 out of 8 people. Next time I would like to see more of the city, as most of this time was in a hotel or on the train. Their train system was quite nice though, so that was a plus.

The first presentation was an introduction to the Developer and Designer Workflow enabled by XAML and the Expression Suite. The talk felt like it went off well and many questions were asked. Luckily I had answers for most. Still not sure about what happens when Blend 2 ships in regards to the Expression Suite as a whole. I don't think its even been decided yet.

The second talk covered my own personal crusade which is "there is more to Silverlight 1.0 than just a MediaElement". I showed off three separate demos made for the talk that demonstrated a few less popular features available in 1.0.

I enjoyed putting the talk and the demos together, but I couldn't really gauge the audiences reaction till the end. It was the final time slot of the conference but everyone seemed to be listening they were just quiet. Either they were overwhelmed and their were heads were full from the conference or I just enjoyed the demos way more than everyone else. I did get some good questions and comments once it was over. And the third demo was a bit more interactive since I was polling the audience for Xbox Gamer Tags which was fun.

Another contributing factor to the "quiet" I think had to do with the fact that only one person raised their hand that had actually used Silverlight. I spend all day in Silverlight and sometimes forgot others are still beginning.

Next I'll be posting the demos from my talk including PhotoFader, Moon Monsters and Xbox Friends Watch.