Silverlight MVP!

I had the honor this week of being named a Microsoft Silverlight MVP! For those of you that don’t know what the MVP program is all about can read about it here . Basically this is acknowledgment by Microsoft of the commitment to community and technical expertise of individuals based on their activities...

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Web v.Next

We are entering a new phase in the evolution of the web, and it’s not “Web 3.0”. The phrase “Web 3.0” is generally used to refer to the semantic web. That phrase in itself typically needs some explanation so for the purposes of this article I’ll use the definition of a web that provides meaning instead...

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I’m Speaking at Mix09!

Wow. Just like a few hundred other people, I submitted a few talks to Mix when the call for speakers was open. And just like most of them, my talk were turned down. Luckily for me though, my employer also submitted a few talks and one of those was accepted, so I get to present anyway! The proposal and...

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CodeMash Wrapup

I know this is late but hey, at least I’m getting it out there :). CodeMash 2009 was held Jan 7-9 in the frigid and snowy Sandusky Ohio. This was the most incredible experience I’ve had professionally in a very long time. The keynotes were incredible, presentations were great and the people… the people...

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CodePlex, now with Silverlight

Hopefully everyone reading this already knows about CodePlex . You do right? No? Well, CodePlex is basically an open source hosting site. It’s a great way to add source control and collaborators to a project. It also is a great place to have your code when you are ready to distribute it to the world...

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Silverlight Animations: What are KeySplines and why should you care?

If you’ve seen/read/heard anything about Silverlight, you probably know by now that it can do animations. In fact, Silverlight has fairly rich animation support. I would like to point out right off that I am a developer, not a designer, and that this post is aimed at other developers. As developers...

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2009 is here – now what?

[Note: This and all posts in 2009 will include Silverlight applications. If you are reading this post in a RSS reader you may not be able to see this application. Please visit the live post to get the full benefit of the content.] Well here it is, 2009. Did you accomplish everything you set out to do...

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Silverlight Trick: Inline Silverlight Apps

About 6 months ago I wrote a little piece about how to create simple animations. It would seem that the thing people liked best about that post was not the animation itself but the way in which I included it inline with text. So here’s a little post on how to create that effect. Creating this look is...

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Silverlight Training: Week 1 – Introduction to Silverlight

Over the next few weeks, Gavin Leader and I will be giving lunch-time training sessions on Silverlight to our co-workers at Ascentium . While these classes are limited to Ascentium employees, we will be posting a series of articles chronicling this training process. If you work at Ascentium and are not...

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Architecting RIAs: Do’s and Don’ts

As we are working towards creating richer applications for our clients and their customers, we need a set of guidelines on what to do and not to do. Well, we’re in luck. Josh Holmes of Microsoft and James Ward of Adobe teamed up a couple weeks ago to deliver a session at JAOO to discuss the do’s...

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