Saturday, March 13, 2010

Can’t Be at MIX10? Watch us on Channel 9 Live!

Can’t Be at MIX10? Watch us on Channel 9 Live!

Can’t Be at MIX10? Watch us on Channel 9 Live!

Posted: 13 Mar 2010 12:21 PM PST

I am really looking forward to MIX10 this year. The keynotes, sessions, parties and the best part of it all for me is talking with all of the attendees (well I can't talk to everyone, but I try my best to get around). I will be hanging in the Commons...( read more )...(read more)

What I’ll be doing at MIX10 – sessions, events and Channel 9 Live!

Posted: 13 Mar 2010 10:40 AM PST

Packing now, flight takes off in 8 hours and MIX10 starts tomorrow! I've posted this on twitter, but I believe this is going to be the best MIX ever.  Windows Phone is already huge, keynote demos are rocking and there are a ton of interesting sessions...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight Cream for March 13, 2010 -- #813

Posted: 13 Mar 2010 09:13 AM PST

In this Issue: András Velvárt , Bobby Diaz , John Papa/Laurent Bugnion , Jesse Liberty , Christopher Bennage , Tim Greenfield , and Cameron Albert . Shoutouts: Svetla Stoycheva of SilverlightShow has an Interview with SilverlightShow Eco Contest Grand...( read more )...(read more)

.toolbox: Learn Silverlight, Expression Studio and UX design

Posted: 13 Mar 2010 07:39 AM PST

Microsoft's .toolbox website plans to teach you Silverlight, Expression Studio and UX design principles and fundamentals. You can choose from two available tracks (Design Scenarios and Design Principles), learn a lot, collect badges and brag about that...( read more )...(read more)

My Silverlight 4 talk at ConFoo Montreal

Posted: 13 Mar 2010 06:48 AM PST

Wednesday I did a Silverlight 4 talk at ConFoo ( www.confoo.ca ) very good conference in Montreal! As my public was mostly PHP dev I started by quickly introducing Silverlight, then showed several demos: Easy Painter: http://nokola.com/easypainter/ Physics...( read more )...(read more)

.toolbox – Free online Silverlight and Expression Blend training

Posted: 13 Mar 2010 06:27 AM PST

.toolbox is a free online training program where designers and developers can learn to create Silverlight applications using Expression Studio and to apply basic UX concepts to their solutions. Check out the original post by Adam Kinney and the main site...( read more )...(read more)

AgiliTrain is Giving Away Three Seats to Silverlight Courses

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 06:37 PM PST

URL : http://twitter.com/agilitrain During the three days of MIX 10, AgiliTrain will be giving away a seat per day of the event to people who follow them on Twitter ( @AgiliTrain ). To qualify, you must be a follower of the AgiliTrain twitter account...( read more )...(read more)

A better way to auto-run T4MVC when you build

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 11:18 AM PST

T4MVC has always struggled with finding the right way of running automatically when you build.  Being a T4 template in your project, by default it just runs when you save it.  This is not great, because you really want it to rerun whenever you make a change that affects it: e.g. new controller action, new static file, … So I had come up with a pretty crazy workaround (the AlwaysKeepTemplateDirty flag), described in details in this previous post (under " The T4 file automatically runs whenever you build ").  It's a pretty hacky technique, which mostly works but has some nasty quirks: You need to open and save it once to start the save 'cycle' You need to leave it open It's always marked as dirty, which is an annoyance.  The...(read more)

Lookups in DataGrid and DataForm with RIA Services

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 05:38 PM PST

While off reading random blog posts on the tubes, I stumbled upon a post that describes a 101-level scenario of using lookup data in the DataGrid and DataForm with RIA Services. The author was struggling to find a solution for the problem and was clearly Read More......(read more)

MIX10 is Approaching Fast!

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 02:10 PM PST

Learn about the Windows Phone 7 Series from keynote speakers including Bill Buxton, Scott Guthrie, and Joe Belfiore. Dean Hachamovitch, GM of Internet Explorer, will discuss the future of Web design. Register for MIX10 today.

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.toolbox – Free online Silverlight and Expression Blend training

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 03:37 PM PST

  Woohoo, the site is live! .toolbox is a free online training program where designers and developers can learn to create Silverlight applications using Expression Studio and to apply basic UX concepts to their solutions. I was lucky enough to get...( read more )...(read more)

Addicted to the MIX Buzz

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 02:36 PM PST

Well it's the Friday before MIX10, and I'm officially of no use to anybody. I'll be driving up to 'Vegas Sunday ... hopefully rolling in mid-late afternoon, checking in at my $31.50/night (including WiFi) Motel, and getting registered then hanging out...( read more )...(read more)

The MIX10 Trivia Application - Silverlight, WCF, ASP.NET

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 09:49 AM PST

Most Microsoft events have a few custom applications built for them. You never really hear much about them, and perhaps don't even think about them as custom apps, but there they are, in the keynote showing tweets, or before sessions (in this case) showing...( read more )...(read more)

The MIX10 Trivia Application - Silverlight, WCF, ASP.NET

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 09:49 AM PST

Most Microsoft events have a few custom applications built for them. You never really hear much about them, and perhaps don't even think about them as custom apps, but there they are, in the keynote showing tweets, or before sessions (in this case) showing...( read more )...(read more)
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