Tuesday, September 21, 2010

There are lots of ways to ask for a date [Creating custom DatePicker/TimePicker experiences is easy with the Windows Phone Toolkit]

There are lots of ways to ask for a date [Creating custom DatePicker/TimePicker experiences is easy with the Windows Phone Toolkit]

There are lots of ways to ask for a date [Creating custom DatePicker/TimePicker experiences is easy with the Windows Phone Toolkit]

Posted: 21 Sep 2010 10:26 AM PDT

In my previous post announcing the release of the Windows Phone Toolkit , I explained the motivation for the PhoneApplicationPage -based design of the DatePicker and TimePicker controls. Though justified, the current implementation is fairly unusual and...( read more )...(read more)

Blend Bits 12: States, Groups, Transitions

Posted: 21 Sep 2010 08:02 AM PDT

One of the most powerful ideas in Silverlight UI development is the idea that interfaces and controls within them present altered UI depending on what combination of states are currently active. A simple example. I might have this UI for navigating my...( read more )...(read more)

Interstellar Pong v4.0

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 10:24 PM PDT

I am "working" this week at Interface Technical Training by attending the new Silverlight 4.0 class taught by Dan Wahlin. While Dan was dazzling the attendees with his Silverlight prowess, I got inspired to convert a game I wrote in version 1.0 of Silverlight...( read more )...(read more)

Job Opening: UX Integration Developer at Turner in Atlanta, GA

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 08:22 PM PDT

Position: UX Integration Developer   Overview: The successful candidate will work closely with the interaction design team to implement their vision of the user interface in our applications, and will engage in prototyping exercises to test the workflow...( read more )...(read more)

Lt. Bennett returns and brings his Silverlight source code with him!

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 03:56 PM PDT

Three years ago I wrote about one of the first full-featured casual games built in Silverlight (at the time Silverlight 1.1) which we called Zero Gravity . It was a game featuring Lt. Bennett a character who was lost in space and your job was to navigate...( read more )...(read more)

Here at Last: Windows Phone 7 Tools Download

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 03:33 PM PDT

The Windows Phone Developer Tools package is a free single download containing all of the tools that developers need to create apps and games for Windows Phone 7: Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone, the Windows Phone Emulator, Expression Blend 4 for Windows Phone, and XNA Game Studio 4.0.

Free 1-Day Course on Parallelism and Threading

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 03:23 PM PDT

Learn directly from Intel and Microsoft when you attend this free one-day course on parallelism and threading. This is a great opportunity to learn about threading your applications for multi-core platforms. This course is targeted for Windows C++ developers using Microsoft Visual Studio. Familiarity with threads is helpful, but not required (target is beginning- to intermediate-experience with threads; experts would not benefit as much from this course). Dates/Locations include: 9/22 in Chicago, 9/28 in San Francisco and 9/29 in Seattle/Bellevue. Register Today.

Join the Community Social!

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 03:15 PM PDT

User Community on Facebook and Twitter is all about connecting technology users, enthusiasts and professionals. It will amplify discussions from the local community events so that users can connect, network, learn and get involved.

Strap on Your Seatbelt. Test Drive Internet Explorer 9.

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 03:00 PM PDT

Interested in checking out the new web platform capabilities of Internet Explorer 9? Try the Internet Explorer Platform Preview.
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