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• Pre Mix Envy

  I am suffering from "Pre Mix Envy", a new condition for developers who want to be in Vegas but can't. Even if someone donated me a ticket and flight, I wouldn't be able to go as I am working to some very tight project deadlines at the... Posted Feb 27 2008, 08:36 AM by Community Blogs Filed under: Silverlight, Silverlight 1.1, Silverlight 2.0

• Isolated Storage in Silverlight 2

  1MB Default Limit It looks like (via ScottGu's blog), that there will be no increase in the size of isolated storage for Silverlight 2 Beta 1, so the current 1MB limit will still apply. Since the default limit hasn't changed for the coming beta... Posted Feb 25 2008, 05:24 PM by Community Blogs Filed under: Silverlight, Silverlight 1.1, Silverlight 2.0

• Silverlight 2 and the Flash Cross Domain Policy Files

  In Silverlight 1.1 alpha (today), you cannot make cross domain network calls from within Silverlight. So for example if you deployed your Silverlight application to chrishay.com then you would not be able to make a network call (web service request, http... Posted Feb 25 2008, 07:27 AM by Community Blogs Filed under: Silverlight, Silverlight 1.1, Silverlight 2.0

• Code Reuse (in Silverlight Today)

  Following on from my previous posting where I ask for some support in Visual Studio for Code Reuse with Silverlight projects. Daniel Moth (one of Microsoft UK's evangelists) kindly posted a current workaround suggestion in the comments on a workaround... Posted Feb 17 2008, 08:12 AM by Community Blogs Filed under: Silverlight, Silverlight 1.1, Visual Studio 2008, Silverlight 2.0

• Silverlight Southampton Slides

  I've posted up my slides for last night, you can download them from my Skydrive Read More......( read more ) Posted Jan 18 2008, 11:59 AM by Community Blogs Filed under: Silverlight, Silverlight 1.1, Silverlight 2.0, speaking, NxtGenUG

• Back from Southampton

  I'm back from last nights Silverlight Session in Southampton. I spent 2 full hours live coding the session. No Slides, Virtually No Cutting and Pasting. Just pure coding. And from what I can tell it went down a storm. I really enjoyed the event, much... Posted Jan 18 2008, 05:12 AM by Community Blogs Filed under: Silverlight, Silverlight 1.1, Silverlight 2.0, speaking

• Silverlight in Southampton

  Tonight I'm off to the coast, ice creams and bucket&spade for me. That's right I'm presenting Silverlight for NxtGenUG in Southampton. I've not been down to southampton yet but I have met the coordinators (John and Richie), who are... Posted Jan 17 2008, 04:10 AM by Community Blogs Filed under: Silverlight, Silverlight 1.1, Silverlight 2.0, speaking, NxtGenUG

• Silverlight Firestarter Videos

  A few months back Microsoft did a firestarter event in Redmond on Silverlight. For the vast majority of the world who didn't go to this event (including me), they recorded it, and stuck the videos online. You can download the videos from the mix site... Posted Jan 16 2008, 06:35 AM by Community Blogs Filed under: Silverlight, Silverlight 1.1, Silverlight 2.0

• Developer, Designer Interaction

  With Silverlight 1.1 (2.0 in the future), the holy grail of developer / designer interaction is infeasible (with WPF it is perfectly possible). Even when it is possible, there is a mindset which will need to be instilled to make this sort of progression... Posted Jan 13 2008, 05:12 PM by Community Blogs Filed under: Silverlight, Silverlight 1.1, Silverlight 2.0

• Happy New Year

  So i'm back from my Texas (having a well earned New Years break) (Go Spurs Go). As it's a new year, I hope to get together some of the stuff I have been speaking about (Silverlight), and put together as screencasts and make available in my blog... Posted Jan 13 2008, 05:07 PM by Community Blogs Filed under: Silverlight, Silverlight 1.1, Silverlight 2.0

• Silverlight 1.1 in Action - The Book

  Hello! I am currently working on a book that will target Silverlight 1.1, called "Silverlight 1.1 in Action" and I am seeking some feedback from the community. The first half of the book will address the UI elements of Silverlight, while the... Posted Jul 14 2007, 08:14 PM by Community Blogs Filed under: Silverlight, Blend, Silverlight 1.1, Silverlight 1.1 in Action