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About twice a year I try to publish a list of the utilities that I use all the time… not the ones I like in theory, but the ones that I use – that make programming or computing easier, faster, better. Here's my list for the end of 2008. Programming...
Tim and I and many others have been discussing, off and on, the frequent requests for videos/tutorials/demos, etc. that show how to move data into and out of databases and display them in Silverlight. On the one hand, my response is that the very question...
Okay, I never thought this was an issue I was likely to face, but the folks in Marketing wanted to run this ad, and so I was faced with that interesting question of what we used to call “Selling Out.” (yeah, yeah, i work for Microsoft, so my radical friends...
I'm very pleased to confirm that we'll be releasing Silverlight 2 tomorrow. eWeek has an article that mentions the release and our funding for an open-source project to create an Eclipse plug-in for Silverlight. My personal opinion is I can't imagine...
Please take a moment to fill out this 4 question survey on whether we should be demonstrating cross-platform and cross-browser capabilities in Silverlight. Thanks.
On the 17th I began a discussion of Dependency Properties, but as I said then, there is more to say. This central concept to Silverlight Programming has traditionally been taught as an advanced concept.(Can we have traditions in a product...
On Thursday night we published the first public release candidate for Silverlight 2, described in some detail by Scott Guthrie . This is a developer-only release and you can learn all about what it is and how to get it in a terrific blog post by Tim....
The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter. - Blaise Pascal Again, thank you for taking the time to respond to the survey , it was extremely helpful to me in planning the videos, tutorials and blog posts...
Thank you for an unprecedented response to this week's survey on what topics are most important to you . I will keep the survey open, but I will attempt to compile and report on the results by tomorrow morning. Your feedback is incredibly valuable...
At the suggestion of a reader, I've created a survey to find out what topics are most important to you. It won't be 100% scientific, and of course I can't guarantee instant responsiveness, but I really am interested in what you'd like...
I received a public flame recently that I've become complacent in this job and am not doing the hard work of meeting the needs of those who want to go beyond the basics. While it is tempting to talk about 16 hour days, missed weekends with my...
My way of acknowledging that you need to know , and we want to tell you as soon as we can . As an aside, about four months ago I started to buy photos to make my presentations “pop” (see Presentation Zen ). As a side benefit, I’ve rediscovered...
I have received a number of emails asking when Silverlight will ship; and I’ve promised to look into it for a number of folks who very much need to know. Here is what I found out… While the incredible success of the use of Silverlight in facilitating...
I’m very proud and excited to announce that I’ve been invited to be a monthly guest on the Sparkling Client Silverlight Podcast. Details to follow very soon, but our initial shows include a discussion of Templates on September 23rd and of Databinding...
A personal note on two threads coming together. In 2004 I watched Senator Barack Obama give the Keynote speech to the Democratic National Convention and two weeks later I placed an Obama for President bumper sticker on my car that generated smiles, “if...
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