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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 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...
[Due to clumsy fingers, this posted a day early. I will fix and repost].
In the words of the immortal Roseanne Roseannadana “It’s always something….” Just when i was finally back from vacations and other distractions and ready to handle my very intense deadlines… I was struck down by… well you really don’t want to know except...
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...
When I wasn’t looking this Website/Mindware got a lot better. Visual Thesaurus is an on-line subscription tool (~$3/month) that you can also buy as a desktop utility, that allows you to put in a word and see its related words visually. I put in play and...
I admit it, this has little to do with Silverlight per se, but it is such a useful utility, and I use it so much all day (including when I’m programming) that I thought I’d share it with you, at least briefly. Every time you copy anything to the clip...
There is a posting going around about how some part(s) of Microsoft are using Flash or some other not-Silverlight technology and how even Microsoft doesn’t believe in Silverlight, blah blah blah. I’ll leave it to people who have investigated and...
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