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• My Favorite Utilities…

  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... Posted Nov 02 2008, 12:45 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Tools, Recommended Resources, Opinion, Community, Cross-Platform, Cross-Browser

• Silverlight and Data

  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... Posted Oct 19 2008, 01:02 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, Tools, How Do I Videos, Data Binding, Digging Deeper, Opinion, Community, Observations

• Silverlight 2 Releases Tomorrow

  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... Posted Oct 13 2008, 02:49 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Opinion, Community, Upcoming Releases, RTM

• Is seeing demo programs on the Mac or Firefox Important?

  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....( read more ) Posted Oct 06 2008, 03:32 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Opinion, Community, Survey, Cross-Platform, Cross-Browser

• Silverlight 2 – The release candidate and next steps

  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... Posted Sep 27 2008, 09:51 AM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Recommended Resources, Opinion, Community, Planning, release candidate

• What topics are important to you? Survey Results

  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... Posted Sep 19 2008, 02:41 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Recommended Resources, Opinion, Community, Planning, Observations, Survey

• Survey – Results compiled tonight

  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... Posted Sep 18 2008, 12:58 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Opinion, Community, Planning, Observations, Survey

• Ok, so tell me….

  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... Posted Sep 16 2008, 04:00 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Opinion, Community, Observations, Survey

• On Meeting the Needs of Every User

  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... Posted Sep 16 2008, 10:34 AM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Opinion, Community, Planning

• Liberty – Shill?

  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... Posted Sep 12 2008, 05:58 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Recommended Resources, Blend For Programmers, Opinion, Community

• When Will Silverlight Ship?

  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... Posted Sep 03 2008, 08:50 AM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Opinion, Community, Planning

• Sparkling Client – Monthly Podcast Guest

  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... Posted Aug 27 2008, 07:16 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Presentations, Recommended Resources, Opinion, Community

• Sometimes you’re just too proud not to tell everyone

  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... Posted Aug 26 2008, 08:26 AM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Opinion, Community

• Visual Thesaurus – Mindware

  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... Posted Aug 16 2008, 08:34 AM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Tools, Recommended Resources, Opinion, Community

• Candidate for favorite new utility

  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... Posted Aug 14 2008, 06:53 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Tools, Recommended Resources, Opinion, Community