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• Xaml vs XAML

  I received an email from Ian Griffiths who informed me that the "Xaml spec refers to Xaml as Xaml , and not XAML ." because Rob Relyea didn't like the "shouty caps" look of all upper case. After some back and forth, I contacted... Posted May 28 2008, 09:54 AM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, Learning Silverlight, Tools, silverlight 2.0, Recommended Resources, Random Ramblings

• Silverlight Gems

  One of the reasons I took my job was the amazing people I met during my interview. It turns out, however, that the place is crawling with talent; it doesn't seem likely that an organization that large would not have regressed to the mean yet, but... Posted Apr 11 2008, 04:06 PM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, Silverlight.net, Recommended Resources, Random Ramblings

• Tim Heuer Joins the Team

  From time to time folks ask me what I do, and one of the wonderful things about working for ScottGu and more immediately Simon Muzio is that to a large degree my job is self-defined. So, while my task is to "build a developer community" on Silverlight... Posted Apr 02 2008, 09:02 AM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, Silverlight Geek, Random Ramblings

• What I'm Thinking About April

  I've been getting a lot of mail on the lines of "When will we have Beta 2?" or "what is the release date for Silverlight" and since I can't answer those questions, and since I know that folks need to plan, I thought I'd... Posted Mar 24 2008, 10:18 AM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, Presentations, silverlight 2.0, Silverlight Geek, Shameless Self-promotion, Feedback, Random Ramblings, Tutorials, How Do I Videos

• More on Routing and Bubbling

  One of the readers of my earlier post on routing and bubbling was left confused about when events are bubbled and when they are not. The documentation is clearer about this in some places than in others. For example, the Mouse events documentation has... Posted Mar 21 2008, 10:04 PM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, Silverlight Features, silverlight 2.0, Programmer insanity, Feedback, Random Ramblings

• Tip of the Day: How the Silverlight Videos Are Made

  Creating A How Do I Video - Step By Step Let me bring you behind the scenes and tell you how I create a video. I'm very open to suggestions, but remember that my goal is to create great videos but to create six of them a month.. Decide what focused... Posted Mar 08 2008, 10:00 AM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, silverlight 2.0, Tip of the Day, Random Ramblings, How Do I Videos

• Silverlight 2 Tutorials - Source Code

  "Why are you showing images of the source - I can't copy and paste!" I've received a number of emails asking this question and I have a number of answers <smile> After a lot of experimentation, I'm convinced that images of... Posted Mar 06 2008, 02:45 PM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, silverlight 2.0, Random Ramblings, Tutorials

• The Difference Between An Evangelist and A Geek

  Today's NY Times declares (ever so quietly) the beginning of the Netware wars (did I just coin that term?). They get a lot wrong in the article, but if you know more than they appear to, you can conclude that Silverlight and Air/Flex will be competing... Posted Feb 25 2008, 08:47 AM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, silverlight 2.0, Silverlight Geek, Shameless Self-promotion, Programmer insanity, Random Ramblings