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Twenty Five Years
25 years ago Microsoft Word was released And 25 years ago, today, I got married. Today I received this card from my wife... with this inside This is the secret to a great marriage and a great company....( read more )
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May 29 2008, 09:22 AM
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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...
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May 28 2008, 09:54 AM
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Silverlight, Educational Charity and Funny Accents
I love office (as a shareholder) and I live in Word, though I'll keep my thoughts about the ribbon to myself. All of that aside, the Australia Office folks used Silverlight to create a fund raising site on the premise of "sit through a short...
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May 26 2008, 09:51 AM
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Coming soon - better HDI Videos?
I'm 2/3 through Daniel Park's surprisingly excellent book Camtasia 5: The Definitive Guide and have found more than enough I didn't know and am glad to have learned to justify reading it. I've also ripped through Timothy J. Koegel's...
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May 24 2008, 01:54 AM
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Organizing Lots of Information
A very smart and frequent participant here wrote in today and said (paraphrasing) ...Why do you organize the Learn section around type (video, quickstart, tutorial) instead of topic/task (data binding, layout, browser integration)? Today...
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Apr 16 2008, 05:09 PM
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Small Software - Big Impact
First, a quick note that I'm rapidly posting tutorials and videos and as soon as they are through our production process, I'll turn my blog to announcing them and expanding upon them. I do want, however, to mention one of my favorite utilities...
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Apr 12 2008, 07:16 AM
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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...
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Apr 11 2008, 04:06 PM
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New Look - Same Blog
Don't panic! It's the same blog; I just changed the look to make it easier to use and easier to read. Hope you like it. Stay tuned for lots of videos and tutorials over the next fortnight. -j...( read more )
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Apr 05 2008, 11:25 PM
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Mixing Personal Opinion and Politics and Technology
I've been blogging here for about 9 months and so far I've defied my decision to consciously mixing my politics in with my work. I'm not quite sure why; perhaps to build up some credibility, perhaps because I've been so busy (Microsoft...
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Apr 02 2008, 11:42 AM
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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...
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Apr 02 2008, 09:02 AM
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Not New, Not Original and Not On Topic
Since I'm about to climb on a plane and leave for VS Live, I thought I'd leave you with one of my favorites from the Internet, on the importance of correct punctuation: Dear John: I want a man who knows what love is all about. You are generous...
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Mar 31 2008, 10:41 AM
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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...
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Mar 24 2008, 10:18 AM
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Back up your code!
In 1993 I was given this brilliant cartoon - and I'd love to find out who created it... Best Personal/ Small Business Offsite Solution I've Found While I have you, one of the better, less expensive solutions I've found for solving...
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Mar 24 2008, 09:35 AM
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Will Silverlight Controls Become More WPF Like - A Personal Opinion
I was told when I joined Microsoft that I no longer had personal opinions about matters having to do with Microsoft software, and certainly not about Silverlight. As a "Blue Badge" I'm just exposed to too much confidential information to...
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Mar 22 2008, 06:00 AM
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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...
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Mar 21 2008, 10:04 PM
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