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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

• On Learning New Technology – Controls Toolkit & Examples

  I had a great PDC.  I arrived with a schedule filled with sessions I intended to go to, and (shhhhh!) I skipped them all (except, ScottGu’s keynote and Scott Hanselman’s BabySmash both of which were (predictably) great).  The reason I... Posted Nov 01 2008, 02:34 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Controls, XAML, Tools, Recommended Resources, Digging Deeper, Files, Control Toolkit

• So Much Technology – So Little Time

  We have, I think, officially passed the point where anyone can keep up with the new technology available for developers, just from Microsoft (let alone all the new options from all the other companies), and PDC is les than a week away. A  totally... Posted Oct 23 2008, 11:21 AM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Tools, Recommended Resources, Digging Deeper, Opinion, Building Apps, Observations

• Silverlight 2 Release Guide

  As promised, Silverlight 2 is now not merely released, it is really and most sincerely released… If You Are A New Silverlight Programmer If you are taking this occasion to become a Silverlight programmer, welcome! Everything you need is here on the Get... Posted Oct 14 2008, 09:28 AM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Tools, Recommended Resources, Community, Observations, Breaking Change, RTM

• Silverlight Controls, Controls Team, and Testing

  This blog will rarely be the place for breaking news, but there are two related pieces of information I want to ensure you know about at the risk of repeating news that has been blogged by others.  First, Shawn Burke’s team has announced their intention... Posted Oct 04 2008, 07:58 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Tools, Recommended Resources, Digging Deeper, Custom Controls, RC0

• A Personal Guide to Getting Started with Silverlight

  Back in June I posted a blog entry on how to get started with Silverlight; it seems it is time to update that as the world changes very quickly and we have many new resources. Each of us has our own way of learning, but here is my suggested path through... Posted Aug 21 2008, 06:18 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Tools, Recommended Resources, Tutorials, How Do I Videos, 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

• 3 New Vids Post; 2 Move to the Top of my To-do List

  I’m pleased to announce we’ve posted three new videos: Graphics and Brushes (never hurts to “brush up” on the fundamentals and I try to bring together what we were doing in 1.0 with what Blend brings to the party. Using Multiple Pages Part 2 covers passing... Posted Aug 12 2008, 06:55 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Tools, Recommended Resources, How Do I Videos

• One of the most unusual books I’ve ever written

  I’m pleased to announce the release of what may be one of the most unusual books I’ve ever written, Programming .NET 3.5 Briefly, it was our theory; generated long before I started work at Microsoft, that while there was good reason to write what I call... Posted Jul 30 2008, 07:33 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, Tools, Recommended Resources

• Camtasia Crash Tip Update

  Back on July 3 I posted a Camtasia Crash Tip for those of you who use this terrific product for screen captures. Since then, unfortunately, I’ve been plagued by crashes, and it turns out that TechSmith, the wonderfully responsive folks who make the product... Posted Jul 28 2008, 10:17 AM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Tools, Recommended Resources, How Do I Videos

• Four Twitter Silverlight Blogs

  Because I’ve probably introduced more confusion than I have any right to, I’ll tell you quickly about 5 Twitter blogs I’m associated with… SilverlightNews – very popular and closely connected with one of the premier Silverlight aggregators: Silverlight... Posted Jul 27 2008, 02:09 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Tools, Recommended Resources, Ramblings, Community

• Camtasia Crash Tip

  [Updated 7/3] If you are using Camtasia (wonderful product) to create your screen captures and you do a lot of editing (especially zooms and call outs and cuts) you run the risk of overloading the project and causing Camtasia to slow and/or crash. Camtasia... Posted Jul 03 2008, 03:55 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Tools, Recommended Resources, How Do I Videos

• Want To Follow Silverlight MicroBlog?

  SilverlightShow is featuring a brilliant Twitter tool written by Emil Stoychev that you can download here – you can grab the HTML or you can download the source. If you just get the HTML and plop it into your blog you are free to tell it whom you want... Posted Jun 26 2008, 01:02 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Tools, Recommended Resources

• Creating a Project from xaml and xaml.cs files

  I posted the code for the PageSwitcher app described in a previous blog post , but to save space and to make the download faster, I didn't include anything but the code (no solution or project files). A reader wrote asking how to create a project... Posted May 31 2008, 09:12 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, Silverlight.net, Tools, silverlight 2.0, Recommended Resources, Tutorials, How Do I Videos, Digging Deeper