Monthly Archives: June 2010
PivotViewer Released!
Run, do not walk to Pete Brown’s blog and read about the new PivotViewer control. This is a very cool control just released by LiveLabs and that is fully supported in the new PivotViewer learning section on Silverlight.net. The home … Continue reading
Creating A Silverlight Blog That Doesn’t Suck
Want to stand out from the crowd? Provide me with information I can’t get elsewhere….
You have to focus on what your blog has to offer that is different, new, interesting, better than all the other blogs available, or I return to my original question: is this worth doing? Continue reading
HyperVideo & Windows Phone 7 Project Update
This is a quick update on the next steps for the HyperVideo Project that will touch on the following three sub-projects scheduled to be completed in the next six months: Update to the web-based project (HVP v2) Initial “port” … Continue reading
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Tagged BestPractices, HVP, Open Source, WindowsPhone
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Silverlight As Transmedia Platform – Silverlight TV
I’m very excited to say that my discussion with John Papa about Silverlight as a Transmedia Storytelling Platform is live. View Video
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Silverlight As A Transmedia Platform
The advent of Windows Phone 7 is particularly exciting to current Silverlight programmers, because Silverlight (along with .xna) is the development platform for the new phone. I recently recorded two Silverlight TV episodes, and in one I created a typical … Continue reading
Posted in HyperVideo Player, Mini-Tutorial, Patterns & Skills, WindowsPhone
Tagged Patterns, WindowsPhone, wp7Tutorial
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New Video: Master/Detail in WinPhone 7 with oData
The companion video to my mini-tutorial on Windows Phone 7 Animation, Master/Detail and accessing an oData web service, is now available.
Today’s Quote: Minds are like parachutes…
… they don’t work unless they’re open …Just because you lost yours, doesn’t mean you can borrow mine.
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Two Incredible, Indispensable, Free Utilities
Here are two free utilities that are so incredibly valuable, it is stunning that they are both free (one is licensed under the Gnu Public License and the other is open source).
Why Developers Should, Must, Do Care About The New Expression Blend
Okay, tough love: if you are serious about Silverlight development, the days of using one Integrated Development Environment for all you work are…. over. The benefits of adding Expression Blend to your toolkit, and getting serious about learning how to … Continue reading
Windows Phone 7: Lists, Page Animation and oData
This is the fourth in a fast paced series on programming Windows Phone 7. In this mini-tutorial I will demonstrate how absurdly easy it is to create a master page with a list of data, and a details page to … Continue reading
Getting Started With Silverlight: A Path Through The Learning Material
I often receive email saying, more or less, “I am starting Silverlight, can you tell me what to read first.” We are working hard on creating a path through all the material for Getting Started. For now, I’d recommend the … Continue reading
Getting Silverlight Questions Answered Effectively
The single best place to get your questions answered about Silverlight are the Silverlight Forums. Now, I know that forums are often a company’s way of saving money on customer service, but the dev team and the Community PM’s & … Continue reading