scorbsphotography.com
26 Apr
I finally finished a photography site!
Check it out:
Also, thanks to Trevin for pointing me to this Lightroom template!
Silverlight 4 Ships Today!
15 Apr
We shipped today! WAAHOO!!!
And this time, we’ve packaged up all the dev tools (including the runtime) in one package.
So after you’ve installed Visual Studio 2010, go get Silverlight Tools here!
Silverlight 4 RC & Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP!
15 Mar
Go download the Silverlight 4 RC!
- Runtime (PC, Mac)
- Silverlight 4 Tools for Visual Studio 2010
- Expression Blend 4 Beta
- Silverlight Toolkit
- WCF RIA Services
Just a few of my favorite new SL4 RC features since the Beta:
- Full screen pinning (watch videos full screen while typing in a different window, on a different monitor. wahoo for multi-tasking!)
- Rich text formatting spring loading (be able to hit bold and just watch it work)
- WebCam preview (see previews of the web cam in the config dialog)
- Binding support in VisualStates (use databinding in your state storyboards)
- Navigation loader refresh (support refreshing a Page in a Frame)
Go download Silverlight for Windows Phone Developer Tools!
In this package, you’ll get:
- Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone CTP
- Windows Phone Emulator CTP
- Silverlight for Windows Phone CTP
- XNA 4.0 Game Studio CTP
Read more about Windows Phone 7 Development here.
MIX10
15 Mar
I’m so excited about MIX10!
Here’s a list of key Silverlight sessions. If you’re not in Vegas, catch the keynotes (live!) and sessions (24hours delayed) at http://live.visitmix.com.
| Time | Session | Speaker | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 11:30 – 12:30pm |
Microsoft Silverlight 4 Overview: What’s in Store for Silverlight 4? | Keith Smith | Mandalay Ballroom D |
| Mon 2:00 – 3:00pm |
Overview of the Windows Phone 7 Series Application Platform | Charlie Kindel | Mandalay Ballroom A |
| Mon 3:30 – 4:30pm |
Stepping Outside the Browser with Microsoft Silverlight 4 | Ashish Shetty | Breakers H |
| Tue 11:00 – 12:00pm |
Microsoft Silverlight 4 Business Applications | Scott Morrison | Lagoon H |
| Tue 11:30 – 11:55am |
Microsoft Silverlight “Media”: Moving at 60fps | Eric Schmidt | Breakers H |
| Tue 1:30 – 2:30pm |
Building Windows Phone Applications with Silverlight, Part 1 |
Mike Harsh | Mandalay Ballroom A |
| Tue 3:00 – 4:00pm |
Building Windows Phone Applications with Silverlight, Part 2 |
Peter Torr | Mandalay Ballroom A |
| Tue 3:00 – 3:25pm |
Building an Accessible Microsoft Silverlight Experience | Mark Rideout | Lagoon B |
| Tue 4:30- 4:55pm |
Silverlight Performance on Windows Phone | Seema Ramchandani | Lagoon B |
| Wed 10:30 – 10:55am |
Flash Skills Applied to Microsoft Silverlight Design and Development | Adam Kinney | Lagoon B |
Some Recent Notable Silverlight Posts
1 Feb
A couple folks on my team have recently started blogs. If you haven’t already, check it out!
David Poll (blog)
- On-demand loading of assemblies with Silverlight Navigation – Revisited for Silverlight 4 Beta
- Opening up Silverlight 4 Navigation: Introduction to INavigationContentLoader
Jesse Bishop (blog)
Africa Penguins
9 Jan
African penguins at Boulder Beach.
the crowd
mom & baby
walkin’
swimmin’
“i can kick your ass” penguin
Cape of Good Hope
9 Jan
Cape of Good Hope, the most south-west point of the African continent.
(Though not the “southern” most point – that’s Cape Agulhas… which I didn’t see.)
Elephants on Parade
6 Jan
After a couple quick glimpses, baby elephants were topping my “cuties of Africa” list. I had seen Asian baby elephants before, but African baby elephants – with their HUGE ears – were just too much.
However, by our 5th game drive, we still hadn’t gotten a good look at them – they were always hidden or running off.
Then, as we were off attempting to track a rhino, a large herd of 30 or so elephants came marching towards us. They went around the truck like it was no big deal. And we got to see all of their little babies.
elephants and elephants and elephants
going around the truck
three ages
i’m cute!
*melt*
