All day today, people kept talking about how it was our last day of sun. I was a bit skeptical/naive. But after checking weather, folks appear to be right… There was a “special weather bulletin” for seattle: A significant change … Continue reading
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Top 100 Global Brands of 2009
BusinessWeek published an article on the top global brands this year. It’s interesting to see who made this list – some of them are pretty obvious (e.g. Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon). Others make total sense, but I probably wouldn’t … Continue reading
Bing Visual Search Released!
And it uses Silverlight! Bing Visual Search enables you to search the web using images as your “keywords” (as opposed to well, word keywords). Check it out here.
Whatcha Think? New Silverlight Features…
Thanks to Joe for calling out the new Silverlight feature request tracker. Tim Heuer and Scott Barnes have set up this list up to help us get feedback from the community. We’re definitely looking closely at this list! Please cast … Continue reading
Sounders Game
Yesterday, I went to my second Sounders game. I grew up on baseball and tennis – and have been pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoy soccer games. My one real complaint is that both games I went to ended … Continue reading
Updated FlickrViewr for Silverlight 3
Now using ChildWindow, Validation UI and more! Go here to see the app and get the code.
OMG – It’s HOT
It is… HOT… here. Record heat & sun this summer. Ridiculous snow storms this past winter. Ah, climate change! That said, I’m LOVING the sun. (Though my apartment was so hot last night, I honestly considered sleeping on my … Continue reading
Back in Seattle…
…and so tired! Nothing like suffering through jetlag on your first day back at work. The trip was amazing. I loved (loved) Paris. Anyways, so many highlights – I can’t wait to share the photos! The Louvre at Night, … Continue reading
Nice, France
I ended the trip with some much needed time on the beach. :)
Cafe de Flore
My last day in Paris, I went to Cafe de Flore to channel Sartre, soak in the atmosphere, and write in my journal. I was especially excited when I ended up sitting next to a certain well-known New Yorker staff … Continue reading
Notre Dame
Paris at Night
notre dame, from the seine along the seine karen, photographer (and sometimes shopper) big head rainstorm in paris rainstorm in paris rainstorm in paris rainstorm in paris dancing along the seine