Moments in Mexico City

Photography, like everything else, requires practice. Today, I remembered how rusty I am. And how my camera gear is RIDICULOUSLY heavy. I think I’m at almost 10% my body weight (pre-tacos, of course). Anyways, here are a few that turned out ok.

El Tiempo Afuera del Tiempo – Mexico

Life has been crazy the last few months, so I’m treating myself with some “time out of time” in Mexico. I’m spending tomorrow in Mexico City, and then several days in the colonial town of San Miguel de Allende.   The plan is lots of photography, yoga, food and tequila – though not necessarily in that order.   🙂

Windows Phone 7 Dev Tools Ship!

Today, the Windows Phone 7 Dev tools shipped! As you may (or may not) know – Silverlight is platform for anyone building Windows Phone 7 apps. Netflix app demo (built on Silverlight!) To read more about Windows Phone 7 Dev Tools, check out these blogs. Scott Guthrie: Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools Released John Papa: Windows Phone Developer Tools and the Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit Released Tim Heuer: Silverlight Toolkit for Windows Phone 7 Released Silverlight TV: Building a Big Web and Image Search App for WIndows Phone 7 Also – be sure to download the dev tools AND …

scorbsphotography.com

I finally finished a photography site!  Check it out:   Also, thanks to Trevin for pointing me to this Lightroom template!

Silverlight 4 Ships Today!

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!

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 …

MIX10

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 – …

Some Recent Notable Silverlight Posts

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) Dynamic Theming in Silverlight with Implicit Styles (plus Custom Build Events) Implementing a ContextMenu in Silverlight 4 Beta Surface multitouch gestures and inertia sample for Silverlight Multi-touch Gesture Recognition in Silverlight 3

Africa Penguins

African penguins at Boulder Beach. the crowd   mom & baby   walkin’   swimmin’   “i can kick your ass” penguin