About Me
Hi, I'm Pete Brown - not the beer-reviewing Pete Brown, or the
singer/songwriter Pete Brown, but the dev geek Pete Brown.
From June 1996 through September 2009 I was a .NET Architect,
Project Manager, and Client Technologies Evangelist at Applied
Information Sciences (AIS). As of October 12, 2009, I am a
Senior Program Manager at Microsoft, with a focus on client development
technologies (XAML, WPF, Silverlight, Windows Phone, Surface, XNA,
Windows Forms, C++, .NET Micro Framework etc.) I live in the
suburbs between Annapolis, MD and Washington DC.
Bio
Pete Brown is a Senior Program Manager with
Microsoft, leading the Developer Community team, as well
as a former Microsoft Silverlight MVP, INETA speaker, and RIA
Architect. Pete's focus at Microsoft is the community around client
application development (Windows 8 XAML, WPF, Silverlight, Windows
Phone, Surface, Windows Forms, C++, Native Windows
API, .NET Micro Framework, Robotics, and more), with a
particular focus on XAML and gadgets.
Pete is the author of the best-selling Silverlight 4 in
Action, currently published by Manning Publications, and of Silverlight 5 in
Action and Windows 8 XAML in Action, both currently in
development with Manning.
From his first sprite graphics and custom character sets on the
Commodore 64 to 3d modeling and design through to Silverlight,
Surface, XNA, and WPF, Pete has always had a deep interest in
programming, design, and user experience. His involvement in
Silverlight goes back to the Silverlight 1.1 alpha application that
he co-wrote and put into production in July 2007. Pete has been
programming for fun since 1984, and professionally since 1992.
In his spare time, Pete enjoys programming, blogging, robotics,
electronics, designing and building his own woodworking projects,
synthesizers, and raising his two children with his wife in
the suburbs of Maryland. Pete's site and blog is at 10rem.net, and you can follow him on Twitter
at http://twitter.com/pete_brown
While it has been turned over to the community since Frank
and Pete both joined Microsoft, Pete is a founding member of
the CapArea .NET Silverlight SIG. (Visit the
CapArea. NET Silverlight SIG here )
Super Short Bio
Pete Brown is a Senior Program Manager with Microsoft, leading
the Developer Community team. Pete's focus at Microsoft is the
community around client application development (WPF, Silverlight,
Windows Phone, Surface, Windows Forms, C++, Native Windows API,
.NET Micro Framework, and more), with a particular focus on XAML.
Pete is the author of the best-selling Silverlight 4 in
Action, currently published by Manning Publications, and of Silverlight 5 in Action,
currently under development. Pete's site and blog is at 10rem.net, and you can follow him on Twitter
at http://twitter.com/pete_brown .
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