I'm still adjusting to the 3 hour time change plus 1 hour daylight savings time (why do they even bother with that any more?) However, here are some useful sites and links that came out of MIX08:

First, of course, is the Microsoft Silverlight Community site. This is the first place to visit if you are at all interested in learning Silverlight. Visit the getting started section, and then head into the forums. My ID there is Psychlist1972, and I am one of the moderators.

Next, the Microsoft Expression Community site. If you are looking for information on any of the Expression products (like Expression Blend), this is the place to go. They also have a number of forums hosted on a new platform.

Now, for some direct download links to save some hunting (get Silverlight itself from the "Getting Started" page above):

• Microsoft Expression 2 Beta (includes Encoder 2 and Design 2)
• Microsoft Expression Blend 2.5 March Preview (for working with Silverlight 2 Beta 1 projects)
• Deep Zoom Composer (for creating MultiScaleImage-compatible pyramids)
• Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1
• Silverlight 2 Controls Source Code, Unit Test Framework, and Unit Tests (if you're looking for Microsoft.Silverlight.Testing, this is where you'll find it). A great blog post on the unit testing framework may be found here on Jeff Wilcox's blog.
• Silverlight 2 SDK Documentation (only required if you want stand-alone documentation)
• Mono Moonlight Project (silverlight on Linux)
• The Silverlight 2 Ad Template and the Silverlight for Windows Mobile bits are not yet available for download.

Example Applications

• Hard Rock Cafe Deep Zoom application
• WeatherBug Mobile Weather for Silverlight 2