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Monthly Archives: April 2008

  • Overview of Microsoft ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions Preview (Marc Schweigert Webcast)

    On Wednesday April 30 at 2:00PM Eastern time, Marc Schweigert from Microsoft will present a webcast on the ASP.NET 3.5 extensions preview. I've known Marc for a long time, and have presented with him on a number of occasions both online and in-person. He's a great speaker and always has jam-packed demos (he slings more code in an hour than just about anyone else I've seen). This webcast will...

  • Got Duplex? (Silverlight 2 and WCF Duplex Communications)

    Eugene Osovetsky made a pretty exciting announcement yesterday regarding pushing data to Silverlight in Beta 2. Beta 2 will likely include a new WCF capability for duplex services based on DuplexReceiver<T>. IMHO, this helps eliminate socket coding for some of the more common scenarios: Chat applications Data update notifications in biz apps There will be both a client (Silverl...

  • Latest Project - Migration to Graffiti CMS

    While it isn't ready to roll out just yet, I've decided to convert my blog and main site over to Graffiti CMS. The folks at Telligent have put together quite a platform for individual blogging and content management. Despite that, the "CMS" in the product name stands for "Content Made Simple", not "Content Management System". If you've ever used a full-blown CMS, ...

  • Silverlight Chat Application for CMAP Code Camp

    For all of you attending tomorrow's CMAP code camp, here's a sneak peek at what I'll be building in my 10:30 Silverlight 2 and Microsoft Expression session. The session is targeted towards developers, but anyone with an interest in Silverlight or Expression is welcome and encouraged to attend The application has a server piece (the windows forms app) and, in this instance, two Silve...

  • Vista and Local Administrator

    After trying to work for months as a normal user on my Vista Ultimate install at home, I finally got tired of the problems and decided to run as an administrator like I did in previous operating systems. I gave it a good go, but have just found that environment unsuitable for a developer. Main issues: UAC prompt every time you install something. Annoying, but not fatal. Apps that for som...

  • CMAP Code Camp Next Week

    A quick reminder that the CMAP Code Camp is coming up quick!I have a morning session where I'll build out a small Silverlight 2 application using Microsoft Expression Design, Expression Blend, and Visual Studio 2008. Almost all live demo, with only a slide or two at most. I really think you'll enjoy it.Hope to see you there on April 12, 2008! Loyola College Graduate Center - C...

  • Important Notice: Change in RSS Feed URL

    Effective immediately, I am moving the RSS feed for this blog over to FeedBurner. The new URL for my feed is: http://feeds.feedburner.com/PeteBrown Most decent feedreaders should redirect to that and update the feed URL. If they don't, please plug the new URL in there. I plan to migrate to a new blogging platform sometime in the near future (I'm considering several right now including Sha...

  • Anti-Internet Explorer Site Code

    Everyone loves to hate Internet Explorer. Microsoft was originally late to the browser game, but eventually won out over other browsers. Think of that what you may, but I have to admit that the competition at the time was made up of some pretty crappy browsers. It wasn't until the battle was pretty much lost that the alternatives started getting interesting. The IE folks sat on the browser fo...

  • Simple Xaml Drop Shadows in Silverlight 2

    A while back, I showed how to vectorize "drop shadows" in Expression Design. It wasn't perfect (especially at the start and stop points of the line), but it was quick, easy, and didn't require any additional png files.Since then, Expression Design 2 has been released in Beta form, and the Expression Design team dropped the ability to vectorize the brush strokes. From speaking ...

  • Congratulations Frank!

    Please join me in congratulating fellow AIS'er and and MVP Frank La Vigne for being renewed as Microsoft MVP for 2008!Frank is a Tablet PC MVP, but he has also been doing a lot of Silverlight and WPF work lately. Frank set up the Silverlight DevCamp DC last year, and has been instrumental in planning and speaking at events since then. He's also working on a very cool WPF app for a ...

  • HLS DevCon

    The Microsoft Health and Life Sciences Evangelism Team have put together a great free event in NJ with Silverlight, SQL Server, Surface, Silverlight Mobile, WPF, AJAX and lots more.April 22 - April 24 2008Sheraton Atlantic City Convention Center Hotel  Two Miss America WayAtlantic City New Jersey 08401United States Solutions Focused·       Health 2...