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Monthly Archives: April 2009

  • Silverlight 3 Links from the Reston DevDinner

    Thanks again to Marc Schweigert for hosting last night’s DevDinner in Reston. My blog is at www.irritatedVowel.com/Blog and you can follow me on twitter, or message me on twitter via @pete_brown. Below are demos I used and links I mentioned or wanted to mention. Tons of good Silverlight links and information below, even for folks who didn’t attend the DevDinner. Introduction The “Hello Wo...

  • The Mouse House in my Car – or Perils of Telecommuting

    Two weeks back, on the way to speak at the .NET Valley user group up in Wilkes-Barre, PA (on Silverlight 3, of course), I realized I had an uninvited guest, or at least what was left of their home, in my 2005 Honda Pilot. (As an aside, the user group up there was just great. Jason is a great lead, It was an absolutely beautiful night, and if I could have projected the content up against a wal...

  • Upcoming Silverlight Events – Online, MD/DC/VA/PA

    Here are the upcoming public events where I’ll be speaking on Silverlight topics: Tuesday April 21, 2009 12:00pm (TODAY!) INETA Live Webcast INETA Event Online A Lap Around Silverlight 3 We’ll do a whirlwind tour of the new features in Silverlight 3, plus the basics of Silverlight 2/3. Bring your Silverlight 3 ques...

  • Silverlight 3 Book – Tell me what you want

    I’ve officially embarked on writing the second edition of Manning’s Silverlight 2 in Action. The first edition was written by Chad Campbell and John Stockton and is considered by many to be one of the best Silverlight 2 books available. With Chad taking time to speak more, and John expecting a special delivery of his own, I was asked to write the revision. I’ll be revising it to update to Sil...

  • Custom Bar Charts with the Silverlight Toolkit

    [ Note: this was written using Silverlight 3 Beta and the Silverlight 3 version of the Silverlight Toolkit , but the concepts should work with Silverlight 2 ] First, a shout out to David Anson and Jafar Husain at Microsoft for helping me through a few sticky issues I ran into while working on this. Any time I’ve asked David for advice on how to do X with charting, he’s been able to come up wit...

  • Upcoming Events

    I’m excited to be speaking on Silverlight at a number of upcoming user groups and code camps over the next two months. If you’re local, or want to make the trip, please join us! .NET Valley User Group April 16, 2009 Pennsylvania INETA Event A lap around what’s new in Silverlight 3, covering all the great stuff announced at mix09 ...