This is Windows Client Developer roundup #6. Ahh, another wonderful binary day: 011110, this time we also have symmetry in the number. So happy “30” everyone!

The Windows Client Developer Roundup aggregates information of interest to Windows Client (WPF, Surface, Windows 7, XNA, Windows Forms, and some Silverlight) developers. If you have something interesting you’ve done or have run across, please send me the URL and brief description via the contact link on my blog.

WPF

• Bing Maps 3D, WPF, and Windows 7 MultiTouch (DevKeydet)
• Better Use and Developer Experiences – From Windows Forms to WPF with MVVM: Part 6, Templating (Reed Copsey, Jr – part 5 was in last week’s roundup)
  • Part 7 on MVVM itself
  • Conclusion
  • List of all in this series.
• My video on using Text-to_speech in WPF and Windows 7 (windowsclient.net)
• My Interview with Tor Langlo and Robby Ingebretsen on a cool WPF3d application (Channel 9)
• Angled Headers in the DataGrid (WPF SDK Team)

Cross-Product (WPF, Silverlight, Surface)

• The Winchester Ballistics Calculator (Silverlight + WPF + Surface)
• Good WPF and Silverlight gadget examples (StackOverflow – Silverlight + WPF)
• Cider Performance Improvements in VS2010 (Pocket Silicon)

Surface

• Checking out Surface at CES (Surface Blog)

UX / HCI

• Natural User Interfaces: Voice, Touch and Beyond (MS News Center)
• Speech NUI with Zig Serafin (channel 9, Win7 speech recognition)
• A Deeper Look at the Speech NUI (channel 9, Windows 7 speech recognition)

Fun Stuff

• How to Make Square Corners with CSS (Drivl)
• Wired Science’s Most Popular Space Stories of 2009 (Wired Science – definitely check out #1)