The Windows Client Developer Roundup aggregates information of interest to Windows Client Developers, including WPF, Silverlight, Visual C++, XNA, Expression Blend, Surface, Windows 7, Windows Phone, Visual Studio, WCF RIA Services, Netduino and the .NET Micro Framework and more. Sometimes I even include a little jQuery and HTML5. If you have something interesting you've done or have run across, or you blog regularly on the topics included here, please send me the URL and brief description via the contact link.

XAML, WPF, and Silverlight Desktop General

• C#er : IMage: Consumerization of IT and Silverlight Line of Business (Jeremy Likness)
• Office 365 - Using Silverlight in SharePoint Online (Bart Czernicki)
• "Hacking" through Prism regions (or when to cross the lines with Prism) - Ariel's Remote Data Center (Ariel Ben Horesh)
• Using IValueConverter in WPF - Screencast [HEB] (Arik Poznanski)
• Implementing IValueConverter in WPF - Screencast [HEB] (Arik Poznanski)
• Using MultiBinding and IMultiValueConverter in WPF - Screencast [HEB] (Arik Poznanski)
• deep gray sea - Silverlight animation in XAML that works in a DataTemplate (Michael Micheletti)
• Writing a Reusable Custom Control in WPF (Abhishek Sur)
• • also Writing a Reusable WPF Control with Design Support 
• WPF DataGrid, Read-Only Row (Greg Andora)
• How to Create a Circular Loader using XAML (Kunal Chowdhury)
• • also How to Create a Different Circular Loader using XAML
• Communicating between two local Silverlight Applications (Michael Crump)

XNA, DirectX and General Client GPU Programming

• XNA Light Pre-Pass: Cascade Shadow Maps (J. Coluna)
• Content pipeline builds no longer need a D3D device starting in the XNA Game Studio 4.0 Refresh Beta 2 (Aaron Stebner)
• XNB file format documentation (Shawn Hargreaves)
• XNA Light Pre-Pass: Skinned Meshes (J. Coluna)

XAML and XNA On the Windows Phone (XNA and Silverlight)

• Creating a global ProgressIndicator experience using the Windows Phone 7.1 SDK Beta 2 (Jeff Wilcox)
• Implementing a Windows Phone 7 Conversation View (Colin Eberhardt)
• Building a detailed About page for your Windows Phone application (Jeff Wilcox)
• Refactoring to improve maintainability and blendability using IoC part 1: View Models (Kelly Sommers)
• Capturing Windows Phone 7 Panorama Images (Colin Eberhardt)

Windows Forms

• Windows Ribbon for WinForms: FAQ (Arik Poznanski)

Deployment and Distribution

• Host your ClickOnce deployment in Azure for pennies per month (Robin Dot Net)

Surface

• From Soup to Nuts with the Surface 2.0 SDK (Michael Crump)

C++

• Developing Windows Applications in C++ (Articles Series) (Kate Gregory)
• Reengineering DirectCanvas (Jeremiah Morrill)
• Container Pretty Printer - Advanced STL, Part 6 (Visual C++ Team Blog)

.NET Micro Framework - Netduino, FEZ, and more

• Build a 'Klout Klock', track your influence and time (Fabien Royer)

General Electronics and Robotics

• How to Build a Robot Tutorial (Society of Robots)

Off-Topic Fun

• Sizing Up Space: A Visual History (Space Shuttle Infographic) (NPR)
• Man builds his own million dollar Bugatti supercar by hand (Yahoo)
• Star Wars Han Solo in Carbonite Silicon Ice Tray (Entertainment Earth)
• Scott Hanselman has created a YouTube playlist of coding-related music, mostly funny (YouTube)