This week Microsoft published the latest issue of the Expression Newsletter. If you have not seen the newsletter its a great series of articles focused on using Silverlight and the Expression tools to create amazing rich interactive solutions. In this latest issue I was asked to contribute the first of a six part series of [...]

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In my exploration of Silverlight I have looked at a ton of code samples, and not once have I seen an example that chooses MatrixTransform as the class used to render a transformation.  We all should be familiar with the four transform classes Silverlight provides for 2-D transformations.  Each allows us to manipulate the underlying [...]

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Anyone that has been working with the standard set of controls for Silverlight 2 Beta 2 has been exposed to the concept of template binding and how VisualStateManager (VSM) controls state.   In this example I will build a templated control  to learn how to use VSM, template binding and the ContentControl base class.  The control [...]

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November 1-2, 2008 there is an interesting conference taking place at University of Advancing Technology (UAT) in Tempe, AZ.  This conference is described as a FREE BarCamp-style community conference.  The audience is podcasters and listeners, bloggers and readers, and anyone interested in New Media. here is a list of some of the presentations you could [...]

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“The trick to great design is knowing how to think through each decision so that users don’t have to. In Designing the Moment: Web Interface Design Concepts in Action, Robert Hoekman, Jr., author of Designing the Obvious, presents over 30 stories that illustrate how to put good design principles to work on real-world web application [...]

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“Designing the Obvious belongs in the toolbox of every person charged with the design and development of Web-based software, from the CEO to the programming team. Designing the Obvious explores the character traits of great Web applications and uses them as guiding principles of application design so the end result of every project instills customer [...]

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“This definitive tutorial will guide you through every aspect of building rich, interactive applications delivered cross-browser and cross platform using Microsoft’s new Silverlight technology. Silverlight allows you to harness the power of rich user controls found in Microsoft’s Windows Presentation Foundation and Windows Vista, but deliver it to any browser on any supported operating system.”

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