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Subscribe to 62 Silverlight Twitter’ers.
Saturday, November 07, 2009 10:06 AM

I’ve created a list that currently follows 62 top-notch Silverlight Twitter participants. The list will grow (and be culled) over time, but you can easily sign up to receive tweets from everyone on the list just by clicking on this link and subscribing... Read More...

by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Filed under: Community, Recommended Resources

Hypervideo, Closed Captions & Accessibility
Monday, October 26, 2009 5:46 PM

The Closed Captioning For Silverlight Media page at T2Sami.com says in its commentary: A number of very sophisticated Silverlight Video players are under development: some open source, some proprietary…. The commitment to captioning in Silverlight is... Read More...

by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Filed under: Cool Stuff, Accessibility, Community, Blog, Building Apps, Hypervideo, Recommended Resources

Review: Microsoft Web Cam (QB)
Monday, October 12, 2009 1:35 PM

  My boss (otherwise known as “Scott” sent me a Microsoft High Def Web Cam , (we do a lot of teleconferencing).  I admit to being somewhat skeptical; I had a web camera, seemed to work fine.  This new camera blew me out of my seat. ... Read More...

by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Filed under: Cool Stuff, Quick Bits, Recommended Resources, Review

Silverlight Twitter Tips Launches
Friday, September 25, 2009 9:15 AM

Very proud to announce the launch of #stwip -  si lverlight tw itter t ip s. Find them by following my Tweets or by the meme Read More... Read More...

by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Filed under: Cool Stuff, Community, Recommended Resources

Mini-Review of Code Rush
Saturday, September 12, 2009 10:06 AM

These days I'm very much in the market for anything will cut down on manual typing.  Thus I'm dictating more of what I write (using speech recognition), and today I began to explore CodeRush : a highly extensible Visual Studio plug-in Being very... Read More...

by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Filed under: Cool Stuff, Programming, Recommendations, Recommended Resources

In Response To DNR 476
Thursday, August 27, 2009 4:33 PM

Dot Net Rocks is certainly one of the most influential and valuable podcasts for .NET developers and their recent show (#476) was a compelling discussion about whether software development has become too complex. Recorded at DevLink in Nashville, the... Read More...

by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Filed under: Community, Building Apps, Perspective, Recommended Resources, RIA

3 New Podcasts on Silverlight 3
Thursday, August 27, 2009 10:22 AM

  This month I had the opportunity to be on Sparkling Client three times to talk about Silverlight 3 features Easing – August 13 Element to Element Binding – August 20 Validation – August 26 Read More... Read More...

by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Filed under: Data Binding, animation, Recommended Resources

AgOpenSource Moves Forward
Thursday, July 30, 2009 10:20 AM

. Our Goal Is Not To Create Great Programs; It Is To Create Great Programmers   This posting will quickly review the AgOpenSource project, whose Table of Contents is available at www.AgOpenSource.com or from a link on the sidebar of my blog. Overview... Read More...

by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Filed under: Cool Stuff, update, Community, Blog, Building Apps, Planning & Expectations, Recommended Resources, AgOpenSource

OMG, where do I start?
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 10:58 PM

A lot of email comes my way beginning with the sentiment: “I’m not sure who to ask, and you’re the Silverlight Geek, so….” Which is great. I often refer them elsewhere, but it gives me a sense of what is on people’s minds, and also how well we’re doing... Read More...

by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Filed under: Community, Getting Started, Blend For Programmers, Building Apps, Recommended Resources, Related Skills, silverlight 3

Preliminary Product Review – Blown Away by Xobni
Thursday, July 23, 2009 12:57 PM

NB: This post is not about Silverlight; it is a short digression to share one of the cooler new products I’ve seen.  Xobni Outlook add-on is so amazingly useful and fast and solid, you may really want to take a look at it. The product name is xobni... Read More...

by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Filed under: Cool Stuff, Community, Recommended Resources

The Great Video Instruction Debate
Monday, July 20, 2009 3:09 PM

Over the past year or so I’ve noted that there is a sizable sub-group who feel that our How Do I videos are of marginal or negative value. This was crystallized by a series of emails that I’ll condense in the hope we can begin a discussion. (This image... Read More...

by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Filed under: Better Videos, Hypervideo, Recommended Resources, AgOpenSource

What’s New In Silverlight 3 – Wiki Released
Friday, July 10, 2009 1:07 PM

All our blogs are alive with information about the release of Silverlight 3 and I couldn’t have a happier birthday present.  For the past couple weeks I’ve been working on a new, experimental contribution to the effort and I’m thrilled to release... Read More...

by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Filed under: Cool Stuff, Community, Getting Started, Blog, Building Apps, Recommended Resources, silverlight 3

So Much Is Happening The Silence Is Deafening!
Monday, June 29, 2009 7:09 AM

June has been a madhouse month; I’ve been working 80 hour weeks as has just about everyone who has anything to do with Silverlight, and yet there has been very little noise. It is, as they say, the quiet before the storm. As you know, we can’t yet talk... Read More...

by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Filed under: Community, Better Videos, Building Apps, Hypervideo, Planning & Expectations, Recommended Resources, AgOpenSource, silverlight 3

Organizational Chaos Followup
Monday, June 29, 2009 1:52 AM

About a month ago I wrote about getting organized .  Since it is Sunday and I’m saving my big announcement blog entry for tomorrow morning <smile>, I thought I’d take a moment for a not-so-quick follow up.    Two Philosophies... Read More...

by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Filed under: Cool Stuff, Community, Recommended Resources

Have I Missed The Bus?
Monday, June 15, 2009 3:52 PM

About 5-10 times a week I get a letter that says something like this: “Your book, Complete Idiots' Guide to a Career in Computer Programming   is wicked old. Do you still believe a programmer can be self-taught and is it possible for someone my age... Read More...

by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Filed under: Getting Started, Recommended Resources, silverlight 3, XAML

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