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08 August 2008
Silverlight Offline Storage with LINQ.
I get asked a lot about what the .NET folks can bring to RIA, and the first thing I proudly say is the fact is they bring a lot of engineering maturity and given Silverlight compliments a lot of their existing knowledge, it is our bet that this will carry Read More...
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05 August 2008
What do you mean all Silverlight.
There are times, when I see great things around Silverlight and this one site for me always seems to capture us at our best. Great video, and from a great site.. http://www.microsoft.com/click/artandtechnology Read More...
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04 July 2008
SEO, Nothing changed.
Gilbert (one of the original guys behind prooving Silverlight + SEO) of  had a great write-up outlining some depth thought around this whole SEO buzz that Adobe unleashed early this week. http://bits.samiq.net/2008/07/seo-for-ria-status-few-days-later.html Read More...
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24 June 2008
Life on Microsoft Campus
It's been basically a month since I first moved into my office here on Microsoft campus and I both love and hate it here. Geek Celebrities need their own star path Life on campus can be really fun and it's kind of surreal to be sitting here at lunch time Read More...
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21 April 2008
What do you want to talk about?
I just had a curious thought, what is it that you'd like me to talk about on this blog. In that, given I have access to various amount of information, people and technology within Microsoft (externally as well) - what is it you'd like me to discuss in Read More...
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02 April 2008
Getting around Microsoft campus in the future.
I stumbled upon this site, which basically sounds like it's a pitch to change the way we Microsoftee's get around Redmond campus. I love it's concept and wish it were being implemented, but I've not heard or seen anything that would indicate this being Read More...
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01 April 2008
I’ve finished up at Microsoft and heading to PIXAR.
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I was excited to be promoted to a Product Manager role on the Rich Client Platform Team (Silverlght/WPF). Well, whilst I was at SxSW I bumped into some folks at PIXAR whom I shared a few beers with. Cut a long story short, Read More...
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25 February 2008
I am now a Product Manager.
I've managed to worm my way into Microsoft Corp HQ, as a Product Manager (PM) on the Rich Client Platform team ( Silverlight/WPF etc ). This for me is a major step forward in my career, as whilst I've enjoyed being one of the first RIA Evangelist for Read More...
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20 February 2008
Silverlight, Valve and Microsoft Surface..
What a title, and yes they do have one thing in common. Me... I arrived on campus, a couple of weeks ago and pretty much spent most of my time meeting with lots of people from different teams throughout Microsoft. I mainly focused on the UX story overall, Read More...
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31 January 2008
Something is being built...and I hope you RIA kids are watching...
I've been a busy little Microsoftee and have done a lot of interviews over the past few months with folks from all walks of life. I'm about to go live very soon with a project. What's the project? not telling until it's finished. I will give you a teaser Read More...
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15 November 2007
POC #1 - Project Harmony (pt1) (Silverlight & Flash)
I've been enjoying the overall experience of what Silverlight has to offer since I started with Microsoft back in January 07. That being said, I've often been an internal "goto" person at times for some Flash advice on behalf of Microsoft customers Read More...
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04 November 2007
No Planes, No Conferences, No Meetings
I've been traveling quite a lot this year and meet with some amazing folks in the process. Well, my travel is up for this year and I'm looking forward to spending some much needed R&R at home with the family and get back to basics - coding some proof Read More...
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30 October 2007
RIA: 10 Questions on Icon Design - I ask our Microsoft Design folks to respond.
I have an Icon fetish that is disturbingly wrong. In that I collect them, horde them and will happily spend Microsoft's good hard earned money on as many of them as I can find - if allowed. Yet, what makes Icon's so special? in that why do they enhance Read More...
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19 October 2007
New Silverlight Showcase (redesign).
Finally it's now online. The Silverlight folks have redesigned the showcase section of the site and it's purty. You can get the scoop on the story behind it at blog.lookorfeel.com The previous Showcase had reached its breaking point and wasn’t Read More...
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17 September 2007
Silverlight Masking Demo
I've been playing around with masking and trying to think up new ways to approach the axis in which Silverlight can play. In this demo, my approach was to see how I could put in a fake 3D (2D) room with two walls playing video on them, along with reflections Read More...
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