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• XAMLFESTOnline Coming Soon!

  For those of you that want to get a better handle on using XAML to build the next generation of Windows and Web Applications, and prefer to do it from the comfort of your own desktop, then XAMLFEST Online is for you!  Based on the wildly popular... Posted May 13 2009, 07:32 PM by Chris Koenig Filed under: Visual Studio, WPF, Silverlight, .NET, Expression, design, development, xaml

• SharePoint for Developers Video Series

  My friend Kirk Evans has been doing an incredible video series called “ SharePoint for Developers ” out on Channel 9.  There are 5 episodes so far, and they’re all very well done.  The segments are short enough to get everything on the first... Posted Apr 28 2009, 04:33 PM by Chris Koenig Filed under: Silverlight, Office, SharePoint, Expression

• #MIX09 Keynote – Day 1

  There was a lot of great information shared this morning at the first of the #MIX09 keynotes .  As I reflect on it, it seems that most of it seemed to be centered around Silverlight 3, but there were a few gems tucked away in some other parts of... Posted Mar 19 2009, 01:11 AM by Chris Koenig Filed under: Silverlight, ASP.NET, Microsoft, Expression, Web, blend, mix09, ria

• Microsoft Expression at 50% Off!

  Hey friends – I just heard from Renee, the Microsoft Expression Product Manager, that there is a KILLER offer going on right now for a 50% off discount on Microsoft Expression Studio, Expression Blend and Expression Web when you buy through the Microsoft... Posted Dec 19 2008, 10:58 PM by Chris Koenig Filed under: Expression

• Silverlight 2 RC0 Available Today!

  The Silverlight team announced today that Silverlight 2 RC0 was released today for public consumption.  Please note that applications built using this release will work off of the Silverlight 2 RC0 Developer Runtime only. Please keep that in mind... Posted Sep 26 2008, 03:14 PM by Chris Koenig Filed under: Silverlight, .NET, AJAX, ASP.NET, Expression, Web, blend

• Adding Style to WPF and Silverlight Apps at DDNUG

  I had a great time speaking at the Dallas .NET User Group meeting last night on WPF and Silverlight Styles, Templates and Data Binding.  I’ve posted the slides up on Slideshare and the demos (with the pptx) out on FolderShare .  Here are the... Posted Sep 12 2008, 11:34 AM by Chris Koenig Filed under: VS08, Visual Studio, WPF, Silverlight, Dallas, .NET, User Groups, Community, AJAX, ASP.NET, C#, VisualStudio, Expression, Events, Web, ux, vs08sp1, Entity Framework, blend

• Bring on Silverlight 2 Beta 2!

  Ok Silverlight fans, Silverlight 2 Beta 2 is now available for download .  It comes with a whole host of updated accessories including new versions of the Silverlight 2 Tools for Visual Studio 2008 , a new version of the DeepZoom Composer and an... Posted Jun 07 2008, 05:33 AM by Chris Koenig Filed under: VS08, Visual Studio, Silverlight, Expression, Events, DeepZoom, hardrock

• Expression Design Team Blog and Podcast

  I just found out today that the smart and creative folks over at The Official Microsoft Expression Design Support Team Blog have created a videocast series to go along with their popular blog.  You can visit their site to download the shows individually... Posted May 07 2008, 10:48 AM by Chris Koenig Filed under: Microsoft, Expression, podcast, design, blog

• Free Software for Students - Microsoft DreamSpark

  Calling all students!  Check out this video featuring Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates as he discusses a new initiative called Microsoft DreamSpark targeted at offering Microsoft developer tools FREE to students: Bill Gates talks about Free Software... Posted Feb 19 2008, 12:10 PM by Chris Koenig Filed under: VS08, Visual Studio, SQLServer, SQL Server, Windows, .NET, Community, VisualStudio, XNA, WindowsServer, Expression, DreamSpark, XBOX