Archive for May, 2010
What’s new in Silverlight This Week in Silverlight
Recorded May 14, 2010
News
Rumors
Scott Guthrie talked to the Linked-In User Group
Office online (powered by Silverlight!) is coming out.
There are *lots* of ways to install Silverlight as an admin (including SMS and Group Policy, etc.).
Future pace of Silverlight releases… Scott didn’t really answer, but he pointed out the progress that has been made (appearing on more devices, outside the browser, etc.). Scott also pointed out that there *are* differences between the Silverlight implementations.
Scott is looking at richer MVVM (ViewModel) tooling. Erik often suggests this, and the community hates it 
WPF vs Silverlight – Erik thinks the main reason to use WPF is now direct database access. There are some exceptions (3D etc.) but the thing that should drive you to is the easier database access. RIA Services and Data Services are harder than opening a DataReader.
Scott says that Microsoft is looking at (though certainly not comitting to…) Android support. Brian points out that Monotouch is looking at this as well. Erik points out that he wants native, seemless integration with the underlying platform. Brian points out that Flash integration points can be weak.
Application Of The Week
Thumba - It’s kinda like Photoshop in your browser
Upcoming Events
May 13 Boston, MA, US – “The Kinney and I” with @jesseliberty and @adkinn covering #silverlight #blend #wp7 #ie9
Windows Phone 7 Development Jump-Start Event
May 18 – Redmond, WA, US – http://bit.ly/cNB5cU
May 25 – Santa Clara, CA, US – http://bit.ly/cNB5cU
Portland CodeCamp
May 21- Portland, OR, USA
http://PortlandCodeCamp.org/2010/Sessions #
*The Sparkling Client Crew will be here*
ReMIX10 – http://live.visitmix.com/ReMIX
May 21 – Moscow – http://bit.ly/a0cnAV
May 26 – Paris, France – http://bit.ly/aAYGOG
Jun 1 – Melbourne, Australa – http://bit.ly/EzV0w
Jun 1- Seoul, South Korea – http://bit.ly/bfqBeQ
Silverlight 4 Firestarter
Jun 5 New York, NY, US – http://bit.ly/bSDKj4
Guest Hosts
Brian Hendersonis a Silverlight Designer/Architect and INETA Community Champion. A few of the activities Brian can be found participating are flying (pilot), kayaking, hiking, or just taking video/photos.
Kelly White is an independent Silverlight Consultant. He previously lead the PDXUX.Net user group, and now runs the Portland Silverlight User Group with Erik Mork. Kelly has presented at user groups and code camps throughout the northwest on both Silverlight and WPF.
Music kindly provided by YACHT.
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May 17th, 2010
What’s new in Silverlight This Week in Silverlight
Recorded May 6, 2010
News
Rumors
Netbook sales are kinda swamping iPad sales
Kelly points out that while the iPad is cool, its sales are paltry against netbooks in general.
Brian takes away that there’s lots of touch devices being sold right now.
Erik likes the idea that sometimes the sexy devices aren’t the ones that people are using.
Kelly asks: which app store you should write for?
Erik points out that you can make a lot of money in an empty app store if there is a big market for the phones tied to that app store. Also, these stores are tied to developer tools (Objective-C, Java, Silverlight, etc.) and those stores with the better tools will do better.
Brian talks about the barrier to entry to the different app stores.
Kelly sums up with what’s important to look for in an app store.
Guest Hosts
Brian Hendersonis a Silverlight Designer/Architect and INETA Community Champion. A few of the activities Brian can be found participating are flying (pilot), kayaking, hiking, or just taking video/photos.
Kelly White is an independent Silverlight Consultant. He previously lead the PDXUX.Net user group, and now runs the Portland Silverlight User Group with Erik Mork. Kelly has presented at user groups and code camps throughout the northwest on both Silverlight and WPF.
Music kindly provided by YACHT.
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May 11th, 2010
What’s new in Silverlight This Week in Silverlight
This is our 10th This Week In Silverlight Show!!!!
Recorded April 30, 2010
News
*caution from Brian*
If using the old RC of Blend/VS, careful with the new Phone CTP tools.
Rumors
Courier tablet killed off? Media Rumors
Media reports indicate that the Courier may have been killed off. Brian was looking forward to this dual screen device 
HP Tablet Killed Off? and iPad 3G released
What’s happening to the “tablets” in the Microsoft space?
Erik hopes that there’s a secret super cool project from Microsoft waiting in the wings… But most of the time there isn’t
Kelly is tired of waiting. That’s why he bought an Android phone.
He is buying an iPad 3G.
Erik asks whether or not you can bolt on a *good* touch interface on top of a desktop OS?
Brian urges caution. UX issues are potentially problematic.
Kelly points out that users want a marketplace. For him, it’s all about the apps.
Erik thinks that re-using code and building on mouse events, focus events will not out-smart the users. They’ll use.
Brian points out that with touch, there can be multiple points of interaction with touch. This is in stark contrast to the mouse.
Brian asks if WP7 will scale up to tablet level
Erik points out that Apple faced the same thing with OSX versus iPhone OS on the iPad. They chose iPhone OS, and Erik hopes that the powers that be in Microsoft make a similar choice.
Erik points out that for the best practitioners of Ux: interfaces will change between devices. Application code can be reused but the UI cannot be reused across desktop, phone and slate devices.
Application of the Week (50 this week)
50 Applications from Noupe
Guest Hosts
Brian Hendersonis a Silverlight Designer/Architect and INETA Community Champion. A few of the activities Brian can be found participating are flying (pilot), kayaking, hiking, or just taking video/photos.
Kelly White is an independent Silverlight Consultant. He previously lead the PDXUX.Net user group, and now runs the Portland Silverlight User Group with Erik Mork. Kelly has presented at user groups and code camps throughout the northwest on both Silverlight and WPF.
Music kindly provided by YACHT.
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May 3rd, 2010
