March 2009
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WatchThis is the Stimulant Surface demo reel that Nathan put together for MIX09 (and was a third-place winner in the show-off contest). It covers all of our Surface projects to date. I’m actually working on a new Surface project right now, which is a reimagining of a Silverlight app that we’re just finishing up. No rest for the wicked.
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Constructive Criticism
I’m not going to MIX09, but Darren is, and he’s planning to hang out with some Expression people, so he asked Jules (our visual designer) and I to write out some feedback on our experiences with the suite. “Fun,” I thought, thinking I’d come up with a rushed list of three complaints. I later learned that providing feedback on a product that is kind of great but is...
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Silverlight Around the World / Showcase
This is about a year old, but I’ve been referring to it recently, as the current Silverlight project is also a big world map. The Silverlight Around the World app is used to visualize data from the Silverlight Showcase (which I also built). I can’t prove it, but I think these are some of the most complex apps that were made in the Silverlight 1.0 timeframe. Keep in mind that this is...
Polish it til you can see yourself, pt 2
I spent all of last week in the SF office, working on the current gargantuan Silverlight project. It was definitely more productive to work for niggly bugs and design issues in person rather than remotely. A main reason for the trip was to teach our visual designer a bit about Expression Blend. It didn’t start out too well, but I think he had a handle on things by the end of the week. In...