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Combining Software in Amazing Ways
Obama Newspaper Headlines
Take 627 newspaper front pages and arrange them in a way that they can be browsed easily. ...
Author: Synergist Date: 11/07/2008
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Author: Synergist Date: 11/04/2008
Just added Silverlight Page banner to charette.com
Having just moved my personal website to a Windows Server hoster from a Linux hoster, I needed to...
Author: Synergist Date: 10/24/2008
Charette.com Moves to Windows Server + IIS
I’ve had the charette.com domain since 1995 – it has been my personal web presence for...
Author: Synergist Date: 10/24/2008
2009 David Ogilvy Awards for Advertising
As we are finally seeing, Silverlight is now being used for very cool advertising and marketing...
Author: Synergist Date: 10/22/2008
Hard Rock Cafe Silverlight App now Embeddable
One of the best Silverlight 2 applications to date has been the Hard Rock Memorabilia site created...
Author: Synergist Date: 10/21/2008
My Team is Looking for a Platform Strategy Advisor
If you are excited about the future of media and communications and their intersection with...
Author: Synergist Date: 10/21/2008
First Silverlight 2 Beta 2 to RC0 Porting Success
The first success that I’m able to report for my Silverlight 2 Beta 2 to RC0 porting is my...
Author: Synergist Date: 09/26/2008
Updating Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Demos to RC0
In preparation for the upcoming release of Silverlight 2, we have released Silverlight 2 Release...
Author: Synergist Date: 09/26/2008
Now Everyone can Study Engineering at Stanford with Silverlight
Over the past few months, I have been helping a small team at Stanford's Center for Professional...
Author: Synergist Date: 09/19/2008
Used Windows Live Translator IE8 Accelerator to Translate Web Page
I was looking at the stats for the Word 2007 XAML Converter that I posted last week to CodePlex and...
Author: Synergist Date: 09/16/2008
Added High DPI Support to my Silverlight Photobucket Demonstration Application
I just changed my Windows Vista to use 120 DPI fonts and I really like the look of applications and...
Author: Synergist Date: 09/16/2008
Creating a Silverlight 2 CLR object for Photobucket's API
Over the past few months, I have been working on a Silverlight kit for Photobucket's API. I...
Author: Synergist Date: 09/16/2008
Second Seinfeld and Gates Ad
This one is even funnier.
Author: Synergist Date: 09/11/2008
Added Silverlight 2 Text to WordToXaml (formerly WordFlowDocumentCreator)
Last year I created and uploaded a demonstration project to Popfly that converted a Word 2007...
Author: Synergist Date: 09/11/2008
Silverlight to Support H.264 and AAC
Today's big news from the IBC2008 conference in Amsterdam was that we will be demonstrating a...
Author: Synergist Date: 09/09/2008
PhotoSynth of the Golden State Model Railroad Museum
Today I took my boys to the Golden State Model Railroad Museum in Point Richmond, north of San...
Author: Synergist Date: 09/07/2008
Social Network Junkie
Because I work from home, I need to stay connected with my colleagues, my customers, my partners, my...
Author: Synergist Date: 09/01/2008
Some Early Feedback on IE8 Beta 2 from one of my Customers
I just got an email from one of my customers about the new Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 that became...
Author: Synergist Date: 08/29/2008
Silverlight and WPF Workshop in NYC 9/3/2008
Next week I will be in New York City meeting customers and I will be holding a free half-day...
Author: Synergist Date: 08/27/2008
Talking About Expression Blend at SDForum Windows SIG in Mtn. View 8/28/2008
I love using Expression Blend. With both a design education (architecture) and a career in software...
Author: Synergist Date: 08/26/2008
Vote for my SxSW 2009 Panels
If you have any interest in Expression Blend or how I made these journals, you should vote for the...
Author: Synergist Date: 08/19/2008
How I Discovered Port O'Brien's Five and Dime
I participated in a panel discussion at the Bandwidth conference in San Francisco where I met Chuck...
Author: Synergist Date: 08/17/2008
At the Bandwidth Conference
Today I spent the afternoon at the Bandwidth conference in San Francisco. I met quite a few...
Author: Synergist Date: 08/15/2008
Created Popfly Block for FeedBurner Awareness API
Since I created my first mashup with Popfly over a year ago, it has really come a long way. ...
Author: Synergist Date: 08/07/2008
Added FireFox, Safari, and IE7 support to the Silverlight 2 Paging Demo
With just a little code and some prompting from people on Twitter, I was able to add support for...
Author: Synergist Date: 08/05/2008
Using Code Analysis with Silverlight
Ever since I was in the C++ world, I have been enamored with code analysis tools; I used to...
Author: Synergist Date: 08/04/2008
My Wife, the Blogger
Our lives are full of wonder. Over the past 6 years, my wife has been focused on creating a...
Author: Synergist Date: 08/02/2008
Meet Me at the Visual Mapping Conference
As many of you may know I am a visual person - I have kept journals ever since starting my...
Author: Synergist Date: 07/31/2008
Using a ConverterParameter in a Silverlight 2 Value Converter
In building a Silverlight 2 application with data binding, you often need to convert between data...
Author: Synergist Date: 07/30/2008
Lenovo Uses WPF for Laptop Power Manager applet
I have been using a Lenovo T60p computer with Windows Vista since I joined Microsoft last...
Author: Synergist Date: 07/30/2008
Uri property in a Silverlight 2 UserControl
In creating a Silverlight 2 UserControl, I had a need to include a Uri parameter, so I added a...
Author: Synergist Date: 07/29/2008
IE8 Forward/Back in a Silverlight 2 (Beta 2) Application
Yesterday I posted here, an application, with source code about how to do forward/back navigation...
Author: Synergist Date: 07/11/2008
How IE8 Enables Silverlight Deep Linking and Browser Back/Forward Navigation
One of new features in the next version of Internet Explorer (IE8) was created specifically for AJAX...
Author: Synergist Date: 07/10/2008
Meet Me at the Bandwidth Music | Technology Conference
On August 14 and 15th, I will be speaking at the Bandwidth Music | Technology Conference in San...
Author: Synergist Date: 07/03/2008
Updating a Silverlight 2 Application from Beta 1 to Beta 2
On my system, I had Silverlight 2 Beta 1, Visual Studio 2008, Expression Blend 2.5 March Preview,...
Author: Synergist Date: 06/07/2008
Starting Silverlight Library for Photobucket.com
If you are a blogger, you probably have heard of Photobucket.com a site for storing your media files...
Author: Synergist Date: 05/19/2008
Your Digital Lifestyle: Girl from Mars
Last year I saw this video at a Microsoft event. I think you'll get a kick out of it. The band is...
Author: Synergist Date: 05/16/2008
Free Expression Blend 2.5 and Silverlight 2 Training for Designers May 20 & 21 in San Francisco
I know it's short notice, but next week I am running a 2-day training on Expression Blend 2.5 and...
Author: Synergist Date: 05/14/2008
Published Media Overlay Designer Source Code to MSDN Code Gallery
Earlier this year, I created a demo that showed how to synchronized video and animation in...
Author: Synergist Date: 05/12/2008
Fixing Unknown Server Tag 'asp:Silverlight'
When building Silverlight 2 projects in Visual Studio 2008 I found that I was getting errors on...
Author: Synergist Date: 05/02/2008
SnapStream Enterprise - Recording and Searching TV
If you have ever heard of Beyond TV and thought that it might be a great product for the enterprise,...
Author: Synergist Date: 04/30/2008
Updated Outlook Macro for Creating Appointments
Last year I created a simple macro for Microsoft Outlook 2007 that automatically created an...
Author: Synergist Date: 04/23/2008
My Facebook Friends who are Also on Twitter
Lauren Cooney at IBM came up with this idea on her blog: What I'd like to see? An app that utilizes...
Author: Synergist Date: 04/17/2008
Interviewed on Web2.0.TV
When I was at South by Southwest, I did lots of talking about Silverlight. Here is an interview that...
Author: Synergist Date: 04/08/2008
Taking a Tour Through a Web Hoster's Data Center
If you've ever wanted to know what a web hoster's data center looks like, I was able to have Bob...
Author: Synergist Date: 04/05/2008