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A Fistful of Quarters in Vegas
"The King of Kong - A Fistful of Quarters". Quite the title, eh? I had heart...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 02/29/2008
An exciting first look at Silverlight 2.0 with Scott Guthrie
Scott Guthrie has done it again and posted an amazing first look at Silverlight 2.0. Make sure to...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 02/23/2008
Dreamspark - Full versions of Windows, Visual Studio, Expression and SQL Server FREE for students!
This is an awesome program and something a lot of us inside Microsoft have been pushing a while for....
Author: David Isbitski Date: 02/22/2008
Putting on a different Skin - why XAML rocks!
One of the points I stress in my talks about Silverlight and WPF is that there is true separation...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 02/20/2008
MIX08 is sold out!
Mix08 is sold out! Official announcement here. I am lucky enough this year to be attending in person...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 02/20/2008
Lessons learned from a father of two...
Well, I am back to work today. =) One of the great things about working for Microsoft is that they...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 02/20/2008
Who's that girl?
I became a father of two early Tuesday evening. My second daughter, Ava Rose, was born at 5:25 am. 8...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 01/25/2008
Open Spaces at Microsoft Conferences?
One of the ideas we are floating around for this year's Health & Life Sciences Developer and...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 01/18/2008
Over 20+ hours of free WPF training videos!
With all of the Silverlight Training resources I posted recently it is now time for some WPF love....
Author: David Isbitski Date: 01/14/2008
Become a Silverlight guru in one day with the Silverlight Fire Starter Kit!
There is a new training series from MIX University out around Silverlight. The entire application is...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 01/11/2008
Announcing the 2nd Annual Microsoft Health & Life Sciences Developers and Solutions Conference - April 22nd-24th in Atlantic City, NJ
Overview This event will offer developers, architects, technical and business decision makers in the...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 01/11/2008
Ruby in Steel - Ruby Development using VS2008 Shell
Ruby on Steel Text Edition allows Ruby developers to code using all the power of the VS IDE. The All...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 01/08/2008
Mac OSX debugging a Silverlight App using VS2008!
Martin Normark has written an excellent guide on how to debug a Silverlight application running on...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 01/08/2008
Funny Video of Bill Gates' last day at Microsoft
If you have ever been to PDC or TechED you probably have seen some of the funny videos Bill puts on....
Author: David Isbitski Date: 01/07/2008
Cynergy Labs: Project Maestro - Minority Report becomes reality!
Check out this great video showing off the work Cynergy Labs has done using Windows Presentation...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 01/04/2008
Xbox Live Service over the Holiday
I got hit with Xbox Live flakiness over the weekend myself. I had two friends pick up an Xbox for...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 01/04/2008
Facebook + PopFly + C# = Fun!
As originally posted on the Developers for Developers discussion group. Be sure to check it out...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 01/02/2008
Announcing the 2008 Financial Services Developer Conference
March 12-13, 2008 Marriott Marquis Hotel New York, NYhere Event 03 As always, conference attendance...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 01/02/2008
Silverlight Links and Resources
This is a list of Silverlight resources I have been compiling. It is in no way definitive but...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 12/31/2007
Popfly goes to college and Silverlight music player fun
Bob Familiar recently interviewed Professor Mark Frydenberg of Bentley College of Massachusetts....
Author: David Isbitski Date: 12/19/2007
New Dev2Dev Video! SharePoint Development - Making Sense of it All
The first Dev2Dev Video is now live!Sharepoint Development - Making Sense of it All.The video...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 12/15/2007
Upcoming Microsoft events in Malvern, PA
If you are free on Saturday, December 15th and local to the Malvern area stop on by for some...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 12/10/2007
Exciting news in the world of Silverlight
First up, 1.1 renamed to 2.0! GoLive License support, release timeframes, new features... Get all...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 11/29/2007
Silverlight 1.1 Tools for Visual Studio 2008 RTM Available!
Go grab them here. Via Scott Guthrie... " The tools alpha refresh released today has the same...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 11/27/2007
Visual Studio 2008 is RTM and available for download!
Visual Studio 2008/.Net Framework 3.5 is out and available. Thanks to all the great feedback you...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 11/19/2007
Silverlight 101 - What, Where and How?
I gave a talk last night on Silverlight at the NYC .NET Developers Group. We had Powerpoint slides,...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 11/16/2007
User Experience in the Enterprise - Video Series Part 3
The final episode of my User Experience talk is now available. Check it out here. You can also grab...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 11/16/2007
SharePointPedia.com
" SharePointPedia.com is a web site where people discover and share useful content about SharePoint...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 11/14/2007
Visual Studio meets World of Warcraft
Scott Guthrie showcased the extensibility of Visual Studio 2008 last week at the DevConnections...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 11/12/2007
User Experience in the Enterprise - Video Series Part 2
Part 2 and Part 3 are now available for viewing. Enjoy! Technorati Tags: User Experience in the...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 11/06/2007
User Experience in the Enterprise - The Video Series
I have gotten some really good feedback from you all on the article I wrote, and wanted to say thank...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 11/02/2007
Important - VS2008 Beta 2 VPC expires on Nov 1st!
Looks like the Base OS image that the VPC uses is expiring early. I know a lot of you have been...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 10/31/2007
User Experience in the Enterprise, and why it matters!
IT Departments in today’s enterprise are consistently being asked to do more with less. But how do...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 10/29/2007
Boston Remix kicks off Monday!
As previously mentioned, Boston Remix is here and it is going to be a blast! I will be one of the...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 10/06/2007
Announcing Microsoft HealthVault!
So what is this all about? We all know the healthcare system today is rife with unique challenges,...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 10/05/2007
Microsoft releasing Source Code for the .NET Libraries?
You bet! With the release of Visual Studio 2008 Microsoft will be making viewable the Source Code...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 10/04/2007
Happy 30th Atari 2600!
Debuting in 1977 at $199 it brought gaming into the family household in a big way. I remember...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 10/01/2007
The new look of Microsoft Live Search
Check it out the new look of Live Search at www.live.com. Updates include: Streamlined look and feel...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 09/27/2007
Halo 3 Launch Day!
The wait is finally over, time to finish the fight! Game will hit at midnight tonight... For those...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 09/24/2007
Halo 3 Pre-Launch party in NYC!
This is an invite only event, and I have tickets! If you are interested leave me feedback and I will...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 09/18/2007
Expression Blend 2 September Preview is out!
A must download for anyone doing Silverlight development. Get the bits here. Here are just a few of...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 09/18/2007
ET Silverlight Site - Behind the Scenes!
As previously mentioned here, Entertainment Tonight has an Emmy Site written using Silverlight!...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 09/12/2007
Silverlight Streaming
Channel 9 is running an excellent video on Silverlight Streaming and how it is being used for the...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 09/11/2007
Silverlight released, support for Linux added!
This is HUGE! Silverlight 1.0 has officially been released! Get the bits here. Some exciting new...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 09/05/2007
ReMix '07 Announced!
Mix07 was a sold out event and included some of the best sessions on Silverlight/WPF you can find....
Author: David Isbitski Date: 09/05/2007
Vista SP1 Announced
The moment you have all been waiting for. Some concrete info and dates for Vista SP1! What it is,...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 08/29/2007
Finish the Fight
For my fellow Halo addicts our there... Check out the short films by Neil Blomkamp here. He has done...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 08/29/2007
NextGen Enterprise User Experience
ComponentOne has some great examples showing off what a nextgen app can look like in the enterprise....
Author: David Isbitski Date: 08/23/2007
My Search Engine did what?
What do you get when you take Live Search's API and spread a heaping of Siverlight on top? You get...
Author: David Isbitski Date: 08/22/2007