The MossyBlog Times Archives 2007 - 2009
Rich Fertile ground of Interactive development & design
I have moved to RIAGENIC.com
Just in case you haven’t realised by the big “images” above, that I’ve now moved over to...
Date: 10/16/2009
User Experience – The Kettle.
How many kettles have you owned over the years? is it more than one? has it always been the...
Date: 09/29/2009
Feedback Req: Do you need to know the list of released runtime build numbers?
Hi All, I've noticed a few occasions where developers have wanted to know what Version of...
Date: 09/13/2009
Apple vs Microsoft – Web Usability.
I recently found a site via a colleague today, which basically outlines the way in which we approach...
Date: 09/05/2009
What does a potential Silverlight Adoption Lifecycle look like?
I’ve been working in this industry since i left high school back in 1995, and I often think about my...
Date: 08/31/2009
Don’t abuse the Desktop.
If you’ve read any book on design patterns, prospective memory is bound to come up. A lot of folks...
Date: 08/24/2009
Do we have one site too many?
In the past month if you’ve interacted with via twitter, email, facebook etc you’ve probably been...
Date: 08/18/2009
Reality Check: How did you adopt Silverlight?
As most would imagine, here at Microsoft we are constantly researching various ways folks adopt...
Date: 08/06/2009
The ripple effects of Silverlight.
I have been away from Australia for about a a year now, and I came home the other night and noticed...
Date: 07/11/2009
Australian Silverlight & Expression 3 Tour.
I’ve just locked in my dates for the Australian Silverlight & Expression 3 Tour. Session...
Date: 07/09/2009
Design First, Engineer Second.
A lot of the time folks write off Apple customers as simply being MacTards, fans that are so...
Date: 06/08/2009
SilverZine.com A Must Read.
Alex Knight a fellow Aussie, has kicked off an online site focused purely on helping designers...
Date: 04/27/2009
Did Microsoft copy the Adobe AIR Poster?
I often see a lot of the Adobe communities rant and rave ignorance about how Microsoft follows'...
Date: 04/24/2009
ParagraphFormat() ? where art thou..
Interesting night for me, as I’ve spent the last 4 hours fumbling around in the Google dark trying...
Date: 04/22/2009
Video Interview with Cynergy Systems on RIA + Microsoft.
It must be my lucky day, but Dave Wolf from Cynergy Systems just emailed me the URL for an interview...
Date: 04/08/2009
Peter Elst Interviews me on Silverlight 3
I rarely do interviews or podcasts as typically I find them goofy, and I despite my blogging/twitter...
Date: 04/08/2009
How to impersonate friends and influence enemies.
I’ve never really been a fan of sys-con.com and it’s approach to content vs. advertising. If...
Date: 04/01/2009
7000 Updates and still tweeting just as strong..
Tonight, I watched my twitter stats hit a nice rounded out number..freaky… How insane is that.. all...
Date: 03/31/2009
The Wow Effect (10secs vs. 10mins)
The explosions of plug-ins today have brought innovative ways to visual experience online in ways...
Date: 03/27/2009
Why invest in UX?
I often get asked the question around how one is able to return an investment on User Experience....
Date: 03/26/2009
The Silverlight Team are twittering now..
I’ve just spent the past couple of days enticing my fellow Silverlight Team members to...
Date: 03/25/2009
History repeating itself: Out of Browser
I’ve been following the concept of what RIA represents since well, I can’t honestly remember but...
Date: 03/24/2009
The Silverlight Blog
Hi All, I’ve just put The Official Silverlight Blog online tonight. This blog has been an absolute...
Date: 03/18/2009
The bigger you grow, the more stupider you become.
I just finished watching MacHeads, it’s a documentary about basically die hard Mac fans and was...
Date: 02/23/2009
Tim putting the sizzle in Adobe’s fizzle.
I got a few emails this week about Adobe’s executive shooting his pipes off about how Microsoft has...
Date: 02/12/2009
Replaced my MSDN Graphic Header with Silverlight
When you create an MSDN blog here at Microsoft you’re pretty much given very little access to it,...
Date: 01/26/2009
I hate it when a designer touches XAML..
I’ve meet with a few die-hard Silverlight developers in my time and some feedback I get at times is...
Date: 01/25/2009
Egads… it’s a Silverlight Spy!
When I’m working in Silverlight I typically like most developers heavily rely on the...
Date: 01/23/2009
Live Mesh, the portable code repository.
The Environment. I’ve got three machines that I’ve allocated to role based use, as typically given...
Date: 01/22/2009
Silverlight is all over The Moment..
CNN CNN is inviting people witnessing “The Moment” to take part in a special iReport assignment by...
Date: 01/16/2009
Scott, why should I use Deep Zoom?
I’ve been asked this a thousand times and i often give a thousand different answers, as typically...
Date: 01/14/2009
Controlling your Silverlight Installation Experience.
I’ve been doing plug-in development & design for many years, and often I've seen many a battle...
Date: 01/13/2009