Mark Johnston's Blog
Expression 3 available for pre-order
My buddy Chris let me know that the Microsoft Store in the UK has the Expression 3 suite of designer...
Date: 07/26/2009
From about:blank to bing.com
After an amazing week at the annual MGX conference for Microsoft’s sales and marketing ‘field’ –...
Date: 07/26/2009
Microsoft Expression offer in UK 40% off
If you are a designer or developer that works with Microsoft technology (ASP.NET, Silverlight, etc)...
Date: 05/11/2009
Flash v Silverlight Gallery
Stumbled across this great site with a tonne of examples built for Flash and Silverlight. It’s from...
Date: 03/02/2009
More designer/developer wallpaper – use it and win coffee
Continuing on from my previous post celebrating the launch of the UK Expression Newsletter I have...
Date: 02/09/2009
A tidy desk
This blog post is classified under OCD I have a few pet hates in life, and one of them is how messy...
Date: 02/09/2009
Microsoft Expression Webcasts
My colleagues in the US created a tonne of great video training content for Microsoft Expression...
Date: 01/27/2009
MSDN UK events – Silverlight and WPF
The guys in the MSDN team are presenting a load of events on rich client technologies during...
Date: 01/11/2009
Silverlight skills are hot!
And my name ain’t Paris either. Nick Langley over at Computer Weekly has a great piece on how...
Date: 12/24/2008
My festive geek gift list
Everyone else does one of these, so I couldn’t resist throwing my gadget and geek desires onto...
Date: 12/19/2008
CM’s Christmas card in Silverlight Deepzoom
The nice people over at Content Master created their Christmas card with DeepZoom: Check out Merry...
Date: 12/17/2008
Photosynth goes Silverlight
Spotted this one on the DeepZoom blog Kudos to Mark Dawson for this Check it out -...
Date: 12/15/2008
Are designers and developers really that different?
I’m still figuring out this space and caught this great article over on Think Vitamin posing 10...
Date: 12/01/2008
Expression UK Newsletter launches - and every issue includes a free gift....
I love working on Expression stuff, it gives me the opportunity to work with inspirational designers...
Date: 12/01/2008
BMW first car company to implement Microsoft Surface
Phizzpop winners from New York, Vector Form have worked with BMW to create this Microsoft Surface...
Date: 12/01/2008
Last.fm hack day event in December
Sponsored by Codeplex (aka Microsoft and all things developer + cool + open sourcey) I love last.fm...
Date: 11/27/2008
web platform installer explained
The team over at microsoft.com/web put this short presentation up on SlideShare to explain what the...
Date: 11/24/2008
Live Photo Gallery uploader to Facebook and YouTube
Two very useful “uploader” wizards for Windows Live Photo Gallery for Facebook and YouTube....
Date: 11/24/2008
Get your designer/developer wallpaper here...
As part of the launch of the new Expression UK Newsletter (more on that soon!) Ben from Tricky...
Date: 11/24/2008
Microsoft Student Technology Day Videos Online - SteveB and more industry/MSFT greats
On 1 October 2008, Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer and a host of industry professionals discussed the...
Date: 11/21/2008
My Xbox Live Avatar - get yours!
I am loving the new Xbox Live Experience. And the first thing everyone does when they update their...
Date: 11/21/2008
The DPE white coats explain Azure
I aspire to wear a white coat, just like these guys: How to explain Azure so that anyone can...
Date: 11/20/2008
140+ videos on Expression training
Go grab a coffee...or two... Hat tip to Arturo Videos are here (RSS feed here)
Date: 11/20/2008
FREE Designer event in Manchester on 3/12 - Screenedit Sessions
I've teamed up with the chaps from Tricky Business, Splendid and my northern pal Phil Winstanley to...
Date: 11/20/2008
Imagine Cup, Competitors at the ready....
The Imagine Cup 2009 is in full swing. And there is no better year to compete - there has been so...
Date: 11/20/2008
Design Experience video - Tricky Business session from Silverlight usergroup in UK
A good pal Tricky delivered a cracking presentation on the importance of design in software. Tricky...
Date: 11/13/2008
Mix 2009 is now open for registrations
18 – 20 March 2009, Las Vegas. Registration is open now – it rocks! I haven’t been. Yet. This year...
Date: 10/22/2008
Activating and getting set up with Expression Studio Professional Subscription
Introduction Expression Studio Subscription is the ‘MSDN’ for designers in that provides designers...
Date: 10/20/2008
DreamSpark promotional kits available to UK universities and colleges
DreamSpark is a Microsoft programme for getting tools into the hands of students. It includes:...
Date: 10/14/2008
Remix videos online
Remix was only a few weeks ago now, and for those that missed out on the experience we have uploaded...
Date: 10/07/2008
A website named desire
aka the world of the web professional. Built on Deepzoom :) Am going to see if I can blag a bunch of...
Date: 09/21/2008
From Flash to Silverlight - Project Rosetta
Wanted to try out Silverlight? But a Macromedia/Adobe kind of guy/girl? Didn't know where to go?...
Date: 09/15/2008
H.264 and AAC support coming to Silverlight
A preview of Silverlight was shown at IBC last week which supported the H.264 and AAC. Cool stuff,...
Date: 09/15/2008
Paolo on Live Mesh...
Team blogger and twitterer and all things web 2.0 guru presented at the Vista Squad meeting a week...
Date: 09/15/2008
Microsoft Student Technology Day - 1 October
Are you a Computer Science, Engineering, Design or a student with a passion for technology? Then we...
Date: 09/01/2008
Mojave Experiment, now with added Silverlight
Whenever Microsoft release a site with Flash on it these days, there is a lot of stick both...
Date: 08/29/2008
Imagine Cup UK - The winners story
It seems like a lifetime ago that we held the Imagine Cup UK finals in London and over 150 students,...
Date: 08/27/2008
Expression Blend tutorial videos on Microsoft.com
Load of great videos on how to use Expression Blend, Design and their siblings in Expression Studio...
Date: 08/14/2008
I'll be at Remix UK in Brighton on 18-19 September
I'm going to be at Remix in Brighton on 18-19 September. It is going to be great. Tonnes of great...
Date: 08/14/2008
Silverlight + Deepzoom + Cars = Me Happy
I saw this internally and again on Tim Heuer's blog. Kelley Blue Book looks similar to an AutoTrader...
Date: 08/05/2008
Mojave Experiment - the geek's blind taste test
I love this experiment by Windows to see what ordinary consumers think of Windows Vista when they...
Date: 07/29/2008
I'm 5 today...5 years at Microsoft
(Image courtesy of HouseofSims) I've been at Microsoft for exactly 5 years today. Doesn't time fly!...
Date: 07/07/2008
Want to see some cool Silverlight sites?
The Microsoft Art & Technology site showcases a load of Silverlight based web sites from Ice...
Date: 06/26/2008