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• Microsoft Surface - Q&As from VBUG developers to a designer

  Matt Bagwell , Michelle Flynn and I hosted the VBUG (professional developers using Microsoft technologies) event for the first time here at Conchango last night, and it was pretty successful despite torrential rain outside. Everybody was interested in Read More... Posted 08 July 2009 11:17 by felix.corke | 0 Comments

• Expression Newsletter Article - A Step-by-Step Introduction to Styling, Templating, and Animating in Expression Blend

  Just a note to say my first part of a six part Silverlight tutorial for Expression Newsletter has just been sent out, you can read the full tutorial here: http://expression.microsoft.com/en-us/dd279541.aspx - hopefully after this tutorial you will be Read More... Posted 19 November 2008 16:37 by felix.corke | 1 Comments Filed under: design, silverlight, Expression Blend, tutorial

• Silverlight and Flash side-by-side font display comparison

  Nothing too exciting about this, I am building a Silverlight project for a client and thought I'd compare how the Flash player and the Silverlight plugin handle font display. Without tweaking any advance settings, here they are - guess which is which Read More... Posted 03 November 2008 21:31 by felix.corke | 0 Comments Filed under: design, silverlight, flash, fonts, typography

• Designing a Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Skin with Blend - Free download (with source files!)

  Click here to view the Silverlight Skin demo You will need the Beta 2 plugin from here . Since Silverlight 2 Beta 2 came out and trashed my Beta 1 skin that I'd lovingly hand-crafted in code view, and with the new June preview version of Expression Blend Read More... Posted 14 July 2008 10:36 by felix.corke | 2 Comments Filed under: design, silverlight, Silverlight 2 Beta 2, Expression Blend, Silverlight Skin

• silverlight streaming test!

  My first attempt at 3D animation using Maya, hosted with silverlight streaming Read More... Posted 25 March 2008 17:46 by felix.corke | 0 Comments Filed under: design, silverlight streaming, silverlight, 3d, maya, animation

• Remixing Mix - how I redesigned VisitMix.com with CSS

  Microsoft MIX is a trade show for emerging Microsoft technologies. It differs from most trade shows by lavishing millions of dollars on parties, scantily clad ladies and a hefty bunch of nerding and talking about nerding, in Vegas. Basically, if you're Read More... Posted 09 February 2008 15:34 by felix.corke | 6 Comments Filed under: redesign, design, xhtml, mix, css

• Essential freeware

  Here are a few free apps - mostly design oriented - that I have come to rely on over the years, and really struggle without them. I have only tested them on XP and OS X 10.4 where applicable so your mileage may vary depending on your setup. Read More... Posted 08 October 2007 10:37 by felix.corke | 1 Comments Attachment(s): pixie.png