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Over the next 2 weeks EMC Consulting are hosting 3 very exciting events. If you have not signed up click on the link you are interested in, be quick as last few places left. Wednesday 12th October – Silverlight User Group (/BUILD/ Conference Roundup & First Hands On WinRT) Thursday 13th October – The Fantastic Tavern (the ROI of ...

I haven’t blogged for a while so thought I would just make sure you know about the events we have coming up over the next few weeks to make sure you are not missing out. Weds 6th April – Silverlight User Group is hosting the 1st Silverlight Surgery.  More info on Mark Mann’s blog Thurs 14th April – The Fantastic Tavern is ...

The Silverlight UK User Group resumes in February for the first meeting of 2011! Sam Bourton from QuantumBlack will be telling giving some insight into Expression Blend and how it can help Silverlight Developers and Designers build their applications together…. Date: Wednesday 9th February 2011 Time: Registration @ 18:00, Kick off ...

It’s been a while since the last Silverlight UK User Group, so I’m pleased to announce that we will hoping to squeeze in an evening before we kick off a new year. After the release of Silverlight 4 and the passing of the PDC2010, the Silverlight scene has been reasonably quiet, probably due to the attention that Windows Phone 7 and HTML5 (in the ...

Many thanks to those that attended the evening and did not get distracted by the IE9 launch parties or the various football fixtures that inadvertently clashed with the event. Guy Smith-Ferrier (who organises the .Net Developer Network) gave an enlightening session on Internationalizing Silverlight. I had particular fun with introducing Guy, and ...

School holidays over so it’s time for another meeting! Heralding a call to return back to some of the more fundamental aspects of Silverlight development, I’m pleased to announce that the next meeting will feature Guy Smith-Ferrier (who organises the .Net Developer Network) talking about Internationalizing Silverlight.   In case you ...

So, our Silverlight focus was shifted away from the web and towards Windows Phone 7 for the Silverlight UK User Group on July 21st! With all the hype and mystery surrounding the new soon-to-be-launched phone OS, the night was a perfect opportunity to learn and debunk some myths from Ian Blackburn, who has been fortunate enough to become an early ...

We are lucky to have 2 great community events in July to discuss Windows Phone 7.  One is an old favourite (SLUGUK) and the other a new one we are proud to be involved with (WPUG). Silverlight User Group – 21st July Ian Blackburn will be discussing “Windows Phone 7 is nearly here – now what?” To find out more about the ...

Some may lament England’s exit from the World Cup 2010 Finals, but it means there’s less distraction to trying all the latest technologies, open APIs and devices this summer…. namely Visual Studio 2010, Silverlight 4, Windows Phone 7, Bing (Maps too), Silverlight Pivot, IIS Express, Razor, WebMatrix…. oh and those other hyped up devices such as ...

Since our last meeting in April featuring the enigmatic Jesse Liberty, we’ve seen a big rise in the interest in Silverlight 4 and Windows Phone 7 on blogs, feeds and twitter. That said, it appears to have been a slow start for the proliferation of Silverlight 4 amongst the global masses since it’s launch on April 13th. I’ve been tracking ...