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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 ...

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 ...

As I carry on my way to learning the XNA framework to hopefully create some awesome games on the Windows Phone 7 devices I thought I would share a few resources that I find along the way. Turns out the AT&T developer program are generously hosting a few webcasts to help developers get underway.  The first webcast which I had missed can ...

Pocket Rocket With all the excitement of the new Windows 7 Mobile Phone being released I thought it was time to get my head into something new.  I have started to build a small game that I hope to release to the Microsoft Marketplace in time for the release of the new Windows Mobile 7 devices. This is my first attempt at building a game ...

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 ...

Introduction You never have to look to far these days when it comes to social media; it is not a new concept having been around for a while now. The explosion of social networking sites and application usage in recent years has been truly amazing. You will no doubt experience or touch social media in your day to day life whether you like it or ...

We are going to be busy over the next month with some very exciting community events coming up. Here is a update for you to make sure you are not missing out on any: Silverlight User Group (#SLUGUK) - Tuesday 13th April @ Vue Shepherds Bush Jesse Liberty, Microsoft Silverlight Geek, will be presenting on Silverlight 4,  MVVM and TDD: A ...

Last night Microsoft hosted their Digital & Creative Agency Event in Level 31 at Paramount.  Paul Dawson, Matt Bagwell and I were fortunate enough to be invited along to “Join the leading digital and creative agencies in the UK, along with media agencies and publishers, to see Partners delivering creative technology on the Microsoft ...

It gives me great pleasure to announce that Jesse Liberty will be presenting at the next Silverlight UK User Group meeting on April 13th. There, I said it… I can’t hide the excitement! Michelle and I actually knew about this a while ago, hence Michelle already posted this event’s agenda while I was on paternity leave, but on my return we snuck ...