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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 ...

/BUILD/. Now wasn’t that a conference of suspense! Wow. Windows 8, redefining our interactions and embracing not just the traditional computer, but tablets and other touch devices too. I have not seen such a bold statement of intent since PDC2000 when Microsoft announced it’s plans for a revamp of it’s code/application subsystem - .NET! Now ...

Crikey, it really has been 2 months since the Silverlight UK User Group (SLUGUK) last got together for an evening of Silverlight. I’ve always tried to get presenters and sessions lined up so that we can have a SLUGUK every 6-8 weeks… but they are proving a bit elusive at the moment. Coupled with the fact that we are undergoing flooring repairs at ...

Silverlight, WPF, Windows Phone 7 all from one codebase? Is it possible? Well, Colin Eberhardt gave us an hour worth of hints, tips and examples of how you can manage your XAML applications to fit these different software platforms. He’s an eager blogger, so his Colin Eberhardt's blog has many more WPF and Silverlight tips. Please remember to post ...

Since MIX11, tech.days.2011 and the AllThingsD conference (where we got a first peek at Windows 8), there’s been yet more mutterings as to the relationship between HTML5 and Silverlight. Shame that within the designer-development community there is still a wave of uncertainty as to the future direction of Silverlight and highlights a common ...

We were packed out at Notcutt House for May’s Silverlight UK User Group. Excellent to see that there is a lot of interest and passion still buzzing about for Silverlight. Mike Taulty was our sole guest speaker of the night and relished the extra time to go into the depths of the new features of Silverlight 5 (beta). Unfortunately Chris Arnold was ...

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 ...

I’ve used the internet in some shape or form for about 20 years, so it’s like chewing your arm off in frustration when your connection to the internet is suddenly revoked! If you’ve noticed a lack of social media activity on my or Michelle’s part then its because we’ve tightened up security at EMC since one of our subsidiary brands, RSA, came ...

A return to “Silverlight Wednesday” was heralded by a large turnout for the first meeting of the Silverlight UK User Group in 2011. It became obvious that Expression Blend is a black art that more and more intrepid Silverlight developers and designers are wanting to become more familiar with, so Sam Bourton from QuantumBlack did an excellent job ...

We are excited to be hosting the next London .Net User Group on the 16th February 2011 (and the one after that). Here is the info on the event (as plagiarized from Eventbrite) There will be running two sessions from DDD9 running in parallel to give you a chance catch up on the ones you missed. CQRS Fad or Future? with Ian ...