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September PDXUX.Net Meeting: "Silverlight Deep Zooming" Sponsored by WHAT: September PDXUX.Net Meeting WHEN: Tuesday 09/16/2008 6:30 p.m. Pizza (by Silvertail Software ) 7:00 p.m. Presentation WHERE: Robert Half Technology KOIN Center ( Map...
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Have you been watching the Democratic National Convention ? Did you watch Michelle Obama speak? How about Hilary Clinton? Bill Clinton? Joe Biden? Al Gore? Barack Obama ? Did you watch the entire speeches or just catch the sound bites on the 10:00 news?...
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Well, it's either that or he's just plain silly. Or both. I'll let you decide. Until recently, Kelly and I didn't have a dresser in our bedroom. Instead, we've been using some wire shelving in our walk-in closet as a place to store...
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Have any of you ever received the following email (or one similar) from a friend? Just a reminder that all cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies tomorrow and you will start to receive sales calls. You will be charged for these...
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... of the four-legged variety. I've been REALLY wanting a dog for the longest time, but no matter how much I want one, I just can't bring myself to plunk down the $400 for a pet depotit. So, I moved to the next animal on my wish list... a bunny....
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It's amazing how the summer heat takes so much out of everyone's time and energy. Join us tomorrow evening to hear Erik Mork talk about the new Silverlight 2 Beta 2 and see how you can get started enhancing your web applications with this new...
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I'll be leaving with the kids to go pick up Kelly from work in about two hours. From there, we'll head on out. I am so excited to see everyone. It's been two years since we've been back, meaning that Katie Mae has never been to Idaho (except...
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Someone on the PADNUG mailing list asked a question about whether there was a cost to attend the PAXNAUG June meeting which will be held this week. I typed up a quick reply which I thought I'd shared here as well. And seriously, if you're interested...
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Interested in developing games in XNA for your Xbox 360? What about developing games in XNA for your Zune? Ok, perhaps you don't have a Zune, but wouldn't you like to develop a game in XNA for my Zune? PAXNAUG will be meeting this Wednesday and...
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Here's a blog post I never got around to writing from last year's GameFest . The title just cracks me up, and yes, I'm one of those that laughs hardest at his own jokes. Kids + Xbox 360 + XNA Homebrew Games = Master Chief does Speak and Spell...
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There's a good article in the last week's NY Times about Earth Class Mail . It's a good article explaining who we are and what we do. We also released another big feature this last week. Now when you sign up for your account at Earth Class...
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Last Wednesday, we bit the bullet and finally bought a minivan. We had been talking about it for years, and SERIOUSLY considering it for the past few weeks. Being a one car family has been tough, especially as the kids have gotten older and don't...
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Yes, I'm still here. Things have been busy. PDXUX.Net meet last week. Earth Class Mail keeps me busy (and happy). I'm finally getting back into some Silverlight dev projects at home. I've been digging into Amazon's S3 API, and Basecamp's...
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I am a clutz. I'll be the first to admit it. Well, maybe Kelly will, but that's beside the point. My "lack of grace" comes and goes, and it came full force on Sunday evening. UGH. Our church starts at 1:30. We decided to start a project...
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Shortly after I got back from MIX08 I gave a brown-bag presentation at my previous work titled "Silverlight for Agencies." The presentation was based off my " Silverlight for Designers " talk that I gave at the Boise Code Camp , but...
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I thought I'd share a couple emails I sent that I sent around to my managers and coworkers right after attending MIX08 . At the time I was working for an interactive marketing agency who is a dotnet shop but does all interactive work in flash. These...
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I thought I'd share a couple emails I sent that I sent around to my managers and coworkers right after attending MIX08 . At the time I was working for an interactive marketing agency who is a dotnet shop but does all interactive work in flash . These...
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All registration for Webfoot is being done through Upcoming , a social event calendar website. Right now we're limiting the attendance at 200 people, so be sure to register now rather than later. With past events we've been known to get a surge...
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Yeah, I've been busy and I need to catch up on my blogging. Well here's a start. Last time I mentioned how I'd been super busy. That hasn't changed too much recently. Here's why... Last Friday was my last day at White Horse . I was...
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Wow, this is the second time in LESS THAN A WEEK that I have actually posted on my blog. Although I'm not going to go into much detail (I'll let Kelly do that), I am gonna say that Kelly now has a new job, which he will start TOMORROW. One of...
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since I've written a blog entry? Holy cow, it has! I have just really been havng a difficult time finding the motivation to blog. Even now, as I sit here in the dark, I'm finding it very, um, not-so-easy to write this blog entry. I don't know...
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Wow. It's been three weeks since I left the MIX08 conference at Las Vegas. I think I'm finally recovered and can start blogging again. I have a lot I want to say, so instead of writing one really long post I think I'm going to break it up...
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Today I am presenting at the Boise Code Camp . I was up all last night putting the last touches on my presentation. If I seem a little loopy, then it must be the Rockstar talking. Here are the slides and code used during my the presentation. There are...
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Vista Gadgets are very cool. They're like these mini-apps that can run in your sidebar and provide you with some pretty cool functionality. You write them just like you're writing a web page. You can use Javascript or Silverlight, make calls out...
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Erik Mork has just launched a new Podcast called Sparkling Client which focuses on Silverlight and other RIA Technology. The site for the podcast can be found at http://www.sparklingclient.com/ . The first two episodes are already up, with much more promising...
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