My WP7 loaner is off to the next dev. It was a fun week. Although I wasn't able to push apps, I spent significant amounts of time as a user. It game me a clear picture as to what to look for when getting a device.
Get a WP7 phone that has a mini USB. The proprietary plugs are silly and almost insulting to consumers.
The soft keyboard was nice, but I would seriously consider a device with a keyboard. Both the LG (with the keyboard) and Samsung models are the same size, so why not?
More to come, but for now, here are a few parting pictures:
This is such a well done stop motion video I have to share. Even the music is awesome. The small city effect is done with a tilt shift lens, too bad they’re $2,000, otherwise i would be all over it.
It’s been the usual summer in Atlanta, hot and humid. Venturing outside is like going into a sauna. Most of my days this summer have been inside working on both client work and I’m back to the grind working on a Windows Phone 7 book. My walls are covered in notes, here’s a little peak.
My project, Roundtable, is the main call to action on the home page of Microsoft’s Because it’s everybody’s business page campaign. This is the project:
Like every year, MIX will prove to be another big one for Silverlight. All the Silverlight MVP’s will be watching in some form or fashion. Unfortunately, all the Silverlight MVP’s won’t be able to make it (work, vacations, etc.) , but a number of us will be there, and some speaking. Here’s a list of the Silverlight MVP’s at MIX.
Here is what my initial schedule looks like. Each session is Silverlight focused. Unfortunately there’s no way I’ll be able to be four places at once, but I intend to come back and watch each session online once they’re available.
Social events
In addition to the sessions, MIX is about networking and spending time with new and old friends. There are many events taking place, like the attendee party at LAX, however that’s not the only one. Check out the site MIX 10 Events for a list of some of the free events taking place.
The other day I was reading Do You Still Carry Business Cards? on Lifehacker and immediately answered "Ha, NO". I just don’t see a need for business cards. If you want someone’s contact information, then you either know mutual friend or you enter their info in your phone. That said, I figured I would begrudgingly get some business cards made for MIX next week. Below are what they look like.
Initially I was going to order from Moo cards, however they require a four day processing. In true procrastinating fashion, I waited until the last minute to order. Thankfully Zazzle pulled through for me.
As for the creative, I completely bummed the idea from the Lifehacker article. Instead of using Google, I decided to use Bing. After all MIX is a Microsoft conference. Creating this card was one of the first times I’ve used Bing. Searching on Google, the first result is my site. Alternatively, on Bing the first result was my About page.
The past few months I’ve been flying under the radar, taking much needed rest and time with the family. Spending four months in another country was amazing but exhausting.
Since being home I was fortunate enough to go to the MVP Summit in Redmond in late February. Met many of the very talented people involved in the MVP program, as well as met many of the Silverlight product team and MVP. Also had the chance to spend time with a couple guys in the Cider team: Karl Shifflet (of Xaml Power Toys fame) and Nokola (you MUST check out his Silverlight work, truly amazing).
Now that I’m settled back in, I’m coming out of hibernation and have a few things planned that I’m ultra excited to blog about.
In my previous post, I talked about the Silverlight Media Framework (SMF). As the name implies, SMF is so much more than a video player, it’s a framework. The project is rich with nuggets of Silverlight goodness; today I would like to pay homage to one of my favorite classes: the SimpleEventArgs (in Microsoft.SilverlightMediaFramework).
Have you ever been in a scenario where you just want to pass an object through an event the EventArgs without having to create custom EventArgs for each type of event? SimpleEventArgs solves this by using generics, and asks only for the class. This one class has saved me countless amounts of time by not having to code up custom EventArgs.
Almost forgot…SimpleEventArgs are Scriptable by default, making this class available from JavaScript.
Thanks guys SMF team.
FULL DISCLOSURE: This code comes directly from the Silverlight Media Framework (http://smf.codeplex.com) project. Visit the project to get the complete source.
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