Silverlight team and Twitter

Posted by Corey on March 28, 2009 at 10:40 pm.

The other night  I mildly expressed my frustration about the default size of a UserControl upon creation on Twitter.  (Don’t you hate it when Height and Width are automatically specified; I always end up deleting it).  Within a few minutes the official twitter account for the Silverlight team pinged me back asking what I would prefer.  See the whole conversation below.

This type of conversation is highly significant because it demonstrates the Silverlight team gets it.  Companies and teams can quickly gauge the public pulse with Twitter.  Not only that but Twitter breaks down access barriers.  So, if you have suggestions, praises, or gripes just know the Silverlight team is watching.

For more info specifically about the Twitter Silverlight account, check out Mossy Blog’s post – http://blogs.msdn.com/msmossyblog/archive/2009/03/26/the-silverlight-team-are-twittering-now.aspx

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The above conversation was captured by TweetConvo.  It works really well; just input the id of the latest conversation message and you get the whole conversation.

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4 Responses to “Silverlight team and Twitter”

  • 1
    Miguel Madero Says:
    March 29th, 2009 at 12:15 am

    Great, those are the type of things that you might not publish in Connect or Silverlight Forums and twitter happen to be a great option. 

  • 2
    Todd C Sharp Says:
    March 29th, 2009 at 12:36 am

    Great example indeed.

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    Dew Drop – March 29, 2009 | Alvin Ashcraft's Morning Dew (Pingback) Says:
    March 29th, 2009 at 2:05 pm

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    Scott Barnes Says:
    March 30th, 2009 at 12:25 am

    Thanks for the link love! :) The point of the twitter accounts is to open up the fragmented state we are all living in. If you can’t come to us, then we want to go to you as ultimately the best way to get features or small but still important issues like the above mentioned resolved is to well, tell us.I’m actively working with our connect & msdn teams to ensure we open up the borders more to include social networking sites like Twitter. As again, if you can’t come to us, we will find ways to go to you.Hope you all use @teamsilverlight and no question / remark etc is ever stupid – except if ask if LOLCats is still funny..dah..it’s always funny.-Scott BarnesRich Platforms Product ManagerMicrosoft.@Mossyblog