A major annoyance of mine after installing a new instance of Visual Studio is when I open a XAML document for the first time. By default, Visual Studio opens a XAML document in Preview mode (the design on the top and the code view on the bottom). As you start adding more and more elements [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Apr 22
Atlanta Silverlight Meetup
Last night was the first Atlanta Silverlight Meetup. It was great meeting everyone and talking about the current state of Silverlight, architecture, design, and plans for future Silverlight Meetups.
The location was great, Gordon Biersch Brewery, and I would highly recommend the upstairs spot for a meetup. Next month we’re moving up north to the [...]
Apr 22
Announcement: IQ Interactive
The past couple weeks have been extremely hectic work, writing, and…this: Next Monday I am joining the dev team at IQ Interactive. It’s an exciting move because they’ve been traditionally excelled in Flash development. Now they are venturing into the world of Silverlight. Initially I’ll be working on an exciting, creative, and ground breaking Silverlight [...]
Apr 16
Elegant Code
I’m proud to announce that I will be contributing to the blog Elegant Code. They are a super talented group of guys with a rich and diverse area of expertise. For the most part, my posts here at 85turns will be mirrored on Elegant Code, and vice versa. This is an opportunity to reach outside [...]
Apr 09
Looking at Virtual Earth Silverlight Control
A few weeks ago at MIX there were a number of Silverlight 3 announcements. One new component that I don’t think got enough attention was the Virtual Earth Silverlight Control. This essentially makes GIS in Silverlight more palatable. To be fair, this isn’t the first mapping tool for Silverlight. ESRI, the GIS leader, has [...]
