Archive for March, 2009

The Wow Effect (10secs vs. 10mins) by Scott BarnesThe Wow Effect (10secs vs. 10mins) por Scott Barnes

Scott Barnes, posted in his ”MossyBlog” an article about “showing off” in Flash or Silverlight sites or apps. Bottom line, what really matters isn’t which plugin is the best, but if the user experience (UX) delivers the right emotions that users are looking for, and if the inside information is relevant enough, so he may stay longer…Go More >

TechDays 2009 – Defy all ChallengesTechDays 2009 – Defy all Challenges

“One Event. One Day. One World Developer Community. Defying All Challenges. Together”.
Next April 1st, there will happen a singular event, live sessions 24 hours non-stop.
Those are the tracks:

Windows Development and Frameworks

Windows Mobile Development

Office and Sharepoint Development

Developer Tools, Languages & Practices

Web Development & User Experience

Sessions are listed here and it’s free.
For now I will attend the portuguese MVP Nuno Godinho session More >

Microsoft Expression Blend 3Microsoft Expression Blend 3

Microsoft Expression Blend new version was presented at MIX09 in Las Vegas, however only the “PREVIEW” edition is available for download here.
If you saw Scott Guthrie’s Keynote, you already know about the news features, not all those features are available on this “PREVIEW” version, here you may check the released features.
I’m finishing a more detailled More >

XAML PT – COMUNIDADE PORTUGUESA DE TECNOLOGIAS DE APRESENTAÇÃO DA MICROSOFT: SILVERLIGHT, WPF E SURFACE

No dia de ontem, enquanto assistiamos à Keynote do Scott Guthrie em Las Vegas, em Portugal a equipa da Microsoft e da FullSix anunciaram o lançamento da “Comunidade Portuguesa de Tecnologias de Apresentação da Microsoft: Silverlight, WPF e Surface”.
Felizmente convidaram-me para fazer parte da “equipa” e como tal tenho direito a um espaço para blogar:
http://xamlpt.com/blogs/ricardocastelhano/
Encontramo-nos More >

MIX09 – Building Silverlight3 Applications “Out of the Browser”

Nesta sessão, Mike Harsh está a demonstrar o quanto fácil é tornar uma aplicação Silverligh3 em “Out the Browser App”.
Para já encontro uma particularidade interessante, para se instalar essa aplicação “Out the Browser” é necessário aceder à versão “online” da mesma e através de um “right click” efectuar um “INSTALL”.
Os updates irão decorrer “nos bastidores” More >

MIX09 – Keynotes

Ora cá estou no MIX09 em Las Vegas…o que dizer, é a LOUCURA !!!!
As Keynotes começaram agora, e temos o Bill Button a dizer que nos tempos que correm, com a economia em problemas, as nossas profissões são um “MUST HAVE !” (ele refere-se a UX).
“Its agood time for Design!” – Bill Button
Button está cheio More >

Moonlight 1.0Moonlight 1.0

Last March 11th, Scott Guthrie posted about the Novell and Microsoft joint-venture results – Moonlight 1.0 , that’s the same as Silverlight is working on Linux OS computers (openSUSE, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Fedora, Red Hat and Ubuntu).
Definitely a huge step for Silverlight, to become a Multiplatform player.
No passado dia 11 de Março, Scott Guthrie anunciou More >

Learn Flex in one weekAprenda Flex numa semana

Duane Nickull just posted an interesting post about “how to learn Flex in a week”, just with video tutorials from Adobe.
You can now download and watch Flex in a Week videos in an offline mode. Here are the instructions.

Install Adobe Media Player.
Click “My Favorites” menu at the top.
Click “Add RSS Feed” at More >