Archive for March, 2009
The Wow Effect (10secs vs. 10mins) by Scott BarnesThe Wow Effect (10secs vs. 10mins) por Scott Barnes
Mar 30th
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
Mar 25th
“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
Mar 19th
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
Mar 19th
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”
Mar 18th
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
Mar 18th
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
Mar 13th
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
Mar 4th
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 >
