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Obama Newspaper Headlines

Take 627 newspaper front pages and arrange them in a way that they can be browsed easily. ...

Author: Synergist Date: 11/07/2008

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Author: Synergist Date: 11/04/2008

Having just moved my personal website to a Windows Server hoster from a Linux hoster, I needed to...

Author: Synergist Date: 10/24/2008

Charette.com Moves to Windows Server + IIS

I’ve had the charette.com domain since 1995 – it has been my personal web presence for...

Author: Synergist Date: 10/24/2008

2009 David Ogilvy Awards for Advertising

As we are finally seeing, Silverlight is now being used for very cool advertising and marketing...

Author: Synergist Date: 10/22/2008

Hard Rock Cafe Silverlight App now Embeddable

One of the best Silverlight 2 applications to date has been the Hard Rock Memorabilia site created...

Author: Synergist Date: 10/21/2008

My Team is Looking for a Platform Strategy Advisor

If you are excited about the future of media and communications and their intersection with...

Author: Synergist Date: 10/21/2008

First Silverlight 2 Beta 2 to RC0 Porting Success

The first success that I’m able to report for my Silverlight 2 Beta 2 to RC0 porting is my...

Author: Synergist Date: 09/26/2008

Updating Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Demos to RC0

In preparation for the upcoming release of Silverlight 2, we have released Silverlight 2 Release...

Author: Synergist Date: 09/26/2008

Now Everyone can Study Engineering at Stanford with Silverlight

Over the past few months, I have been helping a small team at Stanford's Center for Professional...

Author: Synergist Date: 09/19/2008

Used Windows Live Translator IE8 Accelerator to Translate Web Page

I was looking at the stats for the Word 2007 XAML Converter that I posted last week to CodePlex and...

Author: Synergist Date: 09/16/2008

Added High DPI Support to my Silverlight Photobucket Demonstration Application

I just changed my Windows Vista to use 120 DPI fonts and I really like the look of applications and...

Author: Synergist Date: 09/16/2008

Creating a Silverlight 2 CLR object for Photobucket's API

Over the past few months, I have been working on a Silverlight kit for Photobucket's API. I...

Author: Synergist Date: 09/16/2008

Second Seinfeld and Gates Ad

This one is even funnier.

Author: Synergist Date: 09/11/2008

Added Silverlight 2 Text to WordToXaml (formerly WordFlowDocumentCreator)

Last year I created and uploaded a demonstration project to Popfly that converted a Word 2007...

Author: Synergist Date: 09/11/2008

Silverlight to Support H.264 and AAC

Today's big news from the IBC2008 conference in Amsterdam was that we will be demonstrating a...

Author: Synergist Date: 09/09/2008

PhotoSynth of the Golden State Model Railroad Museum

Today I took my boys to the Golden State Model Railroad Museum in Point Richmond, north of San...

Author: Synergist Date: 09/07/2008

Because I work from home, I need to stay connected with my colleagues, my customers, my partners, my...

Author: Synergist Date: 09/01/2008

Some Early Feedback on IE8 Beta 2 from one of my Customers

I just got an email from one of my customers about the new Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 that became...

Author: Synergist Date: 08/29/2008

Silverlight and WPF Workshop in NYC 9/3/2008

Next week I will be in New York City meeting customers and I will be holding a free half-day...

Author: Synergist Date: 08/27/2008

Talking About Expression Blend at SDForum Windows SIG in Mtn. View 8/28/2008

I love using Expression Blend. With both a design education (architecture) and a career in software...

Author: Synergist Date: 08/26/2008

Vote for my SxSW 2009 Panels

If you have any interest in Expression Blend or how I made these journals, you should vote for the...

Author: Synergist Date: 08/19/2008

How I Discovered Port O'Brien's Five and Dime

I participated in a panel discussion at the Bandwidth conference in San Francisco where I met Chuck...

Author: Synergist Date: 08/17/2008

At the Bandwidth Conference

Today I spent the afternoon at the Bandwidth conference in San Francisco. I met quite a few...

Author: Synergist Date: 08/15/2008

Created Popfly Block for FeedBurner Awareness API

Since I created my first mashup with Popfly over a year ago, it has really come a long way. ...

Author: Synergist Date: 08/07/2008

Added FireFox, Safari, and IE7 support to the Silverlight 2 Paging Demo

With just a little code and some prompting from people on Twitter, I was able to add support for...

Author: Synergist Date: 08/05/2008

Using Code Analysis with Silverlight

Ever since I was in the C++ world, I have been enamored with code analysis tools; I used to...

Author: Synergist Date: 08/04/2008

My Wife, the Blogger

Our lives are full of wonder. Over the past 6 years, my wife has been focused on creating a...

Author: Synergist Date: 08/02/2008

Meet Me at the Visual Mapping Conference

As many of you may know I am a visual person - I have kept journals ever since starting my...

Author: Synergist Date: 07/31/2008

Using a ConverterParameter in a Silverlight 2 Value Converter

In building a Silverlight 2 application with data binding, you often need to convert between data...

Author: Synergist Date: 07/30/2008

Lenovo Uses WPF for Laptop Power Manager applet

I have been using a Lenovo T60p computer with Windows Vista since I joined Microsoft last...

Author: Synergist Date: 07/30/2008

Uri property in a Silverlight 2 UserControl

In creating a Silverlight 2 UserControl, I had a need to include a Uri parameter, so I added a...

Author: Synergist Date: 07/29/2008

IE8 Forward/Back in a Silverlight 2 (Beta 2) Application

Yesterday I posted here, an application, with source code about how to do forward/back navigation...

Author: Synergist Date: 07/11/2008

One of new features in the next version of Internet Explorer (IE8) was created specifically for AJAX...

Author: Synergist Date: 07/10/2008

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