Okoboji: a lake, a mythical university, Kevin Moore's blog
Kevin Moore, Program Manager, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), WinFX
An update to the WinFX Bag-O-Tricks for the January CTP
As you may already know, there aren't really any changes to Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) in...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/19/2006
Windows Live Messenger Beta Invite for WPF Sample Suggestion: wanna trade?
I have one Messenger Beta invite to give out and I'm always looking for WPF sample suggestions....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/30/2005
A WinFX Bag-O-Tricks
It's been pretty quiet around the office this week. I've had a chance to do some updating and...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/22/2005
A reason to download the December CTP: XAML preview (and basic editting) in Visual Studio
Here's an early Christmas present: download the latest CTP of WinFX and the associated extensions to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/19/2005
WinFX Hex
I discovered the game Hex when I spent a semester in Australia my senior year of college. Taking the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/06/2005
Animating Tile Panel (an excuse to download the WinXP Nov CTP)
I've been sitting on this demo a few weeks, so I'm excited to finally share the code publicly. Go...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/18/2005
WPF Minesweeper (updated)
I've updated Minesweeper (see my last post). We have a timer, a "new game button" and cool graphics...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/22/2005
Mine Sweeper in WPF (Avalon)
Every once in a while someone asks if they could build the next Quake in WPF. While WPF has some...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/23/2005
PDC: demos, posters, pictures
I got back yesterday from the PDC. It was a great trip. As promised, I’m posting the demo code for...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/18/2005
Custom Panel: TreeMapPanel
TreeMaps have been all the rage. I figured it would be cool to see how easy it would be to build...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/15/2005
Building a folder picker in WPF
The last time I blogged about TreeView, I was still using the control I personally implemented. Now...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/14/2005
4 days till the PDC. Are you excited?
I had my final dry-run for my talk today: PRS431 Custom Controls in WPF. If you have a free slot on...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/10/2005
Technorati and T-shirts
So if I'm doing this right, adding this link (Technorati Profile) should wire up my blog to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/24/2005
Get your WPF (Avalon) demo showed off at the PDC!
Technical Evangelists Mike Swanson and Thomas Lewis have set up a “Show Off” session at the PDC to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/20/2005
Cranking on PDC content
Sorry I’ve been MIA from my blog for a while. I’ve been cranking on getting Beta 2 locked down and...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/12/2005
Avalon Simple Tree View, Part 4 (now with XML binding!)
There was a question in Avalon newsgroup that mentioned my TreeView sample. The question: can one...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/02/2005
Avalon Simple Tree View, Part 3
In case you haven't heard, we've just released the Avalon and Indigo Beta1 Release Candidate. To...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/24/2005
What is Avalon?
Do you want a (relatively) short answer to "What is Avalon"? Head on over to Channel9, Mr. Anderson...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/12/2005
Turn off your TV and get turned on to Avalon
Monday marks the beginning of yet another TV-Turnoff Week. Why don't you trade your remote for your...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/23/2005
Windows 101
I just finished watching the last of four videos on Channel 9 titled "Going Deep" with Dave Probert,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/13/2005
Are you reading Chris Sells?
A while ago I posted a list of MS employees that are blogging outside of blogs.msdn.com that you...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/03/2005
Avalon Simple Tree View, Part 2
In my last post, I walked through creating a simple hierarchy using styles. Now, let's bring it to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/01/2005
Avalon March CTP: Creating a simple TreeView
I’m going to walk through creating a simple TreeView with the March CTP of Avalon. First, the tools...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/31/2005
Use the March CTP ISO without burning it
I downloaded the March CTP off of MS.com to make sure I was running exactly what our customers got....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/25/2005
Keyboard access to Office smart tags
I love that Office (particularly Word) allows me to paste content in many formats. However,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/11/2005
London Avalon Enthusiasts Dinner
Do you live in or around London? Are you interested in Avalon? Have you been playing with the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/01/2005
Most powerful wizard?
I ran into my good friend Charlie on the bus tonight. Not only is Charlie a great Ultimate Frisbee...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/25/2005
Great MSFT blogs not on blogs.msdn.com
Like many people, I subscribe to the agregate MSDN RSS feed to get all feeds from Microsoft. Except,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/08/2004
Coolest Channel 9 video I've ever seen...
...but I really like the command prompt. There have been a lot of posts about Monad on MSDN Blogs....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/03/2004
Get great deals on Rolex watches!
Kidding... Adobe makes some amazing Windows applications, but am I the only one who would like...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/27/2004
File sharing on XP
I found a great walk-through on how to enable file sharing on Windows XP....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/20/2004
“I lost my girlfriend’s phone number.”
Never underestimate the value of a catchy title. This entry is about Longhorn,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/29/2004
Tired of Spam? Get sneaky…
Microsoft is serious about spam, but one can always use more help. I’ve been using Sneakemail...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/14/2004
Running Server 2003 on your desktop? Disable Shutdown Event Tracking
I love running the highest performance, most stable OS Microsoft has ever produced on my desktop....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/07/2004
April 19-25 is TV-Turnoff Week
April 19-25 is TV-Turnoff Week. (CNN has an article.) When I first moved out to Seattle in the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/04/2004
Play your favorite music when you launch Windows Media Player
Our friends in Media Player have done a fine job with Media Player 9. One slight problem: I think...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/28/2004
Must have Windows Utility -- Process Explorer
Since I work in the OS division, I image my work machines quite often. (Not as often as a lot of our...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/28/2004
Master the Skills of Influence and Persuasion
An article I'd never expect to find on a Microsoft site, but I guess it's just more proof we're a...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/19/2004
Be thankful for cool Windows tricks...
First, a simple one: you can drag a file or folder from Explorer to the CMD window. The path to that...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/27/2003
One more...Ray seems to like Longhorn
Ray Ozzie has an interesting perspective on Longhorn storage: moving to a common store may have the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/25/2003
The Beginning of the End of the Internet?
I'm finally caught up with all of the stuff I wanted to blog. On a sad note, an interesting...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/25/2003
The Many Paradoxes of Broadband
A great article about the technology and politics behind broadband. Our friend Professor Lessig just...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/25/2003
Glass in IE6?!?
Those of you lucky enough to attend the PDC keynote this year saw the cool glass effects we're...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/25/2003
Doing Templates before Whidbey comes out
I like using templates for sites. Sadly, there won't be support in ASP.NET until the next release....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/25/2003
The Distributed Library Project
How many books do you have that you haven't touched in the last [insert double-digit number] months?...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/25/2003
Hey, Don't knock Iowa
I grew up in Iowa [close to Okoboji]. I've done my share of knocking my home state, how I'd never...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/25/2003
The Law of Leaky Abstractions
In one part of his Artima interviews, Anders Hejlsberg discusses the notion of simplexity. I've...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/05/2003
More with Anders Hejlsberg
Part 5 of the interview I posted earlier. This one talks "about DLL hell and interface contracts,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/04/2003
Google for autosearch in IE
I use IE at work. It has a nasty habit of forwarding searchs to MSN search, which also pops up ads...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/03/2003
The 'start' command from CMD
Another little CMD window utility that I learned recently: start. I just typed start /? and I...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/20/2003