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Not At PDC

For those of us unable to attend PDC this year, http://notatpdc.com/ is helping to fill the void with virtual presentations and sessions. Check it out and get involved!

What is NinjaCamp?

Watch this space for more info...

Silverlight 2 Officially Released Tomorrow!

Microsoft has announced that the Silverlight 2 runtime plugin will be available for download on Tuesday, Oct. 14, at http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight. If you are already using a previous version of Silverlight, you will be automatically upgraded to Silverlight 2.

In addition to Windows development tools, the company has outlined plans for supporting Mac and Linux tools for developing Silverlight applications.

Click here to read the entire press release.

The Thirsty Developer Podcast

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to sit down with Larry Clarkin and Dave Bost from The Thirsty Developer podcast for a conversation about my some of my experiences as a designer living in a developer world as well as some of the tools and technologies that are helping to make designer/developer collaboration a better experience for us all.

You can subscribe to the podcast in the usual ways: The Thirsty Developer, Feedburner, iTunes and Zune.

Silverlight RC0 Tip

I was updating a test app from Silverlight 2 Beta 2 to work with the recently released developer only Silverlight RC0 and kept getting the "install Silverlight" button in tests. I discovered that the object type needed to be changed from applicatiion/x-silverlight-2-b2 to application/x-silverlight-2.

MVP Award

I was thrilled and honored to receive word this morning that I have been named as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for Expression!

The MVP Award recognizes exceptional technical leaders who share a deep commitment to community and a willingness to help others. Worldwide, there are over 100 million participants in Microsoft's technical communities; of these participants, there are fewer than 4,000 active Microsoft MVPs. These are selected from 93 countries and 90 different technical areas.

My MVP listing can be viewed at on Microsoft's MVP Profiles Site.