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Expression Blend Pro Tip: Add your own sample data lists

  Expression Blend (3 and higher) lets you create Sample Data Sources, and for each property, select a data type and sample data format, such as Lorem ipsum, Colors, Company Names, Names, etc. It’s a nice list, which is great for prototyping. However, Read More...

Enter the Stargate Destiny, courtesy of Silverlight, DeepZoom, Photosynth.

This may result in a “geekasm” – you’ve been warned. http://stargate.mgm.com/photosynth   How’d they do it? MGM Stargate Case Study Read More...

Join ObjectSharp for Silverlight on the Silver Screen – July 9 – Scotiabank Theatre Toronto

Silverlight 3 will soon be released.  And to properly celebrate the excitement of its release, ObjectSharp is teaming up with Microsoft to present an action-packed first look at the UX3 platform, live from the Scotiabank Theatre in Toronto.  Read More...

Generic Implementation of INotifyPropertyChanged on ADO.NET Data Services (Astoria) Proxies with T4 Code Generation

Last Week Mike Flasko from the ADO.NET Data Services (Astoria) Team blogged about what’s coming in V1.5 which will ship prior to VS 2010. I applaud these out of band releases. One of the new features is support for two-way data binding in the client library Read More...

Technology Predictions and Trends for 2009

I’m sure we’re going to look back at 2009 and say “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times’ and it will no doubt be interesting. Here’s my predictions…. Social Networking Everywhere Although online social networking companies are already struggling Read More...

Entity Framework: What you need to know. Metro Toronto UG Dec 9th 2008

I’ll be speaking tomorrow night at the Metro Toronto .NET UG tomorrow night. Entity Framework: What You Need to Know Barry Gervin , ObjectSharp Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at 6:00pm New Location! Palmerston Library Theatre (lower level), 560 Palmerston Read More...

DevTeach Montreal December 1-5, 2008 – Coupon Enclosed

DevTeach Montreal is less than a month away but it’s not too late to register. This is a great conference with sessions covering .NET FX, Future, SQL Server, VSTS/Team System, Silverlight, Agile Development, Software Architecture, ASP.NET. Aside from Read More...

VSTS Development & Database Editions to Merge!

An early Christmas present from our friends in Redmond! Beginning October 1, 2008 subscribers to VSTS Developer Edition and Database Edition will have access to the additional SKU. This was reported this week over at the MSDN VS 2010 & .NET Framework Read More...

Blog Resume

Oh where did the summer go? Not spent blogging. My life was turned a bit upside down this summer. My expectant wife Caroline was hospitalized for pre-eclampsia (high blood pressure) for 2 weeks, and when she did get released – she was put on bed rest. Read More...

Aspiring Architect - Web cast series

With all this heat, I almost wrote "perspiring". Why not beat the heat, and stay cool inside while watching these web casts from MS Canada targeting aspiring architects. With the predicted shortage in IT in the upcoming years, we're sure to Read More...
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