Speaking at Microsoft TechDays 2011
Meet me at Microsoft TechDays 2011 where I will speak at the session about Silverlight and MVVM. The demo code from the presentation will be available here after the presentation.
Do you need guidelines for your next Silverlight or Windows Phone 7 application? Schedule a meeting to meet me in person during TechDays and I will give you my thoughts on your project. Send your request to anders@egotronic.com and I will respond with a time suggestion!
Microsoft Silverlight Sommarkollo 2010
I'm speaking and demonstrating Silverlight, MVVM and Windows Phone 7 together with Danwei from Microsoft at Microsoft Silverlight Sommarkollo 2010 in Malmoe, Gothenburg and Stockholm. Check out the schedule and book a seat!
UPDATE: The source code and PTT slides can be downloaded from http://egotronic.com/sommarkollo/silverlight.zip
Cornerstone - New Silverlight training partner
I'm now also doing Silverlight training for the Swedish IT training company Cornerstone. Are you interested in Silverlight training, please contact me for more details about the courses or visit the Cornerstone Web site.
Visiting MIX10 in Las Vegas
In March 15-17th I'm visiting the Microsoft MIX10 conference in Las Vegas to stay updated with the latest news about Silverlight. We are a couple of Silverlight developers who are going to catch up before the event. Send me an email on anders(a)egotronic(.)com if you would like to join us!
Silverlight goes to New Zealand
I'm having the pleasure to work with a New Zealand based firm to design and develop true business applications with the Silverlight technology. The solutions are built on Microsoft .Net RIA Services and Entity Framework.
Speaking at Microsoft 'Summer School', again!
The 19th of August 2009, I was speaking at the Microsoft Silverlight 'Summer School'. My topic was about how to use Expression Blend and Behaviors, Triggers and Actions to add interactivity to the UI, writing no or minimal code. The amazing Physics Helper was demonstrated, but also how to use Behaviors in business applications with the Model-View-ViewModel architectual pattern.
Teaching Silverlight in India
Recently, I was contacted by a San Diego based firm to teach IT staff in India about how to develop Silverlight applications and make use of WCF Services and client caching using Isolated Storage.
The Silverlight and MVVM Course at Informator
During autumn 2009 I will be teaching Silverlight and the MVVM pattern at Informator in Stockholm and Gothenburg. For a detailed course description visit the Informator Web site.
Winning Global Best Cross Network Practise at MGX
The Web site and Silverlight applications I developed for Microsoft MSN Sweden for 'melodifestivalen' at MSN.SE won the Global Best Cross Network Practise Award at MGX 2009, which is a Microsoft event for worldwide sales folks, consultants and evangelists.
Silverlight seminar April 28 and May 14 at Informator
Silverlight seminar at Informator where I and Robert Folkesson from Microsoft are talking about our experiences with the technology and what to look for in the next version, Silverlight 3. More information about the seminar and to book a seat please visit the seminar page.
Silverlight guest speaker at KTH Kista April 14
Speaking about Silverlight in general and my experience with the technology for students at Royal Institute of Technology in Kista, Stockholm.
Melodifestivalen.msn.se
Working together with the MSN team at Microsoft Sweden, melodifestivalen.msn.se has been developed with extensive use of the Microsoft Silverlight technology.
This project is a good exampel of how different parts of a Web page can offer a richer user experience with Silverlight technology. Feel free to contact me about how this was developed in Silverlight or Robert Folkesson for the project in general.
Microsoft TechNet TV with Silverlight
In collaboration with the video broadcasting firm World Television, a videoplayer has been developed with the Microsoft Silverlight technology, where a library of video and PowerPoint slides are synchronized during playback.
Silverlight workshop at Øredev conference
I attended the Øredev developer conference as the tutor of the Silverlight workshop session.
Also, at the Microsoft booth I and a few other Silverlight developers where interviewed where we shared our thoughts about developing applications with Silverlight and the Expression Suite. The recorded interview is published on the Swedish Microsoft Channel 9 site.
WPF-based solution at Input Consulting
Recently I teamed up with Input Consulting to work on a WPF-based Business-of-Line Application for Stockholm Stad. The Composite Client Application Guidance (PRISM) for WPF was used, which is a pattern & practice designed to help building modular applications, now also suitable for Silverlight development.
Renderstorm improves game data visualizations
Producing 3D graphics for game developers and visualization companies, Renderstom is contributing to one of my Silverlight projects. The work is aiming at impoving data visualization for my network multiplayer game project now beeing developed in Silverlight 3.
The first release is expected in a few months. If your are interested in game development you are welcome to contact me for more information.
Guest speaker at Microsoft Silverlight 'Summer school'
A full crowd joined a half day Silverlight session at the Swedish Microsoft office in Kista, where I shared my knowledge and experience with this, for most people, new development platform. The session was led by Robert Folkesson, Silverlight Evangelist at Microsoft Sweden.