Seattle's Silverlight User Group, in association with Interact and community organzations everywhere are having their next Silverlight meeting on May 5th, 2010 at Building 40/41 caff ( http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&where1=Microsoft%20Building%2041%2C%20WA&encType=1 ).

All the local Microsoftee's and MVP's will be there.

http://www.SeattleSilverlight.net/

Come to the Seattle Silverlight User Group and listen to Mark Rideout a Program Manager on the Microsoft Silverlight team. Mark will discuss Silverlight text through the versions and highlight what new text features exist in Silverlight 4.

Marks Bio:

Mark Rideout is a Program Manager on the Silverlight Team at Microsoft. Mark is responsible for features around text and text input in addition to input and accessibility features. Mark has worked on multiple Microsoft UI frameworks such as Windows Forms and has been working with the .NET Framework since 1.0. Mark started at Microsoft in 1997, and prior to that, Mark worked as a consultant where he designed and developed business applications

This month we are also having an 'Ask The Expert' side session for beginners to help them come up to speed and start developing great Silverlight applications. If your new and want to learn this is the place to be.

Also at 6pm at the same location will be the organizing committee's meeting and this is open to the public. Please come and help us run the user group.