Seattle's Silverlight User Group, in association with Interact and community organzations everywhere are having their next Silverlight meeting on Oct 6th, 2010 at Building 40/41 caff ( http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&where1=Microsoft%20Building%2041%2C%20WA&encType=1 ) at 7pm to 8:30pm.

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 Chris Pendleton on Bing Maps and using the Bing Map Silverlight controls on all your Silverlight Plateforms maybe even Phone 7 ;) 

More about Chris: Chris Pendleton is the Bing Maps Technical Evangelist for Microsoft Corporation. Chris has been with Microsoft for 7 years and has been in the location-based services and GIS industry for over 10 years. Chris specializes in all things Bing Maps and Microsoft geospatial including, but not limited to technological deep dives, web and mobile application architecture and development, licensing arrangements and 3rd party revenue opportunities. Chris has a long history of application development, architecture, consulting and deployment of large scale web-based applications, especially those using geospatial intelligence. Chris also authors the Bing Maps Blog and holds a Master's Degree in Business Management from San Diego State University.

Keep up with Chris and Bing Maps at:

twitter:  http://twitter.com/bingmaps 

Blog: http://www.bing.com/community/blogs/maps/ 

Maps: http://www.microsoft.com/maps/ 

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.

Twitter:        http://twitter.com/SeattleSlug

Facebook:       http://www.facebook.com/pages/Seattle-SLUG/181750441443

Entry is free, Parking is free, everyone is welcome. 

Call David @ 206.653.5143

Alas I find my self doing another book review... its not clear to me that I should continue to do that but on this particular book it heads in the right direction. As noted in an earlier post I find the idea of a cook book to be of particular interest and useful in my work with Silverlight. This book has gotten closer then any other to date in building the ideal Silverlight book. Albeit the book does make an attempt to teach Silverlight to some degree but it tends to be more of a reference book, the down side is that there is more in the book about teaching and less about more esoteric topics not connected to data. Certainly though for the professional Silverlight developer this is a great addition to your library.

http://www.packtpub.com/microsoft-silverlight-4-data-and-services-cookbook/book/mid/130510v8s5cu?utm_source=hackingsilverlight.blogspot.com&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_content=blog&utm_campaign=mdb_003316

I normally don't do book reviews here but this book is kind of cool and what I'm looking for. Silverlight 4 Business Application Development, here is a book that is kind of not so much on the UX side but what stands out about this book is the fact that it is more pictures and code then text especially when compared to a regular book. For me in particular this is awesome as Im more into pictures and code samples. Much like a recipe book this kind of thing is right up my ally so I can focus on making the applications User eXperience cool. That being the case I would recommend it. On the downside the book is from a publisher I haven’t not heard up and the technical editors are more well known in the authors but once getting past that its a good resource to have. You can download a sample chapter here:

http://www.HackingSilverlight.net/Downloads/9843_SampleChapter.pdf

and purchase the book on their site:

http://www.packtpub.com/microsoft-silverlight-4-business-application-development-beginners-guide/book/mid/100510ricjw6?utm_source=hackingsilverlight.blogspot.com&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_content=blog&utm_campaign=mdb_003266

some of the samples will also show up the the HackingSilverlight Code Browser:

http://www.hackingsilverlight.net/HackingSilverlightBrowser.html

Seattle's Silverlight User Group, in association with Interact and community organzations everywhere are having their next Silverlight meeting on June 2nd, 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 world famous Karl Shifflett author of power tools... if you don't know him you should. Karl will be talking about something related to Silverlight ;) check out his blog at: http://karlshifflett.wordpress.com/

Abstract:
There is much buzz around the newest capabilities of Silverlight 4 that position it to be a first class line of business (LOB) application platform.

This session will focus on navigation in out of the browser (OOB) LOB applications. We will examine how to implement non-linear navigation in Silverlight 4 OOB applications.

Hopefully this session will challenge you to explore new thinking and new ways to deliver great user experiences in you SL4 OOB apps.


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.

Seattle's Silverlight User Group, in association with Interact and community organzations everywhere are having their next Silverlight meeting on March 3rd, 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 join Seattle Silverlight User Group when Ryan Lane (http://www.futile.com/ )talks about building Silverlight Applications in Expression Blend. More information to come shortly.

This month we are also starting 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.

Seattle's Silverlight User Group, in association with Interact and community organzations everywhere is having its next meeting on February 3rd, 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 join Seattle Silverlight User Group when Glenn Block talks about the new MEF (Managed Extensibility Framework) in Silverlight 4 and how you can use it to build more maintainable Silverlight applications which can be extended by third-parties. Come with questions ready the use MEF building extensible applications which can be partitioned across dynamically downloadable XAPs. In this talk we’ll drill into the core of MEF and discuss scenarios for it’s usage.

Tech Focus Members we are thrilled to announce that our Silverlight Tech Focus Series has launched. Exclusive Silverlight 4 content now awaits you! During January & February you will get inside the mind of Wintellect's Silverlight guru Jeff Prosise and be prepared to go out and build great Silverlight applications that work right the first time and every time. Receive articles, blog content, social media tips & tricks, and much more straight from the expert that will provide you with the know-how you need to navigate the new Silverlight 4 landscape.

To access all of this great content simply visit the Tech Focus Portal where you will be able to reference all Tech Focus content throughout 2010. Plus, each bi-monthly Tech Focus Series has its own archive page. Simply select the Tech Focus topic being covered under the calendar and you will enter the corresponding archive where you can access all content.

We will provide you with monthly email updates detailing the new content that is available to you. You can also check the Tech Focus Portal at your leisure to get updated articles, blog content, special offers, and much more. We hope that you enjoy your Tech Focus experience!

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Seattle's Silverlight User Group, in association with Interact and community organzations everywhere is having its next meeting on January 13th, 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. Come socialize and listen as former Silverlight MVP and Microsoftee John Papa talks about Silverlight 4 and whats new.

http://www.SeattleSilverlight.net/

We will take a tour of the new features in Silverlight 4 including features like printing, rich text (RTF) support, and expanded databinding support. Also hear about exciting Silverlight additions to the media stack, and get an introduction to the Silverlight 4 elevated trust out of browser model.