Recently learned a nifty trick from Pete Blois about how to use a UserControl as a DataTemplate in Silverlight 2. This is real handy, because it allows for a more WPF-like workflow, allowing a designer to create data templates in Blend. With this workflow, the designer can go ahead and build o…
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I recently was working on a Silverlight 2 project and needed to "phone home" from the .xap back to the server of origin to get a text file from the server. It wasn't completely obvious how to do this at first, so I figured I'd share the code I wrote if others need to do something similar. …
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In WPF, the MediaElement is simple and easy, but there are times when one wants to do more with video (webcams, pixel manipulation, etc.). This usually requires dropping outside of WPF into unmanaged code or at least referencing unmanaged dlls, all which can get tricky, suffice to say. I…
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Someone asked for direct links for downloading the WPF Boot Camp videos, so here they are. Day 1 http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/mix/6/2/5/Introduction_2MB_mix.wmv http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/mix/6/2/5/VS_2MB_mix.wmv http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/mix/6/2/5/LapAroundBlendUn…
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I just posted the videos and collateral from the WPF Boot Camp 2008 here. Lots of great material here, including talks by Mark Wilson-Thomas, Unni Ravindranathan, Jonathon Russ (IdentityMine), Robert Ingebretsen (IdentityMine), David Teitlebaum, Jordan Parker, Jaime Rodriguez, Adam Smith, Henr…
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I uploaded three patches to Codeplex for Video.Show(): 1. Creating a dual server configuration to offload video processing 2. Running the Video Processing Service as an NT Service 3. Enabling anonymous uploading and commenting All three of these patches were used for the implementation…
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Up at the SxSW Music Showcasing Artists page, a person can browse the over 1700 artists that performed. Most of the artists have submitted a track or two that you can listen to right from the site. Being curious, I right-clicked the audio player used on the site and discovered it was by Jeroen…
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Last year at SxSW, I discovered Twitter, which has since grown tremendously and continues to gain momentum. My discovery at SxSW this year? ChaCha. ChaCha is a free service that adds a human factor to a search. Where it really comes in handy is on your phone. Basically, you can tex…
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Announcing Pulse, which I worked on in conjunction with Frog Design for SxSW Interactive. It is an interactive online community hub for the 2008 SXSW Interactive Festival, keeping users up-to-date on the latest event discussions, videos, and news. The site features premium content from SXSW, i…
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Sometimes one wants to encourage rhizomatic behavior. This is possible and rhizohms will thrive when provided care. But controlling rhizohms is difficult. They resist being shaped or trained. There is the case when a rhizohm that has been nurtured can grow out of control. …
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