Rediscovering the Obvious

Silverlight 2 RTW, or, how Microsoft choked

First, I'll repeat the news that's all over: Microsoft has released the "final" version of Silverlight 2.0 to the world! This is a major step for .NET developers, because it means we can do really incredible things on the web without massive injections Read More...

Posted Tuesday, October 14, 2008 12:45 PM by willeke | 1 Comments

Today, I played designer

It was rather nice. For a few minutes earlier today, I was able to experience the designer's perspective of Blend. We had a bug filed on one of our common controls' visual appearance, and a designer and a developer were pairing on cleaning it up. They Read More...

Posted Tuesday, September 30, 2008 11:33 AM by willeke | 0 Comments

Thoughts on Batch Size

The concepts surrounding batch size have been floating around my head again in recent days. My current assignment is a rather large batch of work with Silverlight 2.0, but it's one that I've been able to subdivide into a number of small batches that rapidly Read More...

Posted Tuesday, June 03, 2008 5:29 PM by willeke | 0 Comments

Inkubook is (briefly) hiring!

Effective _now_, we are hiring a single experienced individual into an architect or senior developer role. If you have a desire to work with an incredible team, have great .NET coding skills, and have a desire to see your work become a real product in Read More...

Posted Saturday, May 24, 2008 8:39 AM by willeke | 0 Comments

And now, the issues past, Silverlife is wonderful!

I've managed to get past the random issues that seem to plague me when adopting new technologies, and I'm digging into the meat of Silverlight 2.0 (Beta 1). This is GREAT! Blend is a great tool, and they've made using resources SO MUCH BETTER! The visual Read More...

Posted Friday, April 18, 2008 9:25 AM by willeke | 0 Comments