Misc

Braulio Diez, an author of several articles for SilverlightShow, who is also CompletIT and SilverlightShow representative for Spain, has recently published his first part from a series of articles on Sketchflow. We talk to Braulio on his series, the webinar he plans to deliver in September covering the most challenging topics from the series, and more..Meet Braulio!

Q. Braulio - please briefly introduce yourself

A. I’m a Silverlight MVP, freelancer, I use to work as a developer and trainer, I like to write articles for dotnet specialized sites / magazines, develop open source projects, participate in webinars / sessions, and I’m Complet IT representative for Spain.

Zoltan Arvai, a Microsoft MVP in Client applications development, is a regular contributor to the article content on SilverlightShow. Having authored 7 articles on MEF, MVVM and WCF RIA Services, and with more articles coming along the way, Zoltan is one of the most appreciated and highly rated authors on SilverlightShow.

Meet Zoltan!
 
Q. Zoltan - please briefly introduce yourself to SilverlighShow community
 
A. Hi! I’m Zoltan Arvai from Hungary. I’ve been a .NET developer for 7 years.

A couple of years ago I came close with Microsoft Hungary, and started doing workshops and presentations for them.

We recently got a number of SilverlightShow member requests to cover WCF RIA Services in-deep, through articles or tutorials. And - here came the first three (part I, part II, part III) from a series of 10 articles on the topic, by the expert in Microsoft Software Development, and .NET particularly, Brian Noyes.

In this interview we talk to Brian on his article series, WCF RIA Services, and more..Meet Brian!

Q. Brian - please briefly introduce yourself and your professional experience (include professional background, company, interests - anything you think might be interesting to SilverlightShow community).

As we have recently announced, a hot book on data-driven applications with Silverlight - Microsoft Silverlight 4 Data and Services Cookbook was expected to hit the market. The book is now out and there is a 20% price discount available exclusively for SilverlightShow community with promo code SShow20Net.
 
We are talking to one of the book authors - Gill Cleeren, Microsoft Regional Director for Belgium - on what we should expect from the book and how it will help you build better and faster data-driven Silverlight solutions.

MIX10 in Las Vegas is over. The reflections on the event and discussions on news announced there, however, will keep being a hot topic over the next few months.

What were the most significant announcements made at MIX, best sessions and demos, most useful and entertaining social events - find out from SilverlightShow live reporter at the event Cigdem Patlak. Cigdem got the Community Vote award at SilverlightShow Eco Contest.

Q. Cigdem - first, thanks for being SilverlightShow live reporter at MIX! The community showed great interest towards your mini notes (day1, day2, day3) from the event, you also made a couple of very interesting interviews (interview with Adam Kinney, interview with Laurent Bugnion) with key speakers at the event.

The Silverlight Tour is one of the most intensive courses in Silverlight 4. It takes just 4 days to learn and experience the ins and outs of design, development and server-side programming with Silverlight.

We talk to one of the course organizers in Canada - Laurent Duveau - on why should a person invest in attending this course, and what s/he should expect to achieve through it.

Q. Laurent – the Silverlight Tour announced a draw giving one free pass to The Silverlight Tour in Vancouver, May 3-6, 2010 to a member of SilverlightShow Community.

We talk to the First Runner-up in SilverlightShow Eco Contest Levente Mihaly on his impressions from the Eco contest, the application he submitted in the contest, and his expectations towards MIX10. Though unexpected circumstances prevented him from attending MIX, he is looking forward to watching the MIX sessions online.

Meet the First runner-up Levente Mihaly!

Q. Levente - please introduce yourself for those of SilverlightShow community who haven't had the chance to meet you.

A. I'm from Hungary, studied Computer Engineering/Science at Budapest University of Technology and Economics, finished Msc.

Next in our series of interviews with SilverlightShow Eco Contest winners is the Community Vote winner Cigdem Patlak. We talk about her expectations for MIX, sessions she would be most willing to attend, people she would like to meet there, and of course - how it feels to be a community winner in such a competitive and challenging contest!

Meet Cigdem Patlak!

Q. Cigdem - please introduce yourself for those members of SilverlightShow community who haven't had the chance to meet you.

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The 3 winners in SilverlightShow Eco Contest are already getting packed for MIX10 in Vegas! Before they fly away, we catch them to talk about their expectations for MIX, sessions they would be most willing to attend, people they would like to meet there, and of course - how it feels to be a winner in such a competitive and challenging contest!

Meet the Grand Prize winner Daniel James!

Q. Daniel - please introduce yourself for those members of SilverlightShow community who haven't had the chance to meet you.