Why Emergency Identification Cards Is Important
The concept of emergency identification cards is rather simple. Medical professionals in hospitals or clinics can use special…
Graphic Design Certification Programs- Are They Worth It?
To become a skilled professional graphic designer, look at graphic design certification programs as an educational program option…
How To Obtain Persuasive Technique In Advertising Your Product?
Advertising is something that all brands need. Surely you haven’t forgotten the billboards of McDonald’s and Coca-Cola. Like…
Should You Go For Motorola Phone Repair Near Me Or Do A DIY Repair?
Trying to repair your phone can be fairly risky if you take it to a repair shop that…
Where To Sell Computer Parts
It is good to know where to sell computer parts because like you, someone may be able to…
The Best Tech Company Logos. Use A Logo Generator To Up The Ante!
Every business, organization, or club needs a logo. Something to call out to people and invite them in,…
Business Name Generator – Your One-Stop-Shop For Thousands Of Business Names
Finding the right name for your business can impact its success. According to a US study, the name…
How To Find Computer Technician Jobs Near Me?
Fresh graduate? Looking for a Job. Well, finding suitable computer technician jobs near me can be difficult and…
Typeface vs. Font: Terminology Smackdown
It’s a pretty subtle distinction, but if you’re nerd enough to be here then you’re nerd enough to…
Markdown is the Future of Writing
If you’re serious about writing, then it’s time to get serious about Markdown. If not, keep using WordPerfect,…
Paper, Manifestos and Why You Need One to Be Great at Anything
Manifesto is kind of an old fashioned word. I started flirting with it because of Paper (the app). I’ve been…
Why is there Flash in the HTML5 version of Cut the Rope?
Update: A build that fixes the Flash-related loading problems (see below) in Firefox has gone live. That build…
Best Practices For PART_ Naming Convention
If you’ve done any digging into WPF control templates, you’ve likely come across an element or two called…
Simple Styles for Silverlight
This is a long time coming. I finally created a version of Simple Styles that is designed for…
SXSWi Trip Report
I’ve just finished a really great week at SXSW and I wanted to jot down some highlights before…
Timesheet PDF
I’ve used all kinds of systems for tracking my time, but by far the most effective is a…
Texttrimming Textblock For Silverlight
A handy feature of WPF is the ability to tell TextBlock to truncate its text to ellipses if…
Silverlight Code Snippets for DependencyProperties and other Handy Stuff
I was teaching someone about DependencyProperty.aspx) the other day when I realized two things: first, DependencyProperty is a bad…
First Digital 3D Rendered Film (from 1972) and My Visit to Pixar
This is really neat. It’s a very very early digital 3D rendered film (family lore is that it’s…
Diet Coke + Mentos
We did the Diet Coke + Mentos experiment for the kids over the weekend. Mentos made it awesome.…
Photoshop Action for Windows Phone 7 Dithering
Here’s a Photoshop Action (i.e. a script) that I made to pre-dither an image so that it renders…
Creating an HTML5 Game
I’ve been meaning to write something about this for a long time! Over the summer we created Agent 008…
Silverlight and HTML5 and Your Future
I love HTML5 and I also love Silveright. I’m actually not too broken up about the emphasis on…
Making the Most of Silverlight Text Rendering
Plenty of people (myself included) have had some less than favorable things to say about text rendering in…
10 Favorite Open Source Fonts You Can Embed in WPF or Silverlight
Very nice sans serif that works well for display. Comes in many weights. I’ve actually used this font…
MIX 10: Ten Ways to Attack a Design Problem and Win
This is the talk that I gave at MIX 2010. It’s a little bit about how I approach…
My (very) Short List of Must Read Books for Designers
All fantastic books. There are other great books, but for me these are the essentials. How to Think…
Simple Path Data Resources that I Add to Every WPF and Silverlight Project
Here’s a little time saver. I sort of have a routine that I go through when I create…
MIX09 Workship is Online Now
I found out today that my MIX09 worskhop is now officially online. I won’t lie, it’s kind of long.…
MIX09: Design Fundamentals for Developers
This is a workshop that I gave at MIX09 and then again at MIX10. You can watch this…
Best MIX Keynote Yet
My hats of to Microsoft today for putting on a truly inspiring keynote. Deborah Adler shared her story of…