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…
Using Markdown to Format Documents
If you’re a technical writer, you will no doubt have discovered that there are lots of formats and…
A personal Manifesto to go for Greatness in all you Do
Wait till you see the Paper app – it’s a super iPad app for drawing. True, there is…
Why is there Flash in the HTML5 Version of Cut the Rope
In Firefox, a build that fixes flash-related loading problems has gone live. There were also loading issues with…
Debugging the “PART” prefix in a Template
When working with WPF control templates, you will often come across a file or a template that has…
Simple Styles for Silverlight
After what seemed ages, I finally managed to create a unique version of Simple Styles that is exclusively…
Reporting of the wonder of SXSWI Festivals
In the 1980s a small group of Texans got together to discuss the future of media and entertainment.…
Timesheet PDF
I love trying apps and other online tools to help me with my day-to-day tasks and time tracking…
Texttrimming Textblock for Silverlight
TextClipping is useful. TextBlock control is a basic control in WPF and is very useful. The reason for…
Silverlight Code Snippets for Dependency Properties and other Handy Stuff
I was tutoring someone about DependencyProperty.aspx when I realized what a bad name this is. The dependency thing…
First Digital 3D Rendered Film (from 1972) and My Visit to Pixar
This is something quite amazing and it’s one of the earlier digital 3D films. It’s got that old…
Mentos + Diet Coke
Over the weekend, we decided to do Mentos + Diet Coke experiment for the kids, and take my…
A simple Photoshop action to pre-dither any picture or image
Note: Before you install this script into your software, first save all your files. If you open a…
Developing exciting HTML5 Games
As a markup language, HTML5 presents content on the web being released in 2008. Making use of it,…
Silverlight and HTML and your Future
I love both Silverlight and HTML5. Everybody knows that even a little bit of knowledge of HTML can…
Making the Most of Silverlight Text Rendering
With text rendering, you’re essentially making text readable to users. The process is straightforward for simple scripts. The…
10 Incredible Open Source Fonts That You Can Embed In Silverlight or WPF
The font that deserves the very first mention is none other than Very nice Sans Serif. I have…
MIX 10: Ten Tips to Resolve Any Design Related problem
This talk that I delivered at MIX 2010 is about my approach to the design process. I really…
Short List of My Favorite Must Read Books for Designers
Here is a list of my favorite books. Of course, there are many other great books too. However,…
Path Data Resources
If you’ve ever been stuck and have to go through what seems like a never-ending and time-consuming task…
MIX09 Workshop is Online Now
I was happy to find out that finally, my MIX09 workshop is officially online. I would be honest,…
MIX09: Design Fundamentals for Developers
This workshop was given by me first at MIX09 and then at MIX10 again. For those who are…
The Keynote that Delivered Representation
I’ve always found speeches to be beautiful for their ability to influence minds while simultaneously having the capability…
XAML Scrubber for VS
Pete inspired and motivated me to develop XAML’s Scruuber VS plugin. By XAML Scrubber, I mean the XAML…