WPF Design and Development

Welcome Mr. Wagoner

Tech Reverie - Kurt Brockett's Digital Daydream » IM — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:02:36 GMT

Photo from TechEd2007 Josh Wagoner has jumped into the fray that is blogging. You can find his new home, Blog Bloginski, over at: http://blog.dobaginski.com/josh/. That’s Josh above and I promise you he isn’t our customer service reps who wears that headset all the time. He’s actually rocking an impromptu VSIP session detailing some of the tech [...]...(read more)

A Fond Farewell

nerdplusart.com — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:01:31 GMT

There’s been a lot of good news at IdentityMine in the last couple of weeks: Laurent decided to join the team; we found out about a prominent ranking with Inc. magazine; and there’s been a stream of internal good news. It’s been a really great month. All that has made a hard decision even harder for [...]...(read more)

IE8 beta 2… Is it worth installing now?

designerslove.net — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:32:29 GMT

So far in the last couple hours I have found 3 great benefits of IE8 beta 2. First IE8 is launching really fast. This is great since I am doing a lot of Silverlight stuff lately… Build and run gets painful when you are doing it hundreds of times a day. IE 8 boots up noticeably [...]...(read more)

PDC 2008 I will see ya there!

designerslove.net — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:26:17 GMT

I’m going to be at PDC again this year. Can’t wait to see what Microsoft has to show! I’ve been to the last couple of PDC’s so now its starting to feel like things just won’t be right if I miss out. It will probably be my first outing since my twin girls were born so [...]...(read more)

Cursorinski at Bloginski

designerslove.net — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:19:12 GMT

Josh Wagoner is blogging. http://blog.dobaginski.com/josh/ Josh is a “experience software engineer” at IdentityMine and he doesnt have any secret identities that I know of so I can openly brag about how good he is. I worked with him on the snowboard app that was shown at CES among many other projects. He’s also the mastermind behind [...]...(read more)

Updated Mojave Experiment – now with Silverlight

Tech Reverie - Kurt Brockett's Digital Daydream » IM — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:37:00 GMT

Today on the Windows Vista Blog, David Webster provided an update on the Mojave Experiment. There is a ton of great information on some of the behind the scenes thinking on the campaign and how it all went down. To me though the most important update is what you find in the right click menu. [...]...(read more)

IxDA Los Angeles Event sponsored by IdentityMine and REZN8

Issa.Johnson — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:47:00 GMT

The IxDA event Wednesday night sponsored by us and REZN8 was a success! The LA office was filled with 20+ guests from the interaction design community. It was a great opportunity for us to showcase the Surface demos (Wine bar & Snowboard) to a group of creatives and seek out talent as well. Andrew Whiddett and John O’Keefe presented for almost an hour. Andrew covered why to use Surface, the design challenges, gestures, and physics. John did a deep-dive on the design aspects (wireframe, motion studies).

After the presentation, Andrew showed the demos. I heard lots of “oohs” and “aahs”, suffice to say, most (if not all) were impressed. So impressed that we had to start putting chairs away to signal the end of the event. Otherwise, I think it would have lasted until midnight! It was exciting to see the same response I had when I first saw the demos myself. Andrew, John, and Jason were constantly surrounded by guests eager to ask questions. It solidifies that we have such a talented team that create amazing applications … I’m glad to be part of it. Looking forward to hopefully sponsoring and/or hosting another event in the future.

In case you missed Andrew’s demo presentation, make sure you check it out! Surface - Wine Bar & Snowboard Demo

We are eager to be able to show off more of our Surface work in the future… stay tuned!

Dynamics CRM in WPF and Silverlight

Tech Reverie - Kurt Brockett's Digital Daydream » IM — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:41:00 GMT

This past week on “Dynamics Duo”, a Dynamics themed set of videos on Channel9, Ben Riga and Girish Raja showed some new User Experiences built around Dynamics. At IdentityMine we had the privilege of working with the Dynamics team to deliver the WPF and Silverlight portions shown in these videos. You’ll first see some of [...]...(read more)

Exciting day for identity mine

designerslove.net — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:24:05 GMT

First I wake up to the news that Laurent Bugnion (the code trotter himself) will be working with identity mine. This is fantastic news for us as Laurent is amazingly talented and incredibly fun to work with. Read his post here. I’m so excited about it I wore my identity mine logo wear (untucked of course, [...]...(read more)

Welcome Laurent!

Tech Reverie - Kurt Brockett's Digital Daydream » IM — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:55:45 GMT

This morning I had the pleasure of waking up to some great news. Laurent Bugnion is joining IdentityMine! Laurent will be joining as a Senior Interactive Developer and will stay based in Zurich but I wouldn’t be surprised to see him at the Seattle office a few times during the year. Laurent has always [...]...(read more)

Seu Jorge Sings Bowie

nerdplusart.com — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:00:51 GMT

I rediscovered a classic this weekend. My brother was in town and we watched (a TV version) of The Royal Tenenbaums (it’s a classic, but not the classic I was referring to). Well, it reminded me of this incredible album (that one is the classic). If you saw The Life Aquatic (a different Wes Anderson film, [...]...(read more)

Dev Teach 2008 Toronto Canada

david.kelley — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:04:00 GMT

looks like we are going to Canada:

Silverlight Particle Generator

nerdplusart.com — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:59:22 GMT

I’ve been experimenting with particle generation a little bit over the weekend. I guess that if I were a gamer, particle effects may seem kind of ordinary. They’re first draft fodder for game guys. For me, though, there is still a lot of allure and new here. The result: I’ve got myself a new [...]...(read more)

Infographic of the Decade: I Met the Walrus

nerdplusart.com — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:36:43 GMT

USA Today, eat your heart out! This is an incredibly beautiful animated short that depicts a 1969 interview between John Lennon and a young man who had snuck into his hotel room during John’s “bed-in” for peace phase. The animation has a unique stream of consciousness approach to illustrating the dialogue that puts it somewhere [...]...(read more)

IxDA Los Angeles – IdentityMine and REZN8

Tech Reverie - Kurt Brockett's Digital Daydream » IM — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:00:00 GMT

As you may have seen yesterday IdentityMine has been working on some cool stuff around Microsoft’s Surface technology. As part of an effort to share some of the details behind this project, IdentityMine and REZN8 have partnered with the local IxDA chapter to host a discussion next Wednesday, August 20 in Los Angeles. IxDA Los Angeles [...]...(read more)

Surface, BillG, Snowboards and Wine

Tech Reverie - Kurt Brockett's Digital Daydream » IM — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:51:00 GMT

Back in January I posted the photo on the left declaring “Yes, I’m a Nerd”. If you read back to that post it explains that I was spending my evening watching the Bill Gates Keynote from CES. Now that is all true but originally it seemed I had no real reason for wanting to actually [...]...(read more)

The Olympics are Not Just for Jocks

nerdplusart.com — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 06:27:53 GMT

Let’s face it readers, you and I are not jocks. I try to run two or three times a week. You like racquetball. Other than that, we’re not really sports people. Not sports people, that is, except when we catch some serious Olympics fever. And frankly, moments like this make Olympics fever unavoidable. After you’ve made [...]...(read more)

Finally! IdentityMine can talk about Microsoft Surface

Chad Brown, IdentityMine - Recognizing our team. — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:28:00 GMT

It’s been a long time coming. Having the opportunity to be one of the first Microsoft Surface partners was both an honor and a curse. An honor in every way imaginable and a curse in that we couldn ’t talk about it. Take a look at the following video for a small sampling of the many Surface applications we’ ve built thus far: Of note you saw an application built specifically for Bill Gates last CES presentation as a Microsoft employee . Expect to see many more Surface applications from IdentityMine...(read more)

Beck: Modern Guilt

nerdplusart.com — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:10:42 GMT

Beck is usually a little more hit than miss for me, but there is definitely some miss. Even with the misses, though, I always respect his willing to explore new concepts and start from scratch. He’s a chameleon of sorts, he’s constantly reinventing his craft (both musically and as a performer). That can be [...]...(read more)

Slow Motion Lightning Bolt

nerdplusart.com — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:43:36 GMT

This is amazing. A couple hundred milliseconds of lightning spread out over half a minute. Via gskinner....(read more)

No Ideas But In Things

nerdplusart.com — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:31:34 GMT

In my mind, there is an undeniable relationship between UI design and graphic design. They share a similar communication goal and are both concerned with things like layout, color, balance and type. Whenever I mention that, though, Nate is quick to remind me that, while interaction design may be the illegitimate step child of [...]...(read more)

Clay Shirky on Cognitive Surplus

nerdplusart.com — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:29:12 GMT

…and why I just canceled cable. Well, that decision actually came before I saw this but it solidified my committment. Plus, I’ll always have youtube. So I may be the last guy to this party, but if you haven’t heard Mr. Shirky speak then you’ve been missing out (like me). You can also see a fascinating [...]...(read more)

Whoa! Intellisense in Blend!

nerdplusart.com — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:50:04 GMT

This is amazing. Stefan has managed to get intellisense working in Blend using the new (and secret?) addin support that shipped with the latest Blend preview. Even better, he used the intellisense code from Kaxaml! Awesome! I just hope Kaxaml doesn’t feel bad since it just became a tiny bit more obsolete. Sorry Kaxaml. Hey, [...]...(read more)

ThoughtBox: End of Weekend Progress

nerdplusart.com — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:19:13 GMT

Well, 4:00PM was my deadline, so here’s where we landed. That’s a screenshot of the running app. I feel pretty good about the progress that I made, but I think it’s going to take a couple more days to finish this up…so one or two more weekends. For now, you can get the source as [...]...(read more)

ThoughtBox: Visual Design

nerdplusart.com — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 05:11:39 GMT

The weekend is quickly slipping away. I had a lot less time to spend on this than I had hoped (I guess that’s how it always goes). I helped a friend move this morning and it took a little longer than expected and I ended up running some errands, etc. You know. Anyway, here’s the visual [...]...(read more)