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VSM breaking the XAML – Silverlight 2 issue and workaround.

After spending some time skinning applications I have come across a little bug in the system that seems to cause the application to break. Every time I edit something with the Visual State Manager...

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Silverlight on the iPhone – Not just yet.

So I got my hot little hands on the new iPhone last week and overall its just great, does all sorts of great stuff, from telling me where I am and then posting it to twitter, being a virtual turn...

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Design and Dev working together in Silverlight.

As a Silverlight designer, I’m starting to get a real world feel for designing web applications in Silverlight and learning how developers and designers can work together easily within the Silverlight...

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Visual State Manager – How to:

VSM (Visual State Manager) is the latest instalment for Expression Blend and its incredibly powerful. And there it is, the states manager. States let you set up how you want each interaction to look...

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More letter fun! Spinning letters!

Just another way to do cool text in Silverlight, similar to the first one, I found these examples lying around on my machine so I figured I would throw them up here. Demo Enjoy! Alex

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Silverlight page for AGKDesign.net

Seeing as I do a lot of stuff in Sivleright, I thought it was high time I should organise a page on my site dedicated to it and what services I offer. And of course, I had to have some fun with it, so...

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SDDN – Silverlight in a day!

On Saturday I have the privilege/pleasure to attend the Silverlight Designer and Developer Networks – Silverlight in a Day Course, and let me just say, WOW! It was just awesome, the guys from SDDN and...

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Using Complex Vector Shapes in Expression Design

I just want to throw together a really quick post on how to create complex shapes in expression design. There are heaps of sweet tools at your disposal to create the look you want and here’s how to use...

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Silverlight 3’s new goodies!

I whipped up a quick demo last night using Silverlights 3 and Expression Blends new tools. This demo should help get some ideas flowing hopefully. I did for me! See the Demo! – Hover over the panels to...

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New game for Windows Phone 7

So my brother and I have started developing a game for WP7 using XNA. It’s our first foray into the games world so we are starting small. I don’t want to give to much away at this point because it’s...

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