Beautiful, just beautiful!

-dg

Photosynth was featured on this weeks episode of CSI.

I reckon they did a great job with minimal Hollywood embellishment.

-dg

Watch Fin and I spruike REMIX08 on PartnerTV.

Watch it here.

Thanks Christian for having us on.

-dg

Phil fills us in on his (almost sold out) Silverlight 2 session @ REMIX08

-dg

So, Andy Coates and I are in the coffee shop downstairs hanging out. As usual, we’re always checking email on our phones. An email comes through from our receptionist announcing that a fellow staffer’s car is in the shop all of next week and if anyone is willing to give her a lift in all week. Andy and I comment on how the staffer lives in the same neighbourhood as me and we go along our way back upstairs.

I get to my desk, start checking my email, then see an email responding to our receptionist from Andy, informing her that I live in the area and would no doubt be available to help the staffer next week. I get up off my chair comically give Andy a generic serving for being a jack-ass and throw my empty foam coffee cup at him. We laugh and get back to work.

Next morning, I get to work and hook up with Andy for our usual coffee. I tell Andy that i wasn’t impresses yesterday and he owes me an apology. He asks “for what?”. I tell him for the email that he took the liberty of sending. He denies having ever sent such an email. In disbelief, I remind him of the email again. He swears that no such email exists.

Obvious solution to this debate, open my inbox and dig out the email. So, off I go to show Andy the email the he denies exists. And low and behold, there is no email. He never sent such an email. I totally imagined it happening!

He remembers me throwing the coffee cup at him, but he thought I was just being playful for no reason.

So, the fact is, I went to my desk, fabricated the email in my mind, and reacted to it.

I’m totally freaked out and have no explanation for what happened.

Has anyone else experienced such a thing? Does anyone have a theory on what happened?

-dg

Harvey and Bronwen have the goss. How cool is this? Finally, Australia has some Bird’s eye view imagery!

Have a browse.

-dg

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Filed under awesomeness, Big Brother 08 is doing the free version of its live stream in Silverlight this year - check it!

Why? Well it’s simple, they, like many major media companies have truckloads of assets (especially streaming) in WMV. So, in previous years, they’ve been doing it in Windows Media Player.

Now, with the Silverlight doing the client bits, they can have a consistent user experience across Windows and Mac in Firefox, IE and Safari. And even more importantly, they have a client platform that they can build upon and build a truly emmersive media experience.

All without barely having to touch or invest in the backend further.

Kudos to my mates over at Hyro for doing a great job building it and to Channel 10/Southern Star.

-dg

Shanemo has the goss . . .

Why pay for a Remix 08 ticket when you can win one? And a Silverlight skateboard while you’re at it!

Creating Silverlight™ animations with Expression Blend is quick and easy and to prove it we want you to have a go in the lead-up to Remix 08!

So, we are running a Oz Remix Silverlight Video Clip Contest.

What do I have to do?
All you have to do is use Silverlight to create a “video music clip” for the song we supply (“Step Back” by Sydney/NY musician Matt Broadfoot). The entries judged to be the best win prizes!

More Detail
We provide a song clip from the Matt Broadfoot song, “Step Back”. You create a Silverlight application that plays the song and uses Silverlight animation to create a “video music clip” to go with the song clip. You load your video music clip application up onto Silverlight Streaming then sit back and wait for the accolades!

Here’s a (very) simple example: http://blogs.msdn.com/shanemo/pages/remix-silverlight-video-clip-competition-sample.aspx

Yes we have fabulous prizes!
First prize:

• A Silverlight skateboard!!!
• A ticket to Remix 08 Australia Event in either Melbourne or Sydney

Second prize:

• A generation 1 Microsoft Zune® Scotty had lying around – which will be lovely once upgraded to the latest software :-)
• A ticket to Remix 08 Australia Event in either Melbourne or Sydney

Third prize:

• A Microsoft Wireless Presenter Mouse
• A ticket to Remix 08 Australia Event in either Melbourne or Sydney

More Details
For more information, how to enter, terms and conditions, and a starter project check out: Oz Remix Silverlight Video Clip Contest

-dg