Sitting in the User's Group meeting waiting for everyone to arrive... 15 people so far, so that's good... we're definitely above our core group.
Right now just discussing Silverlight amongst each other and taking advantage of the fact that Tim Heuer, Steele Price, and Michael Palermo are in the room... geez... two long-term MVPs, one of whom is a Regional Director, and a Silverlight Project Manager... holy crap!
Some WPF-afficianados are asking the hard questions, so that's not bad.
Ended up having pizza *before* the meeting... so that's cool, for me :)
Talking about the fact that we can't get to webcam or microphone from Silverlight... which would certainly open things up for a segment of the developers.
Tim taking requests for 'what things are not being brought to the surface to assist developers'... for example, a 'personal starter kit', and although some of that is available, having it as a template in VS2008 would be very cool.
People asking for xamlpad, Tim suggested SilverlightPad, and there are two listed on SilverlightCream if you search for xaml and Silverlight 2.
Give-aways: Microsoft wireless keyboard/mouse ... Expression suite, Vista... two copies of Camtasia/Snagit, and a few books... good stuff...
Another good meeting, and Simon Allardice has promised to present the next meeting on Silverlight for beginners up through SL2.
Thanks everyone, and see you next month.
-Dave
posted @ Wednesday, May 07, 2008 7:22 PM