Yosemite Extreme Panoramic with Silverlight DeepZoom</h1> <article> <h1>Yosemite Extreme Panoramic with Silverlight DeepZoom</h1> <p>Laurent Duveau — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:47:12 GMT</p> During my trips in West USA I have been twice in Yosemite National Park (California) and I loved it! Today I am happy to experience that awesome Yosemite Extreme Panoramic Imaging Project made with Silverlight DeepZoom and 45 gigapixels of Yosemite views! Can you find the hidden pic…? They also have a Google Maps version , but you’ll find the Silverlight one far better… Technorati Tags: Silverlight...(<a href="http://blogs.runatserver.com/lduveau/archive/2008/08/28/yosemite-extreme-panoramic-with-silverlight-deepzoom.aspx">read more</a>) </article> <article> <h1>IE8 beta 2: *** that’s good!</h1> <p>Laurent Duveau — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:56:55 GMT</p> Downloaded it Installed it Love it! www.microsoft.com/ie8 Unlike beta 1, I am gladly surprised by this version! IE8 really improve the way you browse the web. The IE team seems to have listened to users more than usual, did a strong research on how people browse the web, and as a result worked a lot on user experience. First we have a wonderful new tab experience . I am a really heavy tab user, usually after 5 minutes of surfing I have more than 25 tabs opened and my browser start to freeze (I have...(<a href="http://blogs.runatserver.com/lduveau/archive/2008/08/28/ie8-beta-2-shit-that-s-good.aspx">read more</a>) </article> <article> <h1>Montreal .NET Community</h1> <p>Laurent Duveau — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:36:45 GMT</p> The Montreal .NET User Group has a new name (Formerly GUVSM: Groupe d'usagers Visual Studio Montréal), it is now the Montreal .NET Community (Communauté .NET Montréal) with a broader range of activities. We have new stuff this year: Each month we will host a new type of meeting at lunch time: it is called @Lunch and the goal is to be like Alt.NET discussions and Open Space sessions which involve users participation. Check out the new site here: www.dotnetmontreal.com...(<a href="http://blogs.runatserver.com/lduveau/archive/2008/08/25/montreal-net-community.aspx">read more</a>) </article> <article> <h1>Interesting SilverlightShow website</h1> <p>Laurent Duveau — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:21:12 GMT</p> For now my main resource to learn Silverlight is the official portal: www.silverlight.net You won’t find any better resource on the web, this is a dream website where you can find everything you need to train yourself on Silverlight: Quickstarts Hands-On-Labs Whitepapers Download links Controls gallery Incredible “How Do I?” videos Great Tutorials The best Silverlight Forum on earth News Wonderful Showcase Latest blog post from industry experts … and so much more! This is truly the one and only website...(<a href="http://blogs.runatserver.com/lduveau/archive/2008/08/18/interesting-silverlightshow-website.aspx">read more</a>) </article> <article> <h1>Live Mesh available in Canada!</h1> <p>Laurent Duveau — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:51:36 GMT</p> Live Mesh is now available for Canadians without waiting list! Note you still need to run with an English locale for now. To install Live Mesh desktop client in a non English-US computer, you might be interested by this tutorial: How to install Live Mesh client on non-US systems . What is Live Mesh ? Earlier this year I wrote a post to introduce Live Mesh . What can you do with it ? Read my Mesh tutorials: Quick backup with Live Mesh and Vista Sync your Screen Saver pictures with Live Mesh Sync your...(<a href="http://blogs.runatserver.com/lduveau/archive/2008/08/18/live-mesh-available-in-canada.aspx">read more</a>) </article> <article> <h1>Looking for a Canadian Silverlight designer</h1> <p>Laurent Duveau — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:15:25 GMT</p> Are you a talented designer ? Are you well-versed in web design ? Using Photoshop and Illustrator on your day to day job ? Are you a flash designer interested to add a Silverlight competency ? Are you living in Quebec or available for remote work ? Then contact us at RunAtServer Consulting! RunAtServer Consulting is a company based in Montreal, we are specialized in web development with Microsoft technologies. We are seeking a web designer with skills on the new Microsoft designers tools like Expression...(<a href="http://blogs.runatserver.com/lduveau/archive/2008/08/13/looking-for-a-canadian-silverlight-designer.aspx">read more</a>) </article> <article> <h1>Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and Silverlight 2 beta 2</h1> <p>Laurent Duveau — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:25:11 GMT</p> Visual Studio 2008 SP1 is available and as always you might wonder if your Silverlight 2 projects will work after this update! Good news Silverlight Tools Beta 2 has been updated to support Visual Studio 2008 SP1! Beware that some pre-release programs and updates (like Microsoft Silverlight Tools Beta 1) will prevent Visual Studio 2008 SP1 from installing successfully. So here are the steps: Install Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack Preparation Tool Install Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and .NET Framework...(<a href="http://blogs.runatserver.com/lduveau/archive/2008/08/11/visual-studio-2008-sp1-and-silverlight-2-beta-2.aspx">read more</a>) </article> <article> <h1>Le Silverlight Tour à Montreal dans 1 mois!</h1> <p>Laurent Duveau — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:21:27 GMT</p> C’est dans moins d’un mois… le Silverlight Tour arrive au Québec!!! Quand: 3-5 Septembre 2008 Où: Montréal, Qc “Le Silverlight Tour est un cours de trois jours sur Silverlight 2. Il divise son contenu en trois domaines différents : Design, Développement et Langage serveur. En suivant cet atelier, les étudiants seront capable de développer des applications Silverlight 2 avec Visual Studio 2008 et les logiciels Expression. La formation est un mélange de leçons didactiques, de démonstrations et d'ateliers...(<a href="http://blogs.runatserver.com/lduveau/archive/2008/08/05/le-silverlight-tour-224-montreal-dans-1-mois.aspx">read more</a>) </article> <article> <h1>The Silverlight Tour in Montreal in 1 month!</h1> <p>Laurent Duveau — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:10:19 GMT</p> This is less than 1 month… the Silverlight Tour is coming to Québec!!! When: September 3-5, 2008 Where: Montreal, Qc “The Silverlight Tour Workshop is a three-day french course on Silverlight 2. It divides the content into three distinct areas: Design, Development and the Server-Side. Students should be able to develop Silverlight 2 applications once attending the workshop. The Workshop is structured with a mix of didactic lessons, demonstrations and hands-on labs. Each student will leave the workshop...(<a href="http://blogs.runatserver.com/lduveau/archive/2008/08/05/the-silverlight-tour-in-montreal-in-1-month.aspx">read more</a>) </article> <article> <h1>Quick backup with Live Mesh and Vista</h1> <p>Laurent Duveau — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:33:58 GMT</p> Did you know that… you can use Live Mesh to backup files in 1 click ? Here is how to do this in Vista (with Live Mesh client installed): First, create a BackupToMesh folder somewhere on your drive Then Share it on your Mesh (Right-click / “Add folder to your Live Mesh…” ) Now create a shortcut to this folder (Right-click / Send To / Desktop) Move the shortcut from your desktop to your Links folder (C:\Users\ YourUserName \Links) Now anytime in explorer, just click on BackupToMesh in the left pane...(<a href="http://blogs.runatserver.com/lduveau/archive/2008/07/25/quick-backup-with-live-mesh-and-vista.aspx">read more</a>) </article> <article> <h1>Le Silverlight Tour passe par le Québec!</h1> <p>Laurent Duveau — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:43:20 GMT</p> [Translation of my english post here ] Le Silverlight Tour est maintenant présent au Québec! Ma compagnie RunAtServer Consulting gère la formation dans cette province du Canada. Le Silverlight Tour est un cours de trois jours sur Silverlight 2. Il divise son contenu en trois domaines différents : Design, Développement et Langage serveur. En suivant cet atelier, les étudiants seront capable de développer des applications Silverlight 2 avec Visual Studio 2008 et les logiciels Expression. La formation...(<a href="http://blogs.runatserver.com/lduveau/archive/2008/07/19/le-silverlight-tour-passe-par-le-qu-233-bec.aspx">read more</a>) </article> <article> <h1>Sync your Screen Saver pictures with Live Mesh</h1> <p>Laurent Duveau — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:37:16 GMT</p> [Post directly inspired by Brad Abrams ] Did you know that you can use Live Mesh to share and sync your Screen Saver pictures on every desktop/laptop in the house ? Here is the tutorial with Vista and Live Mesh client installed: First start by choosing/creating a folder and copy your pictures in it For example Pictures\ScreenSaver\ Share this folder in your Mesh Right-click, “Add folder to your Live Mesh…” Then on every computer, setup the Live Mesh folder and the screen saver: On the Live Mesh notifier...(<a href="http://blogs.runatserver.com/lduveau/archive/2008/07/18/sync-your-screen-saver-pictures-with-live-mesh.aspx">read more</a>) </article> <article> <h1>The Silverlight-Tour comes to Quebec!</h1> <p>Laurent Duveau — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:16:40 GMT</p> The Silverlight Tour now have some dates in Quebec! My company RunAtServer Consulting will manage this training for this part of Canada. The Silverlight Tour Workshop is a high quality three-day course on Silverlight 2. It divides the content into three distinct areas: Design, Development and the Server-Side. Students should be able to develop Silverlight 2 applications once attending the workshop. The Workshop is structured with a mix of didactic lessons, demonstrations and hands-on labs. Each student...(<a href="http://blogs.runatserver.com/lduveau/archive/2008/07/17/the-silverlight-tour-comes-to-quebec.aspx">read more</a>) </article> <article> <h1>Certified ASP.NET 3.5!</h1> <p>Laurent Duveau — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:57:47 GMT</p> I completely forgot as I did this in beta 3 months ago… that was a surprise this morning to get a notification that I earned the Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: .NET Framework 3.5, ASP.NET Application Development competency (exam 70-562). Certifications are not important for anyone, but for me as an MCT I need to be certified to teach training, so this one is good for Visual Studio 2008 courses! The 70-562 exam should be available to public in august 2008. The preparation guide is already...(<a href="http://blogs.runatserver.com/lduveau/archive/2008/07/16/certified-asp-net-3-5.aspx">read more</a>) </article> <article> <h1>4 hours of Microsoft Silverlight 2 Training for free</h1> <p>Laurent Duveau — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:29:06 GMT</p> AppDev is nice enough to give a part of their Silverlight 2 training for free. You can download the first four modules from their new eight-module "Exploring Microsoft Silverlight 2" course featuring expert Dino Esposito!! This is about four hours of video plus sample code. Topics covered in this free training include: Why Use Silverlight? Using Silverlight from DOM First Look at Silverlight Essential WPF Silverlight App Mechanics Controls and Binding XAP Packages LINQ and Silverlight...(<a href="http://blogs.runatserver.com/lduveau/archive/2008/07/15/4-hours-of-microsoft-silverlight-2-training-for-free.aspx">read more</a>) </article> <article> <h1>RunAtServer website new version</h1> <p>Laurent Duveau — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:29:15 GMT</p> As you may know I am the co-founder of RunAtServer Consulting , a company based in Montreal, we are specialized in web development with Microsoft technologies such as ASP.NET AJAX and Silverlight. We have launched our new website! www.runatserver.com 9 month after the launch of the first version, we grown very fast (we hired several consultants and we became Microsoft Certified Partner and Microsoft Silverlight Partner !). Our website needed to reflect those changes with a fresh new design and sections...(<a href="http://blogs.runatserver.com/lduveau/archive/2008/07/12/runatserver-website-new-version.aspx">read more</a>) </article> <article> <h1>Sync your favorites with Live Mesh</h1> <p>Laurent Duveau — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:45:34 GMT</p> Did you know that you can share and sync your favorites between computers with Live Mesh ? Yes, like I did with Visual Studio settings . I already sync my favorites with Windows Live Toolbar and the Windows Live Favorites button, but I am not fond of toolbars so… here is my new method with Mesh! Go to your favorites folder (C:\users\ YourUserName \Favorites) Right-click the favorites folder and select “Add folder to your Live Mesh…” On each of your Mesh Windows devices you’ll end up with a “Favorites...(<a href="http://blogs.runatserver.com/lduveau/archive/2008/07/12/sync-your-favorites-with-live-mesh.aspx">read more</a>) </article> <article> <h1>Silverlight Partner in Canada</h1> <p>Laurent Duveau — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:58:50 GMT</p> My company RunAtServer Consulting is a new Microsoft Silverlight Partner in Canada! We are very proud of this and super excited about Silverlight!! We have been working hard on this technology since the beginning (known as WPF/E…), going to major events like MIX or TechEd and giving some talks in the community. What we do about Silverlight ? Development Coaching Training Read more about us: http://www.runatserver.com/Silverlight.aspx If you have any Silverlight needs for your business, contact us...(<a href="http://blogs.runatserver.com/lduveau/archive/2008/07/11/silverlight-partner-in-canada.aspx">read more</a>) </article> <article> <h1>2 great LOB Silverlight applications</h1> <p>Laurent Duveau — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:13:46 GMT</p> These days I am seeking for Silverlight sample applications for business, as I am not really interested in those “Flash like” animations and medias Silverlight 1.0 demos. If you are a developer, the version you want is Silverlight 2. "Woodgrove Financials Demonstrator" http://www.cookingwithxaml.com/meals/financials/default.html This is the Silverlight business demo I initially showed on my Silverlight presentations. But not anymore as I am not fully comfortable with it and I have a much...(<a href="http://blogs.runatserver.com/lduveau/archive/2008/07/10/2-great-lob-silverlight-applications.aspx">read more</a>) </article> <article> <h1>RunAtServer Consulting Montreal is now a Microsoft Certified Partner!</h1> <p>Laurent Duveau — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:31:35 GMT</p> My company RunAtServer Consulting has just become Microsoft Certified Partner . I was deeply involved in that goal so I am very proud as the company has less than 1 year. Getting certified is very important for small businesses to get more exposure to Microsoft. RunAtServer Consulting is specialized in web development and training with Microsoft technologies like ASP.NET, AJAX and Silverlight. We love to share and interact with the local .NET community, we sponsor the Montreal User Group and CodeCamp...(<a href="http://blogs.runatserver.com/lduveau/archive/2008/07/09/runatserver-consulting-montreal-is-now-a-microsoft-certified-partner.aspx">read more</a>) </article> <article> <h1>Sync your Visual Studio settings with Live Mesh!</h1> <p>Laurent Duveau — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:29:20 GMT</p> Did you know that you can use Live Mesh to share and sync your Visual Studio settings between computers ? Here is how to do this in Vista (with Live Mesh client installed): Go to your VS2008 folder (usually C:\Users\ YourUserName \Documents\Visual Studio 2008), right-click on Settings folder and select “Add folder to your Live Mesh…” On each of your Mesh Windows devices you’ll end up with a Settings shortcut on the desktop (Mesh folders are not sync by default). Double-click the shortcut to...(<a href="http://blogs.runatserver.com/lduveau/archive/2008/06/29/sync-your-visual-studio-settings-with-live-mesh.aspx">read more</a>) </article> <article> <h1>Project codename “Princess Leia” finally released!</h1> <p>Laurent Duveau — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:29:00 GMT</p> After a 9 months beta period, project codename “Princess Leia” was released on June 12 and has now a name: Léana . Unfortunately while we went live we encountered dramatic issues (project leader was not hurt), so we had to go back to dev for some hard bug fixes. After several intensive days the product seems stable enough but remain on heavy monitoring. Finally product team is very proud of their "baby" and wait for your feedback!...(<a href="http://blogs.runatserver.com/lduveau/archive/2008/06/27/project-codename-princess-leia-finally-released.aspx">read more</a>) </article> <article> <h1>Permission problem while trying to move/delete/rename folder in Vista ?</h1> <p>Laurent Duveau — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:09:20 GMT</p> I get this issue everyday in Vista: I try to move/delete/rename folders and get a “you need permission to perform this action” error. Note these are not system folders, just some personal folders, and this is not related to UAC or drive hardware. I have this issue regardless which account I use (User or Administrator). At first you may want to look in the security tab and give full control permission to everyone… but that does not solve the problem! (and this is a bad practice) If you experience...(<a href="http://blogs.runatserver.com/lduveau/archive/2008/06/24/permission-problem-while-trying-to-move-delete-rename-folder-in-vista.aspx">read more</a>) </article> <article> <h1>[Cool Tool] Vector Magic</h1> <p>Laurent Duveau — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:47:02 GMT</p> Vector Magic is an online tool that converts bitmaps into vector images . It provides a wizard that helps you through the process, so you can easily generate your vector graphics from bitmaps, then import into Microsoft Expression Designer or Blend. I already used it several times and the results are amazing! It is also impressive to have such a service as a website! http://vectormagic.com/ First step is to upload your picture (gif or jpg): At first the tool try to identify your image (logo...(<a href="http://blogs.runatserver.com/lduveau/archive/2008/06/24/cool-tool-vector-magic.aspx">read more</a>) </article> <article> <h1>Windows Live Mail accounts importing issue and feedback</h1> <p>Laurent Duveau — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:14:01 GMT</p> In Windows Live Mail (build 12.0.1606) there is an inconsistency in the Export/Import accounts process that I have just reported to the product team: You can export your e-mail accounts or newsgroup subscriptions with File / Export / Accounts… menu, then select each account and press Export , this will generate several iaf files. But the File / Import menu does not have an entry for Accounts … wtf!? In fact you will find this feature in Tools / Accounts / Import menu, which is a bit surprising! Another...(<a href="http://blogs.runatserver.com/lduveau/archive/2008/06/24/windows-live-mail-accounts-importing-issue-and-feedback.aspx">read more</a>) </article> </main></body></html>