Presentations

Don Box is well known for giving highly-rated presentations at industry conferences. One year he gave a presentation in a bathtub. Another year he gave one wearing just a T-shirt.
Mike Hall took his camcorder over to find out Don's philosophy on giving a good conference presentation.
Unfortunately we're having technical problems with uploading the videos to the downloads site, so for now this video is available in streaming form only. We're working with the geeks to fix the problem.

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Speaking at CapArea Silverlight SIG Meeting Tonight!

Frank La Vigne — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:24:00 GMT

I'll be speaking tonight at the CapArea.NET Silverlight SIG.

Wednesday, May 27th, 7:00PM Blend is Your Friend

Speaker: Frank Lavigne, MVP

Location: AT&T Building, 1900 Gallows Road, Tysons Corner
Tonight, Frank La Vigne will go over using Expression Blend. Many developers fear it, but once you learn how to use this design tool, you'll never want to be without it again. As an added bonus we'll be giving out a special discount code to the DC stop of the Silverlight Tour.

About the Speaker:

Frank La Vigne is a Microsoft Tablet PC MVP and Lead Architect/Designer for Applied Information Sciences (AIS) in Northern Virginia. Frank started in software development when he was twelve, writing BASIC programs for the Commodore 64. He began his professional career writing Visual Basic 3 applications for Wall Street firms in 1993. He then moved on to be the first webmaster for a major book retailer. Frank then went on to develop a large multinational online banking project in Germany. In 2004, Frank became heavily focused on Tablet PC application development when he moved to Richmond. Frank is also active in the developer community, speaking at user groups and code camps along the East Coast.

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Tablet PC FredNUG Slides, Links and Code

Frank La Vigne — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:36:00 GMT

I'd like to thank FredNUG for having me come and speak about one of my favorite topics: developing for the Tablet PC.

Here links to various getting started in Tablet PC development and a little about some of the "non Tablet" hardware that leverage the Tablet PC SDK.

Getting started links:

Hardware:

Microsoft Surface
HP TouchSmart aka "Kitchen" Computers

I noticed that there was a lot of interest in the Ink Analysis API, here are some places to get more information about that.

Ink Analysis:

I plan on sharing the slide deck from both Wednesday night's meeting and my talk on Ink Analysis from the last MEDC, but SlideShare is still processing them.

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MSDN Smart Client Roadshow Pictures

Frank La Vigne — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:03:00 GMT

Some pictures from last week's stop of the MSDN Smart Client Roadshow in Reston.

I'll be giving the same presentation at the Richmond stop of the Roadshow on March 10 [Register].

Windows 7 Presentation

Presentation on Natural User Interfaces with a Wii controller.

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Links and Slides from Silverlight/WPF/XBAP Talk Today in Reston

Frank La Vigne — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:56:00 GMT

First of all, I'd like to thank everyone for attending today's Client Development event in Reston today.

It was a great crowd and, as excited as I am to talk about Silverlight, I really do enjoy talking about WPF to an enthusiastic audience.

Here are some of the links I mentioned during my talk today at the MSDN Mid-Atlantic Roadshow.

Once I upload the sample XBAPs and Code Files, I'll update this blog post with links to them.

Update:

Here's the link to the Twitter List 3D XBAP application and the Sivlerlight version.

You can view the slide deck below, on SlideShare or download the PPT file.

Re-use Your Skills and Code to Expand the Reach of Your Apps with Silverlight

View more presentations from Frank La vigne. (tags: separasilverlight te)

I'll be giving the same presentation at the Richmond stop of the Roadshow on March 10 [Register].

MDC Giveaways

Frank La Vigne — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:30:00 GMT

I'll be presenting at next week's Microsoft Developer in Washington, DC. (well Reston actually)

Of course, by now, you've heard the big news: all attendees will be receiving a DVD of Windows 7 Beta*.

*If the Windows 7 Beta is not available at the time of the event, then the DVD will be shipped to attendees when it becomes available.

In addition to the cool swag that every attendee will receive upon check-in, you’ll also have a chance to win one of these cool prizes. To be eligible, you have to fully complete an event evaluation and be present to win. The drawing will happen directly following the final breakout session of the day, which ends at 4:45 PM.

Here's a run down of the goodies and prizes:

MSDN Subscription
Four lucky people at each event will leave with a one-year Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite with MSDN Premium Subscription (NFR). We’ll be giving out three of these at the end of each event, one per track, AND we’ll kick off the day with one lucky winner during the opening keynote. To learn more about the subscription, check out http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/subscriptionschart.aspx.
Robotics Pack

Unleash your inner mad scientist with the next generation of robots! Create the smartest, strongest and most advanced LEGO robot ever, with the Mindstorm NXT robot in as few as 30 minutes. You’ll also walk out with a copy of “Professional Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio” by Kyle Johns and Trevor Taylor. We’ll be giving out three of these prize packs at each event, one per track.
Mobility Pack

Be a savvy mobility warrior with this innovative, dynamic duo for your notebook. The LifeCam NX-6000 makes it easy to stay in touch with friends, family and business associates, and the Wireless Notebook Laser Mouse 6000 offers peerless, hassle-free laser control. We’re giving out three of these Mobility Packs at each event, one per track.
Gamer Pack

Experience the next generation of accessories with the Xbox 360 wireless headset – wireless freedom, comfort and superior voice quality! Pair this up with Xbox Live and the latest game releases for the ultimate gaming experience! We’re giving out three of these Gamer Packs at each event, one per track.

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The MSDN Developer Conference is Coming to DC!

Frank La Vigne — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:08:00 GMT

The MSDN Developer Conference is coming to Washington DC January 16th.

The event is $99 and you get primo content from the PDC on Azure Services Platform, Windows 7, Silverlight, Surface, Parallel Programming, Live Mesh and more!

Some great speakers are lined up: Vishwas Lele, Andrew Duthie, Pete Brown and yours truly.

Here is the official agenda:

Time Table	Azure Services Platform for Cloud Computing	Client and Presentation	Tools, Languages and Framework
7:00-8:30	Registration and Breakfast
8:30-10:00	Keynote presented by Stephen Walther
10:00-10:15	Break
10:15-11:30	A Lap Around Windows Azure and the Azure Services Platform Vishwas Lele	ASP.NET and JQuery David Hoerster	The Future of Managed Languages: C# and Visual Basic Kevin Hazzard
11:30-12:30	lunch
12:30-1:45	Developing and Deploying Your First Azure Service G. Andrew Duthie	Developing Data-Centric Applications Using the WPF DataGrid and Ribbon Controls Frank La Vigne	A Lap Around "Oslo" David Solivan
1:45-2:00	Break
2:00-3:15	A Lap Around the Live Framework and Mesh Services Dani Diaz	Building Business-Focused Applications Using Silverlight 2 Pete Brown	A Lap Around VSTS 2010 Steve Andrews
3:15-3:30	Break
3:30-4:45	Developing Applications Using Microsoft SQL Data Services Rob Keiser	ASP.NET 4.0 Roadmap Rachel Appel	An Introduction to Microsoft F# Matthew Podwysocki

Hope to see you there!

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