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WPF for LOB

Douglas — Sat, 01 May 2010 02:16:45 +0000

Seattle - Redmond

Excellent visit this week with Jaime Rodriguez and Karl Shifflett and their “WPF for LOB” training at Microsoft in Redmond.

Don’t Let it End

Douglas — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 15:36:32 +0000

… Breakpoint 2010, world’s biggest pure demoscene event. For the 8th time, up to 1000 creative participants from more than 30 nations are expected to gather one final time in the beautiful town of Bingen am Rhein, Germany, from the 2nd to the 5th of April 2010 (Easter weekend), enjoying 4 days of round-the-clock activities in arts, technology and international socializing…

The Spectrum of User Experience

Douglas — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:11:12 +0000

Another Venn Diagram on UX. This one from Nishant Kothary. The identity crisis persists…

These days, user experience professionals look down on the word “designer” because it implies that their primary role is to paint pretty pixels. UX is more than that, they clarify. Much more!

Just how much? Well, here’s a diagram (that uses pretty pixels) to explain how much more—

The Spectrum of User Experience

User Experience Designer

Douglas — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:40:06 +0000

An excellent Venn diagram from Robby Ingebretsen

Let his dataset change your mindset.

Douglas — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:13:45 +0000

Hans Rosling — our modern-day hero of data visualization — has done it again.

…And all through the house not a creature was stirring…

Douglas — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:55:57 +0000

XAMLfest Online All Week

Douglas — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:42:26 +0000

This is the good stuff. The ground is rumbling. SW design will never be the same.

XAML, WPF, Silverlight and GIS Visualization

Douglas — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:35:17 +0000

With the recent posting of PDC 2008 videos, there’s a new wealth of information and downloads availble relating to map visualization with .NET and XAML. Drawing from my popular Map Visualization with WPF post, I am creating two new pages here on foolscap:

XAML: all things XAML/WPF/Silverlight
GIS VIS: Mapping/Geodata Visualization APIs and Tools

CCI User’s Group 2008: Alexandria Virginia

Douglas — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:11:28 +0000

Heading out early tomorrow to Alexandria Virginia for the 2008 CCI User’s Group.

One Year at CCI

Douglas — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:28:11 +0000

Today–unbelievably–marks the beginning of my second year at CCI. Coincidentally, today the company externally launched their new brand and logo which I play a hand in designing. Next week, in Reno, we’ll be delivering a big splash: All new marketing collateral, new business cards, new booth graphics and all new demo software.

When the new CTP of our flagship product, RealWare, is launched, users see this login: