User Group: Michigan Interactive Designers Meeting
A friend passed along this announcement about the Michigan Interactive Designers meeting. The group is interested in discussing topics relating to developing engaging user interactions using leading edge UI tools. (And, Bombadil's has great coffee).
September Meeting Coming Up
Saturday September 22, 2007, Bombadil's Coffee Ypsilanti
Our next meeting will be held Saturday September 22, 2007. Time 3:00pm to 5:00pm. We will be discussing and touching on the following Topics.
- Blend September preview new animation features reviewed (Vetex Animation, Font Embedding, User Controls)
- Visual Studio 2008 beta 2
- Silverlight 1.1 Alpha and the HTMLTextBox Control
- Astoria Data Services and Entity Modeling
- ASP.NET AJAX- Update for iPhone
- Silverlight Development Models: Targeting your application to the right release..
- Silverlight and Rich Media (creating cool effects with the VideoBrush).
- Programming Silverlight in C# and VB and dynamic languages.
- Silverlight and HTTP and Web Services Accessibility
- Silverlight Controls in XAML and extending the controls class
- Silverlight 1.0, 1.1, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5 Hitting your design targets... How to plan for a release while staying in sync with Microsoft's release schedule.
- Armory Arts Update
- Converting Flash Animations to Silverlight.
- Book Review: Expression Blend Bible
Monthly Prizes Awarded
We took a break August, but are back for September with a great new meeting..
If you missed out on any of the presentations this month or the meeting, you were definitely missing out.
Next Meeting Date: September 22, 2007
Locations: Bombadil's Coffee Shop 3:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.