Twin Cities Dev Guild - Silverlight Audio Synth Slides and Code

Thanks to all who attended my presentation on Silverlight digital audio synthesis last night. Code and the slide deck from the presentation can be downloaded here:

TCDG.SilverlightSynth.Hodnick.zip


Inetium Wins Microsoft InfoPath Contest

….but it isn’t just InfoPath. It’s InfoPath + Silverlight + SharePoint 2010 + CRM. As Microsoft states, it’s a “bewildering array of Microsoft technologies”.

Announcement of the contest winner and other entries can be found here: http://blogs.msdn.com/infopath/archive/2010/03/08/and-the-winner-is.aspx

I was fortunate to design and develop the Silverlight user interface for this application - with help from Kris Nyreen on the styling, graphics, and colors. The app is very unique - using Silverlight as the front end search and visualization tool. It is an internal Inetium application used to help employees tie together relationships between projects, people, and skills.

See for yourself how it works:

I also have to mention that the soundtrack for the video was also done by yours truly!


She had fought the robots with ease since she was young, leading battles and turning the war’s tide. But she couldn’t defeat what she couldn’t fight: scheming humans who greedily lusted for control and power. With integrity and commitment to the fight she defeated both the robot and human foes.

minisaga.1


My computer, wombat

TechSupport: hello?

TechSupport: What's your computer name?

Me: mpls-wombat

TechSupport: seriously?

Me: yep

Me: let me double check

Me: yep

TechSupport: so, you're not using mpls-mhodnick?

Me: no, it's mpls-wombat

TechSupport: Thanks!


This made my day

My friend Jake sent this to me earlier today.