I took a break from blogging (and most everything else) for a few weeks to spend some time with my family and enjoy our new son. Yep, after 3 girls we had a boy! Everyone is healthy and we are now a happy and larger family. I’ve been digging my way out of a pile of “things to do” and realized that

One of the most common comments I hear form people when they start digging into Silverlight 3 Beta (and Silverlight 2) is the lack of WCF binding options. Some changes have been made to include binary encoding in Silverlight 3, so now we have: * customBinding * can do things like binary binding w

Here is just one story of 3 incredibly fun hours spent at MIX09. I was told by many of the attendees that they had a blast … I know I sure did! I want to thank everyone who came, the sponsors, and everyone who helped make it possible. [https://www.johnpapa.net/wp-content/uploads/files/media/image/W

Some great Silverlight gurus at the MIX keynote, getting there early for some good seats. Pete Brown, Jay Kimble, Nikita, Bryant Likes, Page Brooks, Frank LaVigne, Dave Campbell, Bill Buxton and more! [https://www.johnpapa.net/wp-content/uploads/files/media/image/WindowsLiveWriter/SomeSilverlight

> This morning I am at the keynote of MIX09 getting ready to listen to Scott Gu and the crew to see the latest and greatest announcements. It will be nice to finally e able to talk about some of the awesome stuff they are producing. I’m sitting with Dave Campbell of www.Silverlightcream.com [htt