Microsoft Expression Community News, Blogs, and Events

Events

PDC 09
The Professional Developers Conference (PDC) is the definitive event focused on the technical strategy of the Microsoft developer platform. Dates Nov... more

Advanced Silverlight – Atlanta, GA - October 29-30
Learn the next level of creating exceptional applications in Silverlight 3. Dates: October 29-30, 2009

Explore Design ‘09 Canada - October 15-16, 2009
Art & design professionals and educators offer 35+ seminars within all design disciplines. Dates: October 15-16, 2009

Make/Think Design Conference 2009 - Oct. 8-11, 2009
Explore the dual roles of designers as makers of beautiful things and strategic problem solvers. Dates: Oct. 8-11, 2009

An Event Apart San Francisco - Dec. 7-8, 2009
Two action-packed days of sessions on web design, code and content. Dates: Dec. 7-8, 2009

X Change 2009 - Sept 9-11
This conference targets experts and practitioners who are serious about digital measurement. Dates: Sept. 9-11, 2009

UXWeek 2009, Sept 15th
Inspiring talks and hands-on workshops delivering takeaway skills, this event delivers for user experience professionals at all levels. San Francisco;... more

Expression Blend 3: Sketchflow and Web Content Expo - 9/23
Learn to connect with customers on all levels from social aspects to branding consistency using Blend 3 and SketchFlow. Southfield, MI. Date: Septemb... more

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News and Reviews

Blogcritics.org Software Review: Expression Web 2
Expression Web 2 "...really builds nice CSS-based code that is easy to maintain. It is also pretty easy to build larger sites by using templates.... more

Export your Images from Expression Media to Flickr
Did you know that Flickr can read some of the same metadata that Expression Media can? When you upload your images to Flickr, each image displays its... more

Blogcritics.org Software Review: Expression Blend 2 & Expression Design 2
"I liked Expression Blend especially because of its integration with Visual Studio ... I also like that [it] can create either WPF or Silverlight... more

Expression Encoder 2 SP1 Released
Expression Encoder 2 SP1 adds Silverlight 2 templates, H.264 for devices, IIS Smooth Streaming support, and much more.

Expression Blend 2 Service Pack 1 released
Expression Blend 2 SP1 (which is an evolution of the Blend 2.5 previews) provides rich authoring support for Silverlight 2. Building on the earlier Bl... more

Expression Blend 2 Service Pack 1 Preview
The Expression Blend 2 Service Pack 1 Preview enables you to create content compatible with Silverlight 2 Release Candidate and later.

Free For All
"Microsoft has several programmes in place designed to get software into the hands of students and academics for free ..."

Development: Learning lessons from game studios…
"...it's great that developers are trying Expression Blend and even better still if it gives developers more appreciation for the designer's skil... more

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Bloggers

	Design Thinking Digest Curation and punditry on design and technology
	Kirupa.blog If it isn't broken, take it apart and fix it!
	Dante’s Blog Tester by day, teacher by night, and learning a bit more each day.
	Clarkezone Microsoft Expression Encoder Insider
	Ux.artu.tv Microsoft UX chit chat
	The RIA Times Rich fertile ground of interactive development and design
	House of Mirrors Pete Blois
	VisitMix Official site of the MIX conference.
	Scary Noises adventures in experience design
	UX Strategy Musings from Will Tschumy, Microsoft UX evengelist
	Anna’s Blog art, creativity, and web design
	User Experience Bloke A User eXperience Blog, by a User eXperience Bloke
	Ben Waggoner Compressions Video and audio compression in its myriad forms
	Tim Sneath Musings of a Client Platform Technical Evangelist
	Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek By, for, and about Silverlight developers.
	Tim Heuer Method ~ of ~ Failed
	I, Rhetoric Convergence in the Simulacrum!
	David Sayed David's blog about Microsoft web platforms and rich media.
	Pink & Yellow Media Design is Philosophy - the Pink & Yellow Media blog.
	Electric Beach Christian Schormann