Hi Everyone,

It’s been an exciting Spring! We had great conversations and made exciting announcements about Expression and Silverlight at MIX09; the session videos have been posted from Las Vegas. If you’re like me and can’t wait for the launch of Expression 3, download the Web 3 super preview and Blend 3 preview for Silverlight 3 today! Also, the final PhizzPop Online challenge wraps up May 26; hurry and submit your entry for the chance to win a Wacom display tablet and/or an HP computer system.

At the end of April 2009, Silverlight won best supporting role in NBC’s big win at the 30th Annual Sports Emmy® Awards as NBC received an Emmy for its online coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics! Their approach using Silverlight gave viewers incredible viewing flexibility, amazingly high-quality images, and unprecedented levels of interactivity. To see what else has been happening with Silverlight and Expression, check out our new blog.

Enjoy!

Editor, Expression Newsletter

Featured Video

By: Daniel Wigdor, May 2009

Microsoft Surface Design Lead Daniel Wigdor talks about the programming challenge of multiuser input technology.

4 minutes, 02 seconds

Web Factory

Client Runtime

Rendering Modes

Design Touch

Silverlight Showcase

• Car Finder: Kelley Blue Book Perfect Car Finder
• Sport: Nirvana Tradespace
• Sport: Speed on Map

Events & Webinars

• Scott Guthrie 2009: Scottsdale, AZ - May 26
• Mix Essentials Europe: The Hague, Netherlands - May 28 & 29
• Interaction Design 101: San Francisco, CA - June 22
• An Event Apart: Boston, MA - June 22 & 23

Product Innovation

• Silverlight: Read New Silverlight Blog
• Glimmer: Leverage the power of the JQuery Library
• Silvester: A Silverlight Twitter Widget
• Moonlight 2.0 preview: Implementation of Microsoft's Silverlight

Coffee Break Training

• Blend: Expression Feature Series 1: Behaviors
• Blend: Customizing Silverlight Video Players using Expression Blend
• Blend: Understanding and Working with XAML Code in Expression Blend
• Web: Adding Background Images using CSS with Expression Web
• Web: Understanding CSS Margins and Padding with Expression Web
• Web: Styling Text using CSS with Expression Web
• Encoder: Microsoft Expression Encoder Essentials
• Design: Experimenting with User Interface Colors with Expression Design

Getting Started Video Series

• Series: Getting Started with Silverlight - For Designers
• Series: Getting Started with Standards-Based Design
• Series: Principles of Design

Expression Tutorials

• Blend: SketchFlow: Sketching and Prototyping in Expression Blend
• Web: Getting Started: Transitioning from FrontPage to Expression Web
• Blend: Silverlight One Step at A Time
• Web: Internet Explorer 8 and the Totally New World of Cascading Style Sheets
• Web: Expression Web SuperPreview for IE

New in the Expression Gallery

• Behaviors: Shawn Wildermuth's Sample Behaviors by Shawn Wildermuth
  Includes HoverBlur, Shiver, Visibility
• Themes: Rainier Orange by Silverlight Toolkit
• Templates: Subtle by Carl Camera