Hi Everyone,

Happy New Year! We’re excited to start the year off with a special limited time offer (through January) of 30% off Expression Web and Expression Studio. It’s a great way to start 2010 with the tools you need!

The PhizzPop Design Challenge is in full swing! Help the Boys and Girls Clubs of America (BGCA)—one of America’s oldest nonprofits—to update their website. Show off your skills to an elite panel of judges, advance the BGCA mission, and win $50k in the process. Download the brief and get started today!

Don’t forget to register for MIX10 where we will continue exploring the art and science of creating great user experiences. Participate in sessions covering topics and technologies such as web standards, developer and designer workflow, Silverlight 4, Internet Explorer 8, WPF, Expression, Windows 7 multi touch capabilities and much more. See you there!

Enjoy!

Editor, Expression Newsletter

Video

SketchFlow Overview

17 minutes

Product Innovation

Silverlight

Community

Gallery Showcase

• Web: Web Templates: Three Column CSS Site Template
• Web: Web Templates: Two Right Floated Columns Site Template
• Web: Web Templates: Red Style Template
• Web: Code Snippets: Comment Snippets for Expression Web
• Web: Code Snippets: WordPress Template Tools
• Web: Code Snippets: Lorem Ipsum Latin Filler Text
• Blend: Behaviors: Silverlight Multi-Touch Manipulation and Inertia Behavior
• Blend: Behaviors: Snapping Slider
• Blend: Behaviors: Swivel Behavior
• Blend: Samples: Silverlight Animated Web Template
• Blend: Samples: CoolBlue Themed Sample TimeTracker
• Blend: Samples: PhotoBook

Expression Tutorials

• Encoder: Create your own Web Casts with Microsoft Expression Encoder Screen Capture
• Deep Zoom: How to create a Deep Zoom image, load a Deep Zoom image, and add interactivity
• Sketchflow: Getting in-depth with SketchFlow
• Design: Twirling smoke effect in Expression Design
• Blend: Clipping paths in canvas using Expression Blend
• Blend: HOW TO build CommandLink Control in Silverlight with Expression Blend 3 and Behaviors
• Web: Divs vs Layers in Expression Web
• Web: Centering your website with CSS
• Studio: Microsoft Expression: Bring Your Designs to Life

Silverlight Showcase

• Microsoft Surface and Vect-O-Lantern
• Bing Maps Silverlight Control 1.0 released
• Jo Rassic
• Tire Storm
• Silverlight Data Driven Application
• Festive Game
• Matchingo

Resources

• IIS SEO Toolkit
• Webspark
• Microsoft Image Composite Editor (ICE)

Coffee Break Training

• Blend 3: Creating a ColorSwatch with Blend (1 of 10)
• Blend 3: Using Sample Data in SketchFlow with Expression Blend 3
• Web 3: Websites with Expression Web 3 (10 of 10)

Events

• Webstock
  February 15-19, 2010
• SXSW
  March 12-21, 2010
• MIX10
  March 15-17, 2010