Xperimentality

Many of you may know that I have been recording "How Do I" videos for Microsoft Expression products for a while.  Recently a new Web site has been created by Microsoft focusing on the Expression Community.

There are sections for blogs, news and events.  There is a section for videos laid out more similarly to WindowsClient.net.  There is a gallery of work that not only demonstrates work done with the Expression suite of products, but also some creative inspiration sites!  And needless to say, there is a forum section for questions and answers.

If you do any work with the Expression products or are interested in getting started, be sure to check it out!  You can find the new site at http://expression.microsoft.com.

Well if you have an MSDN subscription (and a good deal of bandwidth), VS 2008 was released to web early this morning.  I am sure servers are going to get a heavy load today!  Go forth and install.

I am trying to get some things caught up...including some posts I have been wanting to make...so I am a little late with this news.   Unless you live under a rock, you have probably already heard this.  But for you rock dwellers, Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5 Beta 2 has been released.

There are a couple of extra installation tasks that must be performed post installation.  Scott Guthrie has a nice post on some of the new features and the post installation tasks that must be performed.

I am really excited about this!  Today, Microsoft announced Surface and the web site is now live.  To me, the fact that this technology has actually come to fruition is terrific.  It is like someone actually manufacturing one of those concept cars that we all wish would become reality but know we'll never really see!

I see so much potential for the technology!  From the Surface web site:

"Microsoft Surface, the first commercially available surface computer from Microsoft Corporation, turns an ordinary tabletop into a vibrant, interactive surface. It provides effortless interaction with digital content through natural gestures, touch and physical objects."

Take a look at some of the videos on the site and then just let your imagination soar.  Now I just have to talk my wife into letting me get one of these!