June 2006 - Posts

New CTP for June

Looks like it's time for a fresh batch of WPF (.Net 3.0) goodness.  Tim Sneath points us to the .NET Framework 3.0 - June 2006 CTP.  Check out Soma's blog for details about the name change and of course, be sure to read about compatibility with Vista Beta 2.  I'm not going to install this weekend due to some cool WPF stuff that coming up in the Atlanta area. 

On a side note: I have a suggestion for Microsoft, which could actually be used by other folks, provide a tag or tags for your technology or product, especially when you have names like "Microsoft Expression Interactive Designer". 

Tags:WPF | .Net3

posted Friday, June 23, 2006 3:32 PM by Sean Gerety with 0 Comments

Beautiful Evidence

Tonight I got home and after what seemed like years of waiting, "it" was here.  Edward Tufte's new book "Beautiful Evidence" has arrived on my doorstep. 

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Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

Tags: tufte | Design | sparklines

posted Friday, June 16, 2006 12:06 AM by Sean Gerety with 0 Comments

360 - updated!

Thank you dashboard developers for background downloads.  I just downloaded the update, which didn't take long and am currently downloading a couple of items in the background.  Sweet.

Tag:  Xbox 360

posted Tuesday, June 06, 2006 6:55 AM by Sean Gerety with 0 Comments

WPF and Command Centers

WPF and Command Centers?   Yes, WPF and Command Centers.  What a great match.  I got this idea when recently touring CheckFree and seeing their command center.  (They had this really cool glass that you could change from opaque to clear with a remote.  I don't know if that's the product that they used, but it's the same concept.)  I've seen a couple of command centers and they all look like really big versions of what we see on small monitors.  So you can image the text and image quality is pretty rough.  With zooming and the new text technology you could create some really killer apps out there for these big screens.  Plus, there is always a ton of data visualizations could take advantage of the power of data templates in WPF.  And you can use the Nick Thuesen's RangeConverters post to learn how to hide bits when you're looking at your command center app's on a smaller screen.

Tags: WPF | XAML

posted Monday, June 05, 2006 9:45 PM by Sean Gerety with 0 Comments