August 24, 2009
UPDATE: A full list of resources from the Silverlight Atlanta Firestarter is up: http://www.silverlightatlanta.net/?p=156
Here are a few quick notes that I took during the Silverlight Atlanta Firstarter. I didn’t even attempt to take comprehensive notes, but I did jot down a few things that I found interesting. These are more for my reference than anything else. You won’t find a lot of content for each talk, but you’ll find a few things that I found important and worth jotting down.
At the very least, I put links to everyone’s blog or home page if I could find it. That way you can easily look up the person if you’re interested.
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Posted by Ben McCormack
August 19, 2009
I really wish I could take credit for the title of this blog. My friend Jeff gave me the idea when he asked me “How’s the Silver-enligthening going?” I had been trying to think of a name for my blog about exploring Silverlight and in about 30 minutes after reading Jeff’s e-mail, silverenlightening.com was registered. The purpose of this blog is to keep up with my enlightening adventure of learning Silverlight.
Why blog about learning Silverlight?
I find that maintaining a weblog while learning a new technology is a great way to stay on task, document the learning process, and interact with the online community. When I was first learning SharePoint, I created a blog to document my experience. I ended up having to stop blogging because my focus at work shifted from tinkering with SharePoint to transitioning to a new ERP system, but it was good while it lasted.
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