Ian's Link Dump 18th March 2009

Apparently there's been a little conference held in Las Vegas today! Way too many links (and not enough time) to keep track of, but here are the ones I intend to go back to this weekend. The keynote for this conference can be viewed here (click on "day 1" link on top of large image at top of page)

WPF/Silverlight

Silverlight Official Blog Launched

A Guide to Silverlight 3 New Features (Tim Heuer)

What's New in Silverlight 3 (Tim Sneath)

Silverlight 3 SDK Beta 1 Download

Silverlight 3 Beta 1 Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1

Microsoft .NET RIA Services March 2009 Preview Download

Expression Web SuperPreview Beta for Internet Explorer Download

Expression Web SuperPreview Makes Cross Browser Testing Like Moist Delicious Cake

Expression Web SuperPreview (Video interview with Program Manager)

Web Platform Installer 2.0 Download

Microsoft Web Platform, Web Application Gallery, Web Platform Installer (Scott Hanselman)

MIX09 Bits Available on Microsoft Download Centre

Mike Taulty's 'Quick Looks' at Silverlight 3 - lots of useful stuff here!

Using Silverlight 3 Video's (Jesse Liberty)

Smooth HD (AdaptiveEdge Streaming for Silverlight: Real time HD (VERY impressive!)

Blend 3 Preview (Channel 9 video)

Silverlight and Smooth Streaming UX Simulator

Silverlight 2: ItemClick event on Silverlight Items Control

ASP.NET

Official ASP.NET MVC Site

ASP.NET MVC 1.0 Download

ASP.NET MVC 1.0 with Phil Haack (Channel 9 video)

ASP.NET 4.0 and VS 2010 Web Development Beta 1 Overview

ASP.NET 4.0 and VS 2010 Web Development Beta 1 Overview

IIS-Related Links from today's MIX09 Announcements

General Web

IE Fix: Bicubic Scaling for Images

101 High Quality CSS and XHTML Free Templates and Layouts

Design

The Importance of Wire-Framing

Humour

MIX09 Behind the Scenes: Scott Guthrie Prepares for his Keynote

Twouble with Twitter (cartoon video)