I love networking. Talking to the community and sharing stories, technology or otherwise, it’s the best part of my career. Tomorrow morning I get to try a new way to meet some new folks, and rehash with some good friends. That’s one reason I enjoy Twitter so much. [http://www.linkedin.com/groups?h

This morning I will be presenting a MVVM talk similar to my Firestarter MVVM talk for UK Tech Days [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ukmsdn/archive/2010/11/30/build-an-app-for-that-techdays-online-conference-20-january.aspx] . This conference is presented over Live Meeting . You can check us out at the links

New Windows Phone 7 applications are being uploaded to the marketplace all the time. But is your application standing out? This week, John and Corrina Black kick off a new Silverlight TV mini series called "Windows Phone 7 Design Tips with Corrina" to highlight ways you can improve the des

Application performance is a hot topic, and for good reason. User Experience is hugely important, but if your app is slow then everything degrades, including UX. In this episode, John talks to the Silverlight team's Mike Cook who shares several techniques that help tune Silverlight applications.

[https://www.johnpapa.net/wp-content/uploads/files/media/image/Windows-Live-Writer/Want-a-Job-on-the-Silverlight-Team_9770/image_2.png] The Silverlight team is hiring (all positions are for folks to be in Redmond). Here is one job posting that recently opened as  Sr Program Manager [https://care