October's 3rd Tuesday with Microsoft and Silverlight
 Christine G |
18:51, 24 Oct 07
Last night's 3rd Tuesday was voted a big success by all who attended, Microsoft Silverlight team included. We had 53 attendees including several digital agencies - Union Digital, Line Marketing, Lightershade and more.Jon Harris, the Microsoft User Experience Evangelist kicked off his presentation with the observation that MS is about to be "no longer tumbleweed blowing through the designer sector". He spoke about the traditional clash of designers and developers who until now have both spoken different languages. He's predicting 250-300 million downloads of Silverlight in 18 months to give them 80% penetration. Wouldn't give a roadmap as they say it's changing monthly according to feedback. Right now the design tools are for Windows only, but interoperability will increase with future releases. Currently they're working on showcase projects with 40 London agencies and their channel development manager Emma Bateson is working hard to matchmake agencies and Silverlight business partners. Simon Robson from Union Digital and Ross Laurie from Line Marketing are both keen to provide showcase projects for Scottish creativity with Silverlight. |
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