I was asked by someone in my management chain, let's call them Manager X, to build a sample Windows Vista Sidebar gadget that would be of potential use to our US Public Sector customers.  Since many Government employees travel and many consultants working for the US Government use the GSA Per Diem Rates, we decided to go with a rate ...

Thanks to everyone who attended!  You can find links to the downloads from previous posts here and here.  The per diem gadget I showed should be ready in the next couple weeks. -Marc

When April 18th 2:00P-3:30P EST (11:00A-12:30P PST) Where Register at this link: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032334426&Culture=en-US Note: Audio will be via the Internet.  Your machine will need a speaker. Abstract Windows Sidebar Gadgets are lightweight programmable objects that provide real-time, ...

As promised, you can get my decks and demos from www.publicsectordeveloper.com (direct link).  The demos are ''as-is'' but feel free to let me know if something doesn't work anymore. A more detailed explanation of the WPF deck and demos can be found here.  If you are interested in WPF, then don't forget to check out the WPF ...

Sorry for those of you who expected this post to show up yesterday.  You can find my updated deck here and the gadget which uses ASP.NET AJAX for web service calls + client side data binding here. -Marc

When March 27th 2:00P-3:30P EST (11:00A-12:30P PST) Where Register at this link: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032331000&Culture=en-US Note: Audio will be via the Internet.  Your machine will need a speaker. Abstract Windows Sidebar Gadgets are lightweight programmable objects that provide ...

When Feb. 27th 2:00P-3:30P EST (11:00A-12:30P PST) Where Register at this link: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032325327 Note: Audio will be via the Internet.  Your machine will need a speaker. Abstract Windows Sidebar Gadgets are lightweight programmable objects that provide real-time, ...

I've been talking to a few customers about gadget programming recently.  I've also been doing some gadget programming myself to get ready for my webcast this month on the topic.  One of the first things people ask me about gadget programming, once they understand the fundamentals, is how to make network calls from a gadget.  The ...

I was inspired by WPF/E and ''Layering'' Content and Using Opacity with a WPFE / Virtual Earth Mashup to try something similar but different.  I wanted to be able to show WPFE content (vector graphics, text, and video) on a map when I hover over a pushpin.  So I hacked away and this is what I came up with: The two ...