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Sagi Levi has released a project to OpenUp that enables you to to add text to an image. If this is something you need or just interested in how it is done, check it out here . This reminds me of a cool web site where you can generate things like this: Thanks Sagi.
We got 3 new games submitted to OpenUp , All these application are free and open source software: Gil Shinnar and Simon Grinberg have released WPF poker , a simple WPF base poker for local area networks. The project is developed under Visual Studio 2008 and uses .NET 3.5. Eyal Vardi has contributed a Sudoku Puzzle application. Omer Hanetz has released SnakeX , a Direct3D based snake game (using C# and .NET Framework 3.5). This game demonstrates basic DirectX usage. SnakeX uses basic Direct3D components...
Shidonni , an Israeli startup has released a preview of their new, Silverlight based, game for kids. The basic idea is that you draw a creature and then feed it and take care of it and its offspring. They really show the potential of Silverlight and what can be done with this technology on the web. The guys there have done a great job and my kid played with it for a very long time :)
We have just lunched a new developer competition called OpenUp . The basic idea is to create a cool open source project and to enter it into the competition. The projects should be release to the open source through CodePlex and under the MSPL license. We have a web site that hosts the competition and references the projects in CodePlex. As for the prizes- · Every one that submits a project gets a cool T-shirt. · Every month we will pick the most popular project submitted that month from...
Correct me in I am wrong, I think this is the first post ever from New Zealand this site has ever had. Well, In my previous post I talked about User eXperience (UX). For most people long flights are not the best experience- bad food, crowded seat, horrid service after long hours do not encapsulate the best things in life. Well, I just traveled for 27 hours to New Zealand and I just had the best experience!! Singapore Airlines is the best airline I have ever traveled with: top-restaurant food...
User experience (UX/UI) is one of the key-factors in the success of any product. When it comes to software products it is most of the time THE KEY FACTOR. There are a lot of insights and best practices as well as common pitfalls in regards to user experience in the software development industry. We have three interesting sessions related to user experience and software development in Tech-Ed's dev-lead track: 6/4/08 16:45 - So, you have to build a new GUI. Which technology and UX would...
" Facebook and Microsoft Corp. today announced that Microsoft will take a $240 million equity stake in Facebook's next round of financing at a $15 billion valuation, and the companies will expand their existing advertising partnership. Under the expanded strategic alliance, Microsoft will be the exclusive third-party advertising platform partner for Facebook, and will begin to sell advertising for Facebook internationally in addition to the United States."
Here is a great web site for those of us that want to surf the net in bed
I love cats . In this time of year there are many ally-kittens running around. Kind people feed them from time to time and their population flourishes. Next to the place I park my car at home there is a new family of kittens, a white lovely mother with two charming kittens. Today, like every day, before I drove to work at Microsoft, I checked on them and said hello to the little kittens. Later, I went out of the office to eat lunch. As I approached my car at Microsoft’s parking lot, I heard...