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Silverlight: Write and Win! Contest – Time to Vote!
Nice articles on Silverlight at Silverlight: Write and Win! Contest. It’s voting time now, so go read them and cast your vote. I liked the "Virtual earth deep zooming" article btw, but the Silverlight ComboBox one isn’t bad either.
I’M A PC campaign – cool Silverlight “videowall”
If you’re interested in Silverlight do checkout the I’M A PC campaign and select "See who’s a PC". Then pan/tilt around and click on the panoramic-style "videowall". Checkout the keywords menu at the bottom of the "videowall" too. You can toggle keywords on and off to highlight (enlarge thumbnail a bit) videos that are filtered by the currently selected keyword set. Very cool.
Windows Vista: Compare editions
I often get the question, what is the difference between say Windows Vista Business and Windows Vista Home editions. Well, here are the answers: Windows Vista: Compare editions. Also note the Anytime upgrade facility available if one wants to upgrade their Vista version.
Deep Zoom Composer
"The new Deep Zoom technology in Silverlight allows users to see images on the Web like they never have before. The smooth in-place zooming and panning that Deep Zoom allows is a true advancement and raises the bar on what image viewing should be. High resolution images need to be prepared for use with Deep Zoom and this tool allows the user to create Deep Zoom composition files that control the zooming experience and then export all the necessary files for deployment with Silverlight 2."
Save Microsoft Office documents to Office Live Workspace
Have you heard of Office Live? It’s currently in beta, but looks very cool (something like Windows Live SkyDrive integration with Microsoft Office). See more info on how to use it at Save Microsoft Office documents to Office Live Workspace.
HEMA – clever Flash animation
Bit slow to load, but very cool to watch: http://producten.hema.nl/
Historia de un Letrero (The Story of the Sign)
Historia de un Letrero (The Story of the Sign): a short film you should see (by Alonso Alvarez Barreda – was the winner of the 2008 Cannes Short Film Online Competition)
Πίνακας ποινών ΚΟΚ (πρόστιμα και point system)
Πίνακας ποινών ΚΟΚ (πρόστιμα και point system) – πολύ χρήσιμος πίνακας από "Γκλαβοπουλος Χ.Δ. & ΣΙΑ ΟΕ", εταιρεία πραγματογνωμόνων με έδρα στη Θεσσαλονίκη
Search Ad Optimization
Useful tools for SEO (Search Engine Optimization) of your website, helping you select keywords, publish sitemaps etc.:
Search Ad Optimization Tutorials for Microsoft adCenter – Microsoft Advertising
Optimize Your Search Ad Campaign with Microsoft adCenter – Microsoft Advertising
www.gnosibooks.gr (Βιβλιοπωλείο “Γνώση” – Α.Ι. Μπουζάκη κ’ ΣΙΑ Ε.Ε.)
Take a look at a website I’m building for a local Greek bookstore : Βιβλιοπωλείο "Γνώση" – Α.Ι. Μπουζάκη κ’ ΣΙΑ Ε.Ε. Note the use of Lytebox (see recent posting at this blog regarding it) to display the photos.
