Today, I had the opportunity to present at the 2nd Student Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks, at the Microsoft Innovation Center in Athens. Of course, I would again like to thank the organizing committee for the generous invitation to participate in the event.

I’m including here some of the links that I mentioned

• Windows Sensor and Location Platform: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/sensors/default.mspx
• Windows 7 Sensor and Development Kit: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/SensorsAndLocation/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=2359
• Windows 7 Training Kit for developers:
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1c333f06-fadb-4d93-9c80-402621c600e7&displaylang=en
• Windows 7 API Code Pack:
  http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/WindowsAPICodePack
• Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform samples: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/SensorsAndLocation
• Virtual Light Sensor: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd318911(VS.85).aspx
• uBlox GPS Windows 7 Driver: http://www.u-blox.com/en/usb-drivers/windows-7-driver.html
• Freescale sensor board: http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=JMBADGE&fsrch=1
• Windows 7 Developer Blog: http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/developers/default.aspx

I really enjoyed the discussions afterwards, and got really happy when I found out that some of the students were not only involved building applications using the Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform, but tried to create their own sensor driver using Windows Driver Kit.

Some screenshots of applications that I demoed and use Windows 7 Sensor and Location platform:

 

You can find the presentation hosted on Skydrive at this share.

Thanks!

1. LAB TEACHING RESOURCES : Faculty Resource Center:  Here are the links for your reference. Courtesy of Singapore

· Introduction to Silverlight – Lab 1 of 5

· Key Features of Silverlight – Lab 2 of 5

· Designer & Developer Collaboration – Lab 3 of 5

· Media, Ink, & Deep Zoom – Lab 4 of 5

· Navigation Framework – Lab 5 of 5

2. Expression STARTER KITS (with Video links)

Main link: http://expression.microsoft.com/en-us/cc184875.aspx

3. Other examples

Some examples:

(a) Introduction to Prototyping with Sketchflow in Expression Blend 3: Assets, Guide and Video Package

Discover Sketchflow, a new feature set in Expression Blend 3 that helps you define the concept for user experiences in early stages of the design process. From sketches to wireframes to protoypes of simple or high definition, Sketchflow provides you the right tools to communicate your ideas and gather feedback from others.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/4/9/A49AB02F-F035-402C-9B26-84860EEAF7DC/Prototyping_with_Sketchflow_StarterKit.zip

(b) Venture into Gaming with Behaviors in Expression Blend 3: Assets, Guide and Video Package

Learn more about how to build a traditional "bricks" game using Expression Blend 3 Behaviors. Simply drag and drop Behaviors over objects in your artboard to easily add powerful and sophisticated functions like animation, physics, interactivity, data connection, effects and more. All without coding. The ever growing Behaviors Gallery at expression.microsoft.com is always avaialable for you to download new behaviors.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/1/C/11C8F2E2-711B-4581-A688-6B66DA4D1124/VentureIntoGaming_ExpressionBlend3_StarterKit.zip

(c)Discovering SuperPreview in Expression Web 3: Assets, Guide and Video Package

Learn more about SuperPreview, a new visual diagnostics tool in Expression Web 3. In this Starter Kit you will be provided with detailed guidance on how to leverage SuperPreview to diagnose issues across multiple browser, all with full rendering fidelity and detailed control.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/F/3/4/F343C86B-FEE4-4448-8715-CA768BB305FE/ExpressionWeb3_SuperPreview_StarterKit.zip

(d) Support for Silverlight in Expression Web 3: Assets, Guide, Video Package

Learn how to leverage the new and easy to use Silverlight support features in Expression Web 3. Then take your websites and publish them to an FTP location without having to leave Expression Web.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/B/9/8/B9874A4F-58F8-4D01-8E2F-E1DAC62ED4A3/SilverlightSupport_Web3_StarterKit.zip

4. Other resources and links:

Here is the essential collection of online destinations for Silverlight/Expression learning resources:

– expression.microsoft.com – Expression Community Site (all sorts of resources)

– microsoft.com/expression – Expression Marketing Site (good demo videos)

– microsoft.com/video – Look under the Expression channel (150+ videos)

– nibblestutorials.net – From Celso Gomes, Designer in the Expression Blend team

– kirupa.com/blend_silverlight – From Kirupa, Expression Blend PM and very popular in the Flash community

– kirupa.com/blend_wpf – From Kirupa, Expression Blend PM and very popular in the Flash community

– blogs.msdn.com/expression – The Expression Blend team blog. Great resources and posts.

– blog.nerdplusart.com – Robby Ingebretsen’s site with blog and lab section.

– SilverZine.com – Alex Knight brings us this great online resource for Designers

– Internally visit: http://silverlight/training where you will also find more content (like pre-recorded events) and signing up to the monthly Silverlight workshop we host in Redmond.

– electricbeach.org – Best on-going SketchFlow blog by engineering manager

– Jesse Liberty's blog – Excellent technical Silverlight blogger

– Ben Waggoner’s blog – An internal expert on video encoding, codec and all things WMV.

Σήμερα, στα πλαίσια της παρουσίας μας στην έκθεση Web World Expo 2009, είχα την ευκαιρία να πραγματοποιήσω μια παρουσίαση για Internet Explorer 8 και Expression Studio 3, την οποία μπορείτε να δείτε εδώ. Παραθέτω μερικά links σχετικά με το περιεχόμενο της παρουσίασης

• Internet Explorer 8, η κύρια ιστοσελίδα
• Internet Explorer 8 addons
• Internet Explorer 8 features test
• Expression Studio 3
• Η βασική σελίδα για το Silverlight
• HardRock Memorabilia (η σελίδα με το εξαιρετικά βαθύ επίπεδο μεγέθυνσης σε φωτογραφίες, με τεχνολογία Deep Zoom)
• Controls για Silverlight για ιατρικές – και όχι μόνο – εφαρμογές
• Deep Zoom Composer, για κατασκευή Deep Zoom Silverlight εφαρμογών
• Πολύ καλό tutorial για το Deep Zoom Composer από το φίλο Άγγελο Μπιμπούδη
• Και φυσικά, μην ξεχνάτε και τα resources για Silverlight στο StudentGuru

Αξίζει να αναφέρω και το πρόγραμμα WebSiteSpark το οποίο έγινε επίσημα launch στην Ελλάδα σήμερα στην έκθεση, και το οποίο απευθύνεται σε Επαγγελματίες που αναπτύσσουν WEB εφαρμογές και ιστοσελίδες. Το πρόγραμμα WebsiteSpark παρέχει λογισμικό, υποστήριξη και πολύ σύντομα το marketplace (διαδικτυακή τοποθεσία ανάδειξης των websites των συμμετεχόντων) με στόχο την υποστήριξη και την ενίσχυση της επιχειρηματικότητας στο χώρο γύρο από το Web.

Ακόμη, στην έκθεση έγινε επίδειξη της τελικής έκδοσης (RTM) του Web Platform Installer 2.0 οποίο παρέχει ένα πολύ εύκολο τρόπο χρήσης εξελιγμένων χαρακτηριστικών που διευκολύνουν στην ταχύτερη διάθεση υπηρεσιών και εφαρμογών στο WEB. Το Web PI 2.0 προσφέρει πλέον χαρακτηριστικά όπως το IIS SEO Toolkit και το Windows Web Application Gallery το οποίο περιλαμβάνει περισσότερες από 20 ASP.NET και PHP (π.χ. Sugar CRM, Drupal, DotNetNuke, Gallery κ.α) γνωστές εφαρμογές.

Get the Microsoft Web Platform

In a few words: MSDN subscribers can download Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 *NOW*!! The rest of the world can wait till Wednesday, when public availability will be announced, as Soma mentioned here. I was reaaaly looking forward to this release, the download has just started