Comments on: 10 Most Important Points From Dr. Tim Sneath’s and Scott Guthrie’s Silverlight videos on Channel 9 http://www.dieajax.com/2007/09/09/10-most-important-points-from-dr-tim-sneaths-and-scott-guthries-silverlight-videos-on-channel-9/ Helping developers put a new face on the web. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:25:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Charles http://www.dieajax.com/2007/09/09/10-most-important-points-from-dr-tim-sneaths-and-scott-guthries-silverlight-videos-on-channel-9/#comment-24 Charles Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:54:14 +0000 http://www.dieajax.com/2007/09/09/10-most-important-points-from-dr-tim-sneaths-and-scott-guthries-silverlight-videos-on-channel-9/#comment-24 Miles, thanks for the feedback. Keep in mind that my interviewing philosophy and implementation involves carving questions from the conversation as opposed to achieving a premeditated agenda. I remain behind the camera because it is the interviewee matters most. Always. I go into my interviews without reading up on the technologies at hand because I. like the viewer, want to learn in real time. My questions must be created on the fly and as a direct result of listening to the interviewee. Much of the art of conversation involves listening. Sometimes, my style invokes stupid questions, based on lack of understanding, but this fine. This limits the possibilit of these questions being created in the minds of the viewer. So, it my hope that my questions accurately reflect those of the viewers/listeners of the conversation. At some point, I may blog about this conversational, "real-time" questions(see above for definition) based interviewing style. C Miles, thanks for the feedback. Keep in mind that my interviewing philosophy and implementation involves carving questions from the conversation as opposed to achieving a premeditated agenda. I remain behind the camera because it is the interviewee matters most. Always.

I go into my interviews without reading up on the technologies at hand because I. like the viewer, want to learn in real time. My questions must be created on the fly and as a direct result of listening to the interviewee. Much of the art of conversation involves listening. Sometimes, my style invokes stupid questions, based on lack of understanding, but this fine. This limits the possibilit of these questions being created in the minds of the viewer. So, it my hope that my questions accurately reflect those of the viewers/listeners of the conversation.

At some point, I may blog about this conversational, “real-time” questions(see above for definition) based interviewing style.

C

]]> By: David Miles http://www.dieajax.com/2007/09/09/10-most-important-points-from-dr-tim-sneaths-and-scott-guthries-silverlight-videos-on-channel-9/#comment-23 David Miles Wed, 12 Sep 2007 06:28:04 +0000 http://www.dieajax.com/2007/09/09/10-most-important-points-from-dr-tim-sneaths-and-scott-guthries-silverlight-videos-on-channel-9/#comment-23 Charles, I committed the "cardinal sin" of providing criticism sans the "constructive". My bad. Happens to the best of us. I've got a few posts in the queue, however, once I find the time, I will review the videos that generated the feelings which led to that statement, so I can provide you with accurate feedback. I will say that the questions...in question...don't occur as frequently as your comment implies. The ActiveX question in Scott Guthrie's video targeted exactly the type of stuff I want to hear about. Also, I thought the MSR Cambridge video went extremely well, and I liked several of the "going deep" shows, especially the one about security and the NT kernel. But then comes that one comment or question that belies an assumed understanding, built from previous interviews and statements, and completely derails me. And, it also appears to, at least momentarily, do the same to the interviewee. But maybe that's just me projecting my own understanding onto someone else's (another cardinal sin ;) ). Anyway, I'll let my original statement go unaltered because I don't believe in rewriting history for the sake of back-pedaling (I'm not a politician :) ). But for my own personal reckoning, I will link to this clarification in the original post. And, I'll make sure to review those videos and give you some more detailed feedback...and provide healthier criticism in the future. Thanx for the comment. Charles,

I committed the “cardinal sin” of providing criticism sans the “constructive”. My bad. Happens to the best of us.

I’ve got a few posts in the queue, however, once I find the time, I will review the videos that generated the feelings which led to that statement, so I can provide you with accurate feedback. I will say that the questions…in question…don’t occur as frequently as your comment implies. The ActiveX question in Scott Guthrie’s video targeted exactly the type of stuff I want to hear about. Also, I thought the MSR Cambridge video went extremely well, and I liked several of the “going deep” shows, especially the one about security and the NT kernel. But then comes that one comment or question that belies an assumed understanding, built from previous interviews and statements, and completely derails me. And, it also appears to, at least momentarily, do the same to the interviewee. But maybe that’s just me projecting my own understanding onto someone else’s (another cardinal sin ;) ).

Anyway, I’ll let my original statement go unaltered because I don’t believe in rewriting history for the sake of back-pedaling (I’m not a politician :) ). But for my own personal reckoning, I will link to this clarification in the original post. And, I’ll make sure to review those videos and give you some more detailed feedback…and provide healthier criticism in the future.

Thanx for the comment.

]]> By: David Miles http://www.dieajax.com/2007/09/09/10-most-important-points-from-dr-tim-sneaths-and-scott-guthries-silverlight-videos-on-channel-9/#comment-22 David Miles Wed, 12 Sep 2007 06:26:15 +0000 http://www.dieajax.com/2007/09/09/10-most-important-points-from-dr-tim-sneaths-and-scott-guthries-silverlight-videos-on-channel-9/#comment-22 Dr. Sneath, Thanx for the comment. The post now points to your comment for further clarification. Dr. Sneath,

Thanx for the comment. The post now points to your comment for further clarification.

]]> By: Charles http://www.dieajax.com/2007/09/09/10-most-important-points-from-dr-tim-sneaths-and-scott-guthries-silverlight-videos-on-channel-9/#comment-21 Charles Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:07:33 +0000 http://www.dieajax.com/2007/09/09/10-most-important-points-from-dr-tim-sneaths-and-scott-guthries-silverlight-videos-on-channel-9/#comment-21 Care to elaborate on my specifically stupid questions? Thanks. Since they are so common, you can just target these two interviews. C Care to elaborate on my specifically stupid questions? Thanks. Since they are so common, you can just target these two interviews.

C

]]> By: Tim Sneath http://www.dieajax.com/2007/09/09/10-most-important-points-from-dr-tim-sneaths-and-scott-guthries-silverlight-videos-on-channel-9/#comment-20 Tim Sneath Mon, 10 Sep 2007 20:53:42 +0000 http://www.dieajax.com/2007/09/09/10-most-important-points-from-dr-tim-sneaths-and-scott-guthries-silverlight-videos-on-channel-9/#comment-20 This is a fun write-up: thanks for putting it together! Let me just clarify #8 really quickly. Yes, Silverlight is implemented as an ActiveX Control as far as Internet Explorer is concerned (in Firefox, it's a plug-in). If you go to IE / Manage Add-ons, you'll see it listed there as an ActiveX Control (listed as "AgControl Class"). You're also right that we don't support its use as an ActiveX Control outside of the browser. In the interview, the point I was making is that the Silverlight runtime is installed as an executable, with the location triggered from a JavaScript file that you include. That's why you don't see the yellow "information bar" in IE when you go to a page containing Silverlight content but rather a little "install now" web button; we picked this approach to offer the simplest, most seamless way of getting Silverlight onto a machine. It's physically installed as an EXE, rather than through a CAB file, if that helps explain. Take care, Tim This is a fun write-up: thanks for putting it together!

Let me just clarify #8 really quickly. Yes, Silverlight is implemented as an ActiveX Control as far as Internet Explorer is concerned (in Firefox, it’s a plug-in). If you go to IE / Manage Add-ons, you’ll see it listed there as an ActiveX Control (listed as “AgControl Class”). You’re also right that we don’t support its use as an ActiveX Control outside of the browser.

In the interview, the point I was making is that the Silverlight runtime is installed as an executable, with the location triggered from a JavaScript file that you include. That’s why you don’t see the yellow “information bar” in IE when you go to a page containing Silverlight content but rather a little “install now” web button; we picked this approach to offer the simplest, most seamless way of getting Silverlight onto a machine. It’s physically installed as an EXE, rather than through a CAB file, if that helps explain.

Take care,

Tim

]]> By: David Miles http://www.dieajax.com/2007/09/09/10-most-important-points-from-dr-tim-sneaths-and-scott-guthries-silverlight-videos-on-channel-9/#comment-19 David Miles Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:07:40 +0000 http://www.dieajax.com/2007/09/09/10-most-important-points-from-dr-tim-sneaths-and-scott-guthries-silverlight-videos-on-channel-9/#comment-19 Thanx for the comment. And, thank you for correcting me about XBAPs running in Firefox with .NET 3.5. I'll update that post. Thanx for the comment. And, thank you for correcting me about XBAPs running in Firefox with .NET 3.5. I’ll update that post.

]]> By: Adam Kinney http://www.dieajax.com/2007/09/09/10-most-important-points-from-dr-tim-sneaths-and-scott-guthries-silverlight-videos-on-channel-9/#comment-18 Adam Kinney Sun, 09 Sep 2007 22:21:19 +0000 http://www.dieajax.com/2007/09/09/10-most-important-points-from-dr-tim-sneaths-and-scott-guthries-silverlight-videos-on-channel-9/#comment-18 Nice write up, entertaining and informative :) I just thought I would let you know that XBAPs in .NET 3.5 will run in FireFox as well as IE. ( http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2007/07/27/what-s-new-in-wpf-3-5-here-s-fifteen-cool-features.aspx ) Now I'm off to take a look at a few of your tutorials... Nice write up, entertaining and informative :)

I just thought I would let you know that XBAPs in .NET 3.5 will run in FireFox as well as IE. ( http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2007/07/27/what-s-new-in-wpf-3-5-here-s-fifteen-cool-features.aspx )

Now I’m off to take a look at a few of your tutorials…

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