Cynergy Blogs
Lot's of RIA stuff. Have a look around.
Riding the Line - Cynergy makes Bosh seriously scream in Silverlight ...
See, we’re pretty unique. First off we’re just about the only firm around that operates both an Adobe and a Microsof...
Taking it to the MAX
I am very proud to announce that Cynergy is the Platinum Sponsor for Adobe’s MAX conference this November in San Francis...
More on Data Visualization
This isn't quite along the same lines as my 3D visualization in last week's post , but I think its another interesting ...
Join the Cynergy Flex Team
Let me first apologize for the nontechnical post but this is pretty important and I really want to get it out there. If ...
Coming up for Air...
No, not the Adobe Integrated Runtime, the real thing. I promised myself I'd keep up the blogging through all of our grow...
Visualizing Data in Multiple Dimensions
I've been diving into the latest build of PaperVision3D lately, and here are a couple of experiments that I've come up...
Google Earth + Flex Source Code
A ton of people have been asking about the source code for my previous blog post on Flex + the Google Earth API, so he...
Cynergy @ Microsoft Tech Fest Reston VA
We have been crazy busy here at the Cynergy Silverlight/WPF desk, but not too busy to share our knowledge with the commu...
Google Earth API + Flex
On Wednesday, Google released the Google Earth API , which is basically a browser plugin for Google Earth. This is a r...
Mesh has the potential to be HUGE
Once in a blue moon a technology comes along that knock's me over. Mesh is one such technology. Today I start on my &quo...
Bitmap Images and Particle Engines with Silverlight
Needless to say, its been one hectic year so far! Between Project Maestro at SXSW, Teaching at MIX08, Winning the PhizzP...
My "Digg Mashup" part 2 - laying your project out
Here are some reasons for how I structured my project
My "Digg Mashup" that taught me so much about Silverlight 2.0...
Let me take you on a journey that taugh me so much about Silverlight 2.0
Live Messenger - Login Screen UI
On my adventures of learning Silverlight 2 I've recreated the UI for the login screen of Live Messenger. Alot of lessons...
It was only a matter of time...
Over the past year, many Flex & Flex applications have been popping up on the internet with stunning graphics capabi...
How to create a spiral xAML asset
So many times I needed to create a spiral like shape in blend, I new that it could be done with mini-path language BUT t...
Showing off the power of Silverlight 2.0 - Windows Media Player redone ...
I am going to walk through a sample I created that shows just how powerful the new layout controls and control skinning ...
Silverlight control contract diagram - useful for skinning
This is a diagram of all the Silverlight controls and there exposed contracts. This is useful when skinning controls, ot...
Skinning a button - 4 different ways and counting!
On my adventures to remake Messenger into a Silverlight project I hit a snag, "how do you skin a control?". We...
Silverlight 2.0 Beta Control Hierarchy
A graphical illustration of the Control Hierarchy of the Silverlight Controls. I thought that some people may find this ...
Live Messenger done with Silverlight 2.0 - Login Screen Layout ...
In this posting I will walk through the creation of a layout for the Login page. Using grid controls I will show how to ...
Live Messenger done with Silverlight 2.0 - the beginning
Silverlight 2.0 beta is a platform designed for rich internet applications. Come with me as I prove this by taking you o...
Flex Memory Optimizations
The responsiveness and performance of a Flex application directly relates to what is being displayed on screen. The more...
Silverlight & WPF, what it means to me
Silverlight & WPF are technologies that are designed to take us .NET developers into the next decade. Just as .NET c...
We need to Learn from flash
Flash has had several years to perfect it's craft, let's learn from our big brother!
User group slides and Silverlight Example
Last weeks talk at cmap was great. We had some awesome discussions about what’s happening with silverlight and how t...
Talk at maryland user group
I'll be talking at the next CMAP User Group main meeting Tuesday February 5th. The talk is half "a developer cal...
Fun with masks
Here's an example of what you can do with images or video, and using standard flex components as masks. You can create ...
Connecting to the Wii Control with WPF
Using Brian Peek's Wiimote Library, we'll show you how to get quickly up and running with a Wii Control, WPF and some In...
Realistic and relevant. Introducing Cynergy Labs
The New Year holiday is always a time for reflection. This year was an explosive one here at Cynergy, both in the growth...
one crazy year
It's been one crazy year, and the last couple months have been the craziest of them all. So crazy, that I've got at lea...
DD#03: Custom Animation Loops
Sorry for the delay in posts, we were offline competing in the Microsoft PhizzPop L.A. challenge all last week. The good...
5 Teams. 3 Days. One incredible Party.
Designers, developers, 72 hours, energy drinks and eventually one winner. Take that and wrap it up with one of the hot...
In London This Week
Dave Wolf and I are heading to London this week where Cynergy is the primary sponsor of the Butler Group's Rich Interne...
DD#01: Dynamically Attaching Controls in Silverlight
We’ll start with this assumption: You know the basics of XAML, you know how to at least get to the code behind file, an...
The Silverlight Dirty Dozen - An Introduction
A couple years ago when I was teaching ActionScript programming, I came up with a series of lessons called the ActionSc...
Useful links for getting started with Flex 2
I get asked all the time for any useful links for getting started with Flex 2. I have a ton of resources, but for some ...
Silverlight Twitter Badge
Like allot of the web, a couple of us at Cynergy got addicted to twitter a while back. Yet, the only blog badges they...
Today's e-Seminar Now Available Online
You can now view today's e-Seminar pesentation "Programmatic Visualizations in AIR" online via Adobe.
Content from today's e-Seminar
Thanks to those of you who attended today's e-Seminar on Programmatic Visualizations in AIR.
Bending The Rules
I recently downloaded and started using the latest version of Ubuntu linux, and I became inspired.
Silverlight / WPF Ajaxworld Video
So I was pretty excited to see that the video that we had filmed about our AjaxWorld Demo , during our visit to Bldg. 20...
Silverlight, no routed events... no problem.
One of the things I miss in Silverlight which we have in WPF is routed events and routed commands. Language features, ar...
First Post
Obligatory first post! Allow me to introduce myself (insert soundtrack here). My name is Michael Wolf, and I work wit...
Flash to Silverlight Project 01: Cynergy Matrix with Editor
Ok, so the first and most basic thing I want to know as an interactive designer is how to create something on the screen...
