Silverlight v2 on my Blog
It would not be too difficult to guess who finally brought my blog masthead to the 21st century with the installation of Silverlight. Yes, you guessed right it is none other than, Tim Long, my husband, in-house systems administrator, programmer, and software engineer all rolled into one.
The first time I ever saw a Silverlight demo was early last year at Dave Overton's blogsite and at the Silverlight portal which for an advanced user and geek like me who loves and appreciates technology is totally awesome. Then it was used in Matt Macspirit's Hyper-V demo at the Microsoft Partners Pre-launch 'invitation only' event on January 2008 in London with no less than Bill Gates as the featured speaker. My interest was further heightened during the 2008 Launch Wave of the Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 technologies in March this year in Birmingham which I attended. For those who have not been fortunate enough to make it to the Virtual Launch experience you can visit the Virtual Event online where you can have a blast with all the information and sessions you missed at the in-person event.
But I digress, don't I. 
As a Virtual Assistant who makes her living in the virtual world, Silverlight technology is just totally amazing. What is Silverlight?
"Microsoft® Silverlight™ is a cross-browser, cross-platform, and cross-device plug-in for delivering the next generation of media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web."
"Silverlight offers a flexible programming model that supports AJAX, VB, C#, IronPython, and IronRuby, and integrates with existing Web applications. By using Expression Studio and Visual Studio, designers and developers can collaborate more effectively using the skills they have today to light up the Web of tomorrow. By leveraging Silverlight's support for .NET, High Definition video, cost-effective advanced streaming, unparalleled high-resolution interactivity with Deep Zoom technology, and controls, businesses can reach out to new markets across the Web, desktop, and devices."
In other words, the possibilities and opportunities for the use of this technology is unlimited. Check out the Silverlight demo showcase here.
At the rate it is going and In my limited technical experience, Silverlight is going to present Flash technology a run for its money. The ease of installation, memory, storage and interactivity it provides offers both computer users and application developers a variety of ways to showcase their imagination. Because Silverlight is built upon the .NET Framework, it enables developers to produce content using .NET languages such as C#, Visual Basic and XAML, eliminating the need to learn JavaScript or Flash ActionScript. Developers can therefore produce rich, interactive web content using exactly the same tools they use to develop Windows applications.
If you are interested in learning Silverlight as I am, this website is a great place to start.