by Ryan Lane on May 2, 2008
Microsoft released the Expression 2.0 suite of products today. I’ve been using expression since last year and religiously updating whenever a new beta or preview version of any of the applications as they were released. At first I wasn’t a big fan of the tools, but over time I’ve really come to enjoy them and they have become my default tools to use for web and Silverlight development. Combined with Visual Studio 2008 it all becomes a powerful environment. Now that I’m learning how to develop and design in WPF I’m using Blend all the time to put together my UI objects.
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by Ryan Lane on February 7, 2008
I’ll be on a panel at this year’s Mix event, talking about workflow and process and such. It’s a pretty talented group of people and should make for a good time.
Making it Simple: Designer/Developer Workflow
Speakers: Marcelo Marer (Avenue A Razorfish), Ken Azuma (Second Factory), Robby Ingebretsen (Identity Mine), Ryan Lane (Wunderman), Mark Ligameri (frog design), Robert Tuttle (frog design)
Audience: Creative
Session Type: Panel
How do you combine a designer’s vision with the requirements of productive software? Left brain/Right brain workflow is a sophisticated problem that impacts us all but has no easy answers. Industry experts will share their learnings and invite you to join in on a lively discussion about the merits and costs of different approaches.