XDNA = Xaml Developer / Designer Network Anonymous :) You could start a great 12 step program for recovering Silverlight/WPF junkies .....
--- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Winston Pang <winstonp...@gmail.com>wrote: > What about XDDNA so it plays on like XNA :p > > > On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:53 AM, David Burela <david.bur...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Earlier this year I sent out a newsletter, saying that I'd made the >> decision to change the Melbourne SDDN group to be a XAML usergroup, to cover >> Silverlight + Windows phone (+ WPF). >> For me there was enough crossover to stop it being an exclusively >> Silverlight usergroup. >> >> My plans for the rest of the year were to have a lot more generic design >> sessions, such as more examples of a design workflow, the creative process, >> etc. I figured there should be more "DESIGN" focus since it is in the >> usergroup's name (SDDN). >> Now with build, I'll definitely having WinRT XAML sessions (in fact, >> that's what this month's Melbourne talk is on). >> >> >> For me, the SDDN has evolved into being a usergroup focused on cutting >> edge Microsoft UI frameworks, and the design philosophies behind UI/UX. I >> guess the only issue is the name. >> I had kept the SDDN name only for the brand recognition. >> *My suggestion?* We rebrand SDDN to XDDN. Which could mean "XAML Design & >> Developer Network" or with the X meaning anything if you want to include >> HTML5 (like the XMUG run by thoughtworks). >> -David Burela >> >> On 21 September 2011 19:12, Stephen Price <step...@littlevoices.com>wrote: >> >>> Hey all, >>> >>> So most people have probably absorbed the stuff shown at BUILD and so I >>> thought I'd kick off a new thread and see what people think. (I'm yet to >>> spend any time watching videos but have read a few blog posts about it) >>> >>> A couple of things spring to mind. Silverlight will soon be (if not >>> already) legacy code. I liked the quote I saw somewhere "The rumours of my >>> death have been greatly exaggerated. - Silverlight" >>> >>> Being a developer/designer/devigner, I think its great that XAML will be >>> available for C++, HTML5 and .Net. I'm wondering if it's time to >>> rebadge/rename/reinvent the SDDN user group. I'm thinking XUG would be a >>> good name. (Or perhaps XUGXUG, said in the voice of a peon from warcraft 3 - >>> pronounced Zug-zug). >>> >>> thoughts? >>> >>> Go. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> ozsilverlight mailing list >>> ozsilverlight@ozsilverlight.com >>> http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozsilverlight >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ozsilverlight mailing list >> ozsilverlight@ozsilverlight.com >> http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozsilverlight >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > ozsilverlight mailing list > ozsilverlight@ozsilverlight.com > http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozsilverlight > >
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