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Wow, it seems like the web is a buzz about Blend 3 ever since I got back from MIX09. It’s great to see that the Silverlight community has a good head of steam leading up to the release of Silverlight 3.

Here’s a quick roundup of news, tips and tricks that I’ve happened upon this week.

Tutorials

• Introducing sample data support in Blend 3
• Communication between Silverlight applications on the client side
• Using Silverlight 3’s Writable Bitmap
• Using Behaviors : A Quick Walkthrough
• Silverlight Smooth Streaming: UX Simulator
• Controlling an object using the Keydown function in Silverlight
• Using Blur to make Dialogs Pop in Silverlight 3

Tips & Tricks

• Styling a slider control
• Using Integers for Layout Calculations
• Silverlight 3 Out-of-browser Update Model
• Having trouble connecting to localhost when running your application from Visual Studio?
• Team Foundation Server support in Blend 3

News

• What’s new on the DataGrid control in Silverlight 3 Beta
• SketchFlow – Sketching and Prototyping in Expression Blend

For those not fortunate enough to attend MIX09 I thought you’d like to see what came in the Schwag Bag.

It’s some nice stuff including Sketching User Experiences by keynote speaker Bill Buxton. But the crown jewel, in my humble opinion, is this sweet notebook complete with MIX schedule.

I really wish I had the energy to write a thoughtful piece about MIX09. But to be honest, it’s been more of a whirlwind than I had anticipated. After a 5 hour flight from Boston put us in Las Vegas at 1:30am, there was a mixup with my room. As it turned out, the first two rooms that I was assigned were already occupied. Of course I didn’t find this out until I walked into each one. It did teach me that people don’t appreciate strangers walking into their hotel rooms at 2:00 am though. Oops.

On the upside, after 2 return trips to the front desk I was upgraded to a pimp suite on the 32nd floor. As I’m writing this I’m sitting in the living room of a 4 room suite with 3 HD TV’s, 3 sinks, 2 bathrooms a Jacuzzi and full bar. Life is good.

One thing I can say is that the most impressive part of day was the keynote piece about SketchFlow in Expression Blend 3. I really can’t wait to get back to the office and start working with it.

Here are some random photos from the day, and a gratuitous shot of the suite. More later.

Wow. I can’t wait to start prototyping with SketchFlow and SketchFlow Player in Expression Blend 3.

Is it me, or is the timing of the iPhone 3.0 announcement a little dubious? I’m not usually one to put on the tinfoil hat. But deciding on Thursday to make a major announcement the day of the MIX09 kickoff smells like someone is starved for attention.