What about XDDNA so it plays on like XNA :p
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:53 AM, David Burela <[email protected]>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 <[email protected]>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 >> [email protected] >> http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozsilverlight >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > ozsilverlight mailing list > [email protected] > http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozsilverlight > >
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