New and Notable 260

I have been real busy, among other things, doing a full review and change cycle on my Asynchronous Messaging and Event-Driven Architecture talk that I am doing tonight. The entire deck has changed. There has been even more strides towards full asynchronous messaging. To that end, I have worked with the CSD folks to truly understand the behavior of the One Way messaging and its implications on blocking/asynchronous behavior. I will present those findings tonight.

Silverlight

• My friend Ambrose, and crew is working on Silverlight 2 Programmer's Reference 
• The excellent Concepts To Become a Silverlight Master series that I referenced before now has added a Part 3 - Blend and a Part 4 - Security. Great stuff.
• Silverlight Cream for July 30, 2008 -- #338 and Silverlight Cream for July 30, 2008 - 2 -- #339 

WCF/BizTalk

• WCF - Issue with Secure Conversation in Web Farms
• Chris Romp has compiled an excellent Self Study list for BizTalk
• A reminder on the Pluralsight course next week in NYC with Jon Flanders that I am taking for both novices and experts alike