Ian Muir and Tim Huckaby

About Ian

Ian Muir is self-proclaimed Web Uber Geek and is currently working for Piehead, a digital strategy agency in Portsmouth, NH. With a background based in both engineering and graphic design, Ian works to create Web sites and applications that cross over traditional barriers and connect users with data in new ways. Ian is an early adopter; a former employer once referred to him as the company's technology canary, and is an active participant and frequent speaker at New England area tech events.

About Tim

Tim Huckaby is the Founder of InterKnowlogy, experts in Microsoft .NET and Microsoft Platforms, and has 25+ years experience including serving on a Microsoft product team as a development lead on an architecture team. Tim is a Microsoft Regional Director, an MVP and serves on multiple Microsoft councils and boards. Currently, Tim is focused on RIA & Rich Client Technologies like WPF, VSTO, Surface, Silverlight, Windows 7 Touch, and Windows Phone 7. He has been called a "Pioneer of the Smart Client Revolution" by the press. Tim has been awarded multiple times for the highest-rated keynote for Microsoft and numerous other technology conferences around the world and is consistently rated in the top 10% of all speakers at these events. Tim has also done keynote demos for numerous Microsoft executives including Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer.

Stuff Ian and Tim recommend you check out

• Piehead Productions
• Download Silverlight 4
• Silverlight 4 - A guide to the new features
• Silverlight 4 - "How Do I?" videos
• Silverlight Blogs
• Web PI Download
• Learn to create Silverlight applications using Expression Studio with .toolbox
• Check out the Expression community site