Streaming Media West 2008 #04: Interview with James Clarke from Microsoft Silverlight

Show Notes

I spoke with James Clarke, part of the Microsoft Expression Encoder developer team about Microsoft Silverlight is, how it works, if it competes with Adobe Flash, if you need to learn it, plus much more.

Published On 10/8/08 under Adobe, Animation, Conferences, Cool Apps, Digital Content, Flash, Microsoft, New Media, Shows: EXPOzed, Silverlight

EXPOzed interview questions for Microsoft Silverlight at the Streaming Media West conference:

Welcome James Clarke
What do you do for Microsoft?
Tell us about Silverlight, what it is and how it works?
Does Silverlight work on a Mac?
For Flash developers interested in Silverlight, do they have to go through a big learning curve?
Why pick Silverlight over Flash?
Does Silverlight support FLV files or H.264?
What kind of tools do you need to use to create Silverlight applications?
Are there free applications for developing Silverlight?
Do you think Microsoft and Adobe ever collaborate on both technologies?
To learn more about Silverlight, where should users go?
Thank you James!

The Host

Marcelo Lewin
Marcelo Lewin, a.k.a. The Digital Media Dude, started The Digital Media Dude in late 2006 as a blog, mainly, to write about new media. Then he created his first podcast, The Digital Media Dude Daily Tip now known as Digital Media Quick Tips which got picked up by iTunes in the Top 25. By late 2007, The Digital Media Dude became officially a network of shows and in early 2008, it was renamed to Pixel Heads Network.

With over 15 years of experience in the digital media industry, including gigs with NBC, Walt Disney Imagineering, Toyota and having a couple of "dot com" companies under his belt, he shares his knowledge throughout our shows.

He is married with his wife of 15 years and has 2 great sons. His hobbies include photography, videography, new media, technology, great food, great beers and just playing around with his kids.

Marcelo Lewin currently hosts 4 shows, blogs and makes presentations about new media all over, produces shows for other companies and is the "Chief Pixel Head" at Pixel Heads Network.