("michael yap");


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- from my facebook status.

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i am currently working as both software and systems engineer in a multinational company here in manila. i am practicing and developing applications built into the microsoft .net 4 framework specifically for windows desktop, web and recenly windows mobile applications, moreover, i am adept in developing programs in windows presentation foundation,silverlight, c# and visual basic.
besides working on building and maintaining large debian servers outside the country im also a huge fan of microsoft based servers. currently hosted all of my websites (and personally owned a server) here in my room 24 hours a day 7 days a week for non-stop since 2007.

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Transparent Image Button for Windows Phone (Silverlight/MVVM) (Tue, 26 Jul 2011 08:17:23 +0000)

It started when I needed an Image button that can still mimics the native command button with toolkit:TiltEffect.IsTiltEnabled=”True” which can animate the tilting effect. So I decided to make my own. If you are using Model-View-View-Model architecture its much easier to implement and use it and by the way, you need Silverlight Toolkit for Windows … more...

Microsoft App Hub Philippines (Fri, 03 Jun 2011 05:29:50 +0000)

I was trying to register my account in the App Hub 2 days ago and I found out that my country was not on the list of countries. So I contacted Microsoft about this matter. After a few days they replied. Here it is, for the sake of other Filipinos who wanted to submit Windows … more...

RH Bill Grand Debate (Wed, 25 May 2011 19:15:24 +0000)

Its been a long time for me thinking the best demo of HTTP based video streaming via IIS 7.5 Media Server 2 that I have setup on my server. I hope GMA 7 is ok with it besides I’ve got this copy also on the public website YouTube. Note: Due to Silverlight security issues on IE9 and Chrome.. You … more...