One of the best things about any job is the personal and professional relationships you get to make.  Recently Rob Bagby announced that he was leaving our team (and potentially Microsoft).  While I am disappointed to lose a great teammate and a friend that I get to work with quite a bit, I am very excited for Rob and his family as they begin this new adventure in their lives.  Rob is one of those guys that is just fun to be around – he is smart, witty, and always willing to help out.  Going to miss having him on the team.

Recently, Rob has been putting a lot of effort into a series of post/webcasts on Pattern Based Development with Silverlight.  It is an excellent series that you should check out if you are doing anything with Silverlight or just want to learn some common patterns like Repository or Model View ViewModel.