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Find a "semi-project" for Silverlight suggestions?

I want to keep my feet wet in Silverlight. I think that all the readings and tutorials in the world do not work like the real project. Plus I made tutorials, read a few books, listened to podcasts, and so on. I'm ready for the next step. I am not sure how to go about this step. I'm certainly not ready to put "Silverlight development" in resumé with confidence. Some parameters:

  • go out for an interview and place some baseball bets for the RIA, considering that part of my compensation is experience
  • craigslist
  • find a designer who needs a programmer - I have already asked all my design friends;)

I would like to find a non-profit idea, it would be great if I felt that I was helping while studying. But that seems long. I would really like this to be a public site, so I can use it as part of a portfolio. And I would be willing to work for free, or a rolling amount. I am not a designer, so I need help in this department. I have some experience with this, but it was so long ago and I'm not kidding myself with my skills.

I have 4 years experience in ASP.NET, Winforms and C #.

Suggestions for finding this mythical project?

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There is no shortage of nonprofits that would like someone to create software for them, and they don't care what technology (that's more or less the mood of any client). I found a non-profit that has a technology need and I use ASP.NET MVC and Silverlight to meet that need, although admittedly over time it doesn't progress nearly as fast as a "paid" project ... So my advice is to find a non-profit mission that you believe in and just send them an email. I doubt they will reject you.



Alternatively, please help me! :)

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My first and unfinished project in Silverlight was launched in November 2007. I was designing a US poll map where the user could see the vote count in real time, hover over the state, and get a detailed breakdown. Similar to John King Magic Card.

My newborn twins were three months old at the time, so I didn't get the chance to finish it, but it was a great experience. Silverlight is great for highly visual applications. Some more ideas:



  • Nothing geographic like survey material. There is a free map XAML USA, Google map "XAML USA".
  • Graphs, charts, etc. There are some third party controls available for this, or you can experiment with your own.
  • Drag and Drop interfaces can actually appear in Silverlight.
  • A game! (My personal favorite)
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Here are some ideas:

  • Create an easy-to-navigate Silverlight shopping cart that integrates with your e-commerce system.
  • I would try to join an existing open source Silverlight project as a contributor to this Silverlight Ribbon project on CodePlex.
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