By now you've probably heard a fair bit about Silverlight - Microsofts cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web.

But you're not sure how to get started and how to take advantage of the rich runtime to deliver great experiences to your visitors today.

Luckily Laurence Moroney has just published Introducing Silverlight which provides a great "getting started" guide to Silverlight, XAML and how to program media, animation and interactivity using Javascript.

So what are you waiting for.... dive in and get coding ;)