In case you haven't heard, we meaning Microsoft threw a little party in Vegas this month called MIX. You should really come visit MIX sometime maybe next year, say around March 18-20th in 2009? We like to have 72 hour conversations and talk about all the things we have going on for the web.&nb…
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PC World published a great article on the Olympics website last Friday which, before going into feature and technical details, begins with this: How would you like to be handed this IT project: create a website that will present 2,200 hours of live, interactive video, plus integrated broadcast cove…
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Starting last week on March 5th after Silverlight 2 Beta 1 was announced, a lot has been said about Silverlight 2. Presentations have been given, demos have been shown, bits have been released, tutorials have been posted and many conversations have been had. As an attempt to catalog som…
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No, not my Vista SideBar, at least not yet...I've added a simple script to my site to show the latest from Silverlight News in my blog's side bar. Since each twit is formatted the same way, I was able to grab the URL and text from each post and mash them together in a simple anchor tag. If you…
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The ReStyle submission form is now ready to take contest entries. If you visit the page you will be asked for your EvNet credentials. What are those? They are what you use to comment with on Channel 10 or MIX Online. And if you don't have a SignIn there should be a ni…
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Yesterday I posted about the MIX08 ReStyle contest and I also happened to see my pal Ernie Booth who recently moved to the Surface team. Upon reflecting on the day's events, I started thinking about what it might be like to do a "restyle" using the Surface as a graphic design workspa…
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Since MIX06, I have been involved with the development of the MIX site one way or another. This year is no different, I'm just a sucker for conferences about the web, design and Microsoft technologies like, hmm let's see, Silverlight (among others). Today we've re-launched the ReStyle contes…
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I noticed on the new MIX08 site, that they maintained that they kept the fun MIXTIFY page from last year. This is the place where you can get all the shiny blog bling, grab the poster and ponder what your entry for Show Off should be, but there is no wallpaper. A tragedy, I say. B…
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Based on the fact that you are reading my blog, I'm guessing you have an interest in Silverlight. If only there was some sort of grand conference where you could hope to learn more about Silverlight and its future. Although content, news, plans and other details are still in process, Microsoft MIX…
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Two years ago on this very date of June 20th, I started my first day here at Microsoft. It was an exciting day, it was just new employee orientation, but it was my first job in a technical company with more than 20 employees. I was hired on to become the newest web developer on the coole…
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MIX07 was awesome. I was involved in supporting the VisitMIX site, posting an array of Silverlight screencasts on Channel 9 and a few other community events. I was lucky enough to go a few sessions, including the WPF Comics session which impressed me enough that I had to blog a…
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I just came from a session given by Nathan Dunlap and Robbie Ingebretsen entitled “ZAP!, WHAM!, KAPOW!”: WPF and the Next Genertion of Online Comic Book Reading. And yes, it was as awesome as it sounds like as it should be. They presented an experimental WPF app designed to cr…
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...which reminds me, that I need to get my plane ticket. I'm very happy to hear that MIX will have as full of an attendance as possible, providing the opportunity to get the most out of the conference. Although sessions and keynotes are the driving factor for conferences, the in-the…
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So we've had the MIX07 blog bling ("flair" is out for now, "bling" is in, "badges" is up next I believe) up there for a little while now. You could win posters and just generally show your support and/or your excitement for the whole event. Well a little while ago we stumbled on Jon …
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All MIX07 attendees will receive a Commemorative Edition of Expression Studio, that combined with receiving a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate and you're ready set up a fresh new pc for designing your WPF and WPF/E apps. Very nice. I used to go to a fair amount of conferences and I don't re…
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The REMIX Contest is live. This is your chance to show off your CSS and design skills and win yourself free admission to MIX07. Admission is awarded to the top three winners, and we are handing out Zunes with Accessory Packs to the top 10 honorable mentions. Mmm,…
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Yes, I used the word "tangible" because these are the real kind of posters made
from paper not just pixels. And you can get them free for posting MIX07 blog bling on your blog and then sending your URL to us.
If you want to post them in your office before you get them in the mail, you ca…
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One topic I have been wanting to talk about since my blog was down, is
MIX07.
Although I've always been a fan of PDC and Tech-Ed, MIX is what I would want to
be if I were a conference. Add one part Web Designer,&n…
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We've released dates, prices and an rss feed for updates. And if you take a quick look you'll notice the site domain name is http://visitmix.com. So as you can now see, Haacked, we won't have to end MIX in 09 :)Edit: This image is a reminder that I need to reskin my blog soon...…
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