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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One of the bigger announcements at MIX this year is Silverlight for Mobile Devices. I had heard it was coming, but I wasn't able to spend any time looking into it before the conference. So once I saw that there was a new session announced called "Mobile Devices and Microsoft Silve…
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Something I've always wanted to do is dye my hair blue, so that's what I did this weekend. Not just spray from a can, but a full on stain of the hair and consequently the scalp. Although in the picture I look as if I'm questioning the idea, I'm actually very happy about it. I just lik…
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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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