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MIX10 Keynote Walk-in Playlist

drsmith — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:48:31 GMT

We’ve had several requests for the playlist for the music that was played prior to the keynotes. Here it is:

Song	Artist	Album
Enth E Nd	Linkin park	Reanimation ( Bonus Tracks)
Intergalactic	Beastie Boys	The Sounds of Science Disc 2
East Jesus Nowhere	Green Day	21st Century Breakdown
Icky Thump	The White Stripes	Icky Thump
Insane	The Arkhams	The Road To Arkham
Dammit ( Radio Edit)	blink-182	Greatest Hits ( Edited )
Face Down	The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus	Face Down ( Single )
I Don't Care	Apocalyptica	Worlds Collide
Somebody Told Me	Killers	Hot Fuss
A Lot Like Me	The Offspring	Rise and Fall, Rage And Grace
Where Do I Begin	The Chemical Brothers	Dig Your Own Hole
White Flag Warrior	Flobots feat.Tim McIrath Of Rise Against	White Flag Warrior
Paper Planes	M.I.A.	Kala
Numb-Encore (Amended)	Jay Z	Collision Course ( Edit )
My December	Linkin park	Hybrid Theory ( Bonus Track )
Buzz Tracks	The Chemical Brothers	Setting Sun
Body Movin' [Fatboy Slim Remix]	Beastie Boys	The Sounds of Science Disc 1
Alice	Moby	Last Night
Smile	Crystal Method	Divided By Night
Kalimba	Mr. Scruff	Ninja Tune
Gur Nalon Ishq Mitha	DJ Rekha	Basement Bhangra Compilation
Name Of The Game	Crystal Method	Tweekend
Come Back Clean ( Featuring Emily Haines)	Crystal Method	Divided By Night
Ooh Yeah	Moby	Last Night
Roll It Up	Crystal Method	Tweekend
Aerodynamic	Daft Punk	Discovery

Creating Compelling User Experiences, Powered by the Cloud

TimHarris — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:07:16 GMT

To enable developers to build immersive, cross-platform Web and mobile applications that use data delivered from the cloud, Microsoft also released SDKs for OData, an HTTP and Atom-based approach to data portability, for a number of languages and platforms including .NET, Java, PHP, Objective-C (iPhone and Mac) and JavaScript. In addition, Microsoft announced the second Community Technology Preview (CTP) of Microsoft code-named “Dallas,” an information marketplace powered by the Windows Azure platform, which provides developers with access to third-party datasets that can be consumed by Web and mobile applications. By making content and data available with an OData feed via “Dallas,” developers can access and monetize their data under their terms and pricing, which can be can built into applications to deliver unique user experiences.

Today, developers can take advantage of more than 30 datasets from content providers, including NAVTEQ, Pitney Bowes Business Insight, Weather Central and Zillow.com, available on the Microsoft code-named “Dallas” information marketplace. Developers can access the OData SDK at http://www.odata.org and download Microsoft code-named “Dallas” CTP2 at http://www.Microsoft.com/Dallas.

Increased Commitment to Client Development Through jQuery JavaScript Library

TimHarris — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:07:03 GMT

As part of Microsoft’s broad commitment to open source communities, Corporate Vice President Scott Guthrie today announced Microsoft is investing resources to the development of jQuery libraries that will improve the development process of standards-based Web applications. Microsoft will also work to provide better interoperability between ASP.NET and jQuery by enhancing ASP.NET so.NET developers can better incorporate jQuery capabilities. In addition, Microsoft will actively promote and distribute jQuery by packaging it with popular products such as Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and ASP.NET MVC 2. As a first step, Microsoft will contribute a templating engine with the jQuery Core Team to simplify web applications.

Raising Developer Expectations With Hardware Acceleration, Increased Interoperability

TimHarris — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:06:36 GMT

As part of its commitment to interoperability, Microsoft detailed its support for a number of HTML5 specifications, including CSS3, Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), XHTML parsing, and the video and audio tags using industry-standard (H.264/MPEG4 and MP3/AAC) codecs, among others. In addition, Microsoft demonstrated a new JavaScript engine that uses the multiple cores of today’s modern chips to effectively manage computing resources and improve Web performance. By combining increased interoperability with a new JavaScript engine and Direct 2D technology, Internet Explorer 9 enables Web developers to provide users with richer experiences that render more quickly and consistently.

Starting at MIX10, developers also will be able to track Microsoft’s progress and provide direct feedback on the Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview by evaluating new code refreshes approximately every eight weeks leading up to the beta release. Developers can download the Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview at http://www.IETestDrive.com.

Microsoft Continues Web Standards Support With Hardware-Accelerated HTML 5, Pushes Boundaries on Web and Cloud Development

TimHarris — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:05:35 GMT

Industry standards and innovation took center stage at MIX10, as Microsoft Corp. made a series of announcements that underscore the company’s commitment to interoperability and performance on the Web. Dean Hachamovitch, general manager of Internet Explorer at Microsoft, unveiled the Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview including expanded support for HTML5, hardware-accelerated graphics and text, and a new JavaScript engine. Together these allow developers to use the same markup and deliver graphically and functionally rich Web applications that take advantage of modern PC hardware through a modern operating system.

Microsoft also announced that it will contribute to the development of new features and enhancements in jQuery and shared the release of new software development kits (SDKs) for the Open Data Protocol (OData) that make it easier for developers to access data from the cloud to create more compelling cross-platform Web applications.

A Marketplace for Windows Phone 7 Series Applications

TimHarris — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:17:35 GMT

Today, Microsoft showed how developers and designers will be able to bring applications and games to market with a new Windows Phone Marketplace. The Marketplace features a panoramic design and active merchandising to increase the discoverability of games and applications, supports one-time credit card purchases, mobile operator billing and advertising-funded applications. The Marketplace will also enable customers to try applications before buying them and allow developers to cross-promote their applications through deep linking.

Free Tools for Windows Phone 7 Series Developers and Designers

TimHarris — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:16:58 GMT

To support an end-to-end development experience, Microsoft announced the availability of comprehensive tools support for Silverlight on Windows Phone 7 Series. . The easy-to-install package is available for download today at http://developer.windowsphone.com and includes previews of: -

· Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone

· Windows Phone 7 Series add-in to use with Visual Studio 2010 RC1

· XNA Game Studio 4.0

· Windows Phone 7 Series Emulator for application testing

· Expression Blend for Windows Phone CTP (available as a separate download).

Continued Innovation With Silverlight 4 and Expression Blend 4

TimHarris — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:16:34 GMT

Available for download today, Microsoft announced, is a release candidate (RC) for Silverlight 4, which builds on the beta version released at the Professional Developers Conference in November 2009. The Silverlight 4 RC provides powerful media and enterprise application and media capabilities, out-of-browser flexibility and world-class tools support via Visual Studio and Expression Blend with Sketchflow to enable robust application development and rich interactive experiences.

In addition, Microsoft unveiled the Expression Blend 4 Beta, a design and development workflow tool. New features such as Path Layout enable developers and designers to build and animate innovative user interface design via a groundbreaking visual layout mechanism, without the need to write code. Expression Blend 4 Beta also adds support for Silverlight 4, .NET Framework 4 and Visual Studio 2010.

End-to-End Application Development Platform for Windows Phone 7 Series

TimHarris — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:15:58 GMT

During the MIX10 keynote, Microsoft provided the first deep dive into Windows Phone 7 Series application development. By combining Silverlight features for rich application development and the XNA Framework for games, Windows Phone 7 Series empowers millions of developers and designers to build visually stunning and immersive applications and games — one of the industry’s most profitable mobile application categories — while taking advantage of device-specific capabilities.

#MIX10 Keynotes, Interviews and Sessions Online

drsmith — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:17:02 GMT

Follow the news fromMIX10 online on Monday, March 15 and Tuesday, March 16 at 9 AM P.D.T. ( G.M.T. -9 hours) with keynotes by delivered by Scott Guthrie, Joe Belfiore, Dean Hachamovitch, Doug Purdy, and Bill Buxton.

Once the keynotes end just keep watching as Channel 9 Live will begin streaming automatically until 5:30 PM, with interviews with Scott Guthrie, Joe Belfiore, Bill Buxton, Dean Hachamovich, Charlie Kindel, Albert Shum, Doug Purdy, Erik Meijer and many more. Follow or send questions to @ch9live on Twitter . You can view the full schedule here.

The MIX10 breakout sessions will be recorded and available online within 24 hours of the session. http://live.visitmix.com.

"View MIX10 Tweets" Widget makes it to Marketplace on Windows Phone

drsmith — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:34:56 GMT

Follow the buzz from MIX10 with this new app. Get updates about what is going on at MIX10 every 30 seconds. No configuration required! View the app here by @bytemaster.

FAQ about the #MIX10 Schedule Builder

drsmith — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:13:26 GMT

Have questions about the session builder? You’re in luck as we’ve just published the session builder FAQ to answer questions you may when trying to create and maintain your schedule. If this does not answer your question, please send us an e-mail at: mix10@microsoft.com

Microsoft Labs and Incubation Teams to Showcase Latest Inventions at #MIX10

drsmith — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:59:24 GMT

At Microsoft, Labs (Live Labs, Office Labs, FUSE Labs, MSR, MIX Online, etc) build bridges between technological vision and what's actually possible using the latest technologies. Building on the advances from Microsoft Research and leveraging customer insight from the product groups, Microsoft’s labs focus on rapid-fire invention and prototyping that lead to new products and product lines, as well as insights and inspiration for our product groups. At MIX 10, the From the Labs virtual track will showcase some of the latest inventions coming out of Microsoft’s labs and product group incubation teams. Many of the technologies addressed are or will be available for you to experiment with in your own applications.

Start Networking with MIX attendees before you get to Vegas!

drsmith — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:08:53 GMT

Available now to MIX10 registrants only, the MIX10 Attendee Directory gives you the opportunity to connect with other attendees before you are onsite in Las Vegas. The directory can be accessed by logging into the Registration Contact Information page. Only attendees who have opted-in to share their personal information with their fellow registrants are listed here. If you would like to opt-in or opt-out of listing your personal information, please return to your Registration Contact Information page to edit the option.

Countdown to MIX10: Drinking Las Vegas

drsmith — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:40:46 GMT

Sure, sure. MIX is mostly all about the great keynotes, sessions, networking and all the awesome content that is going to make your brain hurt in a good way, but that doesn’t mean you can’t go out for a good time while you’re in Sin City! On this, our last Countdown to MIX10 show, @anyware and @ritzy get advice from THE cocktail evangelist, Robert Hess, who tells us where to find a mean cocktail in Vegas. If we’re not at the conference, you might find us bellied up to a bar somewhere, and if you do, maybe your next round will be on us. See ya in Vegas!

Organize Yourself at MIX10 Using MIX10 Session Planner (Beta)

drsmith — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:25:40 GMT

Attending MIX10? Use the MIX10 Session Planner (Beta) to browse sessions, workshops, and speakers, and organize your personal schedule for the conference. MIX10 Session Planner (Beta) uses Microsoft Silverlight together with Microsoft Sync Framework to help you get the most out of MIX10. Conference data is cached on your computer, enabling you to quickly browse, filter, and search conference information as well as select sessions of interest. You can do all of this whether you have a network connection or not, thanks to that local data cache. So go ahead and plan your conference on the plane, all of your changes will synchronize with the MIX10 servers and be available on the Web site when you get a connection!

To try it out:

Sign in with your Live ID on MIX site http://live.visitmix.com.
You will see a banner for Session Planner on the right hand side, click it to launch the application or simply click the URL, http://live.visitmix.com/SyncClient, to launch it.
On the first run page, check the checkbox if you want this application to be installed locally so it can be used without a network connection and run outside the browser.
Click Allow to start.

Not attending MIX10? Take a look at the application anyway and see the user experience that is possible with a Silverlight client using locally cached data.

The application is based on a demo that the Sync Framework team showed at PDC last year. The demo was so well received that they decided to update it and actually make it available to conference attendees. The application also provides a glimpse into what will be possible with their future 3.0 release.

Find out more about the application, learn about future Sync Framework releases, and see more cool demos at the MIX10 session: Building Offline Web Apps Using Sync Framework. The Sync Framework blog also has more information about the technology used to build the application.

We'd love to hear your feedback about this application and its synchronization features. Tell us what you think by posting to the Sync Framework Developer Discussions Forum.

Check out MIX10 Session Planner and start planning your time at MIX10 today!

I Can Has Data?

drsmith — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:36:04 GMT

We’ve just launched a new OData service which provides a rich interface to our Session and Speaker data. Get more information on the service, OData in general and other ways to get at our data at http://api.visitmix.com.

Countdown to MIX10: The Gu

drsmith — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:27:04 GMT

A very special guest joins @anyware and @ritzy this week to talk about his upcoming MIX10 keynote. Yep, the man of the 10 minutes is Scott Guthrie, vice president of the developer division at Microsoft, and a true veteran of every MIX event that has been held. Scott teases his upcoming MIX keynote (don’t think everything that could be leaked has been leaked!), and talks a bit about his personal life and how he keeps up (sleep is for wussies). Why would an executive of an engineering division spend so much time preparing speeches and working with the community? Find out why from Scott, as he talks about the conference planning process, and how feedback from customers and partners is what keeps it real.

#MIX10 Highlights and Insights

drsmith — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:36:40 GMT

Explore MIX10 with insights and highlights from @anyware’s latest blog post. From Windows Phone 7, Keynoters, Twitter (and the Tweet Up on Sunday, March 14th at 9:00pm), Channel 9 Live, the MIX10 Attendee directory, Session times, Countdown to MIX10, Who attends, RSS/Odata, Live Streaming and Session, MIX10 Internal Gadget, Ask the Experts and Event Tips.

Win a Zune HD at Ask the Experts. MIX speakers, Microsoft team members and members of the web community will be available to answer your questions and take your feedback at this informal reception, following Day 1 sessions. We’ll also be serving free food / drinks and drawing names to give away two 16GB Zune HDs.
When: Monday, March 15^th, 5pm – 6:30pm
Where: Shorelines A (meal hall).

MIX10K Winners Announced

drsmith — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:39:55 GMT

Congratulations to the winners of this year’s MIX10K Challenge. Explore the winners on the MIX10K Site or tune into the highlights as discussed on this week’s Silverlight TV Show with John Papa and Adam Kinney.

Countdown to #MIX10: Charlie Kindel and Windows Phone 7 Series

drsmith — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:04:17 GMT

In this week’s episode, we hear from Charlie Kindel, who has worked at Microsoft for over 20 years on projects like the Windows SDK and DDK, COM, ActiveX, IIS, the original Active Server Pages, Windows Media Center, Windows Home Server, and now Windows Phone 7 Series. Hear about Charlie’s upcoming session at MIX10, his perspective on multi-screen applications that are connected via the web, how his daughter, Christine, inspired a focus on end-user experience, and how you can get a “Do Epic ____” sticker by following him on Twitter @ckindel.

Internet Explorer 9 at MIX10

drsmith — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:08:53 GMT

As General Manager of the team, Dean Hachamovitch is responsible for the design, development, and release of Internet Explorer. We welcome Dean back to the stage as one of our MIX10 keynoters in Las Vegas next month. After all, what would our premier web conference be without a browser update!? Dean will talk about changes and improvements that have been made to Internet Explorer 9 since PDC09, and his talk is sure to include a couple of surprises.

Register for MIX by February 21st , and save $200.

Exclusive Windows Phone 7 Series Offer for #MIX10 Attendees #WP7

drsmith — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:56:16 GMT

Join us at MIX10 and be among the first to learn how to build applications and games for Windows Phone 7 Series. We’ll introduce you to the development platform, show you how to work with the Windows Phone 7 Series development tools, and give you a tour of the Windows Phone Marketplace. All MIX10 attendees will receive access to the Windows Phone 7 Series development tools and have access to a dedicated track on the Windows Phone 7 Series platform that runs throughout the event.
MIX10 attendees will get exclusive free developer support for the Windows Phone 7 Series development tools. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to be among the first to learn about Windows Phone 7 Series.

The ONLY way to get this Windows Phone 7 Series offer is to register now for MIX10—we’ve even extended the special discount on registration through February 21st—you have less than a week to take advantage of this $200 discount.

Countdown to MIX10: Let’s do it Live

drsmith — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:19:14 GMT

Nic Fillingham joins @anyware and @ritzy this week to talk about Channel 9 Live at MIX10. A few months ago at the PDC event, the Channel 9 team broke history by broadcasting live from the show floor for almost the entire event, and they’ll do it again at MIX. But you don’t have to wait until March to get in on the action, you can dialogue with the team now as they plan out their speaker lineup, and you can make requests about what you want to hear and from whom. Follow @ch9live on Twitter, or email them at ch9live@microsoft.com and tell them what you want to see as they, like us, serve at the pleasure of the Channel 9 community.

Ask The Experts Reception Added to MIX10 Monday Night Lineup

drsmith — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:50:21 GMT

You supply the conversation, we supply the beer! MIX speakers, Microsoft team members and members of the web community will be available to answer your questions and take your feedback at this informal reception. You’ll find experts in all content areas covered at MIX10, including: Web Standards, Mobile, RIA, Framework & Tools, Cloud Services and the MIX Community.

Ask the Experts will take place Monday, March 15th following the last breakout session timeslot from 5:00-6:30 PM.

Get the latest on the PhizzPop Design Challenge

drsmith — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:06:38 GMT

Channel 9’s Laura Foy interviews Chris Large to get in-depth details on the PhizzPop Challenge. Submit your entry by February 19th for consideration. The Championship Round will be held during MIX10 and will feature live pitches from 3 finalists. The winners of the Championship Round at MIX will win a trip for two to the 14th Annual Webby Awards Gala to be held June 14, 2010 in New York City, NY.

Joe Belfiore to Keynote MIX10 | Eleven New Windows Phone Sessions Announced

drsmith — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:33:54 GMT

Corporate Vice President of Windows Mobile Program Management at Microsoft, Joe Belfiore, will be speaking at MIX in March. Belfiore is responsible for the overall design and product definition of the software that powers Windows Phones. A huge consumer advocate, Belfiore has led the design and development of some of Microsoft’s more consumer-friendly products, including Zune, Windows Media Center, and the user experience for Windows itself. Along with Belfiore’s keynote, eleven new Windows Phone sessions have just been added to the MIX10 agenda.

Countdown to MIX10: We Are a Year Round Community

drsmith — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:45:25 GMT

Do you think when the MIX event comes to a close that we close up shop and go away for a year until the next conference? No way. Meet Thomas Lewis (or TommyLee as some of us like to call him), manager of the MIX Online team. Folks like Thomas and his band of designers and developers keep the conversation going by writing strongly voiced editorial pieces about the standards-based web, speaking at events all over the globe, or building and releasing (for free, of course) open source software for folks to use. This team is breaking down barriers and giving a unique perspective to the web . . . one you may not necessarily expect to hear from Microsoft. And we like it that way! Meet Thomas, and the whole MIX Online gang, in Vegas at MIX10. Register today. See the video with Tommy Lee here.

Countdown to MIX10: Nishant Kothary, the UX Theme, and 55 New Sessions

drsmith — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:41:30 GMT

Jennifer is missing, and Mike manages to stop talking just long enough for Nishant Kothary to explain what user experience means, how survey results help to refine content, and what kind of sessions he’s planned for the UX theme at MIX10. Mike talks about session recordings and what they have to do with football, and we learn that 55 brand new sessions were published this week. Register by February 7th and save $400 USD. Watch it all on this week’s episode of Countdown to MIX10.

MIX10 Sessions Announced

drsmith — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:50:56 GMT

Think it's impossible to predict the future? We respectfully disagree. Join us at MIX10 in Las Vegas where together we'll peer deep into the web's crystal ball and surprise you with keynote announcements, informative sessions, inspirational ideas, and networking opportunities to help you harness the power of web design and development. Oh...we'll have fun too.

Meet peers from well-known web companies like Twitter and Facebook, from startups that are planning their Next Big Idea, and from industry experts on UX, web standards, Silverlight, design, Internet Explorer, media, Windows Azure, ASP.NET, Windows phone, Visual Studio, and much more. Find out how much more by browsing through our online session catalog, and be sure to check out our one-day Workshops delivered by recognized industry experts.

Register by February 7th and save $400 off your MIX registration.

PhizzPop Design Challenge -- Live Judging event March 15, 2010!

drsmith — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:29:07 GMT

Come watch the 3 finalists in the PhizzPop Design Challenge pitch their ideas live in front of the jury, for Boys & Girls Clubs of America's new website.

The Phizzpop Design Challenge pits agency Davids and Goliaths against one another to pitch the most innovative integration of Microsoft web technologies to achieve the website redesign goals of BGCA. The winner will receive $50,000 towards delivering their design strategy to BGCA, and will be selected live during this fun presentation during MIX10. Meet the judges, watch the finalists, and enjoy free drinks and food with The Webby Awards & IADAS, Boys & Girls Club of America and Microsoft.

To enter PhizzPop, visit www.phizzpop.com and submit your entry by February 19, 2010!

Follow @thewebbyawards on Twitter for updates.

Enter to WIN a pass to MIX10 in SilverlightShow.net’s Eco Contest

drsmith — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:20:01 GMT

SilverlightShow.net is offering MIX10 passes to the winners of their Eco Contest. All you need to do is design an attractive, educative and informative Silverlight-based application that help support and promote any kind of environment-friendly activities. Enter by February 15th.

Additionally, hear from the SilverlightShow.net interview with MIX Michael Suesserman how this year's MIX different than previous events and get insights into this year’s major topics and learn about key speakers.

Party all night long at MIX!

drsmith — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:01:40 GMT

Well, almost all night long as we take over one of the country's most talked about nightclubs: LAX in the Luxor. This private party for MIX attendees will start at 9 PM on Tuesday, March 16 and go until 1:00 AM. Continue your conversations from MIX knowing that not everything in Vegas stays in Vegas! Due to applicable state and local laws, statutes, rules and regulations, Venue(s) requires that all guests be at least 21 years of age and must be able to provide proof of age (Valid Photo ID required, Passport or Drivers License) to enter the Facility. Must be 21+ * Valid Photo ID Required * Passports Required for International Guests.

There’s a Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On

drsmith — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:34:49 GMT

On this week’s Countdown to MIX10, @anyware and @ritzy talk about a cornucopia of MIX activities, including mobile content at MIX10 where you’ll learn about developing applications *and* games for the next generation of Windows Phone. Yes, there will be Phone sessions. No, we can’t say more than that at this time. Stay tuned and check back often.

MIX 10K Judge Panel Announced

drsmith — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:13:30 GMT

We are very pleased to announce the judges panel for the second MIX 10K Challenge. The judges will select the Grand Prize winner (a trip to MIX10), and the three runners-up winners ($500 Visa gift cards). Read more about the prizes.

It’s not too late to submit your entry - entries will be accepted through January 29. Public voting to determine the Community Prize winner will run through February 5. Learn more about entry requirements and don’t forget to rate your favorites in the MIX 10K Gallery.

MIX 10K Judges Panel

Eric Meyer – Recognized expert on HTML, CSS and web standards. Author, speaker, radio host and W3C contributor. Blog: http://meyerweb.com/
Jeff Paries – Recognized Silverlight animation expert and author. Two-time participant in the MIX 10K Challenge: Gravity, Collision, Drag and Drop, Throwing and Bubble Touch. Blog: http://designwithsilverlight.com/
Jesse Warden - Rich Internet Application architect specializing in using Flex and Flash to create Rich Internet Applications.
Blog: http://jessewarden.com/
Ueli Sonderegger - Last year’s MIX 10K Grand Prize Winner for Turtle#. Manager at a web agency in Brazil, with technical expertise in WPF, Silverlight and RIA.
Sean Gerety – Active participant in the MIX community, and the embodiment of developer/designer mojo. Technical expertise includes ASP.Net, MVC, jQuery and SVG.
http://ideakitchn.com/blogs/sean/default.aspx
Jimmy Schementi - Maintainer of IronRuby open source project and expert in dynamic languages. Lead developer for in-browser Ruby/Python tool known as Gestalt. http://blog.jimmy.schementi.com/

Windows Phone at MIX10!

drsmith — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:53:59 GMT

Yes, at MIX10 you’ll learn about developing applications and games for the next generation of Windows Phone. Yes, we’ll have Phone sessions, and we can’t say more…yet. Stay tuned and check back often or join the MIX mailing list.

Announcing the Final Open Call For Content Sessions and Speakers

drsmith — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:59:39 GMT

150+ Sessions were submitted and voted on for MIX10 during the Open Call for Content. Topics submitted explore design, web development or business around building innovative web sites. While it was not required to address Microsoft-specific technologies, entries were encouraged to consider interoperability.

The MIX10 team is excited to invite the following speakers to present at this year’s event. The listing of speakers is in alphabetical order:

Damian Edwards and Tatham Oddie | Building Great Standards Based Websites for the Big Wide World with ASP.NET 4
Dan Wahlin | Syncing Audio, Video and Animations in Silverlight Applications
Elijah Manor | 6 Things Every jQuery Developer Must Know
Jim Zimmerman | Building Facebook Apps with .NET and Deploying to Azure
Joshua Blake | Developing Natural User Interfaces with Silverlight and WPF 4 Touch
K. Scott Allen | IronRuby for the .NET Developer
Kyle Baley | The OpenRasta Framework for Building RESTful Applications
Laurent Bugnion | Understanding the Model-View-ViewModel Pattern
Mario Meir-Huber | Microsoft Surface Goes Social – A Research Project at the University of Linz
Matthias Shapiro | Creating Effective Info Viz in Silverlight
Rob Eisenberg | Build Your Own MVVM Framework
Shawn Wildermuth | RIA Services and MVVM: It Can Happen!

Countdown to MIX | Workshops a’Plenty

drsmith — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:20:47 GMT

The regular conference content just isn’t enough to fill your brain? That’s cool, we’ve got a whole day of pre-conference intense sessions we’re offering that will help you get even more out of your trip to Vegas. Joshua Allen joins us to talk about the MIX10 Workshops this year, and give us the goods on what to expect. HTML5, media processing, design tools and techniques, and scaling web apps to the cloud are among the boot camp selections from which you can choose. If you register today, before our special offer ends, you’ll get a free room night at the Mandalay Bay hotel which will be a good chunk of $$ you can put towards the Workshop fee. See it all on the MIX Countdown Show.

Countdown to MIX | Inside Scoop from the MIX team

drsmith — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:24:16 GMT

Hear from the MIX10 team on the community voting on content! MIX10 Workshops! Free hotel rooms at the Mandalay Bay! Contests! And more, more, more!

MIX10 Pass and Hotel Offer expires Jan. 15th

drsmith — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:01:33 GMT

Now that you’re back from the holidays you can take a moment and plan your MIX10 attendance. Be sure to register by Friday, January 15^th to take advantage of the registration price of $795 and the Mandalay Bay Hotel offer of one night free! It’s a great deal.

Voting is now live for Open Call for Content

DuncanMackenzie — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:55:00 GMT

More than 150 sessions have been submitted for MIX10 during the Open Call for Content. We invite you to take this time to vote on the entries and speakers you'd like to see at MIX this year. Remember to vote by Friday, January 15, 2010.

Explore MIX10 Workshop Offerings

drsmith — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:44:23 GMT

From Molly Holzschlag’s HTML5 NOW workshop to Robby Ingebretsen’s workshop on Design Fundamentals for Developers, explore the ways you can supplement your MIX10 event experience with pre-event workshops on Sunday, March 14, 2010.

MIX Online team announces redesign and brings holiday gifts early

drsmith — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:05:53 GMT

Today you will find the all-up redesign of the MIX Online website. With this redesign comes a new lab called Incarnate, a year-round 10K contest and five new writings. Explore MIX Online 2.0 today.

MIX10: The Who, What, Where, When, Why and How

drsmith — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:59:03 GMT

Spend 3 minutes with Mike Swanson as he explains the details of MIX. He’ll share who attends, including some of the companies that have attended in prior years. Learn what themes and topics we plan to talk about and why you’ll increase your effectiveness while learning about new technologies that are relevant to the work you do every day. Finally, hear how we do it with workshops, keynotes, sessions, networking, and more. If you have a manager or colleague you’re trying to convince, send them a link to this video.

Inspire the World with Just 10K

drsmith — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:06:32 GMT

What could you create for the Web if you only had 10 kilobytes of code? It's time to exercise your minimalist creativity and get back to basics - back to optimizing every little byte like your life depended on it! The MIX 10K Challenge is back, and this time we’ve upped the our game with an expanded set of web technologies and standards, including Gestalt, Silverlight, HTML5, and more. The Grand Prize winner will receive a trip to MIX10, and there are more great prizes for the Community Winner and Runners-Up. Learn More at http://mix10k.visitmix.com

MIX10 Call for Content is Now Open

drsmith — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:27:00 GMT

Do you have a session idea for MIX10? We invite you to join the dialogue and submit your ideas on topics that explore web design an development for building innovative web sites. Please submit your session proposal online by Thursday, December 31st and encourage your fanbase to participate in the online voting beginning Tuesday, January 5th.