MIX is a gathering of developers, designers, UX experts and business
professionals creating the most innovative and profitable consumer sites
on the web. Sessions range from technical, code-based topics to expert
advice on content strategy, usability and design.
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Keynote I
Ray Ozzie explains how Software + Services from Microsoft is pushing the envelope of what’s possible on the Web today. Scott Guthrie then delivers an in-depth look at the tools and technologies Microsoft has built for Web developers and designers to help them work better together in creating immersive...
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Keyword Services Platform (KSP) from Microsoft adCenter
Come learn how the KSP will revolutionize the search industry by allowing advertisers and developers to build KSP applications using public APIs. This session describes KSP and how it works. It also includes partners that will describe the unique power that this tool offers to advertisers.
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Design in Motion: Video Production Workflow
Creating high quality video is a combination of art and science. Learn the tips from the pros on how to optimize video compression to deliver the best quality at the smallest sizes with Expression Media Encoder, a feature of Microsoft Expression Media.
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The Art, Science, and Business of Killer Content Experiences
A new wave of Rich, Interactive Content Applications are emerging and are poised to revolutionize the way content is displayed, read and monetized on screen. Hear how various content applications were built and learn about the business goals and usability principles that drove design. Discover how to...
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Deep Dive on Silverlight Media Integration
This session provides an in-depth review of the media functionality available in Silverlight and covers media features, formats supported by Silverlight, high definition video playback, closed captioning, and much more. This session leverages Microsoft Expression Media Encoder, Microsoft Internet Information...
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Windows Presentation Foundation for Developers - Part 2
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is the first Microsoft platform designed to empower designers. With tools like Expression Blend, designers can create beautiful experience with little or no code. This talk will discuss how WPF frees developers from mundane pixel tweaking and empowers them to do...
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Getting UNSTUCK: Merging Design and Development in a 2.0 World
If your company is mired in the goo and muck of old-school thinking, throw out your old processes and start collaborating in an agile and innovative way. Talk with workflow veteran and user experience strategist Kelly Goto and creative director of Swedish's strategic communication agency FutureLab, Kristian...
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Selling Stuff on the Web in Style with Microsoft Commerce Server
See how to create a themed, enterprise ready, e-commerce storefront capable of handling the largest of transactional retail scenarios. Learn how to get the Microsoft Commerce Server 2007 Starter Site running and skinned with Microsoft Expression Web, and how to leverage several underlying capabilities...
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Beyond the Reader: Improving the Online Media Experience
Is it really possible to make online narrative content glamorous? Smart designers are complementing their traditional strengths in branding and narrative with technologies such as WPF to create highly flexible, readable and vibrant online media products. See how designer-delivered digital media can work...
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Amazon Web Services: Building a 'Web-Scale Computing' Architecture
Building a reliable, flexible architecture that can manage the unpredictable nature of today's internet business is challenging. Jeff Barr, Evangelist for Amazon Web Services, will provide the blueprint for 'Web-Scale Computing' - enabling you to utilize Amazon Web Services to build an elastic architecture...
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Family.Show: I See Dead People, with Windows Presentation Foundation
For a hobby that revolves around dead people, genealogy is remarkably popular: it's the fastest-growing scene in North America. And a perfect study for Vertigo's next Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) reference application for Microsoft. Our designers employed every trick in the WPF book (styles,...