MIX08 Sessions

From Flash to Silverlight: A Rosetta Stone

Rick Barazza — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Come learn how Cynergy Systems has been translating skills in Flash/Flex development to Microsoft Silverlight 2 with an eye for great design. Learn how to create custom animation techniques, apply popular Flash tricks to Silverlight, and more.

Developing with Windows Live

Angus Logan — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Learn how to build dynamic and interactive applications using the full capabilities of the Windows Live platform including APIs that enable streaming media, messaging, storage, presence, authentication, and more. Also learn how to use the Windows Live Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio to more easily integrate Windows Live services into ASP.NET applications.

Developing Applications with Microsoft Virtual Earth

Chris Pendleton — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Learn how to incorporate Microsoft Virtual Earth's mapping and aerial photography data from around the world, in both 2- and 3-dimensional environments, into your own applications.

Building Great AJAX Applications from Scratch Using ASP.NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008

Brad Abrams — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Come see a no-slides, code-only presentation that starts with a blank directory and builds a data-driven, AJAX enabled, ASP.NET web application from scratch that implements common AJAX patterns with the rich set of AJAX Control Toolkit, accesses data with LINQ, and implements standards-based styling and layout using CSS and clean HTML. Learn the new features of ASP.NET 3.5 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and how they integrate together to provide the world's most productive web development experience.

The Open Question

Mike Schroepfer, Miguel de Icaza, Sam Ramji, Andi Gutmans — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Everyone is open now. But what does that mean to users? How open is open? Hear industry leaders share their thoughts on the characteristics that differentiate open from a marketing exercise to a value add. Add your commentary to this discussion with Microsoft, Mozilla, Novell and more

Social Networks: Where Are They Taking Us?

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Social Networking sites are popping up all over the place. How many networks do we want to have? Should there be one network to rule them all? What is the future of Social Networks? Is it a ubiquotous site? Is it an application? What are the platform opportunities for making money in social networks?

Beneath the Surface: The Natural Experience Vision

Daniel Makoski — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Come hear how the Surface User Experience team is focusing on design and user experience as a key driver for creating more natural, intuitive and emotional products. Learn how Surface shifts the approach that has been used for more than thirty years of making users learn the language of computers and products to an entirely new approach where technology, computers, and products learn the language of people: touch, voice, and gesture.

Building Rich Internet Applications Using Microsoft Silverlight 2, Part 2

Mike Harsh, Joe Stegman — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Learn how to use Microsoft Visual Studio to create applications, how to create UI using XAML markup and code, how to build a custom control, how to retrieve data from a Web service, and how to manipulate data with XML and LINQ. (Part 2 of 2)

Creating Better User Experiences: Interaction Design

Dan Harrelson, Kim Lenox — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

In this session, develop a framework to turn research findings into interaction design concepts. Learn how to take the raw data from research and craft design principles that you can turn into a prototype.

Understanding Microsoft Partner Programs for Designers, Developers, and Agencies

Bill Vlandis, Hakan Soderbom — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Come learn about the partner programs that Microsoft has to offer designers, developers, and agencies to help more quickly grow their businesses. Hear how any size organization, ranging from small startups to large international companies, can benefit from Microsoft Partner Programs.

Real World Design: Working with Silverlight and WPF in the Design Studio

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Silverlight and WPF represent a new way for designers and developers work together. But what happens in a professional practice that's focused more on employing designers than developers and using Macs versus PCs for much of their daily design work? Join us as we find out how practitioners from companies like Tribal, Projekt202, Metaliq and Identity Mine discuss the learning curves and the workflow that they adapted with their visual designers and rich interactive developers to get up to speed with Expression Studio, XAML and Silverlight. You'll hear the unvarnished truth about the challenges and rewards of how Silverlight is enabling the digital design practice.

Real-World AJAX with ASP.NET

Nikhil Kothari — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Dive deep into the new ASP.NET AJAX features and capabilities including patterns covering search optimization, user interface and usability, intuitive navigation, and much more.

What Is the face of the next Web?

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Web 2.0 appeared almost overnight from innovative uses of technology to break through the traditional HTML/JS browser ceilings. But what comes next? What is the face of the next web? What are the expectaitons for user interaction and experience? What about a mobile web?

Getting Clued In to Experience Management

Lou Carbone — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Experience Management thought leader and author Lou Carbone urges managing "experience clues", conscious and unconscious, because clues affect the emotions that shape customer attitudes that drive their behaviors. He stresses the need to adapt our business thinking from the "make and sell" approaches of the industrial age to "sensing and responding"-a dynamic change that requires new framing and competencies. He discusses how the systematic design and delivery of experiences can be achieved, and the immense impact this has on customer value, loyalty, and the bottom line.

Creating Better User Experiences: Design Methods

Dan Harrelson, Kim Lenox — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Join us to survey the landscape of interaction design methods, tools, and techniques to improve your ability to diagnose the business situation and select the right steps in the process to design a powerful result. We provide you with the means to map and thoughtfully select from the full range of techniques at your disposal.

Encoding Video for Microsoft Silverlight

Ben Waggoner — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Learn how to optimize your video encoding quality regardless or the specific distribution and infrastucture approaches you use. Detailed scenarios will cover optimizing video encoding quality for progressive download, streaming, self-hosting, Windows Live Silverlight Streaming, and third-party content delivery networks (CDNs).

Tools and Applications for Publishers

Rishi Bal — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Learn about Microsoft ad tools and how they can be used by software publishers and agencies to develop a variety of ad publishing products and services.

Anatomy of a Dynamic SharePoint Website

Ben Robb — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Learn how Hed Kandi (http://beta.hedkandi.com/Pages/default.aspx) built their site on SharePoint using common Web Content Management features including identity/authentication and UI/UX skinning.

Integrating Your Site With Internet Explorer 8

Jane Kim — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Learn what the new standards compliant engine in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 means to you as a web designer, and how to utilize new layout functionality to create cross-browser-compatible layout designs.

Unlocking the Creative Genome - XAML

Arturo Toledo — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Learn how Microsoft Expression Blend and Design can be used to create unified user experiences in desktop-based Windows Presentation Foundation applications as well as Web-based Microsoft Silverlight applications.

Applications = Designers + Developers

Celso Gomes, Kirupa Chinnathambi — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Behind the scenes, great applications feature not only clever code, but they also expose a great user experience and design. We illustrate the workflow possible using the Microsoft Expression tools and Microsoft Visual Studio to create great applications.

E-commerce Done Right

Matthew Rechs, Nicholas Rockwell, Gerard Johnson, Steve Nelson — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Companies strive to provide great digital experiences that promote their content. We are in a new wave where enhancing the experience can open up new avenues for selling content. E-Commerce businesses have other tough compromises to make between customer privacy, security, and one-click convenience. Make the right choices and your business can become an online goldmine. Learn how some of the world's most successful companies made these difficult decisions, and how new technologies might change that equation.

Creating Better User Experiences: Design Strategy

Dan Harrelson, Kim Lenox — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Join us for this session to gain the tools you need to establish and implement an effective design strategy, one that meshes business goals with appeals to the target customer.

Hard Rock: Behind the Music with Deep Zoom

Scott Stanfield — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Come see how Deep Zoom was used to turn the world's best collection of rock-and-roll memorabilia into a unique web experience. This session covers how this new Microsoft Silverlight 2 feature makes it possible to efficiently browse and zoom images, and how to create 200M pixel images. Learn how to tune Deep Zoom performance, particularly with thousands of image tiles comprising gigabytes of content, how to address design and UI challenges related to accessing an infinite canvas, and much more.

Take Your Content Mobile with Windows Mobile, Microsoft Expression, and Zumobi

John SanGiovanni, Kyle Lampe, Shannon Carter — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Come watch us debunk the myth that creating content for mobile phones is a limiting proposition. We demonstrate how the triple-play of Windows Mobile, Microsoft Expression and Zumobi can help you light up devices with your content (and make money doing it).

Bring Your Data to Life with Windows Presentation Foundation

Anson Tsao — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Learn how easy it is to use Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) to unite your UI with your data in a way that brings the data to life. This session demonstrates how WPF's extensive UI-data models, data binding, templates, and controls all empower the developer to create a richer, more dynamic user experience in less time.

Touch Me: Where Are Interfaces Going?

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The keyboard and mouse are aging input devices. For the future of computing and UX, where are interfaces going? Are these enough? Is touch-screen Surface/iPhone/iPod Touch just a gimmick? Where should Man Machine Interface (MMI) go?

Bringing Hosters and Developers Together with IIS7

Robert Cameron, Tito Leverette — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Come learn about all the great new features in Microsoft Internet Information Services 7 for hosters and web farm managers including creating a highly customizable environment for building scalable and reliable ASP.NET applications.

Virgins, Spaceships and Hob-nailed Boots!

Paul Dawson — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Experience Design must go wider than simply 'the Web'-for any business. Using well known brands like Virgin and Harrods as case studies, you will learn how to create Experience Architectures that touch all customer interactions and how great offline customer experience can flow into digital media.

Overview of Expression Encoder V2

James Clarke, Charles Finkelstein — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Come hear about all the great new features and capabilities in Microsoft Expression Encoder 2 including zoomable timelines, detailed event authoring, improved encoding accuracy and control, improved scalability and performance, and much more.

Keynote II

Steve Ballmer, Guy Kawasaki — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer will be joined by industry luminary and venture capitalist, Guy Kawasaki at Microsoft's MIX08 conference in Las Vegas for a wide-ranging discussion and open-mic Q&A session.

Opportunities and Challenges in Mashing Up the Web

Michael Scherotter, Shawn Burke, Sam Ramji, Andi Gutmans, Aaron Fulkerson — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

There are lots of different vendors offering lots of different technologies on which platforms may be built. Web 1.0 and Web services suffered from interoperability problems. What should we, as designers and developers of the next web do to avoid the same mistakes? What standards are best for us? Does JSON answer our data needs? Is HTTP enough?

Partying with PHP on Microsoft Internet Information Services 7

Drew Robbins — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Discover the advantages of running PHP applications on Microsoft Internet Information Services. Learn how to take advantage of the integrated pipeline and .NET functionality, and use the new remote management tools.

Silverlight and Web Analytics

Michael Scherotter, Bret Grinslade, Aaron Fossum, William Garrison — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Rich Interactive Applications (RIAs) and media players built with Microsoft Silverlight are easily integrated with web analytics services like WebTrends On Demand, Omniture SiteCatalyst, and Microsoft AdCenter Analytics. In this panel, you will learn from experts at each of these companies about the different ways that Web analytics services collect data about web usage behavior and allow businesses to measure how web sites perform against business goals. Each panelist will discuss how to incorporate their company's web analytics services into Silverlight applications and then take advantage of the separation between the design in XAML and code in JavaScript to do effective A/B testing.

Future of Advertising Technology

Eric Picard — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Come learn how Microsoft views advertising and is approaching the rapidly changing advertising industry.

The Story of the Ribbon

Jensen Harris — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Farewell, menus and toolbars! Come hear the behind-the-scenes story of how the 2007 Office Ribbon user interface was imagined, designed, and validated. See never-before-shown early prototypes, hear about mistakes we learned from during the design process, and find out the principles of user experience design we used each step of the way in creating the first totally new user interface for Office.

Building RESTful Real World Applications with the ADO.NET Data Services Framework

Mike Flasko — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Come hear from developers creating real-world applications and user-interface controls on top of the ADO.NET Data Services Framework (aka Project "Astoria"). Learn best practices for building RESTful applications and components,.

Designing Next Generation User Interface Experiences with Microsoft Expression Blend and Windows Presentation Foundation

Nicholas Petterssen, Stuart Mayhew, Johnathan Lansing — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Learn how Electric Rain utilizes the power of .NET 3.5 (Windows Presentation Foundation / Windows Communication Foundation) to build its breakthrough StandOut user interface using Microsoft Expression Blend and Microsoft Visual Studio C#. This session covers early traditional user interface concept designs, using Blend and .NET 3.0 for 2D and 3D UI prototypes, and ultimately creating a final award-winning user interface experience. Find out what worked (and what didn't) and what you can apply to your own next-generation UX projects.

Silverlight and Advertising

Eric Schmidt — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Come learn how advertisers, vendors, and publishers are using Microsoft Silverlight to create amazing rich media and monetize in-stream video ads. This session covers popular topics including packaging content for ad servers, Silverlight and Flash co-existence, using Microsoft Expression Encoder to create innovative in-stream experiences, time- vs. frame-based tracking, and more.

Lighting Up Your AJAX Applications with Silverlight

Chung Webster, Stefan Schackow — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Come learn how to integrate Microsoft Silverlight with existing AJAX applications, including using Silverlight to add powerful new functionality like true background processing and local storage. Also learn about new ASP.NET server controls that make it easy to add XAML and media content to web pages..

How Design Impacts the Bottom Line

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Is good design good business? Listen to these customers discuss how good design helped them: - Reach the market faster with lower development costs - Increase the revenues and retained earnings of their products or services - Increase market share You'll hear how design has created real competitive advantage for businesses across the spectrum from consumer to business brands. Hear from the design professionals who did the work, and the customers who hired them.

Exploring Moonlight: Novell's Implementation of Silverlight on Linux

Miguel de Icaza — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Come experience .NET on Linux. Learn how to develop and deploy Microsoft Silverlight and cross platform server applications using Moonlight.

Integrating Media in Silverlight Applications

Ed Maia — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Come learn how to incorporate media into Microsoft Silverlight applications including video playback capabilities and programmatic control of the media display. Also learn about the new content protection features of Silverlight, including the proper workflow for implementing content protection and integrity.

What's the Secret Formula?

Daniel Makoski, Dan Harrelson, Mike Schroepfer, Jensen Harris, Nishant Kothary — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

We've built airplanes that travel faster than sound, ships that resemble small towns, rockets that take people to the moon, and phones that you can carry everywhere you go. Why is it, then, that we haven't found a way to build software that always looks good, feels good, and just works? Shouldn't it be easy in comparison? Is there a secret formula to building great software?

Making it Simple: Designer/Developer Workflow

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

How do you combine a designer's vision with the requirements of productive software? Left brain/Right brain workflow is a sophisticated problem that impacts us all but has no easy answers. Industry experts will share their learnings and invite you to join in on a lively discussion about the merits and costs of different approaches.

Silverlight on a LAMP Site for Media: UVNTV.com

Luke Conner, DJ Pooh, Rick Freeman — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

UVNTV.com is a LAMP site (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) that is using Windows Media servers to recreate a TV experience on the web using Silverlight. They chose to use Silverlight becuase of the higher quality they were getting out of WMV/VC-1 than Flash's On2 codec. The team will explain how and why they changed their site to use Silverlight from Flash.

Adding Instant Messaging to Any Site

Keiji Kanazawa, Nikhil Kothari — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Learn how your web site visitors can engage with Windows Live Messenger users by taking advantage of the Windows Live Messenger control and library. This session covers how to code with the Messenger Library in JavaScript or C# (using Script#), and we also show how you can drive Microsoft Silverlight UI with the Messenger Library.

Using the Microsoft Sync Framework and FeedSync

Neil Padgett — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Learn how to use the Microsoft Sync Framework to build sync-enabled applications to enable online and offline scenarios leveraging services across a broad variety of endpoints. Also find out how to expose data as FeedSync compatible RSS and ATOM feeds.

RESTful Data Services with the ADO.NET Data Services Framework

Pablo Castro — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Learn how to use ADO.NET Data Services Framework to easily create and consume REST data services on the web. This session will cover the main concepts of the ADO.NET Data Services Framework (aka Project "Astoria"), show how to use it, and discuss how to use it with Microsoft's broader vision of a common interface for Windows Live and 3rd party services.

Mobile Devices and Microsoft Silverlight: A Primer on the New Technology

Amit Chopra, David Kline — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Be one the first in the industry to get a sneak peek on what's lined up for Microsoft Silverlight on Devices. This session showcases some early Silverlight Mobile Applications and shares a roadmap and release plans for Silverlight for Devices.

Silverlight as a Gaming Platform

Joel Neubeck, Scott McAndrew — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Come learn how Microsoft Silverlight was used to create Tunnel Trouble, an online game built using Silverlight 2. This session covers concepts of using Silverlight technologies and tools to build game boards, animations, collision logic, game loop logic, integrating media into game play as well as integrating with web services and being more efficient with managed code.

Advanced Search Engine Optimization: Generating More Site Traffic from Search

Nathan Buggia — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Come learn how to use search to drive significantly more traffic to a site including the top ten best practices for designing and developing a site for search engine optimization (SEO).

Building Rich Internet Applications Using Microsoft Silverlight 2, Part 1

Mike Harsh, Joe Stegman — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Developing Cutting Edge Web Applications With Internet Explorer 8

Marc Silbey — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Come learn about the new and updated development tools in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 that help to build and debug HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Also hear about the new AJAX features that help enable powerful and dynamic web applications.

I Wanna Go Mobile!

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

What is the next wave of mobile computing? Is the mobile browser enough? How will mobile phones complement PCs? This panel explores trends in mobile application development and explores the mobile phone's role within the growing world of connected experiences.

Delivering International User Experience

Eric Totherow — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Come learn how Microsoft is using user experience as a core strategy to design and deliver a new product and brand in a very competitive market. Come listen to the story of the Zune experience.

Internationalizing XAML Applications in Windows Presentation Foundation and Microsoft Silverlight

Laurence Moroney, Ted Kitamura, Ken Azuma — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Learn how the designer/developer workflow can be used and managed in building applications that can be internationalized. This session is based on real-world experience in building Windows Presentation Foundation and Microsoft Silverlight applications in the Japanese market, but the concepts apply to all internationalized applications.

Using Microsoft Silverlight for Creating Rich Mobile User Experiences

Giorgio Sardo — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Come learn how use Microsoft Silverlight for Mobile to build rich mobile experiences including best patterns and practices, fluid and intuitive navigation, smart content organization, small form factor and cross-device support. This session also covers how to use tools like Microsoft Expression Blend to move beyond size considerations to create create stunning and meaningful vector-based graphics applications.

Microsoft Expression Web: From Comp, to CSS, to Code!

Tyler Simpson, Nishant Kothary — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Explore key features of Microsoft Expression Web through real-world scenario-based exercises focused around building a great blog template. The topics cover PHP support, Photoshop comp import workflow, CSS features, and more.

The Human Brain Relationship: Advanced and Adaptive User Interfaces

Gil Hupert-Graff, Yochay Kiriaty — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Come learn how Windows Presentation Foundation can be used to create a flexible and adaptive UI that matches our cognitive abilities. Learn how to create a UI that solves the "too hard for beginners, and too easy for pros" problem. Find out what it takes to create real, efficient UX using adaptive UI, and review real production applications that implement the paradigm.

Introducing SQL Server Data Services

Nigel Ellis — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Come learn about our new cloud-based storage service and how it addresses a number of business scenarios. This session introduces the new Microsoft SQL Server Data Services, as well as outlines business models and terms.

Creating Rich, Dynamic User Interfaces with Silverlight 2

Karen Corby — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

See how to use the Microsoft Silverlight 2 control model to efficiently design and develop custom controls, style existing controls, create control templates, and package your controls for re-use to develop Rich Internet Applications. Also hear about the capabilities for localization and accessibility.

Developing Data Driven Applications Using ASP.NET Dynamic Data Controls

David Ebbo — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Learn how to use ASP.NET dynamic data controls to easily create complex data driven ASP.NET applications.

Is Web 2.0 sustainable? What business models will work?

Kimbal Musck, Dave McClure, Don Dodge, Ryan McIntyre, Robert Scoble — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Web 2.0 applications are easy and cheap to build. Free services can attract lots of users, but how will they make money? Social networking applications are fun and "sticky" but do they have sustainable value? What is the optimal social business model around content distribution? This panel will predict Web 2.0 winners and losers, and explore various business models like advertising, Freemium, affiliate marketing, e-commerce, and others.

Serving Applications with Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live

Remy Pairault — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Learn how to use Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live to deploy and serve Microsoft Silverlight content and applications quickly and easily at scale.

Monetization 101

Erynn Petersen — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Come get an overview of Microsoft's complete advertising platform and hear how it is being built.

What's New in Windows Presentation Foundation 3.5

Rob Relyea — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Learn about the great new features in Windows Presentation Foundation 3.5. See examples that include Add-ins, data binding support for LINQ and ADO.NET, interactive 3D, streamlined application deployment, high-performance animation, and much more.

Building AOL's High Performance, Enterprise Wide Mail Application With Silverlight 2

Stefan Gal, Eric Hoffman, Marc Katchay — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Come join the Rich Internet Application engineering team from AOL and see first-hand how AOL created a rich, scalable mail application using Microsoft Silverlight 2.

Web 2.0 and Beyond: What Is the Business Reality?

Frank Arrigo, Bryan Biniak, Loic Le Meur, Tim Kendall, Chris Saad — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

While Web 2.0 and beyond sites, built on the family of technologies that encompass it, are undeniably cool, the question remains: How can one make money off it? Join us as well known Web 2.0 firms debate the revenue model in this brave new world.

Designing at the Speed of Light

Daniel Makoski, Tim Wood, Cinthya Urasaki, John Reid, Zachary Jean Paradis — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Your customer needs a breakthrough design for their new business solution - yesterday. What are the secrets to delivering quality design quickly? Accurate project estimation and process can help but the real answers often come from hard-to-make scope and resource decisions. Hear the varying directions these experts have taken in real world projects. Join in with your thoughts around parameters such as buy vs build, strong integrator or no integrator and more.

Creating Better User Experiences: Information Architecture

Dan Harrelson, Kim Lenox — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Come to this session and we'll analyze content, features, and data within your system, whether it's a Website, intranet, or Web application. Learn how to create a model of your content that illustrates how the different pieces relate to each other. Learn the advantages and drawbacks of different categorization methods. How best can you use metadata and tagging? What exactly is the difference between a taxonomy, folksonomy, vocabulary, or thesaurus?

The Back of the Napkin: Solving Design Problems (and Selling Your Solutions) with Pictures

Dan Roam — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Let's face it: describing user experience is hard... unless we use pictures. This session demonstrates step-by-step how anyone, regardless of artistic talent or training, can use simple pictures to describe complex design and technical concepts, solve fuzzy problems, and sell others on breakthrough ideas.

Building Applications and Services with .NET Framework 3.5

Justin Smith — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Come see how the new Web-friendly features in .NET 3.5 Windows Communication Foundation extend the reach of your services to simple clients like Web browsers and RSS aggregators.

Accessing Windows Live Services via ATOM Publishing Protocol (APP)

Pablo Castro — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Come learn how Microsoft is moving towards a unified approach for accessing online services based on AtomPub. We cover how all Windows Live services can be accessed using AtomPub as well as how integrated Microsoft Visual Studio support including ADO.NET Data Services Framework (aka Project "Astoria") allows anyone to easily develop, deploy, and access online services using AtopPub.

From Long Tail to Fuzzy Tale: Why "Fuzzy" Is the New Clear

David Armano — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Come hear how interdisciplinary teams use the "Fuzzy Tail" to mix it up in the conceptual, design, and development process as generalists and specialists search for new ways to work together in order to keep up the pace in a "2.0" world. This presentation discusses a type of mindset and attitude that will be essential in this type of professional ecosystem. We review some case studies and open up a dialogue after the presentation. If the Long Tail is the what-then the Fuzzy Tail may just be the why.

Overview of Microsoft Ad Formats

Alam Ali — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Learn about all the innovation involving Microsoft ad products ranging from mobile devices and games to desktops and televisions.

Nerd + Art: Ten Code Snippets to Empower Your Inner Artist

Nathan Dunlap, Robby Ingebretsen — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Learn how to increase what a designer can do with Windows Presentation Foundation and Microsoft Silverlight 2 using our designer's code "toolbox"-10 simple concepts that will give you an edge when making your best ideas a reality. We share the code, teach you how to use it and introduce the concepts behind it.

The Business of Microsoft Silverlight

Danny Riddell — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

This session discusses the business aspects of Microsoft Silverlight, including how to ramp up an agency to be ready for Silverlight and how to pitch Silverlight to your clients. Learn how to optimize current workflow, ramp up a team, and achieve a return on Silverlight investments. Learn how the differences between Silverlight 1.0 and 2 affect business and staffing strategy.

Keynote I

Dean Hachamovitch, Ray Ozzie, Scott Guthrie — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

From the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, Ray Ozzie, Chief Software Architect, will be joined by Corporate Vice President, Scott Guthrie and General Manager, Dean Hachamovitch to demonstrate the latest technologies built for Microsoft's Web platform. Ray will lay out his vision of the future to this audience of Web designers and developers from around the world.

Using an Internet Service Bus to Build Next Generation Applications and Services

Justin Smith — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Learn how using Microsoft's Internet Service Bus technologies including pub/sub, message transformation, and hosted workflow enables you to easily and quickly build complex applications and services that require reach, scale, and access control.

Windows Presentation Foundation Using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008

Mark Wilson-Thomas — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

This session introduces many of the core features in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 for the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) programming model, such as XAML, layout, controls, resources, styling, and data binding. Using Visual Studio 2008, we build a WPF-based application from scratch.

Effective User Interfaces in Windows Presentation Foundation and Microsoft Silverlight

Laurence Moroney, Jimmy Kim, Peter Chang — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Come see how customizable user interfaces were created by extending XAML in a way that integrates various content formats into a single consistent UI. Learn how to build an effective UI, extend XAML, build a Windows Presentation Foundation and Microsoft Silverlight application that can consume extended XAML, and much more.

Developing ASP.NET Applications Using the Model View Controller Pattern

Scott Hanselman — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Learn how to use the model-view-controller (MVC) pattern to take advantage of your favorite .NET Framework language for writing business logic in a way that is de-coupled from the views of the data.

Creating a RESTful API with Windows Communication Foundation

Haider Sabri, Viphak Lay, Paul Walker — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Learn how MySpace used Windows Communication Foundation and .NET 3.5 to rapidly scale up a massive RESTful API infrastructure that process millions of requests a day.

Microsoft Silverlight and Dynamic Languages

Jimmy Schementi, John Lam — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Learn how the Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR) works in Silverlight. Includes an introduction to Microsoft Silverlight for Python and Ruby programmers.

Welcome to Internet Explorer 8

Chris Wilson — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Come get an overview of the new features and capabilities of Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.

Everything You Need to Know about Diagnostics and Debugging on Microsoft Internet Information Services 7

Mai-lan Tomsen Bukovec — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Learn how to rapidly debug and fix the popular application frameworks (ASP.NET, classic ASP and PHP) on Microsoft Internet Information Services 7. This session covers the basics of health monitoring and some tips and tricks that developers need to know to resolve their issues faster.

Advanced Cross-Browser Layout with Internet Explorer 8

Scott Dickens — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Learn the new layout and how to take advantage of new layout functionality in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 to create cross-browser-compatible layout designs.

Working with Data and Web Services in Microsoft Silverlight 2

Eugene Osovetsky — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Learn how easy it is to utilize POX, REST, RSS, ATOM, JSON, and SOAP in your Microsoft Silverlight mashup applications. Also learn how to easily access and display data with Silverlight using LINQ and databinding.