MIX is an intimate opportunity for cutting-edge technical, creative and business strategists to engage Microsoft in a conversation about the future of the web. In Las Vegas on March 5-7, 2008 MIX08 attendees explored the latest wave of opportunities and helped redefine the boundaries between: content and commerce, PC and TV, Windows and the Web.
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Keynote I
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...
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E-commerce Done Right
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....
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What Is the face of the next Web?
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?
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The Business of Microsoft Silverlight
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...
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From Long Tail to Fuzzy Tale: Why "Fuzzy" Is the New Clear
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...
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The Open Question
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
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Overview of Microsoft Ad Formats
Learn about all the innovation involving Microsoft ad products ranging from mobile devices and games to desktops and televisions.
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Opportunities and Challenges in Mashing Up the Web
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...
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