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. Explore the future of the standards-based web – join the conversation at MIX11.
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Inspiring UX - UX Lightning Series- Chris Bernard, Thomas Lewis, August de los Reyes, Corey Schuman
- Design, UX, Third-Party Speaker, UX Lightning
- 200
- UXL01
- Day 1
- April 12, 2011 from 3:30PM to 4:30PM
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Want to be inspired by design and UX? Catch this "Inspiring UX" lightning session with four inspirational topics! UX Lightning sessions are a full hour session with 4 exceptional speakers each presenting 10 minute topics. Hear from Thomas Lewis speaking on "Why is that Monkey Not Wearing Pants?", August...
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Fonts, Form and Function: A Primer on Digital Typography- Robby Ingebretsen
- UX, Third-Party Speaker
- 200
- EXT02
- Day 1
- April 12, 2011 from 2:00PM to 3:00PM
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Typography in digital experiences is unavoidable, and for years it was a fight we mostly lost. Today, however, technology is on our side! High resolution screens, an expanding library of open fonts and new flexibility in nearly every UI technology have made digital typography more fun and more interesting...
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Hot from the Labs: HTML5 WebSockets- Paul Batum, Craig Kitterman
- HTML5, WCF, Internet Explorer
- 200
- HTM10
- Day 1
- April 12, 2011 from 11:30AM to 12:30PM
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WebSockets, an emerging specification being standardized by W3C and IETF, will enable web browsers as well as client applications to open a bi-directional, full-duplex communication channel with a remote host. In this session you will explore the scenarios that will be available to HTML5 developers in...
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Making Better Web Apps For Today's Browsers- James Mickens
- JavaScript, Research
- 300
- RES04
- Day 1
- April 12, 2011 from 3:30PM to 4:30PM
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Microsoft Research is working on several cool ways to make web applications faster and more robust. In this session, James Mickens will describe two projects that leverage JavaScript to improve web programs running on unmodified, commodity browsers. His talk will focus on Silo, a system that exploits...
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Designing Infographics for Web Applications- Des Traynor
- Design, Third-Party Speaker, Open Call
- 200
- OPN04
- Day 1
- April 12, 2011 from 11:30AM to 12:30PM
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The infographics bug has bitten, and now the web alive with tightly kerned upper-case Helvetica and scatter plots to showing us everything from what a billion dollars looks like all the way through to how hard it is for singer songwriters to make a living. In the midst of all the nonsense, there have...
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Rx: A Library for Managing Asynchronous Data and Events in your Windows Phone 7 Application- Jim Wooley
- Silverlight, Third-Party Speaker, Windows Phone
- 200
- EXT08
- Day 1
- April 12, 2011 from 3:30PM to 4:30PM
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How do you manage the dizzying array of input sources, ranging from traditional UI events and external service requests to new user interface touch gestures and device sensor detections, while keeping your Silverlight and Phone applications responsive? In this session, you’ll discover how the Reactive...
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Expert Lessons: Top Tips for Building a Successful Windows Phone Application- Stefan Wick
- Windows Phone
- 300
- DVC04
- Day 1
- April 12, 2011 from 2:00PM to 3:00PM
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This session will share the lessons learned working with the first one hundred Windows Phone premier applications. This includes common challenges and difficulties experienced. We'll deliver detail on what we learned.
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IE 10 Platform Preview 1: The Future of Adaptive Web DesignThe increasing diversity of Web-capable form factors—from phones to tablets to televisions—makes it challenging to build HTML experiences that best use the available screen real estate. New CSS features under development like CSS3 Grid, Flexbox and Multi-column will give designers the capability to...
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XNA Game Studio for Fun, Profit, Danger, Excitement and Windows Phone 7 Games- Rob Miles
- XNA, Third-Party Speaker, Windows Phone
- 300
- EXT06
- Day 1
- April 12, 2011 from 11:30AM to 12:30PM
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Ever wonder what it takes to create a top game for Windows Phone 7? Rob will show you how easy it is to get XNA programs running, whether you are a C# and Visual Studio newbie or a grizzled veteran of .NET. You will find out how to use the touch and accelerometer sensors and how to add a smattering of...
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Node.js, Ruby, and Python in Windows Azure: A Look at What’s Possible- Steve Marx
- Interop, JavaScript, Windows Azure
- 200
- SVC04
- Day 1
- April 12, 2011 from 2:00PM to 3:00PM
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Most people using Windows Azure are using ASP.NET and PHP, but Windows Azure is much more general than that. Steve Marx will show how he built a few web apps (including his blog) that run on Windows Azure and don’t use .NET or PHP. Server-side JavaScript, Ruby, and Python will be the most prominent...
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