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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MIX11 Day 1 Keynotes
MIX11 day 1 keynotes featuring Dean Hachamovitch, Steven Sinofsky, and Scott Guthrie.
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What’s New for Windows Phone Development with the XNA Framework?
The XNA Framework vastly simplifies the building of cool interactive games on Windows Phone, and in the next release, we’ll be making it even better by adding full Silverlight/XNA interoperability. In this session we’ll show you just how this will work, and how it can unlock a whole new world...
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Going Mobile with Your Site on Internet Explorer 9 and Windows Phone 7
The mobile Web is here, it’s huge, and your business can’t afford to ignore it. Mobile users have come to expect their favorite Web sites to give them a great mobile experience – otherwise, they find new favorite sites that do. In this session, Joe Marini, Principal Program Manager...
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Introducing MMP Content Manager
So you want to stream live and on demand video? But how do you create it, stream it, edit it, manage it and monetize it? Come and see how the Microsoft Media Platform Content Manager pulls together the end-end video workflow to allow you to accomplish all of these. From creating live streaming events,...
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Build Fast Web Applications with Windows Azure AppFabric Caching
Speed up Web Applications using the new Windows Azure AppFabric Caching service. This session will cover concepts, scenarios, and features of the Caching service through a great many samples and demonstrations. We’ll talk through different approaches to optimize new and existing applications through...
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10 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do with Windows Azure
You already knew you could run your .NET-based applications on Windows Azure, but did you know you can encode videos in Windows Azure with Expression Encoder, use Memcached, run multiple web sites in a Web Role, and more? Steve Marx will show you ten things he’s done with Windows Azure that may...
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Crafty UX - UX Lightning Series
Designers can be crafty too! This "Crafty UX" lightning session is packed with four topics on how to apply design skills to technology. UX Lightning sessions are a full hour session with 4 exceptional speakers each presenting 10 minute topics. Hear from Sara Summers speaking on "10 Minute UX Ninja",...
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New Technologies for Immersive Content Creation
We present two exciting technologies that greatly lower the barrier to creating rich, immersive content. “Rich Interactive Narratives” (RIN) enables weaving together compelling multimedia stories incorporating interactive technologies such as Photosynth, Bing Maps, and Pivot. “3D Scanning Using an Ordinary...
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Developing iPhone and iPad Apps that Leverage Windows Azure
You are building apps for the iPhone/iPad, yet you remain curious about what the cloud can offer. Is it possible to deploy scalable, mobile Web applications on Windows Azure? How about storing data in the cloud? Is it possible to use the cloud for push notifications to the device? In this session you'll...
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Filling the HTML5 Gaps with Polyfills and Shims
Everyone wants to jump into HTML5 but how do you use the cool features of this new specification while ensuring older browsers render your web pages as expected? This is where polyfills and shims come in. In the session, you’ll learn how to use specially crafted JavaScript and CSS code that emulate...
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Designer and Developer: A Case for the Hybrid
Should designers code? Or is is okay for one to specialize in visual design and expect others to build their vision? As we get farther and farther away from the days of the "webmaster," and become an industry of specialists, are we losing some of the beauty, efficiency, and innovation that can be found...