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Ping 174: Build conference, Xbox music streams, Farewell XP, Microsoft in Utah

Laura Foy — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:44:00 GMT

It's a special treat this week and we actually had Paul IN the studio, just like old times. He was in Seattle anyway- it's not like he came to Seattle just to visit Ping. He likes us, but let's not go overboard.

Build has been built [04:10]

Xbox music streams [11:59]

XP going buh-bye [07:48]

PARTY in Utah! [14:11]

BlueHat Security Briefings: Fall 2012 Sessions

joegura — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:00:00 GMT

The primary objective of the BlueHat Conference Series is to build bridges between Microsoft developers and executives, key security program partners, and members of the security research community while educating the greater Microsoft population on security threats and mitigations.

BlueHat v12 again brought leading external security researchers to campus to present timely and lively presentations that showcased ongoing research, state-of-the-art security tools/techniques, and emerging security threats. Our main themes for BlueHat v12 focused on threat landscape, web application security, cloud security, and the security ecosystem.

Windows 8: Pure Imagination - The In-Person and Virtual Experience

Jonathan Rozenblit — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 04:22:27 GMT

The buzz word is REIMAGINATION. The list of new products and technologies launching is endless. Windows 8: Pure Imagination will bring developers, designers, game builders, students and start-ups entrepreneurs together to explore the possibilities of Windows 8. At Windows 8: Pure Imagination you'll be encouraged to look beyond the features... to what can be accomplished when inspiration and technology intersect. Tommy Lee dishes the details about this weekend developer must attend event!

About Windows 8: Pure Imagination

Windows 8: Pure Imagination brings developers, designers, game builders, students and start-ups entrepreneurs together to explore the possibilities of Windows 8. You'll be encouraged to look beyond the features... to what can be accomplished when inspiration and technology intersect. In less than 40 hours, you'll get everything you need to make your vision into the next great Canadian app, including on-site presentations, brainstorming sessions, hands-on labs and access to industry experts for guidance and treated to spontaneous moments of fun to keep your energy up.

Register for Windows 8: Pure Imagination

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Join the Conversation
Will you be attending Windows 8: Pure Imagination in-person or virtually? What would you want to get out of the weekend? Share your thoughts by starting a new conversation in the Canadian Developer Connection group on LinkedIn. Tommy, Jonathan, as well as other fellow Canadian developers are there networking, sharing, and learning. While visiting the group, make sure to join the group and stay connected.

This segment was presented and recording LIVE on Wednesday, November 5, 2012.

D³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE
In case you haven't heard about the show, Developers, Developers, Developers: LIVE & INTERACTIVE (D³) is a monthly show hosted by Jonathan Rozenblit. The show airs live every first Wednesday of the month at 12:00 PM ET and features the latest updates on what's new and exciting in the world of development; featured presentations; and guests. LIVE and INTERACTIVE means that you'll be part of the show – You're invited to interact with us; ask questions and get them answered; and share your thoughts and opinions.

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October News - Windows Store Welcomes Canadian Devs, Windows Azure Virtual Workshops, Visual Studio Event, .NET Rocks, AppFests, and Conferences

Jonathan Rozenblit — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:21:14 GMT

Host Jonathan Rozenblit goes through the monthly developer news:

Technology Post Roundup - 4th Edition
Windows 8
- Windows Store Welcomes Canadian Developers - all Canadian developers now have access to the Windows Store. Visit the Windows Store Dashboard, sign up for your account, register your app names (so that no one else can get them!), and start building apps!
Windows Azure
- Virtual Workshop: Cloud Variations - October 15 (Register today)
- Virtual Workshop: Building Connected Apps with Windows Azure - October 22 (Register today)
- Virtual Workshop: Migrating Applications to the Cloud - October 29 (Register today)
Visual Studio
- Visual Studio 2012 Virtual Launch On-Demand
- Rise to the Modern App Challenge - Register to attend in person or virtually
- .NET Rocks! Visual Studio 2012 Road Trip - Register to attend in person or virtually
.NET AppFest Revolution - In a City Near You
Register for conferences to attend: SDEC 12 (October 15-17), DevTeach (December 10-12)
SAVE THE DATE for something EPIC: 11/24 - 11/25

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Become a fan of p&p summit...

ajoy krishnamoorthy — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:31:00 GMT

We have a 'fan drive' going on right now to get 250 fans by June 30th. Become a fan of p&p summit on Facebook by clicking here.

If we hit 250 fans by June 30th, one lucky fan will get a free pass to the p&p summit. Act fast and become a fan.

Related post: http://blogs.msdn.com/ajoyk/archive/2009/06/24/become-a-fan-of-p-p-summit.aspx

Hanselminutes on 9 - Why Aren't There More WinForms Talks with Rocky Lhotka

Scott Hanselman — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:09:00 GMT

Scott's in Norway this week. The speakers in the speaker room are preoccupied with death and now they're asking about the death (or not) of WinForms. Rocky says he wants to see more practical talks on WinForms and advanced techniques but that most conferences aren't interested in those kinds of talks. Too much future tech too soon and too fast? Peter Provost jumps in as does Scott Bellware.

Hanselminutes on 9 - The Death of the Professional Conference Speaker

Scott Hanselman — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:09:00 GMT

Scott's in Norway this week at NDC. He's chatting with Ted Neward and Scott Bellware about what Ted calls "the death of the professional conference speaker." Are smaller code camps destroying the large conference? Do we even need large developer conferences?

patterns & practices Summit 2009 - Register Now!

ajoy krishnamoorthy — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:05:00 GMT

p&p Summit 2009 will be held in Microsoft Conference Center, Redmond, Washington between Oct 12th and 16th 2009. Mark your calendars and register now to take advantage of the early bird price.

Keynote presentations by:
Martin Fowler, Scott Guthrie, David Campbell, & Wolfram Schulte

Here is the session schedule from the last year’s conference. What topics do you like to see covered in this year’s conference? Post topic suggestions in the blog comments.

See you in October!

Get Your PDC Bling

Sarah Perez — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:32:00 GMT

Are you planning on attending this year’s PDC Conference? PDC2008, the Professional Developers Conference, promises to be an interesting event this year, with over 160 technical sessions, hands-on labs, training & seminars, as well as planned keynotes from Ray Ozzie, Rick Rasid, VP of Microsoft Research, and others. If you’re planning on blogging from the event, which begins October 27th and goes through the 30th, you’ll want to go ahead and download this collection of PDC imagery which you can use in your blog posts. The collection also includes some PDC wallpaper, so you can decorate your desktop, too.

MIX08: The Next Web Now

Sarah Perez — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:50:00 GMT

MIX08 is a web technology conference where developers, designers and business professionals can engage in a conversation about new technologies, commerce, media, content, services, and security. In its third year, this year's conference will be held March 5-7 at the Venetian in Las Vegas. Subjects like Silverlight, IE, ASP.NET, Expression, Windows Live, and more will be discussed in sessions led by industry experts for designers, developers and business strategists. Additionally, some featured discussion topics will include How can I extend my content and services into the living room?; How can I protect my users from phishers and pharmers?; How can I develop and debug AJAX applications quickly and efficiently?; and How can I effectively monetize RSS? There will also be hands-on labs and workshops for developers and designers, and keynote speeches by Steve Ballmer, Scott Guthrie, Guy Kawasaki, and others. You can register to attend here, and, while you're at it, pick up some nifty blog bling and desktop wallpaper here.

The reviews are in for E for All's first year

Laura Foy — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:56:00 GMT

I'm sure you've all seen and heard plenty about the gaming conference, E for All. I've posted a few videos here, here and here about the games and content on display there- but what I really wanted to see was what people were saying about a gaming conference at the Staples Center, in a post E3 era. Needless to say, there were some pretty big shoes to fill.

What is E for All?

Laura Foy — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:46:00 GMT

There is no denying that gaming conferences are changing. The big conventions were tremendously scaled down this year while other gatherings like PAX and GDC really ramped it up. In fact, newcomers like E for All might not have been a possibility in year past as all things paled in comparison to E3. But now, thankfully, there's room for all- there's E for All. So power up and play.

MIX07 Silverlight demos show off tomorrow's web

JD Lewin — Tue, 01 May 2007 22:35:00 GMT

The Microsoft MIX conference is in full swing in a little city in Nevada right now, and our sister site Visit MIX07 has been Joshua Allen’s soapbox to bring the show beyond Vegas. The technological marvel of the show has been Silverlight. The CBS Digital Media group has built an application for media consumption that could aptly be described as FutureTV. Moving through user-generated content that includes rich metadata is a seamless viewing experience, even with targeted advertising integrated. The kids here have worked long and hard to provide incredible and futuristic online experiences. The Netflix video-on-demand player was combines your online experience with movie-viewing in a way that is simply amazing. Even Major League Baseball has got into the business in an attempt to provide baseball fans with an aggressive online experience. The way in which MLB.com shows off live games has changed drastically since they started in 2002 thanks to Microsoft. The new Silverlight MLB site player provides the smoothest presentation of baseball’s ocean of statistics and multiple simultaneous sporting events anywhere.

Web 2.0 Expo: All these virtual worlds

JD Lewin — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:30:18 GMT

One of the most interesting talks at the Web 2.0 Expo came late on the last day, and it was clear from the people occupying the back wall and the floors that the title, “Reality Bites: The Future of Gaming + Virtual Worlds 2.0” had caught a lot of eyes. Susan Wu oversaw a panel of enthusiastic men who were each very compelling when they spoke about their creations.

Lane Merrifield of Club Penguin showed off a kid-safe Antarctic wonderland for young children to make friends and socialize. The entire team behind this world consists of parents who couldn’t find an age-appropriate place for their kids online, therefore compelling them to build one. This fact, combined with their sole priority of security, makes Club Penguin a great example of a well-executed small idea.

Ginsu Yoon from Linden Labs made a short presentation about the state of adoption of virtual worlds. According to the team behind Second Life, only in the past couple of years has the concept of virtual worlds reached the Gutenberg Press moment on the timeline. There are miles and miles of uncharted territory and development left, and the definition of a virtual world is still very much hot liquid sand at this point.

Craig Sherman of Gaia Online gave an energetic talk about his project, which allegedly made its rookie conference appearance at Web 2.0 Expo. The tried and true method of using Anime-style illustration to create Gaia to appeal to American teens has proved extremely successful, with on average 50,000 users online at once. The most interesting part of Gaia was certainly the creativity shown by its users, who have created towns, banks, shoppes, and even live theaters all on their own. These destinations and activities all make Gaia more than an augmented 3-D chat room.

Joi Ito of Creative Commons and Neoteny gave the talk that contained more, “Ah-HA!” moments for the audience than anyone else. If you subscribe to the belief that, ‘Japan is the future,’ then what Joi delivered is right up your street. In a few early slides he illustrated the difference between content and context; music is content that is valuable to a large number of people but offers very little interaction, whereas text messages are highly contextual and demand interaction, but are essentially valuable only to the recipient. Ito spent the back half of his talk discussing World of Warcraft and the real world skills that can be learned while playing. Pointing to John Seely Brown’s digital learning concepts, specifically on the important differences between simulation and metaphor, Ito stated that character traits that are developed and displayed in-game fully translate into the real world.

To close the talk, Susan asked the panel a handful of questions, the most interesting of which was focused around how the market of virtual worlds will mature (the ‘who will win’ question). The panel all seemed to agree that the market is so very young that there’s nothing but growth ahead for the next few years. Beyond that, the obvious analog, at least for us, is virtual worlds are the television channels of the new generation. There will be numerous worlds that don’t necessarily have to connect or interoperate, so long as they have sufficient followings.

Web 2.0 Expo: What’s the takeaway?

JD Lewin — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:53:00 GMT

Last week the O’Reilly machine cranked up a storm in downtown San Francisco, pulling as much of the light of the internet as possible into the first annual Web 2.0 Singularity Expo. Moscone West was washed over with a sea of people anxious to be a part of the conversation around how everyone can be a part of the post-bubble phenomenon. We attended simply to see how the ecosystem has matured since the term was coined back in 2004. Over the next few days leading up to MIX07, we’ll go in-depth on our own ideas about Web 2.0, but for the moment, enjoy some of the photos we snapped while walking round.

Register Now for the Microsoft Healthcare and Life Sciences Developers Conference

Bill Crounse, MD — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:35:00 GMT

I wanted HealthBlog readers to be aware of an important event coming up on the 21st and 22nd of May in Atlantic City. It's the Microsoft Healthcare and Life Sciences Developers Conference.

This two-day, FREE event will offer developers and architects the opportunity to gain insight into Microsoft's latest technologies such as .NET 3.0, Windows Vista, Office System 2007, and how these technologies can be applied in industry solutions. We’ll also provide a look at many of the upcoming Microsoft technologies and strategies, such as Visual Studio “Orcas”, Longhorn Server, and Microsoft’s Web 2.0 and Live initiatives.

The event will be highly technical with a strong combination of technology and industry focus, and is targeted primarily at developers and architects who are building solutions in the Health and Life Sciences industry. We will feature distinguished speakers from the industry who will specifically discuss the core development challenges that we all face in areas such as Information Lifecycle Management, Collaboration, Interoperability, Security, Compliance, and User Experience – and provide insight on how to deal with these challenges effectively. We will also have showcase presentations from distinguished product managers from our corporate headquarters. Our sessions will be complete with demos, current case studies, and future visions of our next generation of Microsoft tools.

After attending this event you will walk away with best practices from industry peers, the latest tools and technologies from Microsoft, as well as information on future roadmap for development technologies. In addition, the conference will offer an excellent opportunity for networking with your peers in the Healthcare and Life Sciences industry. Register now as space is limited!

Bill Crounse, MD Worldwide Health Director Microsoft Corporation

REGISTRATION
Register today by clicking here

Photos from a tech conference: Under The Radar

JD Lewin — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 22:15:00 GMT

Recently the Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus played host to Under The Radar: Why Office 2.0 Matters. The conference highlighted companies that are thinking about, “reinvigorating the way we work, and more importantly, the way we work together.” The knowledge worker has lived in desktop software for decades, and most of us were perfectly content with that. However the trend of the past few years has taken more of the enterprise tools we know and love and plugged them into our browsers. We showed up to listen to pitches and pick out some companies to follow and highlight in the future. Our photos from UTR can be found on Flickr (where else).

South by Southwest puts Austin in its place

JD Lewin — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:47:00 GMT

The South by Southwest conference series descends on Austin every year, and never before has the Interactive element made as much noise as the rock n’ roll kids.

As the lone evangelist to attend, David Shadle summed up it up: “If one was to pickup the internet, give it a good shake and dump it out, the result would be SXSW – the largest gathering of people influencing the way people interact with technology, media and each other.”

The highlights include Ze Frank making an Elvis-esque appearance as the Web Awards MC, leading up to the last episode of The Show. The award for our jealousy award goes to Caesar, who had the distinct privilege of playing the new Queens of The Stone Age album and shared out the single to everyone who was packing a Zune.

Twitter was at SXSW, in the sort of way that locusts were in Egypt low these many years ago. The frequency of updates to the Twitter – SXSW 2007 page, combined with the influx of new users to the social communication service, was enough to grant it phenomenon status; Friends Swap Twitters, and Frustration says the Wall Street Journal.

The official SXSW coverage site has collections of short videos and MP3s of panel discussions that will get released over the next few months. If you only listen to one of these, make it Bruce Sterling’s SXSW Rant, as you’ll always get the most enlightening opinions from a, “Visionary in Residence.”

Nick White relayed the report from Greg Amrofell of the Windows Vista team, “Some people have asked why we wanted to go to SXSW. Apart from the obvious answer (that it's the most fun you can legally have in Texas), it's really the perfect place to showcase Windows Vista and its strengths in mobility and multimedia. Whatever you create and wherever your creativity takes you, Windows Vista makes it easier and more fun.”

Wired’s blog Listening Post has a great collection of musical coverage from the week, including their picks for the Best YouTube Videos of SXSW07.

Expression Studio added to the MIX07 goodie bag

JD Lewin — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:25:00 GMT

The countdown to MIX07 continues and the anticipation for this year's 72-hour conversation about the web gets closer all the time. The MIX News blog has been a great way to keep up on the announcements, and yesterday's post was no exception. Every MIX07 attendee will receive a commemorative copy of Microsoft Expression Studio, the suite of tools for developing killer a killer user experience. Our favorite Netflix and Flickr clients were built with these tools by thirteen23. Add this on top of the copy of Vista Ultimate each MIX attendee will receive , and the loot to be had in Vegas is getting quite appetizing.

Guitar Hero II - Coming to the Xbox 360! :) Gaming Exclusivity...Good or Bad?

Tina — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 14:28:00 GMT

This makes me really, really happy. At X06 in Barcelona they announced that Guitar Hero II is making it's way to the Xbox 360. There was a part of me that was nervous when Activision bought Red Octane a while back, but with decisions like this. I get excited. They haven't announced too much information. It will obviously get its own controller. It will have some exclusive songs downloadable through marketplace. We all want to know about online play, but they aren't revealing anything about that just yet. But this brings up a question about exclusivity in the gaming industry. Thank goodness Guitar Hero II won't be exclusive now. Is exclusivity good for gamers or bad for gamers? As an Xbox fan do I care that PS2 players can't play HALO? Should God of War expand its audience to the GameCube? I think as a game developer you want as many people playing your games as possible...but obviously the consoles pay out some serious cash for exclusivity. Thoughts?

Chris Pirillo talks Gnomedex!

Laura Foy — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 18:32:45 GMT

Chris Pirillo swings by our studios to tell us what he's up to and talk about his brain child Gnomedex. It's just around the corner! Plus, maybe he takes off his shirt...maybe.

MIX-ing it up.

Laura Foy — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 18:00:00 GMT

So somebody let me loose in Vegas to cover MIX 06. I came back with 33 cents, a killer hangover and a husband. Just Kidding! I came back with some badass info on the gadgets you're gonna want. Check it out.