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Sean's Idea Kitchen

A place where I can cook up ideas.

April 2007 - Posts

Getting Unstuck
We just finished up the "Getting Unstuck" session here at MIX07 (see below). One of the things that designers and developers may not realize is that they are both craftsman with a common end goal. Please take a look at http://stuckunstuck.com/statuses/list Read More...
MIX07 Keynote Band Info
Before the keynote there was a great band that was on stage prior to the keynote. The best way to describe them was from a twitter post onscreen. "If Tom Waits and Onigo Boingo had a love child this is what that band would be." They're called " Moonpenny Read More...
MIX 07 Keynote
I have to say that Ray Ozzie's keynote style is fresher than the ones that I've seen in the past. One of the most interesting things I think is the architectural pattern of "Software + Service Platform". I think that we'll see more and more LOB (line Read More...
Open the iPhone with Silverlight
While sitting in the keynote here at MIX, watching Scott Gu flip back and forth between a Mac and Windows, I thougth that using Silverlight would possibly be a great way to run app's on your iPhone . It will be interesting to see what happens when the Read More...
Here at MIX07
We're here at MIX 07 in Vegas, getting ready for the key note. I will say that Microsoft does know how to put on a conference. From SWAG to breakfast everything is pretty nice. In the SWAG are thing like wristbands (ala "live strong") so that you can Read More...
Microsoft Product Naming is taking a turn for the better
It looks Microsoft is finally using names that are easy to say and more memorable. First we had "Microsoft Expression Interactive Designer" and then they changed it to Expression Blend . Whomever made that change I owe you a drink ( come see me at MIX Read More...
Technorati Claim
Just claiming this blog. Technorati Profile Read More...
Podcasting Kit Arrived and How shipping effects your software
I finally got my Samson Podcasting Kit . It's been a week. I'll post pictures, setup, a review and a test podcast later this week. However, waiting on the kit reminded me of something that we may not think about when dealing with Software Design. How Read More...
Expression Blend and Web now in MSDN
Hooray! The developer tools for WPF, WPF/E and HTML will now be included in the MSDN subscription. I would always find myself moving back and forth between Blend and Visual Studio whenever I do any WPF work. Thanks, Scott for giving us a wonderful bit Read More...
Podcasting at Ideakitchn
One of the reasons, I'm moving to this blog is so that I can start podcasting. After trying a couple of different options (Line 6 UX1 with Vista), I'm going to try the SAMSON C01U Podcasting kit . It comes with the following (from the samsontech site): Read More...
Meet you at MIX 07
If anyone wants to meetup at MIX, drop me a line . Sean Read More...