Browse by Tags
All Tags »
WPF (RSS)
I haven't really had a chance to blog to much while I've been here at Mix 08. There's just to much to see. From Surface to Elvis there is just to many cool things here and even more great people to meet. I've been twittering most everything because I
Read More...
I'm getting ready to head out the door for MIX 08 . Looks like the weather here in Atlanta may be a little nasty. I'll be twittering along the way. I'm looking forward to hitting the tables at MIX, once the Sandbox is open. I had started a Flotzam restyle
Read More...
I thought I'd put together a list of predictions for MIX 08. Some could happen, some will happen and some could not happen, you decide! Steve Ballmer gives Keynote in black turtleneck and jeans. IE 8 demo IE 8 uses the "Office Ribbon" toolbar. Popfly
Read More...
Over at the ISV Developer Evangelism blog, jpelak posted about a couple of preview SilverLight control toolsets, that are now available. They're from ComponentOne ( the Sapphire toolkit ) and InterSoft ( the WebAqua toolkit ). Both are beautiful and usable,
Read More...
I think that surface and gesture computing is going to explode over the next five years. We're going to see it in many areas of our life. We already are with devices like the iPhone and the HTC Touch, however Surface will bring more opportunities with
Read More...
And win... The good people over at Lab49 (New York's finest WPF consultancy) have a contest focused on using WPF in finance. I've long felt that WPF is a perfect match for the financial market, due to the rich visualization needs and the shear amount
Read More...
In the new MIX08 podcast found at " The Signal ", during episode 2 or 3 , it's stated that MIX is all about the Web (not the exact quote). I disagree. MIX is about UX . It's about the tools and technologies from Microsoft to build those experiences. Its
Read More...
For those of you that read "The Architecture Journal" , here's another option for you that actually is better (if you're with computer). Simon Guest is introducing the Architecture Journal Reader , a WPF based reader that delivers. Here's a quick feature
Read More...
Over at the Surface blog they're talking about what goes into creating an application for Surface. Two points are covered, in the first of a two part blog post. Of course (here's where I put on my Captain Obvious costume) they forgot to mention that you
Read More...
After watching this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FJHYqE0RDg on the Android Demo, I have to say that the touch portion of the demo is nice. Who knows, maybe I could create a "copy and paste" program for the touch device and win some of that 10
Read More...
VisitMix for 08 is now open on the web. Register here . Get your blog bling here . They've got posters, wallpaper (not yet), blog bling and contests! But if you look at the keynote speakers, you'll see that Steve Ballmer and Scott Guthrie are the line-up.
Read More...
So there's a couple of posts on the net ( Engadget , Gizmodo , c|net and even the Surface Blog ) about the delay of Surface until next spring. So what! I say do it right and take your time. When Surface hits the public for prime time it needs to be ready.
Read More...
Found via UX magazine ... Flare, "ActionScript 3 (Flash) libraries for interactive visualizations on the web". Here's a cool toolset for interactive visualizations using Flash, check out the demo reel for some cool stuff. I like the "Star Burst" view,
Read More...
I found the Surface team blog here: http://blogs.msdn.com/surface/default.aspx Hopefully there be lots of cool bits coming from them. I'd love to hear and see what apps they are creating (from a UX side) and the challenges (from a technical side). Sea
Read More...
Surface presents some interesting problems with UI. One is how do you handle large scale datasets? For example, my digital camera has a 4 gig SD card for storage, which can hold about 1200 photos, what happens when 1200 photos "spill" out onto the surface?
Read More...