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What do you want in Azure?
Mike Wickstrand, the Senior Director of Product Planning for Windows Azure, has a feature voting page at http://windowsazure.uservoice.com/forums/34192-windows-azure-feature-voting   You can suggest a new feature and you get 10 votes to apply to Read More...
So you want to go to a conference
Conferences are cool. New technology, great people, a different city, and time away from work. So you want to go to MIX , QCon , Carsonfied Events , Interaction10 , SXSW or other great conferences? And you want your company foot the bill? Well these days Read More...
Notes from my ITARC presentation, "What's UX got to do with Architecture"
Here are some notes, links and videos to watch that I talked about at my IASA presentation at ITARC in Atlanta. Joseph Pine: What do consumers really want? This a great video about using experience to differentiate your product. This quote was from the Read More...
MIX 09 iPhone Wallpaper
Instead of working on my 10K SMart coding challenge , like I should be. I instead took about 20 minutes and banged out a couple of wallpapers for my iPhone in honor of MIX 09 using Expression Design using the art from the MIXtify section. If you want Read More...
Social Media is time and attention
As I was working on my last post about the ease of Twitter , how it's simple concept and that simplicity has created a whole twitter ecosystem, I was also thinking about Social Media in general. I've charted out the following social media components. Read More...
Twitter's Easy
I've been doing a lot with Social Media since Atlanta Startup Weekend 2 , and Twitpay . One thing that strikes me about Twitter is that it's just easy. I've created the following graphic based on the amount of work you have to do to participate in Social Read More...
How the Cloud Changes the Application Model for UX
Video: Overnight Success We've heard an amazing amount about the cloud at PDC . And if you think about it, the cloud is going to change the application model for User Experience. We're going to see a flip in the model from the desktop to the cloud. Currently Read More...
visitmix, now in a retro 8-bit love format
Our favorite web, UI and UX conference site has grown up. It's no longer just a site about the best conference out there, MIX . It's now a site for discussion, learning, ideas, projects and yes MIX still gets some love. MIX has a new URL which is more Read More...
Art & Connection
Art, whether it's music, visual or another of our senses, art creates a connection to the experience. Why do we disregard it in our software so often? Here's something for you to enjoy. Solar, with lyrics. from flight404 on Vimeo . Read More...
Surface Has Been busy since Mix08
It looks like the Surface group has been really busy since Mix08 .  Found by way of Long Zheng , are refined and polished versions of existing apps and a bunch of new applications. Check our Long's post. Read More...
At Mix 08
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...
Off to MIX 08
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...
Tufte in Atlanta
Edward Tufte, master presenter, author and information design visionary will be in Atlanta on March 24th and 25th . If you haven't seen him, register here . You also get all four of his books included in the price. I'll be here and if I can go, possibly Read More...
Photosynth usage idea
Here's an idea for Photosynth that I'd like to see happen, that I had about a year ago. Premise : Visual hyperlinking that uses Photosynth style photo mapping for search matches. Usage : You're out looking for a place to eat and you snap a pic with your Read More...
Wayne Gretzky "gets" new technology
Whenever the discussion comes to new technology and why would an organization risk using new technology , I think that Wayne Gretzky , yes the hockey player, got it right with this quote. I skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been. Read More...
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