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 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 we have the web 2.0 AJAX model and desktop applications to use a ...

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. Wayne Gretzky     Just swap ''puck'' with ''technology'' and ...

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 of data.  So here's your chance to take their data and build something ...

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 about getting designers, developers, architects and ...

Here's a couple of interesting bits I've found on the Internets. ''How to Ruin a Web Design - The Design Curve'' http://www.seomoz.org/blog/how-to-ruin-a-web-design-the-design-curve ''Secrets of Great Architects'' - From the Architecture Journal (you should read it!) http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/arcjournal/aa480041.aspx ''How to Design a ...

  If you work with data (and we all, do both designers and developers).  You'll to head over and check out the Graph Design I.Q. test.  Any fan of Edward Tufte will score a ''10'' on this fun departure.  If you're a developer this should help you think about how to present data (especially when you boss asks you ...

Simon Guest has a great one hour video on how you can put User Experience back into Software Design, from the Canadian Strategic Architect Forum.  It uses the new Silverlight video player which has a wonderful ''chapter'' feature that lets you navigate through the presentation.  I prefer the Silverlight version of this presentation ...