Welcome to the Kitchen

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 can do it from the session.  You can follow those at ...

  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 version 2.0, now with DLR SilverLight 2.0 Expression Design running on a ...

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, (remember that UX is not just about looks) and would be at home ...

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 it. Surface brings a larger space to interact with, and more options.  ...

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 ...

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 list. Online syncing and delivery of content. Offline reading.  (This is ...

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 million dollar prize money.  But what I'd really like is to work ...

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.  I can't wait to hear Ballmer's keynote ''Designers, ...

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.  If it doesn't perform then people will just bash Microsoft ...