- Posted by christhi on March 12, 2009
Want to see a Microsoft Surface and "Touchwall" live along with some great UX demonstations? This is a call out to anyone interested in Natural User Interfaces (NUI).
@ S X S W 03 * 16 * 09
Microsoft is hosting the finale of its national design challenge, PhizzPop, at SxSW on Monday night, March 16th. You have a special opportunity to attend our exclusive pre-event: Sensorium: Exploring the digital universe with next-generation touch, web, and client interfaces. As traditional methods for targeting customers become less effective, organizations seek to reach their customers with increasingly compelling experiences on the Web, desktop, and devices. These experiences range from taking advantage of advancements in Natural User Interface, to utilizing the best of the Web – from RIA to Web Services. The emergence of the Natural User Interface (NUI) is considered by many to be a key milestone in the evolution of human-machine interaction. While its cousin GUI has been widely heralded as one of the prime movers and shakers in bringing computing to the mainstream, NUI is presenting the world with vast new opportunities in making technology more friendly, accessible, and impactful in everyday life. As this market explodes, interactive design and development is being challenged to deliver entirely new classes of interactions with technology. Come and see firsthand how breakthrough computing hardware coupled with software and Web services can fuse the digital universe together with human potential. This event will feature live demonstrations of a number of key components of Microsoft’s next generation experiences - from NUI demonstrations with Microsoft Surface, to web and desktop demos utilizing Live Services. You will also see Microsoft’s long-term vision of how this technology will interact with the digitally powered environment of tomorrow. We are also offering the opportunity for you to experiment with it yourself and pose questions to subject matter experts. This event is a special invitation-only event at SXSW. If you would like to learn more about how this technology can benefit both you and your customers, please use the link below to secure your seat today. Those attending may also attend our PhizzPop Finale event occurring immediately following this event. To learn more about PhizzPop, click here. Register Here Date: March 16, 2009Time: 5:30 pm- 7:00 pm Pangaea - 409 Colorado StreetAustin, TX 78701512.472.8882
- Posted by christhi on February 4, 2009
For those in Austin or surrounding areas looking for work in the areas of web development and UX I would suggest joining the following group as they have one pop up every week. In this market that is pretty impressive.
http://groups.google.com/group/refresh-austin-jobs?pli=1
- Posted by christhi on February 4, 2009
Ø MIX09 is coming! Register by Feb 13 and Save $400!
When you register by February 13, you’ll receive $400 off the conference price – that’s a full conference pass for only $995.
Sure, not quite as sweet as the last offer, but still a tremendous savings. That’s an extra $400 to help offset hotel or airfare costs.
To take advantage of this offer, go to registration and select the "Register for the event using an RSVP Code" option.
Enter the RSVP code MIX09offer to receive your discounted conference pass.
- Posted by christhi on January 20, 2009
Check out the following third part review at
http://blog.streamingmedia.com/the_business_of_online_vi/2009/01/best-i.html. CBS was best overall and used SilverLight for their streaming!
- Posted by christhi on January 20, 2009
The official streaming feed of Barak Obama’s Presidential Inauguration Committee will be using Silverlight 2!! This news was great for SilverLight 2.0 users (Mac on Intel and Windows) howerver using managed code in the player originally left out Linux users of the Moonlight 1.0 beta, as well as PowerPC Mac users. To support the widest platform possible Microsoft has teamed up with the Moonlight team at Novell and they've created a Silverlight 1.0 version of the player that works great in both Moonlight and PowerPC Macs. The only limitation is that the SL1 player can only produce a 500 Kbps stream and lacks managed code however the experience should be close to those running SL2.
The Silverlight 1.0 compatible player is low live at:
http://www.pic2009.org/page/content/linuxplayer
Note that this player is only for Silverlight 1.0 and doesn't work with Internet Explorer. The Silverlight 2.0 player for Windows or Intel Mac is at:
http://www.pic2009.org/page/content/live
- Posted by christhi on January 13, 2009
For those note familiar with Phizzpop, this is where Minneapolis Design Agencies faceoff to see who can come up with the best UX design through presentation and demo. I'll be there helping our agencies setup but I would look forward to meeting anyone interested in the show. We should see some agazing concepts.
PhizzPop Tour: Minneapolis
Event Date: 01/15/09
Event Location: Solera – 3rd Floor Event Center
Time: 5:30 p.m.
900 Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55403
612-338-0062
Minneapolis, in January . . . you’d better bring your coat!
Get ready to take it off shortly after arriving though, because Microsoft is partnering with MIMA, the Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association, to put together a very hot Design Challenge competition.
Request your tickets today. Space is limited for this exciting event.
For details http://phizzpop.visitmix.com/main/TourEventsHome.aspx
- Posted by christhi on January 4, 2009
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Sign up has been streamlined and you should be able to access your benefits quickly.
- Posted by christhi on December 19, 2008
I normally won't be blogging about pricing for any products but I felt a little compelled to in this case for two reasons. The level of discount Microsoft is offering for Christmas is worth noting as Expression Studio, for example is 50% off for a limited time. The second reason is I wanted to highlight Microsoft's new online store where you can directly purchase Expression and other items.
http://store.microsoft.com/microsoft/design/category/601
