MIX 2009: Audio Podcasts (Part 02)

Aanarav Sareen — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:38:13 -0400

In association with Lab49, Zoom In Online is pleased to announce 2 more podcasts from the show floor of MIX 2009.

John Lam -- IronRuby and DLR

Marc Jacobs speaks with John Lam about IronRuby and DLR 

MIX 2009: Audio Podcasts (Part 01)

Aanarav Sareen — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:46:03 -0400

In association with Lab49, Zoom In Online is pleased to announce 4 podcasts from the show floor of MIX 2009.

James Pratt -- Internet Explorer 8

Daniel Chait speaks with James Pratt about the upcoming release of Internet Explorer 8 

We need a "Rock Band" bailout

Daniel Chait — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:17:39 -0400

Here are Mix09, for some reason they thought it was a good idea to set up a stage and invite attendees to play Rock Band in public. Right outside the press work room, where I spend most of my time here. And, they turn it up loud!

All of us in the press work room have agreed, no civilian should be legally allowed to sing anything by Alice in Chains, Queen, or the Chili Peppers in public. Surely the Obama administration can do something about this.

Microsoft Arc Mouse

Daniel Chait — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:01:37 -0400

At Mix I had the opportunity to test out the Microsoft Arc Mouse:

It's a geniunely nice product - comfortable, solid feeling (it feels weighty for its size) and clever (folds up nicely and has a magnetic dock for its USB dongle).

Expression Blend 3: You Had Me At 'Hello'

Marc Jacobs — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:10:32 -0400

From my perspective, there is no more important product release previewed at MIX09 than Expression Blend 3.

Obviously, not a DLR user

Daniel Chait — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:27:28 -0400

As you can see below, I saw someone wearing a t-shirt here at Mix09 that reads, "I'm Not Slacking Off. My Code's Compiling":

Clearly this guy is not using PowerShell or the DLR!

MIX09 Keynote: Silverlight 3 Escapes the Browser

Marc Jacobs — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:33:22 -0400

Christian Schormann demos SketchFlow in Expression Blend

Daniel Chait — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:16:56 -0400

One of the most talked-about developments at the Microsoft Mix09 conference has been SketchFlow.

MIX09 Keynote: What's New in Silverlight 3

Marc Jacobs — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:38:17 -0400

Microsoft Silverlight 3 is shaping up to be a very impressive release. While Silverlight 1.0 was a relatively narrow-purpose release, relevant mostly to streaming content delivery on the web, Silverlight 2.0 delivered a workable general purpose, cross-platform programming environment that leveraged the growing skills of .NET/WPF developers. But Silverlight 2.0 lacked many features and controls that WPF developers depended on, and it violated the WPF subset principle that Microsoft had set for itself to ensure that Silverlight applications could cross-compile with WPF.

MIX09 Keynote: Silverlight by the Numbers

Marc Jacobs — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:25:06 -0400

Scott Guthrie put up a few slides at today's MIX09 keynote showing some interesting adoption data for Microsoft Silverlight.