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REMIX08 Australia : Days 1-3 (?)I left for the airport to catch a flight which boarded at 7:00 on Saturday evening with my wife, Tami, driving, and daughter, Sophie, in the backseat reading a book and drinking some milk. She’s 1 year old and very smiley. The flight across the Pacific to Sydney was uneventful, but super-long. I had a couple nice stiff drinks before boarding so was able to ensure some decent sleep. They showed half of Charlie Wilson’s War, but then switched to a very, very sad John Cusak movie about dealing with his little girls and his wife who went away to war, etc … very, very sad. Oh well. We landed at about 6:00, Monday morning, Sydney time. I arrived at The Four Points Hotel, which is right next to Darling Harbour, right in the middle of the city, and next to the monorail which rings it. It’s a beautiful hotel with charming people. The Australian money is super-cool and very well designed, IMHO, by the way. I exchanged a couple bills at the counter maintained by a very pleasant young lady. I went up to my room, got ready, had some breakfast, and headed out to The Powerhouse Museum, where REMIX08 Australia, Sydney was being held. Getting to the Museum was super-easy: it was basically a walk around the corner, up some stairs, and hopping on the Monorail. 7 minutes later, I’m at my stop and hop off. From there it was just a short walk down a nice covered walkway to the Museum entrance. The Museum uses the tagline “science + design”, however, really, I saw very little of that there. The “Vectorlab” was closed, which was a drag. Most of what I saw was centered around, basically, the history of Australia told through its machines and culture. I arrived at about 9:00, but things at that point were pretty chaotic: people setting up booths, tables, displays, putting up signs and placing swag. I checked in, told to return at two, and bailed, back to the hotel to take a freaking *nap* and work on my presentations. I returned at two and hung out in the Speaker room for a couple of hours, meeting the other speakers, “DelicateGenius”, “ShaneMo,” and the crew. The room that I was going to be presenting in, however wasn’t set up, so I was going to have to return, again, at 6:30 to do a run-through of my presentation. No whoop, though, as we were getting together at 7:00 to head out to dinner, all together. I left at 4:00 and returned to the hotel to drop off my bag, which was *killing me* being so heavy stocked with two computers, their power cords, an adapter, camera, phone, etc ... I dropped off my stuff, grabbed the latest Wired and went downstairs to a little pub around the way and got a bite to eat and a pint of good Amber. I returned to The Powerhouse at 6:30, but still couldn’t run-through. Oh well. I was *crashing* anyway. I almost fell asleep in a chair while waiting and watching the other run-throughs in the main hall. I made my apologies for having to miss the dinner that night, gathered my stuff, and returned to the Monorail once again, to return to my hotel. I woke up at Midnight, still in my clothes, my feet underneath some balled up comforter at the end of the bed. Yes, I was *tired*. Whew.
ReMix08 Speaker BiosSo, it's official: I'll be presenting two demos at the Sydney and Melbourne Australia REMIX08 events. My bio's been posted here: Link to ReMix08 Speaker Bios or see below.
 Welcome to Australia’s REMIX 08!It looks like I'll be presenting sessions in Australia on May 20 in Sydney and May 22 in Melbourne. I'm really excited to be a part of a REMix event, especially since I was the Creative Director for the MIX08 event in Las Vegas this year. It'll be very interesting to see how the "main event" translates into a more focused and condensed conference. I'll post a little on what I'm going to present soon.
PhotoZoomPhotoZoom makes it easy to take your photos and use the new Microsoft Silverlight Deep Zoom technology. Add your photos, let them process, and grab the auto-generated iFrame to embed in your site. It's super-easy, and a great introduction to Deep Zoom. Silverlight Deep Zoom Portfolio TestI've used a new tool that's coming out called Deep Zoom Composer to publish a new version of my portfolio. You can zoom into each item to view the story and the art in detail. Unfortunately, the layout exports incorrectly, but that should be fixed when the software is released. Zoom using the mouse-wheel, or if you're on a laptop, use Click and Shift+Click to navigate. Let me know what you think, and return often for updates.
MIX09 Conference - March 18-20, 2009I designed a preview page for MIX09, and it went live today. MIX09 here we come!
Mix 08: Silverlight Sessions at scorbsThis kind blogger mentions liking the bags at MIX08 that I designed. Just thought I'd post some shameless self-promotion ;-)
Just CauzJust Cauz is hosting their Third Annual Casino Night and Charity Auction on Saturday, April 5, 2008. The Just Cauz Foundation raises money and awareness for local non-profits through social events that are aimed at Seattle's young professionals. Our goal is to make it as easy as possible for young people in Seattle to give back to their community, while appreciating the time and financial constraints of those who support us. Third Annual Casino Night and Auction
Watch the MIX08 Keynotes in Hyperspeed | News | MIX OnlineI thought this fast-motion video of the first two keynotes of MIX08 not only shows off the venue quite well, but demonstrates how *much* goes into putting on this event. Link to Watch the MIX08 Keynotes in Hyperspeed | News | MIX Online Cirque de Soleil at MIX08In addition to taking on the Creative Director role for the MIX08 conference, I worked in a team of 6 to develop the WPF and Silverlight applications they demonstrate during the Cirque de Soleil part of the Day 1 Keynote address. Check it out. I *wish* that dialogue box hadn't been open at the very beginning, though. And the perspecive was a little skewed as it was projected 16:9, but whatcha gonna do? Arrrgh. I thought the integration with the webcam was pretty nifty. The 3-d role-chooser wasn't to bad either ... MIX08 Official Styleguide
I thought I'd provide a little secret link out to the official MIX08 creative assets. It's a great aggregation of many of the particulars such as logos, posters, desktops, and what our notebook looked like etc. No Touch Surface: Wiimote Hack Converts TV into Touchless Microsoft SurfaceThis is freaking cool. I love that this is using WPF. Link to No Touch Surface: Wiimote Hack Converts TV into Touchless Microsoft Surface "Pimp My App" on Channel 9Here's a little video that features me and my team working with a customer to redesign their mobile application. It was a fun project. This is a great example of what I do here at Microsoft. :-) Preview of MIX08 BagsWe're giving away pretty cool bags this year at the MIX08 conference, which I designed. Check out the paper comps from our manufacturer. We're making a couple minor tweaks, but you get the idea :-)
The last one is a photo of an actual bag. Nice and shiny. MIX08 | RESTYLE
We launched the MIX08 ReStyle competition today. Check it out. We got lots of great submissions last time, and I'm anxious to see how people restyle the site I designed. Christmas CoolWall | Adam Kinney | Channel 10A colleague and friend of mine, Adam Kinney, created the Christmas Coolwall application using Silverlight 1.0. The app is, well, cool, and the interview (of himself) is totally hilarious ... if you're a nerd, like me. The New Iteration: How XAML Transforms the Collaboration Between Developers and Designers in Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)My buddy Karsten Januszewski wrote this great article about designer/developer workflow using WPF. I designed the graphics and site for him. Enjoy. Ice Cube Loves Silverlight | MIX Online
The legendary rapper and actor, Ice Cube, just launched online TV channel UVNTV, and it's built on Microsoft Silverlight. Check out this interview with Ice Cube and his crew, talking about why they chose Silverlight and how they built the site. Besides being talented musicians and lining up some impressive talent for their channel, these guys are pretty savvy with the technology. This interview was conducted by Michael Scherotter; you can check his blog for more details. Nice things being said about the MIX08 site
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