Want MIX08 in the UK? Then come to ReMix08 in Brighton on 18th and 19th September and save if you book an early bird place now

David Overton — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:03:36 GMT

I love what goes on at these events. It would be good to see you there. Here is the little advert:

Final chance to save £110. Very limited Early Bird places left - don't say we didn't warn you!

1,000 web developers, designers, development managers and technology evangelists are going to take the media they love to the next level. Why? Because ReMix UK 08 is getting bigger and better.

Scott Guthrie
Developer Track

Bill Buxton
Design and UX Track

For Designers, Developers, the Community and Beyond Work

	Julie Howell, Fortune Cookie	•	Brendan Dawes, Magnetic North
•	Paul Foster, Microsoft Evangelist	•	Guy Smith-Ferrier, Capella
•	Tim Regan, Microsoft Research	•	Mike Taulty, Microsoft Developer Evangelist

See the website for the growing list of speakers...

What's in the mix

•	Panel discussions to Interactive Mash Ups	•	Designers and developers hand-in-hand to
•	All day VJs to conceptual walls	•	Open Source project, CodePlex
•	Backnetwork to Moo cards	•	Photosynth master classes to Microsoft Surface
•	Our international act to geek bars	•	Swag giveaways to inflatable lounges
•	Designing for compatibility and for the wild	•	Visualising books to sneak previews
•	The latest developments in IM, VE and IE8	•	Latest developments in RIAs and SSDs
•	WPF and Silverlight applications at work	•	•

The technology

It's a full-on interactive event. Be a part of something special. Don't forget the Early Bird offer and register today at www.microsoft.com/uk/remix08/.

Early Bird price £239 (inc.VAT), full price £349 from the 301st ticket.

See you there!

ttfn

David

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A selection of WPF-based (Silverlight) applications

David Overton — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 23:24:32 GMT

I saw this blog entry and just had to share it - a number of Silverlight application (don't know how many will work with the updated Silverlight builds) - WPF Cornucopia - A selection of WPF-based applications. Below are some of my favourites. There are many more on the blog entry

Some cool WPF and Silverlight applications that you can download or play with today. The deployment model has been added so that you know what you are getting into as far as installation goes. Lots are using ClickOnce .application files and .xbaps, so installation is trivial!

My Web Pages Starter Kit
New with Silverlight Demo
(Web Application)
New York Times Reader
Next-generation online reading experience for the NY Times
(MSI)
Microsoft Calendar Printing Assistant
Generate printed calendars from your Outlook schedule
(MSI)
Microsoft Expression Blend
Designer tool for building WPF experiences
(MSI)

Microsoft Expression Design
Illustration and graphic design tool
(MSI)
Microsoft Windows Live for TV
3D access to Messenger contacts from Media Center or IE
(MSI)
Wikipedia Explorer
3D exploration of related articles from Wikipedia
(Application)
iBloks
Mashup application for creating 3D movies
(MSI)
RikReader
RSS Reader that integrates with Internet Explorer 7
(Application)
Nostalgia
Yahoo! Flickr browser and photo manager
(Application)
Cine.View
Netflix movie queue manager
(Application)
Actipro Wizard
A control for building wizard dialogs in WPF
(XBAP)
British Library Turning the Pages
British Library's 'virtual viewer' for some of their most precious books
(XBAP)
ITN Hub Player
Video clips and news stories from ITN
(Application)
Evolution Media Center
HTPC Front-end with stunning animations and dynamic XAML-skinning
(ZIP)
WeatherNews
Weather visualization
(XBAP)

DOSV
Computer Configuration
(XBAP)
Roxio Central
DVD and CD Burning Software
(Application)

90 Degree's Radius
Reporting Tool for Business Data
(Application)

Forbes.com Reader
News Reader Application from Forbes.com
(Application)

Seattle Post
-Intelligencer PI Reader
News Reader
(Application)

Dev Components
Office 2007 Ribbon for WPF
(Application)

Daily Mail eReader
Online reading experience for UK Newspaper
(Application)

The North Face In-Store Explorer
Go to Store to experience
(Retail kiosk)

Windows Vista Magazine
Uses same viewer as the British Library app
(XBAP)

ttfn

David

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Want MIX08 in the UK? Then come to ReMix08 in Brighton on 18th and 19th September and save if you book an early bird place now

A selection of WPF-based (Silverlight) applications