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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

doverton — 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

Technorati Tags: Silverlight, Deep Zoom, Mobile, Windows Mobile, Expression, ASP.Net, Ajax, Windows Live Services, XNA, Microsoft, Partner, Photosynth, Robotics Studio, Data, Microsoft Research, Popfly, Advertising

If you liked the Deep Zoom (aka Sea Dragon) tool, then you will be blown away by the preview of the Deep Zoom Composer

doverton — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:55:03 GMT

I created my Star Wars Deep Zoom preview and really liked it, but then contacted the author of the site to see how I could add more pictures and control the layout &/or host it myself. Normally when I ask these sorts of questions I get a response about "later" and "out of beta", but instead I got pointed to these 3 articles and I have to say Wow!! You can see what someone can do with this technology at The Hard Rock Cafe - http://memorabilia.hardrock.com/

Download the Preview of the Deep Zoom Composer

What is the Deep Zoom Composer?
Deep Zoom Composer allows you to quickly import your own images, arrange and position them to your liking, and export the final output as either a Deep Zoom Image or Collection that can be fed into Silverlight's MutliScaleImage control. This means that you too can use your own images and display them using our Deep Zoom technology.
Download the Deep Zoom Composer

However, having done this I needed a simple user guide. At this point the blog Expression Blend and Design : Deep Zoom Composer User Guide came to my aid where there is indeed the user guide to download. The tool is simple, but the guide helps you understand what you are doing.

Finally, I had arranged my pictures, however the output did not have zoom and pan capability. Then I found the article Expression Blend and Design : Deep Zoom Sample with MouseWheel / Pan / Click-Zoom which basically enabled me to finish the job off. All quite simple and the output looks fantastic.

In your Web Site project, inside your ClientBin folder, you will see a folder called vistaWallpapers. The vistaWallpapers folder contains the images, xml, and bin files Deep Zoom Composer (DZC) output.
To reuse this sample for your own projects, delete the vistaWallpapers folder and import your own folder containing the DZC output. Once you have done that, open Page.xaml in your Silverlight project and change the source of your MultiScaleImage control to point to your new folder and its info.bin file in your Web Site project:

Once you have replaced your images and changed the path to the images in Page.xaml, build your project and view your DeepZoomOutput.html page in your browser.

I'm glad that there are some clever people around who make all this seem so very, very simple!!

ttfn

David

Technorati Tags: Deep Zoom, SeaDragon, Expression, Blend, Developer, UX, Silverlight

Partner Perspectives : There's a new breed of Web Solution partners

doverton — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 07:32:24 GMT

If you work in the ISV / developer end of the market then there is a chance you will have met Katy already, however here is a person who is passionate about people who design and deliver solutions. When I first sat down and "worked" with Katy (rather than chatting several times previously) it was when I was new to the ISV team and Katy was a beacon of information. Once we had the ISV "bit" done we then spent a considerable amount of time looking at what designers and web developers needed in life. Now, as if by magic she now has a new area of focus... read more at Partner Perspectives : There's a new breed of Web Solution partners. Oh, and yes, it is about Silverlight, Expression Web and more!!

There's a new breed of Web Solution partners

Katy Hamilton's got something up her sleeve. It's a new brand of partners - the Web Solution partners. The move towards next-gen web applications such as Silverlight and web tools such as Expressions has opened up a whole load of new opportunities for our partners. We in the MSPP tower recognise this and have updated the MSPP programme by introducing a new partner type. Here's Katy to tell us all:

So Katy, you’re no longer looking after ISVs. What are you doing now?
Hi Emma, yes that’s right – I have ‘changed direction’! My new role is looking at building the web communities – design and developer. However, my focus on ISV hasn’t completely gone because I am also looking at the ‘Partner’ focus for ‘Next Web’ which ISVs have a major part in! It’s a really exciting time for anyone working in the web space and Microsoft is creating some fantastic support initiatives and benefits – it’s a real ‘watch this space’!

ttfn

David

Technorati Tags: Web solution partners, Web Developers, Web Designers, Microsoft, Partners, Developer

Vista Squad 2nd Reading meeting on 24th May 2007 - Bitlocker and WPF to be discussed

doverton — Thu, 10 May 2007 23:45:00 GMT

Did you make it to the 1st Vista Squad event? Well, if you did you will know how well it was appreciated, and if you did not, then time to get down here. The details are:

The next Vista Squad meeting is confirmed :) All your favourite superheroes will be in attendance. In addition we have two guest heroes sharing their superpowers on WPF and Vista's BitLocker feature.
Date: 24th May 2007
Time: 5.30pm onwards
Location: Microsoft UK HQ, TVP, Reading, Building 3
Room: Memphis
Agenda:
6.15pm - 6.30pm "Introduction"
6.30pm - 7.20pm "BitLocker presented by Stephen Lamb"
7.20pm - 7.30pm "BitLocker Q&A"
7.30pm - 8.30pm "Food and Networking"
8.30pm - 9.20pm "Introduction to WPF presented by Ray Booysen"
9.20pm - 9.30pm "WPF Q&A"
Link: http://vistasquad.co.uk/blogs/announcements/archive/2007/05/02/vista-squad-2-0.aspx

Come along!!

ttfn

David