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MIX10 Registration Opens
For the fourth year in a row I have the opportunity to be on the team behind the Microsoft MIX conference. This year the conference will be held in Las Vegas at Mandalay Bay in March, 2010. We’re going to be doing some amazing things and I welcome your suggestions on how to make this [...]
PDC09
I am fortunate to be on the Microsoft team that hosts and develops the Microsoft PDC, Professional Developers Conference. The PDC conferences are the “premiere developer conference,” in the eyes of the community and brings thousands of attendees from all over the world. I was in the role of Creative Director for the PDC, and [...]
MIX Online: Designing the pdc09 Experience
I’ve posted a new Opinion to MIX Online. This one speaks to the design considerations when designing out the PDC09 experience. http://visitmix.com/Opinions/Designing-the-pdc09-Experience Throughout the lead-up and through the conference itself, I’ll try and provide insights into “the sausage-making” of an event like this, specifically geared toward the designers PDC09 Since 1991, the Professional Developers Conference [...]
Students at MIX09
The MIX09 team had the opportunity to invite 200 students from design programs in various colleges around the country. Eight design students from the University of Cincinnati’s internationally ranked School of Design, part of the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP), obtained a rare, first-hand look at potential innovations that could radically change [...]
My Time at The Future of Web Design
Future of Web Design November 3&4, 2008 New York The Future of Web Design conference is in its second year and has a solid following. Armed with engaging and influential speakers, the conference seeks to provide guidance and inspiration to the audience (maybe 1000 people?) to which they speak. I attended this conference, held in [...]
PDC2008 Recap
I think it was interesting being the only designer in a sea of hardcore developers. In fact, some of the devs I spoke with were really surprised that Microsoft had people like me — Designers, people who care passionately about User Experience — actually worked here. The impression many had was we were 100% developer-focused, [...]
I’m going to The PDC
What: Microsoft Professional Developers ConferenceSince 1991, the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) has been Microsoft’s premier gathering of leading-edge developers and architects. Attend the PDC to understand the future of the Microsoft platform and to exchange ideas with fellow professionals. You’ll learn about upcoming products, meet Microsoft’s leaders and top engineers, write some code, and be [...]
REMIX08: Norway
It’s already been a little while, but I thought I’d post the photos I took while in Norway, giving a session at the Norwegian Developers Conference in Oslo. I used Expression Media 2 to generate the image gallery, using the “Make HTML Gallery” function and their “Ruby” template. It was super-easy to generate the gallery, [...]
REMIX08 Australia Recap
I wanted to post a link over to DelicateGenius’s blog post regarding the REMIX08 Australia wrap-up. It gives a decent overview of the event, and might provide some enthusiasm for any Aussies reading this to attend.
REMIX08 Australia, Days 1-4
Tim Aidlin, Design Evangelist, writes about his experience as a featured speaker at REMIX08 Australia
REMIX08 Australia (Days 5-7)
I travelled to Melbourne and checked into my hotel the next day, after stopping by the event-site. Melbourne was much colder than Sydney, and I was a bit ill-prepared for it in the evening. I met up with the rest of the speakers and we ate. I arrived at Town Hall in time for the [...]
MIX Bags Get a Little Press
This kind blogger mentions liking the bags at MIX08 that I designed. Just thought I’d post some shameless self-promotion On a side note: The bags that usually are given away at conferences are super ugly. But whoever did the Mix08 bags did a great job. I’m actually going to use mine! Mix 08: Silverlight Sessions [...]
Starting MIX07
One of the projects I’ve been working on here at Microsoft in the Developer & Platform Evangelism group is gearing up for Mix 07 a conference focusing on next-generation web technologies, held in Las Vegas. One of my responsibilities, along with designing a few of the demos to be shown at the conference, was to [...]
MY Time At MIX06
Tami and I got back from Las Vegas today, and are crashing out, catching up on television recorded over the week with the DVR. We were in Las Vegas Sunday through today, staying at The MGM Grand Hotel. I was attending a Microsoft-Sponsored conference, Mix06 at The Venetian Hotel. Sunday We left Sunday afternoon. Tami [...]