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Vote for Your Favourite IgniteIT Submissions

Back in January, I talked about IgniteIT award and encouraged you to submit your projects. IgniteIT...

Author: qixing Date: 03/08/2009

Do you know about these programs?

The past two days, our team came together and did the EnergizeIT dryrun. After a month of hard work,...

Author: qixing Date: 03/05/2009

Investing in Your Skills – A Collection of Courses

Hi! My name is Rini Gahir. I’m the Senior Product Manager for Developer Tools (which includes Visual...

Author: rinig Date: 03/05/2009

Ignite Your Career Women in IT Webcast

Aside from EnergizeIT, we also have an exciting webcast series coming up in March called Ignite Your...

Author: qixing Date: 02/27/2009

Silverlight User Group Meeting Tomorrow

It’s our first Silverlight user group meeting of the year. Mano and I are going to share our...

Author: qixing Date: 02/24/2009

Design Student of the Month - Richard Monette

There are a lot of creative students in Canada who are doing innovative work to improve people's...

Author: qixing Date: 02/23/2009

EnergizeIT Registration is OPEN!

EnergizeIT registration is officially open. If you subscribe to the MSDN Flash and TechNet Flash...

Author: qixing Date: 02/20/2009

[Podcast] Interview with Kim Lenox

Interaction’09 is a conference of about 400 people. An intimate conference for a close design...

Author: qixing Date: 02/18/2009

[Podcast] Microsoft Designer: Lada Gorlenko

There are about 750 UX designers and researchers working at Microsoft. People in the UX community...

Author: qixing Date: 02/18/2009

Quince: Explore UX Patterns in Silverlight

Infragistics, one of the top UI controls vendors, has recently launched Quince – a UX Patterns...

Author: qixing Date: 02/12/2009

Feel Energized? EnergizeIT is coming to a Canadian City Near you…

Every year, Microsoft Canada puts on an event called EnergizeIT.  In the past this event was a...

Author: Date: 02/11/2009

[Guest Blogger] Product Potluck from Waterloo UX Group

Apparently, I missed an exciting Product Potluck while I was away in China. Last month the Waterloo...

Author: qixing Date: 02/09/2009

Drawing Ideas Workshop at Interaction’09

After a week vacation in China, I’m back in Vancouver this week and just in time for IxDA’s...

Author: qixing Date: 02/07/2009

Happy New (Niu, OX) Year!

Happy the year of OX, everyone! May the new year bring you and your family joy, good health and...

Author: qixing Date: 01/26/2009

Design Student of the Month – Emily Smith

There are a lot of creative students in Canada who are doing innovative work to improve people's...

Author: qixing Date: 01/24/2009

Thanks for Coming out to TechDays!

It’s a wrap! We finished our last TechDays stop in Vancouver today. We made so many great...

Author: qixing Date: 01/23/2009

Ignite IT Award – Share Your Story

Have you worked on a project recently that you are proud of? Whether it’s a mobile application, a...

Author: qixing Date: 01/19/2009

WIT @ Vancouver TechDays

Vancouver is our last stop for TechDays. I’m sitting at Toronto airport now and waiting to board my...

Author: qixing Date: 01/17/2009

Why I want to try Windows 7 Beta?

After coming back from a week of professional training at Microsoft headquarter Redmond, I finally...

Author: qixing Date: 01/12/2009

Microsoft Innovation News

Here is a list of innovative projects from various Microsoft labs. Many of these projects are handy...

Author: qixing Date: 01/08/2009

Community Silverlight Site

I came across SilverlightShow this morning. It's an independent Silverlight community, and the goal...

Author: qixing Date: 01/06/2009

Happy First Day!

As we are getting ready to celebrate the First Day of 2009, one of my colleagues from Brasil sent me...

Author: qixing Date: 12/27/2008

Merry Christmas, Happy holidays and Happy New Year!

It’s a pleasure connecting and supporting each and every one of you through the year, both...

Author: joxley Date: 12/19/2008

Microsoft Arc Mouse and Simplicity

Last week everyone on the team received a Microsoft Arc Mouse. I've been wanting to try it for a...

Author: qixing Date: 12/16/2008

Morten's Expression Web 2 Learning Resource

We've introduced Morten Rand-Hendriksen couple of times in this blog and followed his amazing...

Author: qixing Date: 11/30/2008

December Silverlight User Group Meeting

This is the last Silverlight user group meeting of the year. Hope to see you all there! Time:...

Author: qixing Date: 11/24/2008

Your satisfaction matters...and it’s clear that we need to do better!

Hi Everyone, In the sprit of being transparent and building connections, I thought I would share my...

Author: joxley Date: 11/18/2008

Finding Opportunities in a Recession Economy, PART 3

Note:  This is the third post in a three post series on succeeding as a professional in IT...

Author: Date: 11/14/2008

Finding Opportunities in a Recession Economy, PART 2

Note: This is the second post in a three post series on succeeding as a professional in IT during a...

Author: Date: 11/14/2008

Finding Opportunities in a Recession Economy, PART 1

Without a doubt, most of us are experiencing the most serious economic recession in our lifetimes....

Author: Date: 11/14/2008

Happy World Usability Day!

Happy World Usability Day everyone! This year's theme is "Transportation." There are tons...

Author: qixing Date: 11/13/2008

TechDays à Montréal

Bonjour Montréal ! C'est Philippe Riel, Directeur des communications stratégiques, marchés...

Author: joxley Date: 11/06/2008

Election Ballots Design

  The above figure is taken from Effective Designs for the Administration of Federal Election...

Author: qixing Date: 11/04/2008

WIT at TechDays Toronto

  Thanks to all the ladies who joined us at the Women in Technology (WIT) Connection Area at...

Author: qixing Date: 11/02/2008

TechDays 2008 Toronto.....it’s a wrap!

Hi Everyone, I can’t express how excited and how tired I am.  It has been a wonderful journey...

Author: joxley Date: 10/31/2008

Design Student of the Month - Adam Bourret

There are a lot of creative students in Canada who are doing innovative work to improve people's...

Author: qixing Date: 10/31/2008

Had your Techie Crunch today?

Welcome to day TWO of the Toronto edition of TechDays 2008 in Canada. As our first two day event, it...

Author: joxley Date: 10/30/2008

TechDays Social Networking - Show Your Colours!

I am taking a couple of minutes of rest to have an diet coke in-between sessions here in Toronto....

Author: joxley Date: 10/30/2008

<3 Your Web at MIX09

MIX09 registration is open now! We are going with a funky and modem look. The website gives some...

Author: qixing Date: 10/24/2008

[Podcast] Interview with Lisa Anderson

Hope you enjoyed my podcast with Jensen. During Explore Design, I also had a chance to sit down and...

Author: qixing Date: 10/21/2008

[Podcast] Interview with Jensen Harris

During Explore Design, I had a chance to sit down with Jensen and ask my specific questions...

Author: qixing Date: 10/21/2008

Silverlight 2 is Released!

Earlier this week, we shipped the final release of Silverlight 2! This is an important milestone for...

Author: qixing Date: 10/18/2008

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