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Silverlight DevCamp Update

WOW! I am really excited about all the continued interest in the upcoming Silverlight DevCamp. I wanted to post something here based on all the questions I've been asked over the past 2 days about the event - specifically the "registration Read More...

Posted Thursday, November 08, 2007 5:42 PM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments

Filed under: Events, Visual Studio, Silverlight, Expression, Popfly, .NET, UX, Photosynth, Web, Design, SLDC07

Silverlight DevCamp 2007 - Dallas, TX

Here's a quick (ok, not so quick) message to all of you attending the Silverlight DevCamp here in Dallas on Saturday, Nov 10th. If you're registered on Microsoft World Wide Events, then you already got this message. If not, here it is in its entirety. Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 06, 2007 10:27 PM by Chris Koenig | 14 Comments

Filed under: AJAX, ASP.NET, Silverlight, Expression, Popfly, C#, UX, Web, Design

Oklahoma Innotech Conference Tomorrow!

Please join me tomorrow at the Oklahoma City InnoTech Conference for my session " A First Look at Silverlight ". I'll be giving an overview of Microsoft Silverlight and doing some demonstrations of the product. Technorati Tags: Silverlight Read More...

Posted Monday, November 05, 2007 10:27 PM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments

Filed under: Events, Silverlight, UX

Expression Blend and Design : Expression Design Service Pack 1 is now available!

Head over to the Microsoft web site to get your update for Expression Design. From the original post: What's new in the Service Pack? Highlights of XAML Export improvements and fixes The XAML Export UI has been updated to make it easier and more Read More...

Posted Sunday, November 04, 2007 11:12 AM by Chris Koenig | 2 Comments

Filed under: Expression, UX

Seadragon and Photosynth

If you haven't already seen Seadragon or Photosynth , then you need to watch this video from TED 07 . The speaker, Blaise Aguera y Arcas , is an Architect at Microsoft, and responsible for the Seadragon product. This is AMAZING technology - absolutely Read More...

Posted Friday, November 02, 2007 1:49 AM by Chris Koenig | 2 Comments

Filed under: Fun, .NET, UX, Photosynth, Web

Tablet PC Fun

Everyone always tells me how great the mac is for doing music. Here's a video of Hugh Sung, a concert pianist, using his Tablet PC for doing his music. Hugh Sung Website I'd like to see a mac do this :-) Read More...

Posted Friday, November 02, 2007 1:08 AM by Chris Koenig | 2 Comments

Filed under: Windows, Fun, UX

Webmaster Jam Session 2007 - a photoset on Flickr

I just posted all my pictures from WMJ07 on my Flickr site . Read More...

Posted Friday, October 05, 2007 2:24 AM by Chris Koenig | 2 Comments

Filed under: Events, Visual Studio, ASP.NET, Expression, Windows Live, Popfly, Internet Explorer, UX, IIS, XBOX, Photosynth, XNA, Web, Design

Webmaster Jam Session 2007 - It's a Wrap!

A few weekends ago Phil and I attended the 2007 Webmaster Jam Session here in Dallas. The conference was targeted at web developers, designers and webmasters from various technological backgrounds to get everyone together to talk about web design and Read More...

Posted Tuesday, October 02, 2007 1:09 PM by Chris Koenig | 3 Comments

Filed under: Events, Visual Studio, .NET, UX, IIS, XBOX, XNA

Silverlight for Linux!

I was traveling all day Tuesday and Wednesday, and haven't had a chance to blog about this announcement yet, but here it is: Microsoft Delivers Silverlight 1.0, Extends Support to Linux: “Entertainment Tonight” HSN and World Wrestling Entertainment showcase Read More...

Posted Thursday, September 06, 2007 9:52 AM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments

Filed under: Visual Studio, Silverlight, .NET, UX

Dallas BarCamp 4 - it's official!

OK - it's official! Dallas BarCamp 4 will be held somewhere in Dallas on September 29th, 2007. I say somewhere, because we're not sure yet where we're going to be able to to hold it. If you've got a location that might hold about 200 people during the Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 29, 2007 11:35 PM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments

Filed under: Events, Training, ASP.NET, Silverlight, Expression, Fun, Popfly, C#, UX, BarCamp, Photosynth

Brad Abrams in Second Life on Silverlight

Event Details: Guest Speaker: Brad Abrams, Group Program Manager, .NET Framework When : Thursday, August 30th, 3 – 4 PM PST Where : Visual Studio Island Auditorium in Second Life How to join the event: If you’re already a member of Second Life, you can Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 29, 2007 10:13 PM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments

Filed under: Events, Silverlight, UX, Virtual Worlds

Webmaster Jam Session 2007

I'm happy to announce that Microsoft will be sponsoring, participating and speaking at the upcoming Webmaster Jam Session 2007 in Dallas, TX on Sept 21 and 22 at the Adam's Mark Hotel downtown. This is a great event for bringing designer and developers Read More...

Posted Thursday, August 23, 2007 3:23 PM by Chris Koenig | 3 Comments

Filed under: Events, ASP.NET, Vista, Expression, Internet Explorer, PHP, Ruby, .NET, UX

Houston TechFest and Houston BarCamp - This Weekend!!!

Looks like this weekend is going to be *very* busy for me :-) I'm presenting a 2-part session at Houston TechFest on Microsoft Expression Studio and Microsoft Silverlight, and then driving right over to the Houston BarCamp to present on Microsoft Silverlight. Read More...

Posted Monday, August 20, 2007 11:15 AM by Chris Koenig | 4 Comments

Filed under: Events, Visual Studio, Silverlight, Windows, Vista, Expression, Fun, WPF, Popfly, C#, .NET, UX, TechFest, BarCamp

Dallas/Fort Worth DNUX User Group

Cory Smith , VB.NET MVP over there in Forth Worth has launched a new User Group called the ".NET User Experience User Group", or DNUX for short. Follow Cory's blog at addressof.com for more information as this group comes more into focus and starts their Read More...

Posted Friday, August 17, 2007 8:35 AM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments

Filed under: User Groups, MVP, Expression, UX