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Video – Zune on Windows Mobile 7 vs. The Greater Sum
05 April 09 06:17 PM | john.mullinax | 1 Comments   

Just saw this fun video from a post over at Live Side … funny thing, they hone in on whether or not one of the device interfaces is a preview of Windows Mobile 7 with a Zune app.  To me, the the far more interesting thing is the qualitatively new, Read More...

Filed under: WPF, S+S, Software + Services, Windows Live, Future, windows 7, windows azure

View MIX09 sessions all online!
27 March 09 01:10 AM | john.mullinax | 1 Comments   

Thanks to the MIX team for getting a nice, organized list of all the   MIX09 session videos up – complete with multiple video formats, as well as slides! http://videos.visitmix.com/MIX09/All Not as good as being there, but essentially great, Read More...

Filed under: consumer experience, S+S, Software + Services, Windows Live, Messenger control, MIX

Surface, Popfly, Photosynth, Silverlight, Windows Live Platform, and consumer value stream links
15 December 07 02:39 AM | john.mullinax | 1 Comments   

Was talking to some folks the other day about some of the cool stuff emerging from Microsoft, and after mentioning to folks they could learn more on this blog, I got request to consolidate some links together into a single post. Voila! :-) Surface Popfly Read More...

Filed under: silverlight, Popfly, Surface, Windows Live, consumer value stream, Photosynth

Go global -- Windows Live translation snippet lets people read your blog in other languages
19 November 07 12:00 PM | john.mullinax | 1 Comments   

This snippet from the Windows Live team lets you put a language picking control on your blog page so that if someone wants to read your blog in, say, Simplified Chinese, they can just pick that language from the drop down. Thanks to Steve Clayton for Read More...

Filed under: Windows Live, translation

Go ahead -- Rip my blog! (And web IM me, too)
16 November 07 06:26 AM | john.mullinax | 1 Comments   

That is, if you like my blog. I've added a couple new gadgets a little ways down the right hand column of the blog. The first is a Popfly gadget of my blog. Why a gadget of my blog on my blog? Sort of redundant, no? Well, yes. But, if you like the blog Read More...

Filed under: silverlight, Popfly, Windows Live, Messenger control, blogging

Windows Live: where it's at, where it's going
14 November 07 10:52 PM | john.mullinax | 2 Comments   

LiveSide just posted a podcast interview with Angus Logan . You can also get to it from Angus' own blog , which is worth the trip in any case. Angus is the Senior Technical Product Manager for Windows Live Platform and the main go-to guy for Windows Live Read More...

Filed under: social networking, Windows Live

How to put Silverlight video on your blog
02 November 07 06:31 AM | john.mullinax | 2 Comments   

Ed has short, funny, and yes, helpful, post on how easy it is to put Silverlight video on your blog using Windows Live Writer and the Silverlight Streaming Services -- which by the way lets you host both video and Silverlight applications if you got 'em. Read More...

Filed under: silverlight, Windows Live, Silverlight Streaming

Building brand and transcending walled gardens
30 October 07 01:46 AM | john.mullinax | 16 Comments   

Ok - so I've been posting about Popfly a lot lately. Why am I so excited about Popfly? It's simple, actually. Popfly is more than a mashup maker. And it's more than a Mashout tool (for sharing mashups) -- though it is that, too. What makes Popfly so exciting Read More...

Filed under: innovation, User Experience, social networking, silverlight, Popfly, Brand, FaceBook, Windows Live