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Thursday, September 10, 2009 2:25 PM

Evolving the PDC09 Event Site

Did you know that the PDC is assembled and run by the same group that does MIX? At this year’s MIX09 in Las Vegas , we hired a company to facilitate seven on-site focus groups, each comprised of around 10 attendees. While the questions covered a broad
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Friday, June 19, 2009 4:16 PM

PDC09

Are you ready for our 14th Professional Developers Conference!? We’re back at the Los Angeles Convention Center this November, and as always, it’s going to be fun event! We have one day of workshops (formerly referred to as pre-cons ) on Monday, November
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Thursday, March 26, 2009 1:01 PM

MIX09 Keynote and Session Videos

Whew…what a show! Thanks to everyone who joined us in Las Vegas last week for our fourth MIX conference, MIX09 . It was great to meet many of you in person and to associate Twitter aliases with real names. It’s awesome that someone can walk up and say,
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Sunday, March 22, 2009 6:17 PM

MIX09 Sessions

Fantastic news! The team that's responsible for the MIX09 site has heard your feedback, and they've created an always-up-to-date, simple list of all MIX09 keynotes and sessions for easy viewing and download. If you want to read about some other download
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009 12:42 AM

Native Text and Symbol Support Added to My Illustrator to XAML Plug-In

Wow! I can hardly believe that this is the third post on my Illustrator to XAML plug-in in the past month. After not touching the code for well over two years, it’s been fun digging back into the project. Adding Mac OS X support has been a brand new challenge
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Sunday, February 08, 2009 8:15 PM

Test Version of My Illustrator to XAML Plug-In for the Mac

One of the most frequent questions I get related to my Adobe Illustrator to XAML Export Plug-In is: “does it run on a Mac?” Unfortunately, the answer has always been “no,” because I’ve never owned a Mac, and I’ve never done any Mac development…ever. If
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Saturday, January 31, 2009 12:29 PM

Updated Adobe Illustrator to XAML Plug-In

It's been five months since I posted an Update on My Illustrator Plug-In and Flash to XAML Conversion Tool . When I wrote that post, I was in deep preparation for our 2008 Professional Developers Conference, and I didn't have any time to focus on the
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Friday, January 23, 2009 9:25 AM

MIX09

Yes, I’m still alive, and no, the rumors about the PDC Hard Hat Challenges melting my brain are false (it was only a minor contusion). The good news is that I’ve fully recovered, and I’m now focused on our upcoming MIX09 event in Las Vegas! This time
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Monday, November 03, 2008 12:10 PM

PDC2008 Keynote and Session Video Links

I've posted a PDC2008 Sessions page that contains a simple list of all keynotes and sessions by title with links to each corresponding page on Channel 9. I've also made it easy to download the PowerPoint presentations and to grab any sample code the speaker
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Monday, November 03, 2008 11:06 AM

PDC2008 Sessions

While you can browse sessions by tag on the Channel 9 PDC2008 page , here's a simple list of all keynotes and sessions by code and title. Clicking the keynote or session title will take you directly to the corresponding page on Channel 9 where you can
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Saturday, November 01, 2008 12:14 AM

PDC2008 Session and Keynote Recordings Are Now Published

Recordings of the PDC2008 sessions and keynotes are now available online for free , for anyone (no login required). Each session has its own page that includes a Silverlight viewer to watch streaming video and a Download link for iPod (MP4), WMV, WMV
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Thursday, August 28, 2008 10:34 PM

Update on My Illustrator Plug-In and Flash to XAML Conversion Tool

Just over three years ago, in July, 2005, I released the first version of my Adobe Illustrator to Avalon/XAML Export Plug-In . The plug-in started off as a weekend project, and it’s since become quite popular. The plug-in is included in most WPF and Silverlight
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Sunday, August 24, 2008 4:42 PM

PDC2008: A Day in the Life #4

So soon after A Day in the Life #3 , you ask? Indeed! There are a few questions that I get over and over from people both internal and external to Microsoft, and I thought I’d address them in a blog post. Question #1: “I’m a third-party speaker (or ‘I
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Sunday, August 17, 2008 3:20 PM

PDC2008: A Day in the Life #3

Before I forget, be sure to check out the latest videos on Channel 9 in our weekly Countdown to PDC2008 series (or just look for anything tagged PDC08 ). The 10-minute-or-so shows are fun to make, and Jennifer and I would love your feedback, questions,
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Saturday, July 19, 2008 10:43 PM

New Show: Countdown to PDC2008

Jennifer Ritzinger and I have started a new show called Countdown to PDC2008 , and we just published our first episode on Channel 9. We’ve been recording an internal video series (of the same name) for about ten episodes now, and some fellow employees
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