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Off-Topic: Tipping in Las Vegas

A confession: I'm really bad at tipping. It's not that I'm deliberately ungenerous, but simply that I never know how much to give. The UK isn't really a nation for tips: outside of restaurants, it's not something that's particularly expected, which means Read More...
Posted Saturday, March 08, 2008 8:31 PM by tims | 17 Comments
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MIX08 Day 2 Keynote Live Blog

I'm going to be "live blogging" the Steve Ballmer keynote this afternoon at this URL. Keep this blog post bookmarked and start hitting "refresh" shortly after the keynote starts at 1pm Pacific / 9pm GMT. Or simply tune in to the webcast Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 06, 2008 11:37 AM by tims | 4 Comments

Registering for the AOL Mail Client

I mentioned yesterday that the Hard Rock memorabilia application was live already at http://memorabilia.hardrock.com . The AOL Silverlight-based mail client is not live yet, but they've just opened up their pre-registration site for testers who want to Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 06, 2008 11:27 AM by tims | 1 Comments

A Great Early Silverlight 2 Showcase: TextGlow

We're already starting to see some cool samples that use Silverlight 2 really effectively. Prior to MIX, we had a small private beta running to get some early feedback on the builds that we were producing, and a few folk made really good use of this time Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 06, 2008 9:40 AM by tims | 6 Comments

Download Links for MIX08 Announcements

Here's a consolidated list of all the key downloads you'll need to update your developer workstation to the latest and greatest technologies announced this morning: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 Windows Vista / Windows Server 2008 (x86) Windows Vista / Windows Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 05, 2008 12:57 PM by tims | 24 Comments

MIX08 Keynote Live Blog

I'm going to try to keep up a live blog this morning through the keynote to provide folk with an Engadget-style blow-by-blow account of proceedings. Keep hitting refresh on this entry to see the latest news as it comes. 9:30am - Ray Ozzie is on stage Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 05, 2008 9:40 AM by tims | 20 Comments

MIX08 for Non-Attendees

At last, the mad rush is over. The run-up to a conference like MIX is always frantic: for me, the first three weeks in February involved a constant juggle of competing priorities. With the exception of one last-minute firedrill, the worst was over by Read More...
Posted Monday, March 03, 2008 12:01 PM by tims | 13 Comments

Public Service Announcement: MIX08

Just wanted to remind folk to register for MIX08 ! Registrations are coming in thick and fast, and last year we sold out unexpectedly quickly, leaving a whole bunch of folk battering down the doors to try and figure out ways to get an exception granted. Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 31, 2008 11:41 AM by tims | 2 Comments
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Flotzam: Mashing up the Web

Have you seen Flotzam ? It's a fun mash-up that Karsten and Tim put together that aggregates a bunch of different data sources: Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Digg, YouTube and indeed any general RSS feed. You can install it either as an application or a Read More...
Posted Friday, January 25, 2008 3:08 PM by tims | 1 Comments

Silverlight 1.1 is Now Silverlight 2.0

It's been gratifying to see how much excitement there is out there about Silverlight. We've barely started the engines yet, but we've already had a number of big sites launch their first Silverlight experiences, and of course plenty of stuff underway Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 29, 2007 9:51 AM by tims | 64 Comments
 
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