Once again it’s almost time for Microsoft’s premier conference for anyone involved in the web: Mix. Building upon the success of last year, I am hoping to present again this year. This time though, things are a bit different. I can’t just schmooze a bunch of MS corporate types to try get a session approved, it’s not them making the decision. It’s you.
That’s right, this year you are the ones deciding on ten sessions you want to see. I’m sure the voting will be fierce and the competition tight. A lot of good speakers have submitted a lot of good talks.
I’ve pulled together thoughts on five potential Mix talks, which are all detailed below. Hopefully you all will find some of them useful enough to vote on them.
So without further ado, below are the sessions I’ve submitted to Mix, please do me a favor and vote for them all :).
i18n L10n W1F? - Making your Silverlight apps international friendly
Abstract: We all know that the web has made us one large global community. Whether you are building apps for huge multi-national conglomerates or for the neighborhood taco stand, you are probably going to need to support multiple languages and potentially, different currencies or time/date formats. Come learn how to use the new BiDi and RTL text support combined with FlowDirection and data binding to create Silverlight apps that are fully internationalized. This session will demonstrate not only the code required for supporting language and culture but will also give some general tips, tricks and best practices for dealing with international sites.
Using Silverlight to enhance your already-rich internet application
Abstract: You’ve just built a killer web application using jQuery and the latest web standards. What are you going to do with it now? Find out how you can use Silverlight to accent and enhance your solution. We’ll discuss techniques used to build JavaScript RIA experiences and discuss tricks you can do easily with Silverlight that are difficult, if not impossible, with a JavaScript-only solution.
Building engaging touch-based experiences using Silverlight
Abstract: We no longer live in a world where we can assume that users of our applications will be using a mouse. A quick tour of tools and APIs you can use to build rich experiences you manipulate using your fingers. We’ll discuss the multi-touch support provided by Windows 7 and Silverlight 3 and how to extend it using several of the community created SDKs and Blend behaviors in your Silverlight applications.
Enhancing the SharePoint 2010 user experience via jQuery and the Client Object Model
Abstract: The out-of-the-box UI for SharePoint 2010 is already improved from previous versions of SharePoint. Find out how you can use the jQuery API, combined with the SharePoint Client Object Model, to enhance the user experience with engaging visuals and allow your users to complete their tasks more efficiently.
Using the Expression Encoder API from WPF
Abstract: What do you do when you need to add a voiceover to an existing video within your own application? Coding up a full video editing application is probably beyond the scope of most applications so luckily Expression Encoder has an SDK so we can add some advanced video capabilities to our own applications. Join me as I guide you through getting started with the API and we discuss some of the issues that may arise while coding your app.
