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I needed to do some screen shots with more advanced features and I had not had time to move SnagIT  my preferred screen capture tool from my beta computer to my new laptop. I’d heard that FireFox had a plug-in that could do this so I searched and found Screengrab v0.93. It was not as intuitive as I thought it would be, I needed to right click to be able to make selections and use the plugin but other than that it did the job.

If you can’t afford the sophisticated SnagIT, the free FireFox plug-in will help you on your way. Remember you have to download FF plug-ins within FireFox NOT Internet Explorer.

ReMix07 is sold out but don’t worry you can still keep up with what’s going on via the ReMIX07 Boston Facebook group!  and what’s more you can continue the conversation after the show.

Sadly if you dont’ have a ticket you won’t be in with a chance to win a brand new Vespa  LX 50 but Cheryl Wise – MVP – Expression Web will be crossing her fingers. Cheryl is presenting this year and we wish her good luck with the following session.

CSS and Standards Based Websites with Expression Web 
Why Expression Web? See some of the things Expression Web can do to make creating cross browser websites easier with its sophisticated CSS tools and standards based output.

Another of the sessions you should look at if your interested in making the best of your site is IE7 + Web Stds by  Molly Holzchlag

IE7 + Web Stds
In this session, gain insight into the design and development features that you can now use confidently to achieve cross-browser design. You’ll learn about CSS selectors that are now useful in progressive design; PNG transparency; and the techniques available to make sure your work looks great in IE6 and other browsers, too.

If you plan on blogging about ReMIX07 Boston, G. Andrew Duthie asks you to tag your post with remix07boston. You never know you might find your post being promoted amongst the best of the blogs on the ReMIX07 Boston site during and after the show. He also asks if you have an idea on just how interactive the conversation can get then either post your thoughts at the facebook group or contact him via:
http://blogs.msdn.com/gduthie/contact.aspx

Not only that you can download MIX07 session recordings. Each of the sessions include a camera feed of the presenter(s) alongside the demo feed. There are on-site interviews and videos featuring partner demos. Which you will see featured here as they are listed.

If you didn’t get in this year, there is always next year at MIX08

Fancy free resources? If your a Agency Web designer or Developer you should check out PHIZZPOP It’s a new part of MIX online and they want you to share and show off your work. Coming up on the site will be a national competion centred around design. You can watch a interview with some of the people from Acentimum that designed phizzpop and they tell you the ideas behind the site.   

PS. If your at ReMix07 Boston they are sponsering a party Monday night.

The big news on ReMix07 Boston is that they are releasing the source code for much of the .NET Framework, plus built-in support in Visual Studio 2008 for debugging into Framework classes. In this videwo Shawn Burke from the .NET development platform team talks about the announcement, so visit the link to learn more about it.

Part of the Mix Online experiance is the videos at Visitmix University  there are various videos on offer, personally I like the one about RSS feed.