Archive for March, 2009

The Intersection of Design and Technology at MIX09

Friday, March 13th, 2009

 Steve Guttman and Tyler Simpson are presenting about Expression Web at Mix09  and will have some sneak peaks about future of EW3.0

Microsoft Expression Web: No Platform Left Behind MIX09-C03F

“Come learn how to use Expression Web to build resilient standards-based sites for use across a wide range of browsers and platforms. Hear about the current version of Expression Web and also some sneak peeks at future work that will make creating great sites even easier for designers. With a focus on workflow, you will also see how well Expression Web integrates with ASP.NET and PHP.”

The Microsoft XTeam mention that it would be a good idea to keep an eye on their blog and the Microsoft Expression Web product site for the latest news concerning Expression Web 3.0 Beta which is in development as Steve and Tyler mention above, there will be some sneak peaks at Mix09 so stay tuned

TechDays 2009 – Defy all challenges. Together

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

24 Hour Virtual Event for the World Developer Community on April 1st, 2009

More than 95 live sessions on current and emerging technologies in developer tools, mobility, Windows, Office/Sharepoint and Web development (that means Expression Web too)

Make Microsoft history and join this first ever 24-hour day of technology learning. If you cannot attend don’t worry after the event there will be access to all learning sessions on-demand. Whats-more apply what you learn with an evaluation copy of Visual Studio. Registration for Techdays 2009

If you are wondering how it will work then take a look at the Techdays agenda Look over the Techdays Sessions  but keep coming back as sessions are added daily.

So far there is just one Expression Web related Session

Beauty & the Beast: A Practical Approach to Standard Based and Beauty Web Designs

“In this session we will try to realized the importance of design and implement not only beautiful designs in the facade but inside too, with a robust and standards based code using (X)HTML to structure, CSS for design and JavaScript for behaviour. We are going to deep into the principles of Web standards designing and coding with Expression Web 2.0 in practical demos that demonstrate the powerful of the tools in this Authoring application to improve the User Experience in (X)HTML sites, and demonstrating that even the most complicated interfaces, based on XML data, could be made easy using XSLT code auto generated by the tools. Finally we will see in action XSLT + CSS to get the most of data presentation to the users using Data Views in different ways, using filters and conditional styles.”

Level: 300
Session Type: Live Session

Submit Sessions – Call for Content
Are you passionate about what you do? Would you like to spread the word about what you know? Then submit a session for consideration. Note that does not gauarantee your session will be accepted for this event.

SXSW Interactive Festival – 10 one-day tickets give away

Friday, March 6th, 2009

Betsy Weber of Techsmith has 10 one-day tickets to the SXSW Interactive Festival to give away to the first ten people that ask.

  • Saturday, March 14, Noon – 6pm
  • Sunday, March 15, Noon – 6pm
  • Monday, March 16, Noon – 4pm

You can email her or contact her via Twitter ( @betsyweber or @techsmith ).

She would also like to know if you would like to meet up. Find out more about the offer at Techsmith’s Virtual Lounge

SXSW Interactive Festival

“The SXSW Interactive Festival features five days of exciting panel content and amazing parties. Attracting digital creatives as well as visionary technology entrepreneurs, the event celebrates the best minds and the brightest personalities of emerging technology. Whether you are a hard-core geek, a dedicated content creator, a new media entrepreneur, or just someone who likes being around an extremely creative community, SXSW Interactive is for you!”

When SXSW finishes she is headed over to Microsoft MIX09 – more about MIX09 in a later post.