Microsoft Technical Evangelist Karsten Januszewski blogs about his WPF Screensaver he created that is installed and running on all the MIX07 PC's called Flittrbook. As many of you probably already know - WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) is built in to Windows Vista which allows for some really amazing things that can be done with ...

At MIX07 this week I came across a cool new plug-in for IE7 called Me.dium that I thought you should know about.  It's currently a Beta release but works just fine for me on IE7.  While at first blush it might look like an instant messaging competitor, Me.dium's aim is different:  it's designed to create connections between people ...

Today MIX07 kicks off at the Venetian hotel in Las Vegas with the keynote by Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie and General Manager Scott Guthrie. You can continue to catch live, on-going coverage at the Visit MIX website. Let me take a moment to quickly outline the many announcements that occurred today.   An updated Windows Live Dev ...

In celebration of Silverlight at MIX07 this week (and the upcoming launch of their new website) – the wonderful folks on the Silverlight Team have released a slick looking new DreamScene for your Windows Vista Ultimate desktop. Their new website is due to go live at www.microsoft.com/silverlight tomorrow which will include the DreamScene ...

Blog Bling for MIX07.

Welcome to the Windows Experience Blog! My name is Brandon LeBlanc. I’ve been hired on as a vendor to work on this awesome new project: blogging about the amazing experiences you can have with Windows Vista. Previously, I had been blogging at The Hive talking about my Windows Experiences there. The Windows Experience Blog will build off what we ...

In a recent post, Internet Explorer Program Manager Chris Wilson talks about his team's presence at the upcoming MIX07 event and sets expectations for what his team will cover there.  [SPOILER ALERT]  The long and short of it is that his team isn't yet prepared to discuss future plans.  ''We've gathered input from customers for ...

Yesterday we officially unveiled the name for what was previously known as the extremely catchy ''WPF/e'' (Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere) at the 2007 National Association of Broadcasters Conference.  WPF/e is now Microsoft Silverlight. OK, so what?  Just what is Microsoft Silverlight?  It's a new cross-browser, ...

This year's MIX07 promises to be an exciting 72-hour conversation amongst Web devs, designers, advertisers, decision-makers and MS (I'll be there), with Ray Ozzie and General Manager Scott Gunthrie slated to start it all off with their keynote.  Just like last year at MIX06, MS is continuing to ''mix'' it up (the audience, that is) to get ...