Blogs - OpenSpace


Using Silverlight 2 in Financial Applications[MP4] [0:12:52] [2008/03/13]
Silverlight 2 is going to allow designers and developers to reuse their existing skills to create Rich Internet Applications. This video shows how Silverlight 2 could be used to build financial…


A Silverlight Game Engine[MP4] [0:32:06] [2008/03/13]
In this Open Space session, Patrico Jutard of Three Melons gives a demo of their Silverlight game engine. Watch the video to see some of the possiblities for developing casual internet games using…


Veracity Solutions Combines WPF and Wii-motes[MP4] [0:18:36] [2008/03/11]
A couple guys from Veracity Solutions setup a demo of their cool project during an Open Space session. The demo shows a Windows Presentation Foundation application bound to the inputs of a Wii mote to…


SilverReader - A European Silverlight Challenge Winner[MP4] [0:12:21] [2008/03/11]
SilverReader is another one of the European Silverlight Challenge winners that were sent to the US for MIX by INETA Europe. In this video, Radenko demonstrates his winning entry, an RSS Reader, and…


Programming Your Xbox 360[MP4] [0:13:04] [2008/03/11]
Krishna Kumar delivers the final Open Space session at MIX with some great information about Programming your Xbox 360. With XNA, any developer can create games for the PC or Xbox 360 (and eventually…


Istvan Cseri on SQL Server Data Services[MP4] [0:10:42] [2008/03/11]
Ryan Dunn interviews Istvan Cseri on SQL Server Data Services (SSDS). Istvan answers the question of why developers should care about SSDS. He also goes to the whiteboard to explain the high level…


Sync to the Web - Enable Offline Access of Web Data to Any Data Store[MP4] [0:41:11] [2008/03/11]
Liam Cavanagh discusses how to use the Microsoft Sync Framework along with SQL Server Data Services to provide synchronization cabability across multiple applications. In the demonstration, he…


Jason Hunter and Jeff Currier on SQL Server Data Services[MP4] [0:39:05] [2008/03/11]
Jason Hunter and Jeff Currier gave a great Open Space session on SQL Server Data Services (SSDS). Jason is a Principal Development Lead for SSDS and Jeff is a Software Design Engineer.


LOGI-CRAFTS - Logistics Visualization Silverlight Demo[MP4] [0:06:16] [2008/03/11]
In this video, Gilbok Lee demonstrates LOGI-CRAFTS, a logistics visualization application for the aviation industry using the richness of Silverlight.This video is a little hard to see (the video…


Software + Services Blueprints[MP4] [0:20:29] [2008/03/10]
In this video, Michael Lehman talks about the new Software + Services Blueprints. These are downloadable and reuseable applications that show how to build Software + Services scenarios around…


Fun with HttpModules[MP4] [0:27:03] [2008/03/08]
Chris Love gave a presentation on how to build HttpModules for ASP.NET and the IIS7 integrated pipeline. The HttpModule interface gives developers an opportunity to extend IIS7 and ASP.NET in…


What's a Microsoft Student Partner?[MP4] [0:04:31] [2008/03/08]
In this video, Peter Laudati interviews Nikita Polyakov about what it means to be a Microsoft Student Partner. Nikita has being making his presence known around MIX08, having great conversations and…


Slide.Show Silverlight Demo[MP4] [0:21:38] [2008/03/08]
Vertigo goes over their Slide.Show Silverlight application. They talk about how they built it, where its used and how to customize it for your own needs.Slide.Show is an open source project available…


John Lam on Ruby, Ruby, Ruby[MP4] [0:34:39] [2008/03/08]
John Lam led a Q&A session with attendees on an update of what Microsoft is doing with IronRuby. This is a very interesting discussion that includes updates on language implementation and the…


Demo of PureChat from Axosoft[MP4] [0:07:03] [2008/03/07]
PureChat is an ASP.NET based application that you can install on your website to enable real-time chat with your customers.In this video, some attendees from Axosoft did a quick demo of the…


A Tour of the Open Space Area (In Spanish)[MP4] [0:02:53] [2008/03/07]
Una vista rapida del area abierta en Mix 2008, donde se presentan demostraciones y mesas de discusion. Completamente en espanol.


Business of Design[MP4] [0:43:22] [2008/03/07]
In this spill-over from a panel discussion at MIX, the attendees continued a conversation about the Business of Design. The topics in this recording range from how to spec a project, to the…


Alfred Biehler Talks About SQL Server Data Services[MP4] [0:03:52] [2008/03/07]
In this video, Alfred Biehler talks about SQL Server Data Services and his thoughts on how the technology will impact the industry. Alfred is on the developer evangelism team from the UK.


The Code Trip Bus Leaves at 7:30p Tonight[MP4] [0:03:08] [2008/03/07]
Check out The Code Trip bus that will be traveling around the western United States. The Code Trip is a road trip, a bunch of developers cruising around in a tour bus and geeking out. It's also an…


Billy Hollis: Windows Presentation Foundation in the Real World[MP4] [0:37:34] [2008/03/07]
Billy Hollis did an Open Space session on the good and the bad of Windows Presentation Foundation in the real world. He talks about the experiences he's had in learning WPF and using the technology in…


Microsoft Regional Directors React to the Keynote[MP4] [0:05:14] [2008/03/07]
Josh Holmes caught up with a few of the Microsoft Regional Directors just after the keynote and they had some strong opinions of the content of the keynote.This is a great video that even includes…


SilverGlobe - An Open Source Silverlight Control[MP4] [0:10:03] [2008/03/07]
SilverGlobe is one of the winners of the European Silverlight Challenge sponsored by INETA Europe. It is an open source reuseable control for mapping data on a spinning 3D globe.In this video, Florian…


MIXr! Silverlight Mobile Application Demo[MP4] [0:11:45] [2008/03/07]
MIXr was featured in Scott Guthrie's Keynote yesterday at MIX 08. It's a data-driven, touchscreen Silverlight application running on Windows Mobile 6. In this video, the developers from StepChange…


Microsoft Surface in the Sandbox[MP4] [0:10:16] [2008/03/06]
You can check out the new Microsoft Surface tables in this video recorded by Josh Holmes in the Sandbox.The Microsoft Surface team are at MIX with two tables, running demos throughout the Sandbox…


Me.dium: WebSlices and Activities in Internet Explorer 8[MP4] [0:07:30] [2008/03/06]
In this video, Me.dium discusses how they are using the new features of Internet Explorer 8 to make the web a more social experience. David Mandell from Me.dium shows off the WebSlices and the…


Rich and Kevin Discuss the PhizzPop Design Challenge[MP4] [0:14:39] [2008/03/06]
This impromptu discussion happened near the Open Space schedule board. Josh Holmes grabbed a camera and captured a great discussion about the Phizzpop design challenge and the collaboration…


Carl Franklin Sings in the Open Space Theatre[MP4] [0:05:14] [2008/03/06]
In this video we have a special treat from the host of DotNetRocks, Carl Franklin. Carl took a little break in the Open Space Theatre and brought out his guitar. Peter grabbed a camera and started…


On IE8, Silverlight and the Keynote[MP4] [0:01:34] [2008/03/06]
In this video Peter Laudati interviews Chris Love and Rob Zelt on what their reactions were to the MIX 2008 Keynote. They cover the changes to Internet Explorer 8 and the new innovations in…


What's going on in Open Space at MIX?[MP4] [0:05:36] [2008/03/06]
In this video, Josh Holmes points out some of the sessions being submitted to the Open Space schedule board. He also shows off the cameras we're using to record content in the Open Space area. If you…


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Miguel and Joseph talk up Mono[MP4] [0:01:57] [2008/03/05]
We caught up with Miguel De Icaza at the Open Space table submitting a session on Mono. Check out this video for Miguel's thoughts on the Open Space area and the session Miguel and Joseph Hill plan to…


Windows Presentation Foundation in the Real World[MP4] [0:01:06] [2008/03/05]
Billy Hollis is doing an Open Space session on Wednesday at 1:30p called "Good News, Bad News, WPF in the Real World." We caught Billy off-gaurd while he was trying to submit his session.…


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Eric Burke Chats About Open Space at MIX[MP4] [0:02:26] [2008/03/02]
Eric Burke presented at the last two MIX events on cool things that Yahoo! is doing with Windows Presentation Foundation and .NET technology. This year, Eric will be hanging out in the Open Space area…


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