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The Business of Microsoft Silverlight
This session discusses the business aspects of Microsoft Silverlight, including how to ramp up an agency to be ready for Silverlight and how to pitch Silverlight to your clients. Learn how to optimize current workflow, ramp up a team, and achieve a return on Silverlight investments. Learn how the differences between Silverlight 1.0 and 2 affect business and staffing strategy.
Nerd + Art: Ten Code Snippets to Empower Your Inner Artist
Learn how to increase what a designer can do with Windows Presentation Foundation and Microsoft Silverlight 2 using our designer's code "toolbox"-10 simple concepts that will give you an edge when making your best ideas a reality. We share the code, teach you how to use it and introduce the concepts behind it.
Take Your Content Mobile with Windows Mobile, Microsoft Expression, and Zumobi
Come watch us debunk the myth that creating content for mobile phones is a limiting proposition. We demonstrate how the triple-play of Windows Mobile, Microsoft Expression and Zumobi can help you light up devices with your content (and make money doing it).
Designing Next Generation User Interface Experiences with Microsoft Expression Blend and Windows Presentation Foundation
Learn how Electric Rain utilizes the power of .NET 3.5 (Windows Presentation Foundation / Windows Communication Foundation) to build its breakthrough StandOut user interface using Microsoft Expression Blend and Microsoft Visual Studio C#. This session covers early traditional user interface concept designs, using Blend and .NET 3.0 for 2D and 3D UI prototypes, and ultimately creating a final award-winning user interface experience. Find out what worked (and what didn't) and what you can apply to your own next-generation UX projects.
Understanding Microsoft Partner Programs for Designers, Developers, and Agencies
Come learn about the partner programs that Microsoft has to offer designers, developers, and agencies to help more quickly grow their businesses. Hear how any size organization, ranging from small startups to large international companies, can benefit from Microsoft Partner Programs.
Future of Advertising Technology
Come learn how Microsoft views advertising and is approaching the rapidly changing advertising industry.
Integrating Media in Silverlight Applications
Come learn how to incorporate media into Microsoft Silverlight applications including video playback capabilities and programmatic control of the media display. Also learn about the new content protection features of Silverlight, including the proper workflow for implementing content protection and integrity.
Anatomy of a Dynamic SharePoint Website
Learn how Hed Kandi (http://beta.hedkandi.com/Pages/default.aspx) built their site on SharePoint using common Web Content Management features including identity/authentication and UI/UX skinning.
Encoding Video for Microsoft Silverlight Delivery Scenarios
Learn how to optimize your video encoding quality regardless or the specific distribution and infrastucture approaches you use. Detailed scenarios will cover optimizing video encoding quality for progressive download, streaming, self-hosting, Windows Live Silverlight Streaming, and third-party content delivery networks (CDNs).
Welcome to Internet Explorer 8
Come get an overview of the new features and capabilities of Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.
Building AOL's High Performance, Enterprise Wide Mail Application With Silverlight 2
Come join the Rich Internet Application engineering team from AOL and see first-hand how AOL created a rich, scalable mail application using Microsoft Silverlight 2.
Building RESTful Real World Applications with the ADO.NET Data Services Framework
Come hear from developers creating real-world applications and user-interface controls on top of the ADO.NET Data Services Framework (aka Project "Astoria"). Learn best practices for building RESTful applications and components.
Advanced Search Engine Optimization: Generating More Site Traffic from Search
Come learn how to use search to drive significantly more traffic to a site including the top ten best practices for designing and developing a site for search engine optimization (SEO).
Silverlight on a LAMP Site for Media: UVNTV.com
UVNTV.com is a LAMP site (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) that is using Windows Media servers to recreate a TV experience on the web using Silverlight. They chose to use Silverlight becuase of the higher quality they were getting out of WMV/VC-1 than Flash's On2 codec. The team will explain how and why they changed their site to use Silverlight from Flash.
Introducing SQL Server Data Services
Come learn about our new cloud-based storage service and how it addresses a number of business scenarios. This session introduces the new Microsoft SQL Server Data Services, as well as outlines business models and terms.
Silverlight and the Advertising Opportunity
Come learn how advertisers, vendors, and publishers are using Microsoft Silverlight to create amazing rich media and monetize in-stream video ads. This session covers popular topics including packaging content for ad servers, Silverlight and Flash co-existence, using Microsoft Expression Encoder to create innovative in-stream experiences, time- vs. frame-based tracking, and more.
Bringing Hosters and Developers Together with IIS7
Come learn about all the great new features in Microsoft Internet Information Services 7 for hosters and web farm managers including creating a highly customizable environment for building scalable and reliable ASP.NET applications.
How to Become a XAML-Ready Agency with Expression Blend
Come learn how to get your Agency ready to create rich, dynamic XAML-based experiences using Microsoft Expression Blend, including how to quickly get designers up to speed with Microsoft Silverlight and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF).
Using Microsoft Silverlight for Creating Rich Mobile User Experiences
Come learn how use Microsoft Silverlight for Mobile to build rich mobile experiences including best patterns and practices, fluid and intuitive navigation, smart content organization, small form factor and cross-device support. This session also covers how to use tools like Microsoft Expression Blend to move beyond size considerations to create create stunning and meaningful vector-based graphics applications.
Microsoft Expression Web: From Comp, to CSS, to Code!
Explore key features of Microsoft Expression Web through real-world scenario-based exercises focused around building a great blog template. The topics cover PHP support, Photoshop comp import workflow, CSS features, and more.
Overview of Microsoft Ad Formats
Learn about all the innovation involving Microsoft ad products ranging from mobile devices and games to desktops and televisions.
Building Rich Internet Applications Using Microsoft Silverlight 2, Part 1
Learn how to use Microsoft Visual Studio to create applications, how to create UI using XAML markup and code, how to build a custom control, how to retrieve data from a Web service, and how to manipulate data with XML and LINQ. (Part 1 of 2)
Building Rich Internet Applications Using Microsoft Silverlight 2, Part 2
Learn how to use Microsoft Visual Studio to create applications, how to create UI using XAML markup and code, how to build a custom control, how to retrieve data from a Web service, and how to manipulate data with XML and LINQ. (Part 2 of 2)
Silverlight as a Gaming Platform
Come learn how Microsoft Silverlight was used to create Tunnel Trouble, an online game built using Silverlight 2. This session covers concepts of using Silverlight technologies and tools to build game boards, animations, collision logic, game loop logic, integrating media into game play as well as integrating with web services and being more efficient with managed code.
Crossing the Usability Chasm - Advanced and Adaptive User Interfaces
Come learn how Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) can be used to create a flexible and adaptive UI that matches our cognitive abilities. Learn how to create a UI that solves the "too hard for beginners, and too easy for pros" problem. Find out what it takes to create real, efficient UX using adaptive UI, and review real production applications that implement the paradigm.
Bring Your Data to Life with Windows Presentation Foundation
Learn how easy it is to use Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) to unite your UI with your data in a way that brings the data to life. This session demonstrates how WPF's extensive UI-data models, data binding, templates, and controls all empower the developer to create a richer, more dynamic user experience in less time.
Applications = Designers + Developers
Behind the scenes, great applications feature not only clever code, but they also expose a great user experience and design. We illustrate the workflow possible using the Microsoft Expression tools and Microsoft Visual Studio to create great applications.
Cross-Browser Layout with Internet Explorer 8
Learn the new layout and how to take advantage of new layout functionality in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 to create cross-browser-compatible layout designs.
Making it Simple: Designer/Developer Workflow
How do you combine a designer's vision with the requirements of productive software? Left brain/Right brain workflow is a sophisticated problem that impacts us all but has no easy answers. Industry experts will share their learnings and invite you to join in on a lively discussion about the merits and costs of different approaches.
Designing at the Speed of Light
Your customer needs a breakthrough design for their new business solution - yesterday. What are the secrets to delivering quality design quickly? Accurate project estimation and process can help but the real answers often come from hard-to-make scope and resource decisions. Hear the varying directions these experts have taken in real world projects. Join in with your thoughts around parameters such as buy vs build, strong integrator or no integrator and more.
The Open Question
Everyone is open now. But what does that mean to users? How open is open? Hear industry leaders share their thoughts on the characteristics that differentiate open from a marketing exercise to a value add. Add your commentary to this discussion with Microsoft, Mozilla, Novell and more.
Web 2.0 and Beyond: What Is the Business Reality?
While Web 2.0 and beyond sites, built on the family of technologies that encompass it, are undeniably cool, the question remains: How can one make money off it? Join us as well known Web 2.0 firms debate the revenue model in this brave new world.
What Is the face of the next Web?
Web 2.0 appeared almost overnight from innovative uses of technology to break through the traditional HTML/JS browser ceilings. But what comes next? What is the face of the next web? What are the expectaitons for user interaction and experience? What about a mobile web?
Social Networks: Where Are They Taking Us?
Social Networking sites are popping up all over the place. How many networks do we want to have? Should there be one network to rule them all? What is the future of Social Networks? Is it a ubiquotous site? Is it an application? What are the platform opportunities for making money in social networks?
I Wanna Go Mobile!
What is the next wave of mobile computing? Is the mobile browser enough? How will mobile phones complement PCs? This panel explores trends in mobile application development and explores the mobile phone's role within the growing world of connected experiences.
Touch Me: Where Are Interfaces Going?
he keyboard and mouse are aging input devices. For the future of computing and UX, where are interfaces going? Are these enough? Is touch-screen Surface/iPhone/iPod Touch just a gimmick? Where should Man Machine Interface (MMI) go?
How Design Impacts the Bottom Line
You'll hear how design has created real competitive advantage for businesses across the spectrum from consumer to business brands. Hear from the design professionals who did the work, and the customers who hired them.
E-commerce Done Right
Companies strive to provide great digital experiences that promote their content. We are in a new wave where enhancing the experience can open up new avenues for selling content. E-Commerce businesses have other tough compromises to make between customer privacy, security, and one-click convenience. Make the right choices and your business can become an online goldmine. Learn how some of the world's most successful companies made these difficult decisions, and how new technologies might change that equation.
Opportunities and Challenges in Mashing Up the Web
There are lots of different vendors offering lots of different technologies on which platforms may be built. Web 1.0 and Web services suffered from interoperability problems. What should we, as designers and developers of the next web do to avoid the same mistakes? What standards are best for us? Does JSON answer our data needs? Is HTTP enough?
What's the Secret Formula?
We've built airplanes that travel faster than sound, ships that resemble small towns, rockets that take people to the moon, and phones that you can carry everywhere you go. Why is it, then, that we haven't found a way to build software that always looks good, feels good, and just works? Shouldn't it be easy in comparison? Is there a secret formula to building great software?
Is Web 2.0 sustainable? What business models will work?
Web 2.0 applications are easy and cheap to build. Free services can attract lots of users, but how will they make money? Social networking applications are fun and "sticky" but do they have sustainable value? What is the optimal social business model around content distribution? This panel will predict Web 2.0 winners and losers, and explore various business models like advertising, Freemium, affiliate marketing, e-commerce, and others.
Real World Design: Working with Silverlight and WPF in the Design Studio
Silverlight and WPF represent a new way for designers and developers work together. But what happens in a professional practice that's focused more on employing designers than developers and using Macs versus PCs for much of their daily design work? Join us as we find out how practitioners from companies like Tribal, Projekt202, Metaliq and Identity Mine discuss the learning curves and the workflow that they adapted with their visual designers and rich interactive developers to get up to speed with Expression Studio, XAML and Silverlight. You'll hear the unvarnished truth about the challenges and rewards of how Silverlight is enabling the digital design practice.
Silverlight and Web Analytics
Rich Interactive Applications (RIAs) and media players built with Microsoft Silverlight are easily integrated with web analytics services like WebTrends On Demand, Omniture SiteCatalyst, and Microsoft AdCenter Analytics. In this panel, you will learn from experts at each of these companies about the different ways that Web analytics services collect data about web usage behavior and allow businesses to measure how web sites perform against business goals. Each panelist will discuss how to incorporate their company's web analytics services into Silverlight applications and then take advantage of the separation between the design in XAML and code in JavaScript to do effective A/B testing.
Encoding Video for Microsoft Silverlight Delivery Scenarios
Learn how to optimize your video encoding quality regardless or the specific distribution and infrastucture approaches you use. Detailed scenarios will cover optimizing video encoding quality for progressive download, streaming, self-hosting, Windows Live Silverlight Streaming, and third-party content delivery networks (CDNs).
Introducing SQL Server Data Services
Come learn about our new cloud-based storage service and how it addresses a number of business scenarios. This session introduces the new Microsoft SQL Server Data Services, as well as outlines business models and terms.
Building Rich Internet Applications Using Microsoft Silverlight 2
Learn how to use Microsoft Visual Studio to create applications, how to create UI using XAML markup and code, how to build a custom control, how to retrieve data from a Web service, and how to manipulate data with XML and LINQ.
Crossing the Usability Chasm - Advanced and Adaptive User Interfaces
Come learn how Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) can be used to create a flexible and adaptive UI that matches our cognitive abilities. Learn how to create a UI that solves the "too hard for beginners, and too easy for pros" problem. Find out what it takes to create real, efficient UX using adaptive UI, and review real production applications that implement the paradigm.
Windows Presentation Foundation Using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
This session introduces many of the core features in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 for the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) programming model, such as XAML, layout, controls, resources, styling, and data binding. Using Visual Studio 2008, we build a WPF-based application from scratch.
What's New in Windows Presentation Foundation 3.5
Learn about the great new features in Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) 3.5. See examples that include Add-ins, data binding support for LINQ and ADO.NET, interactive 3D, streamlined application deployment, high-performance animation, and much more.
Working with Data and Web Services in Microsoft Silverlight 2
Learn how easy it is to utilize POX, REST, RSS, ATOM, JSON, and SOAP in your Microsoft Silverlight mashup applications. Also learn how to easily access and display data with Silverlight using LINQ and databinding.
Creating Rich, Dynamic User Interfaces with Silverlight 2 Controls
See how to use the Microsoft Silverlight 2 control model to efficiently design and develop custom controls, style existing controls, create control templates, and package your controls for re-use to develop Rich Internet Applications. Also hear about the capabilities for localization and accessibility.
Creating a RESTful API with Windows Communication Foundation
Learn how MySpace used Windows Communication Foundation and .NET 3.5 to rapidly scale up a massive RESTful API infrastructure that process millions of requests a day.
Windows Presentation Foundation Using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
This session introduces many of the core features in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 for the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) programming model, such as XAML, layout, controls, resources, styling, and data binding. Using Visual Studio 2008, we build a WPF-based application from scratch.
Adding Instant Messaging to Any Site
Learn how your web site visitors can engage with Windows Live Messenger users by taking advantage of the Windows Live Messenger control and library. This session covers how to code with the Messenger Library in JavaScript or C# (using Script#), and we also show how you can drive Microsoft Silverlight UI with the Messenger Library.
Developing Cutting Edge Web Applications With Internet Explorer 8
Come learn about the new and updated development tools in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 that help to build and debug HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Also hear about the new AJAX features that help enable powerful and dynamic web applications.
Everything You Need to Know about Diagnostics and Debugging on Microsoft Internet Information Services 7
Learn how to rapidly debug and fix the popular application frameworks (ASP.NET, classic ASP and PHP) on Microsoft Internet Information Services 7. This session covers the basics of health monitoring and some tips and tricks that developers need to know to resolve their issues faster.
RESTful Data Services with the ADO.NET Data Services Framework
Learn how to use ADO.NET Data Services Framework to easily create and consume REST data services on the web. This session will cover the main concepts of the ADO.NET Data Services Framework (aka Project "Astoria"), show how to use it, and discuss how to use it with Microsoft's broader vision of a common interface for Windows Live and 3rd party services.
Serving Applications with Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live
Learn how to use Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live to deploy and serve Microsoft Silverlight content and applications quickly and easily at scale.
Overview of Expression Encoder 2
Come hear about all the great new features and capabilities in Microsoft Expression Encoder 2 including zoomable timelines, detailed event authoring, improved encoding accuracy and control, improved scalability and performance, and much more.
Lighting Up Your AJAX Applications with Silverlight
Come learn how to integrate Microsoft Silverlight with existing AJAX applications, including using Silverlight to add powerful new functionality like true background processing and local storage. Also learn about new ASP.NET server controls that make it easy to add XAML and media content to web pages.
What's New in Windows Presentation Foundation 3.5
Learn about the great new features in Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) 3.5. See examples that include Add-ins, data binding support for LINQ and ADO.NET, interactive 3D, streamlined application deployment, high-performance animation, and much more.
Mobile Devices and Microsoft Silverlight: A Primer on the New Technology
Be one the first in the industry to get a sneak peek on what's lined up for Microsoft Silverlight on Devices. This session showcases some early Silverlight Mobile Applications and shares a roadmap and release plans for Silverlight for Devices.
Working with Data and Web Services in Microsoft Silverlight 2
Learn how easy it is to utilize POX, REST, RSS, ATOM, JSON, and SOAP in your Microsoft Silverlight mashup applications. Also learn how to easily access and display data with Silverlight using LINQ and databinding.
Internationalizing XAML Applications in Windows Presentation Foundation and Microsoft Silverlight
Learn how the designer/developer workflow can be used and managed in building applications that can be internationalized. This session is based on real-world experience in building Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Microsoft Silverlight applications in the Japanese market, but the concepts apply to all internationalized applications.
Real-World AJAX with ASP.NET
Dive deep into the new ASP.NET AJAX features and capabilities including patterns covering search optimization, user interface and usability, intuitive navigation, and much more.
Developing Applications with Microsoft Virtual Earth
Learn how to incorporate Microsoft Virtual Earth's mapping and aerial photography data from around the world, in both 2- and 3-dimensional environments, into your own applications.
Tools and Applications for Publishers
Learn about Microsoft ad tools and how they can be used by software publishers and agencies to develop a variety of ad publishing products and services.
Accessing Windows Live Services via AtomPub
Come learn how Microsoft is moving towards a unified approach for accessing online services based on AtomPub. We cover how all Windows Live services can be accessed using AtomPub as well as how integrated Microsoft Visual Studio support including ADO.NET Data Services Framework (aka Project "Astoria") allows anyone to easily develop, deploy, and access online services using AtomPub.
Creating Rich, Dynamic User Interfaces with Silverlight 2 Controls
See how to use the Microsoft Silverlight 2 control model to efficiently design and develop custom controls, style existing controls, create control templates, and package your controls for re-use to develop Rich Internet Applications. Also hear about the capabilities for localization and accessibility.
Integrating Your Site With Internet Explorer 8
Learn what the new standards compliant engine in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 means to you as a web designer, and how to utilize new layout functionality to create cross-browser-compatible layout designs.
Developing ASP.NET Applications Using the Model View Controller (MVC) Pattern
Learn how to use the model-view-controller (MVC) pattern to take advantage of your favorite .NET Framework language for writing business logic in a way that is de-coupled from the views of the data.
Hard Rock: Behind the Music with Deep Zoom
Come see how Deep Zoom was used to turn the world's best collection of rock-and-roll memorabilia into a unique web experience. This session covers how this new Microsoft Silverlight 2 feature makes it possible to efficiently browse and zoom images, and how to create 200M pixel images. Learn how to tune Deep Zoom performance, particularly with thousands of image tiles comprising gigabytes of content, how to address design and UI challenges related to accessing an infinite canvas, and much more.
Developing Data Driven Applications Using ASP.NET Dynamic Data Controls
Learn how to use ASP.NET dynamic data controls to easily create complex data driven ASP.NET applications.
Effective User Interfaces in Windows Presentation Foundation and Microsoft Silverlight
Come see how customizable user interfaces were created by extending XAML in a way that integrates various content formats into a single consistent UI. Learn how to build an effective UI, extend XAML, build a Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Microsoft Silverlight application that can consume extended XAML, and much more.
Building Applications and Services with .NET Framework 3.5
Come see how the new Web-friendly features in .NET 3.5 and Windows Communication Foundation extend the reach of your services to simple clients like Web browsers and RSS aggregators.
Partying with PHP on Microsoft Internet Information Services 7
Discover the advantages of running PHP applications on Microsoft Internet Information Services. Learn how to take advantage of the integrated pipeline and .NET functionality, and use the new remote management tools.
Microsoft Silverlight and Dynamic Languages
Learn how the Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR) works in Silverlight. Includes an introduction to Microsoft Silverlight for Python and Ruby programmers.
Developing with Windows Live
Learn how to build dynamic and interactive applications using the full capabilities of the Windows Live platform including APIs that enable streaming media, messaging, storage, presence, authentication, and more. Also learn how to use the Windows Live Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio to more easily integrate Windows Live services into ASP.NET applications.
From Flash to Silverlight: A Rosetta Stone
Come learn how Cynergy Systems has been translating skills in Flash/Flex development to Microsoft Silverlight 2 with an eye for great design. Learn how to create custom animation techniques, apply popular Flash tricks to Silverlight, and more.
Exploring Moonlight: Novell's Implementation of Silverlight on Linux
Come experience .NET on Linux. Learn how to develop and deploy Microsoft Silverlight and cross platform server applications using Moonlight.
Using the Microsoft Sync Framework and FeedSync
Learn how to use the Microsoft Sync Framework to build sync-enabled applications to enable online and offline scenarios leveraging services across a broad variety of endpoints. Also find out how to expose data as FeedSync compatible RSS and ATOM feeds.
Building Great AJAX Applications from Scratch Using ASP.NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008
Come see a no-slides, code-only presentation that starts with a blank directory and builds a data-driven, AJAX enabled, ASP.NET web application from scratch that implements common AJAX patterns with the rich set of AJAX Control Toolkit, accesses data with LINQ, and implements standards-based styling and layout using CSS and clean HTML. Learn the new features of ASP.NET 3.5 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and how they integrate together to provide the world's most productive web development experience.
Using an Internet Service Bus to Build Next Generation Applications and Services
Learn how using Microsoft's Internet Service Bus technologies including pub/sub, message transformation, and hosted workflow enables you to easily and quickly build complex applications and services that require reach, scale, and access control.
Getting Clued In to Experience Management
Experience Management thought leader and author Lou Carbone urges managing "experience clues", conscious and unconscious, because clues affect the emotions that shape customer attitudes that drive their behaviors. He stresses the need to adapt our business thinking from the "make and sell" approaches of the industrial age to "sensing and responding"-a dynamic change that requires new framing and competencies. He discusses how the systematic design and delivery of experiences can be achieved, and the immense impact this has on customer value, loyalty, and the bottom line.
From Long Tail to Fuzzy Tale: Why "Fuzzy" Is the New Clear
Come hear how interdisciplinary teams use the "Fuzzy Tail" to mix it up in the conceptual, design, and development process as generalists and specialists search for new ways to work together in order to keep up the pace in a "2.0" world. This presentation discusses a type of mindset and attitude that will be essential in this type of professional ecosystem. We review some case studies and open up a dialogue after the presentation. If the Long Tail is the what-then the Fuzzy Tail may just be the why.
The Back of the Napkin: Solving Design Problems (and Selling Your Solutions) with Pictures
Let's face it: describing user experience is hard... unless we use pictures. This session demonstrates step-by-step how anyone, regardless of artistic talent or training, can use simple pictures to describe complex design and technical concepts, solve fuzzy problems, and sell others on breakthrough ideas.
Creating Better User Experiences: Design Strategy
Join us for this session to gain the tools you need to establish and implement an effective design strategy, one that meshes business goals with appeals to the target customer.
Creating Better User Experiences: Interaction Design
In this session, develop a framework to turn research findings into interaction design concepts. Learn how to take the raw data from research and craft design principles that you can turn into a prototype.
Creating Better User Experiences: Information Architecture
Come to this session and we'll analyze content, features, and data within your system, whether it's a Website, intranet, or Web application. Learn how to create a model of your content that illustrates how the different pieces relate to each other. Learn the advantages and drawbacks of different categorization methods. How best can you use metadata and tagging? What exactly is the difference between a taxonomy, folksonomy, vocabulary, or thesaurus?
Creating Better User Experiences: Design Methods
Join us to survey the landscape of interaction design methods, tools, and techniques to improve your ability to diagnose the business situation and select the right steps in the process to design a powerful result. We provide you with the means to map and thoughtfully select from the full range of techniques at your disposal.
Beneath the Surface: The Natural Experience Vision
Come hear how the Surface User Experience team is focusing on design and user experience as a key driver for creating more natural, intuitive and emotional products. Learn how Surface shifts the approach that has been used for more than thirty years of making users learn the language of computers and products to an entirely new approach where technology, computers, and products learn the language of people: touch, voice, and gesture.
The Story of the Ribbon
Farewell, menus and toolbars! Come hear the behind-the-scenes story of how the 2007 Office Ribbon user interface was imagined, designed, and validated. See never-before-shown early prototypes, hear about mistakes we learned from during the design process, and find out the principles of user experience design we used each step of the way in creating the first totally new user interface for Office.
Delivering International User Experiences
Come hear why creating excellent user experiences in software or services that have a global audience presents a number of significant design and technical challenges that make it difficult to find the right combination of technology, knowledge, and collaboration to produce a cost-effective, viable product. Also, learn how Microsoft is addressing internationalization in a way that produces much better software and user experiences.