Last chance for your MIX10 discount
I’m very much looking forward to MIX10 (yes, I’m going this year) and I see a host of Windows Phone sessions have just been announced. “Announced” is perhaps too strong a word (there’s no detail on any of the sessions) but at least we know there’s going to be plenty of opportunity to hear about the next version of the mobile platform.
Meanwhile if you are thinking of going, the earlybird discount of $400 runs out on Sunday (Feb 7th). After that the price goes up to $1395. With this in mind I diligently registered earlier in the week only to be presented with the full $1395 cost. Being a canny sort of chap I emailed the MIX10 registration team to ask whether the site was broken. They replied (quickly and politely) explaining that MS employees don’t qualify for the discount. Fair enough I suppose but I was left wondering how the site managed to deduce that I was an MS employee…
Here are a few of the sessions that caught my eye:
Pumping “Iron” on the Web: IronRuby and IronPython
IronRuby for the .NET Developer
6 Things Every jQuery Developer Must Know
Modern Web Form Design
Tips and Tricks for Making Web Forms Shine with ASP.NET 4
What's New in ASP.NET MVC2
Building a Next-Generation Web Application with ASP.NET MVC 2 and jQuery
Using Ruby on Rails to Build Windows Azure Applications
Silverlight and Windows Azure: A Match Made for the Web
Prototyping Rich Microsoft Silverlight 4 Applications with Expression SketchFlow
Using Windows Identity Foundation For Creating Identity-Driven Experiences in Silverlight
Windows Phone Application and Game Development: Session 1
Understanding the Model-View-ViewModel Pattern
HTML5 Now: The Future of Web Markup Today (part 1 of 2)
Stepping Outside the Browser with Silverlight 4
and of course I know Mike and John's Silverlight 4 Bootcamp will be excellent. Look forward to seeing you at MIX10.