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Logo Designs from EnergizeIT Demo Competition
EnergizeIT was a lot of fun and especially got the crowd energized during the demo competition after...
Author: qixing Date: 05/27/2008
Imagine Cup Finalists from Canada
Big congratulations to the following two Canadian teams making into the world finals! As they are...
Author: qixing Date: 05/27/2008
Two Days Until EnergizeIT 2008
It's only two days away from our annual largest community event - EnergizeIT. I had an opportunity...
Author: qixing Date: 05/22/2008
First Meeting for Toronto Silverlight User Group
I have exciting news! The first ever Silverlight User Group in Canada is having its first meeting in...
Author: qixing Date: 05/20/2008
UX Design at Microsoft Talk
Hi Everyone! I'm giving a talk tomorrow at University of Waterloo Accelerator Centre. It's a joint...
Author: qixing Date: 05/14/2008
TorCHI May Event: Design Essentials for Non-Designers
This seems to be a great opportunity for traditional design practitioners such as architects, visual...
Author: qixing Date: 05/14/2008
Hook up with Parallels
Paul and Qixing have been talking about Expression 2 and the Expression Professional Subscription. I...
Author: davidcrow Date: 05/08/2008
Imagine Cup Project: GreenNet Facebook Application
Two teams from Simon Fraser University (SFU) representing Canada just finished the Round 2 of...
Author: qixing Date: 05/08/2008
Imagine Cup Project: EcoLid
Two teams from Simon Fraser University (SFU) representing Canada just finished the Round 2 of...
Author: qixing Date: 05/08/2008
An Update to My Deep Zoom Presentation Example
Quite a few people provided me feedback on my Deep Zoom post last month. With the help from Jamie...
Author: qixing Date: 05/07/2008
EnergizeIT 2008 - Anything is Possible!
EnergizeIT is back, and this year's theme is - Anything is Possible! This is totally reflected in...
Author: qixing Date: 05/06/2008
The Expression Professional Subscription
As Qixing mentioned in the previous post, Expression 2 is now live and available for trial download....
Author: Date: 05/02/2008
Expression Studio 2 Shipped Today!
Less then 2 months we announced the Expression Studio 2 Beta at MIX, today we shipped Studio 2. The...
Author: qixing Date: 05/01/2008
Design Student of the Month - Don McKenzie
There are a lot of creative students in Canada who are doing innovative work to improve people's...
Author: qixing Date: 04/29/2008
Office Labs is Live!
Similar to Live Labs, Office Labs is another home for prototypes and proofs-of-concept with focus on...
Author: qixing Date: 04/28/2008
Silverlight 2 "How-Do-I" Videos
Following my post on Silverlight 2 resource, here's a list of Silverlight 2 "How-Do-I"...
Author: qixing Date: 04/28/2008
Playing with Surface Demos
During MIX08, I had the chance to experience a variety of surface demo applications and record them....
Author: qixing Date: 04/25/2008
Developer - Designer Workflow Story from Infusion Development
Woodgroove Financial online demonstrator has been gaining quite a bit popularity within the...
Author: qixing Date: 04/22/2008
DevTeach 2008 - Silverlight 2.0 Training
DevTeach 2008 is coming to Toronto. What:Building Next-Generation, Business-Oriented, Rich Internet...
Author: davidcrow Date: 04/18/2008
[Mini-Tutorial] Share Your Presentation in Deep Zoom
Over the past several months, I went to many colleges and universities to talk about user experience...
Author: qixing Date: 04/07/2008
[Guest Blogger] Organizing Design Conference for Youth
October last year, I went to the first education fair focusing on design here at Toronto Convention...
Author: qixing Date: 04/03/2008
View Presentation in DeepZoom Style
Author: qixing Date: 04/02/2008
Design Student of the Month - Tyler Egeto
There are a lot of creative students in Canada who are doing innovative work to improve people's...
Author: qixing Date: 03/23/2008
Silverlight Momentum Video
Over the past year, we have gained quite a bit of momentum around Silverlight. Check out the...
Author: qixing Date: 03/22/2008
MIX08 Experience from Sean Diamond
Thanks to MIX, I had the opportunity to met with Sean, who is a recent grad at Queens University but...
Author: qixing Date: 03/18/2008
MIX08 Experience from Kerri McKenna
Kerri and I got to know each other when I first joined Microsoft last year. I remember during my...
Author: qixing Date: 03/18/2008
[Guest Blogger] Meeting with Bill Gates
A few professors from University of Waterloo had the rare chance to meet with Bill Gates later last...
Author: qixing Date: 03/11/2008
MIX08: A Conference Summary
MIX08 came and went and I've had a chance to reflect on its impact over the weekend. I have to say...
Author: Date: 03/10/2008
MIX08 Photo Stack
MIX08 has ended but there's a lot of great memories. I created a photo stack in Popfly to capture...
Author: qixing Date: 03/08/2008
MIX08 - March 6 Summary
Another great day here in Las Vegas. Some great sessions on a variety of topics today as well as...
Author: Date: 03/07/2008
Summary of the Partner Program Session at MIX08
This post is in reference to the session on March 5 entitled Understanding Microsoft Partner...
Author: Date: 03/06/2008
Zoomable UI with Silverlight Deep Zoom Technology
One of the most impressive demos during the MIX keynote yesterday was the Hard Rock Memorabilia...
Author: qixing Date: 03/06/2008
MIX08 - March 5 Summary
The first day of MIX08 has come and gone with a lot of interesting news. The keynote was this...
Author: Date: 03/06/2008
MIX08 Keynote Technology Downloads
Tim Sneath has a great summary of links the technologies we announced at the MIX08 keynote this...
Author: Date: 03/05/2008
MIX08 Announcements
Keynote with Ray Ozzie, Dean Hachamovitch, and Scott Guthrie has just finished. Wow!! There's so...
Author: qixing Date: 03/05/2008
MIX Keynote and Updates
MIX08 starts today! There will be a lot of activity at the Venetian this morning as people get...
Author: Date: 03/05/2008
MIX08: The Day Before
Having arrived in Las Vegas for MIX08 on March 4, I found out a lot was going on already. There was...
Author: Date: 03/05/2008
MIX08 - Canada Represents!
Well, the days have given way to hours with respect to the countdown to this year's edition of MIX,...
Author: Date: 03/03/2008
The Worldwide Telescope - Have a Dialog with the Universe!
Imagine you are not just gazing up the night sky, but can tour the whole universe and see what a...
Author: qixing Date: 03/01/2008
Design Student of the Month - Nima Motamedi
Attention please! I'm very excited to launch the first edition of Design Student of the Month on...
Author: qixing Date: 02/25/2008
Interior Design Show 2008
Yesterday I went to check out the Interior Design Show 2008. It's exciting to see the various trends...
Author: qixing Date: 02/24/2008
[Podcast] Microsoft Canada Development Center Visit
Earlier this month, I had a chance to visit the brand new Microsoft Canada Development Center...
Author: qixing Date: 02/21/2008
UX Focused Sessions at MIX08
With only two weeks to go for MIX08, the conference is sold out again for the third year in a row!...
Author: qixing Date: 02/20/2008
My Great Unpackaging Experience
I rarely get excited about unpackaging new computer hardware because it seems more like a chore than...
Author: qixing Date: 02/13/2008