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Watch Expression around the Clock online
Thanks for all of you who came out yesterday at our Expression around the Clock event! I had a great...
Author: qixing Date: 10/05/2007
Expression Around the Clock is Tomorrow
The Expression Around the Clock event we've been talking about is tomorrow. Since it's global event...
Author: qixing Date: 10/03/2007
Silverlight Briefing Webcast
Last Thursday (September 25), I conducted a webcast on the topic of Silverlight. To those of you who...
Author: Date: 10/01/2007
Bill Buxton: Designing User Experience
Recently Bill Buxton sat down with Charles Torre from Channel 9 talking about Designing User...
Author: qixing Date: 09/30/2007
SWF to XAML Converter
Some of the scenarios for Flash and Silverlight usage are similar, such as rich media/video within...
Author: qixing Date: 09/29/2007
[Guest Blogger] Casual gamers, your life is getting easier!
Continuing with Halo 3 launch excitement, Peter talks about the popular game from the game play...
Author: qixing Date: 09/26/2007
User Experience for Architects - Briefing Presentation
Yesterday I was in Montreal to give a briefing on User Experience for an audience of Architects. It...
Author: Date: 09/26/2007
Halo 3 and Silverlight
For all the die-heart Halo 3 fans out there, check out the Halo 3 online manual powered by...
Author: qixing Date: 09/23/2007
What does it take be a UX designer?
I went to the season kick-off of Waterloo User Experience Group meeting last night. The session is...
Author: qixing Date: 09/21/2007
Experiencing Surface
Earlier this year I introduced you to Surface and its finally came to Toronto over the weekend!...
Author: qixing Date: 09/16/2007
The Ultimate Steal
Check out this deal (launched yesterday) for Office if you haven't seen it. For Canadian university...
Author: qixing Date: 09/13/2007
Canadian Focused UX Events
As I'm filling up my calendar with UX related events coming up in the next year, I can't help to...
Author: qixing Date: 09/10/2007
Silverlight 1.0 and Expression Media Encoder Launched!
Along with many others, I'm happy to announce that Silverlight 1.0 and Expression Media Encoder are...
Author: qixing Date: 09/05/2007
Inspiration for Information Visualization
Earlier this month, Smaching Magzine posted a great list on modern approaches to Data Visualization....
Author: qixing Date: 08/28/2007
Silverlight Momentum
The momentum for Silverlight is building both internally and externally. You probably heard by now...
Author: qixing Date: 08/26/2007
Sidebar Gadgets Design Guidelines
Gadgets are becoming more and more popular now. They are on your desktop display (figure 1),...
Author: qixing Date: 08/23/2007
Where's my CanUX blog?
Technorati Tags: CanUX, UI If you frequently visit this blog, you may have already noticed some...
Author: Date: 08/23/2007
MIX07 Session Recap #2: Designing with AJAX: Yahoo! Pattern Library
Bill Scott's presentation on Designing with AJAX: Yahoo! Pattern Library was one of my favorite...
Author: qixing Date: 08/18/2007
A discussion on user experience in software
In mid-June of this year, I had the privilege to participate in a great discussion on the role of...
Author: Date: 08/15/2007
Posting Podcasts/Screencasts using Silverlight 1.0 RC
Sorry, it has been a little quite on the blog. I was on vacation last week and training down in...
Author: qixing Date: 08/14/2007
Help improve Expression Web
The Expression Web team is conducting a survey on hosting and publishing to learn more about how web...
Author: davidcrow Date: 08/03/2007
Canadians win design awards
Cross posted at https://davidcrow.ca/article/1644/canadians-win-design-awards A Toronto-based...
Author: davidcrow Date: 08/02/2007
Silverlight Resources
Cross posted at https://davidcrow.ca/article/1637/silverlight-resources I’m about to start building...
Author: davidcrow Date: 08/01/2007
Morten Rand-Hendriksen brings an Expression site to life!
For those of you following this blog, you may know that Morten Rand-Hendriksen is blogging about his...
Author: Date: 07/31/2007
Microsoft Visitor Center
I'm down at Microsoft headquarter at Redmond this week for training. Today, we had a chance to visit...
Author: qixing Date: 07/31/2007
MIX07 Breakout Sessions Recap #1: WPF in Real World Development
So, MIX was in April, and sometime has passed since then. However, there was so much great content...
Author: qixing Date: 07/30/2007
BC Ferries Virtual Earth Mash-up
Check this out! I've ridden on the ferry route (e.g. Swartz Bay - Tsawwassen) couple of times going...
Author: qixing Date: 07/25/2007
Computer-Mediated Living
Neat design trends were published during the week at the Trends Blog. The trends blog is a service...
Author: qixing Date: 07/20/2007
Podcast: First Experience working with Expression from Dustin Sampson
Last week I talked to Dustin Sampson, who is a Technical Lead at Momentum Interactive Solutions. We...
Author: qixing Date: 07/16/2007
More information on the Microsoft Canada Development Centre in Vancouver
As Qixing mentioned in a previous post, Microsoft is opening up a Development Centre in Vancouver....
Author: Date: 07/16/2007
Visual Studio 2008 has an official launch date...and why it might be important info for you
Microsoft is officially launching three major products on February 27th, 2008, namely Visual Studio...
Author: Date: 07/12/2007
Looking for Silverlight Applications?
Here is a nice list of 50 Silverlight Applications gathered by Tim Sneath. Try them out at your...
Author: qixing Date: 07/12/2007
Driving Customer Loyalty Through Design
Jesse James Garrett from Adaptive Path gave an very inspiring webinar today at Design Management...
Author: qixing Date: 07/10/2007
Microsoft Canada Development Center(MCDC) in Vancouver
Microsoft Canada and our corporate head office will be opening a software development centre in...
Author: qixing Date: 07/05/2007
[Guest Blogger] What I learned at MIX07: Microsoft cares about Designers!
Bernie Aho, Product Manager and Co-Founder of ConceptShare Inc. Some time has passed since MIX 07 in...
Author: qixing Date: 07/03/2007
Experience Expression Tour Part II: FAQ and Answers
In my last post, I gave an overview of the tour. In this post Paul and I will list the frequently...
Author: qixing Date: 06/27/2007
Experience Expression Tour Part II: FAQ
In my last post, I gave an overview of the tour. In this post, Paul and I will list the frequently...
Author: qixing Date: 06/26/2007
Experience Expression Tour Part I: Overview
WooHoo! David, Rini, Paul and I just finished our first Expression tour, Experience Expression, in...
Author: qixing Date: 06/22/2007
Experience Expression Tour Part I: Overview
WooHoo! David, Rini, Paul and I just finished our first Expression tour, Experience Expression, in...
Author: qixing Date: 06/22/2007
Silverlight Tutorials
There's a great new website out now that provides you with "snack-sized" tutorials on how to build...
Author: Date: 06/21/2007
EnergizeIT 2007 - Wow.
(Photo Courtesy of Rodney Buike) Well, EnergizeIT 2007 is done, and it was an amazing conference. As...
Author: Date: 06/18/2007
EnergizeIT07 - Designer Track
It was my first EnergizeIT experience yesterday. What a fun day it was! I like how the event unite...
Author: qixing Date: 06/17/2007
Introducing MatchIT.ca
A great Canadian initiative - MatchIT is an online environment where charities and not-for-profit...
Author: qixing Date: 06/13/2007
Web 2.0 Innovation Briefings - Slides and Webcast
A while back, I posted the slides from the Web 2.0 Innovation Briefing we presented in Vancouver,...
Author: Date: 06/12/2007
Design of Future Things
That's right - it's me and Don Norman in the picture! I can't describe how excited I was to have a...
Author: qixing Date: 06/11/2007
Using Silverlight in Vista Sidebar Gadgets
Some of you may have started playing around with Vista Sidebar Gadgets in order to create a unique...
Author: Date: 06/08/2007