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Magic, Mind-Controlled Interfaces and What Makes an Experience Architect by craigshoemaker

Rick Barraza returns to Pixel8 to discuss magic, storytelling, mind control interfaces and even a little development! According to Rick, true experience design mixes elements you may not automatically attribute to software design. Using these unexpected...

7 Dos and Don'ts in Getting Started in User Centered Design by craigshoemaker

This week’s Pixel8 episode continues the series of user experience fundamentals with Dr. Tobias Komischke Director of User Experience at Infragistics . Tobias shares seven user-centered design concepts and the associated “dos” and “don’ts” with each point...

History of User Experience by craigshoemaker

The dawn of user experience is a contestable topic. Some UX thought leaders place the discipline’s origin surrounding the emergence of user centered design in the 1980’s, while others see the the beginning coming even earlier. This week’s guest is Dr...

The Value of Web Forms and Design Constraints by craigshoemaker

Senior Principal of Product Ideation and Design at Yahoo! Inc. and founder of LukeW Interface Designs Luke Wroblewski joins us to discuss how adding elements of constraint helps shape the design process. Luke also spends some time discussing the often...

Hands-On Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) for Silverlight and WPF by craigshoemaker

Over the years I have spent a fair amount of time thinking about design patterns surrounding the presentation layer . Just as your values as a grown-up are often determined by experiences you have as a child – I think my interest in these patterns stem...

ASP.NET 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010 Enhancements by craigshoemaker

Scott Hunter brings a summary of the new features coming in ASP.NET 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010. Learn why you'll never have to type runat="server" again! Listen to the Show! Visual Studio 2010 Visual Studio 2010 will feature expanded snippets available...
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Silverlight: Live Mesh Integration, Surviving the Olympics and Future Expectations – Interview with Scott Guthrie by craigshoemaker

Listen to the Show! Scott Guthrie and Craig Shoemaker take some time out of PDC 2008 to discuss Silverlight and highlights from the keynote address. Scott shares about current-day Silverlight integrations with Live Mesh, living through the Olympics and...
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Developer’s Guide to User Experience Design by craigshoemaker

Listen to the Show! Michael Mahemoff has a background in computer science and psychology earning a PhD in building pattern languages. Michael is best known for his book, Ajax Design Patterns , where he catalogs 34 patterns commonly found in Ajax applications...

Silverlight 2.0: Beyond the Basics by craigshoemaker

Listen to the Show! Jesse Liberty , the "Silverlight Geek", wants to help you dive deeper into Silverlight 2.0. Tackling practices like working with multi-page applications and clever ways to handle Silverlight payload, Jesse helps take you beyond the...
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4 Elements of Professional WPF Applications by craigshoemaker

Listen to the Show! Composite Application Guidance for WPF: Prism Goes Prime Time The WPF answer to CAB is the Composite Application Guidance for WPF , formerly codename Prism . NOTE: Since the full name is too formal, too long and I can’t with a straight...
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