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Leo Laporte and TWIT are getting out of touch: "Web developers don't like Microsoft"
I was listening to TWIT #136 and, wow, Leo Laporte is totally out of touch. Patrick Norton is not far behind. Listen starting around 36:30. I've found that lately these guys are hanging out in Pundit Valley and completely missing what's going on in the...
Mix08: Some overall impressions
I've got two more sessions to go, but while it's fresh in my mind, I'd like to rattle off some overall impressions of this conference. When it's over, I'm going to purge my brain with alcohol, gambling and shows. First off, what I dig about this conference...
Posted: Mar 07 2008, 01:17 PM by Jeff | with no comments
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Mix08: The future of advertising
Like a moron, I didn't realize that the added session on Hard Rock's Silverlight memorabilia site was first, not last, today, so I went to a really boring session on what Microsoft thinks the future of advertising is. And the truth is, I don't think they...
Posted: Mar 07 2008, 12:47 PM by Jeff | with 1 comment(s)
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Mix08: ASP.NET MVC
Not surprisingly, the ASP.NET MVC session last night was absolutely packed. Scott Hanselman, as it turns out, is a pretty dynamic speaker, and frankly pretty funny. MVC is a very computer sciencey kind of concept, but it's also a very neat way to generate...
Mix08: Silverlight porn
In case you haven't already seen it, this is the drool-worthy thing using Silverlight 2. Gasp! http://memorabilia.hardrock.com/
Mix08: The Steve Ballmer interview by Guy Kawaski
Kawasaki took no time to take cheap shots at Ballmer, working in chair throwing jokes in the first minute. Google he says they're definitely underdogs in the search and advertising markets. He says Apple also does good work in the music and PC space,...
Mix08: Web 2.0 sustainability
I just got out of a panel discussion that included the guy from Me.dium, a VC, Scoble, Kevin Rose, and some other guy I don't remember. Interesting discussion, and the general theme was do right by your users, and find the mix of advertising and subscription...
Posted: Mar 06 2008, 02:43 PM by Jeff | with 1 comment(s)
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Mix08: Air and gender
I'm sitting here in Nikhil Kothari's session on ASP.NET AJAX, and he's going through some of the more basic stuff to start. So I'm reading e-mail and kinda scoping out the room. First of all, there's a guy with a MacBook Air sitting in front of me. It...
Posted: Mar 06 2008, 12:02 PM by Jeff | with no comments
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Mix08: Creepy stalker guy
If you're in the SEO session about to start, and you're trying to take a picture of one of the speakers with your big zoom lens, I'm sitting behind you, watching you. You're being creepy.
Posted: Mar 05 2008, 05:56 PM by Jeff | with 2 comment(s)
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Mix08: Ray Ozzie, Dean Hachamovitch, Scott Guthrie keynote
Ozzie has been regarded as the thinker who will take the place of Gates and set the tone for the direction of the company's software. I think that's a pretty huge burden. Generally speaking, he's got the right idea in the bigger picture, that the PC over...
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