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My notes for the first day:

Keynote

• "Big" Bill as keynote speaker.
• MySpace.com, very very large community site.
• BBC gadget to browse through TV broadcasts, an incredibly rich userinterface with great functionality; download missed episodes of a serie, share it with contacts, really fancy 3D rolodex
• IE7 beta 2 ( build 5335 ) is available for download.
• InfoCard, very userfriendly interface to sign in at trusted sites.
• RSS enhanced with list extensions, this extension gives the user the possibillity to sort the RSS items in different ways. Examples mentioned were Amazon and Yahoo.
• Microsoft's AJAX framework named ATLAS, the March CTP is released today.
• WPF/e, Windows Presentation Foundation everywhere. 
• Open discussion between Tim O'Reilly (yes the one from the books) and Bill Gates (see the screencast, read the speech transcript).

Introducing Microsoft Tools for Professional Developers: An Overview of Microsoft Expression ( NGW032 )

• Expression WebDesigner, latest product but probably the first to ship.
• Designer <=> XAML <=> Developer, XAML, XML Application Markup Language.
• Applications shown:
  • Splitview, XAML editor similar to XAMLpad
  • Expression Graphic Designer ( Acrylic ), powerfull that combines vectorbased images and bitmap based images. Result can be exported as XAML.  
  • Expression Interactive Designer ( Sparkle ), uses the XAML from the Graphic Designer to define the user interactions.
• Tools are really feature rich.

From HTML to Services: Building a site for REST, POX, AJAX, SOAP and WS-* ( BTB021 )

Second session I followed was the session from Clemens Vaster, since two months a member of the Microsoft family.

• Mashups: www.vlogmap.org, www.flashearth.com, www.weatherbonk.com, see also www.programmableweb.com.
• Go for aggregation: RSS, OPML, ATOM, ASX or any other XML Lingo.
• Mashups providers will sell their services on the internet.
• POX, Plain Old XML
  • Ship XML instead of HTML
  • HTTP Get to access XML data
  • Easily aggregated
• REST, REpresentational State Transfer
  • POX with Dogma
  • Fully exploits HTTP application protocol
  • Create, Update, Delete and linking
• SOAP
  • Very rich, requires rich stacks
  • is no longer a toddler
• Streams, P2P
• Techniques above can all be used by Windows Communication Foundation
  • Universal Communication Runtime,
    one way to program all the protocols
• Serverside is very flexible.
• NewTellivision, his going away present ...

Extending Your Experience to Mobile Devices ( BTB021 )

• Design Patterns for developing mobile applications:
  • Minimize roundtrips
  • Adaptive rendering
  • Don't port the desktop
  • Create a companion
  • Input less text
  • Use the phone
  • Know your limits
  • One-handed navigation
  • Test on real phones
  • Allow for operator branding
• W3C initiative, www.w3c.org/mobile
• Demo: Virtual Earth and AJAX (not ATLAS !!!)
• Kelly Goto, "Mobile phone is the new cigarette" => mobile phone is a fashion statement
• MUXP, Mobile User eXperience
  • Perception => Interaction => Integration
• etnography, meet with your audience, "Deep Hanging Out" => know your customers
• Lifestyle Design Process
• MS Research presented the Interactive Flower
  • Designed for one hand
  • Adaptive Interaction
  • Virtual Serial Chording 
  • !!! Interaction Flower Rocks !!!