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Surface computing at Microsoft is an outgrowth of a collaborative effort between the Microsoft Hardware and Microsoft Research teams, which were struck by the opportunity to create technology that would bridge the physical and virtual worlds. What started as a high-level concept grew into a prototype and evolved to today’s market-ready product that will transform the way people shop, dine, entertain and live. It’s a major advancement that moves beyond the traditional user interface to a more natural way of interacting

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Architecture 101 (Mohammad, May 24) http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1032338971&culture=en-CA Architecture is the balance between art and engineering; it requires a certain mindset and approach to solving problems. Architects often function as a bridge between the business users and development groups and are increasingly being recognized as a critical community within organizations. Becoming an Architect can often translate in to an elevated status from a career stage perspective

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So, like I wrote in my previous "Day 1" post, Silverlight was the main focus of the keynote, and MIX07 altogether. I was going to write some more about it, but I read this blog post @ TechCrunch, that began like this (copied from the post): The announcements around Microsoft’s new Silverlight platform yesterday were important to anyone who is thinking about where the web will evolve. For those of us watching the demos at the Mix conference the immediate importance of it was apparent - Silverlight will be the

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Here is some digital media content from MIX07: Photos on flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/93154554@N00 You can find more photos if you search for MIX07 at flickr http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=mix07&m=tags Don't forget our tweeter feed @ http://twitter.com/MIX07_GR/with_friends And some videos Video: Venice inside the Venetian! Video: Twitter screensaver Video: Waiting for the MIX07 keynote to start

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Wow - what a day! The main event of the first day was, of course, the keynote session by Ray Ozzie and Scott Guthrie. The main topic of the keynote (and the entire MIX07 event, I would say) is Silverlight . I think I see a pattern here - the most important/ground-breaking/impressive products we build, always get names made up of two words: SharePoint & Silverlight are the ones I have in mind right now... Instead of taking notes during the keynote in order to remember all the stuff in order to post it in

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