So I am leaving to MIX11 in Las Vegas tomorrow and it is just about the last minute to build my calendar for the event. My passions definitely are Silverlight, Windows Phone 7 and UX. So these are the topics I am concentrating on and reasoning behind each session I plan to attend.
Tuesday
11:30-12:30 PM
Designing Infographics for Web Applications (200) – Des Traynor
Infographics is definitely one of my weaknesses, I’d love to see some great examples and the session will probably motivate and inspire me to create something new myself.
Application Design for Windows Phone (200) – Megan Donahue
I have a few ideas for WP7 applications I would love to implement in next few months and ideas for UI are welcome. Although I am a bit thorn, since I am not very sure what more there is to learn about "Metro", since most of the applications in the Marketplace are built around Pivots and Panoramas.
Deconstructing Orchard: Build, Customize, Extend, Ship (300) – Bradley Millington
With level 300 it is one of more technical sessions in this timeslot. I remember hearing about it when Orchard was launched but I haven’t had a change to dig into it yet. Hope it is a good overview of the product and its capabilities.
02:00-03:00
Expert Lessons: Top Tips for Building a Successful Windows Phone Application (300) – Stefan Wick
I have some experience in the iPhone app development world and planning to create a few WP7 apps myself. Really exited to hear about challenges in the WP7 world and see the best applications.
Deep Dive MVVM (200) – Laurent Bugnion
I have used MVVM in my projects, but I definitely feel that I could get more out of it. One of the technical sessions that I am really looking forward to.
03:30-04:30
Inspiring UX – UX Lightning Series (200) - Chris Bernard, Thomas Lewis, August de los Reyes, Corey Schuman
This was one of the first sessions I picked out for myself. A lot of smart people talking about a very important topic for me. Specially excited about: "7 Things Developers and Designers Need to Know About UX."
The Microsoft Surface MVPs Present: Natural User Interfaces, Today and Tomorrow; An Interactive Discussion and Demonstration (200) – Rick Barraza, Joshua Blake, Neil Roodyn, Bart Roozendaal, Josh Santangelo, Nicolas Calvi, Dennis Vroegop
If I had a chance to clone myself, then I would go to this panel discussion as well. Will be interesting to hear how the touch, NUI vision for Microsoft looks like.
Wedensday
11:30-12:30
Building In Browser Experiences with Silverlight 5 (200) – Steve Lasker
A quick overview of some of the features of Silverlight 5 that I haven’t had a chance to check out yet but as a Silverlight MVP really should be aware about :)
Although hearing about Silverlight 5 is important, WIndows Phone 7 sessions kind of pull me in more. Hope it something on a higher technical level 300 or even 400 :).
12:30-14:00
WomenInTech with LegoSeriousPlay
Well I am a woman and in tech who also likes LEGOs so I could definitely see myself joining my lunch with this interactive session :).
15:30-16:30
Graphics & 3D with Silverlight 5 (300) – Aaron Oneal
3D is quite a new concept for Silverlight, hope to see 3D API-s pushed to the limit to really see what Silverlight is capable of in the 3D space.
15:30-16:30
Tips for Improving Performance in Applications Built with Silverlight (400) – Mike Cook
Performance tuning is one of the main topics that I always get questions about in my trainings. This promises to be a real deep dive (400!) into the topic.
Thursday
10:30-11:30
Analyzing and Improving Windows Phone Application Performance (400) – Jeff Wilcox
12:00-13:00
Mind Bending UX – UX Lightning Series (200) – Robby Ingebretsen, Rick Barraza, Arturo Toledo, Sean Gerety
These are the speakers that last year inspired me to attend this year, really inspiring!
13:30-14:30
Riding the Geolocation Wave (300) – Tatham Oddie
Will be interesting. Just started with my geolocation application so, very practical session for me.
15:00-16:00
New Technologies for Immersive Content Creation
The description isn’t very specific on what the session actually is about, but seems interesting!
