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Senior Project Manager for Internet Explorer, Pete LePage ( @petele ), joins Pixel8 to discuss the upcoming HTML5 and CSS3 support for IE9 along with a review additional developer enhancements coming in IE9. What’s Coming in IE9? Hardware acceleration HTML5 CSS3 JavaScript optimizations Selection API Media...

Remember the T-Shirt Cannon that made it’s debut on stage at MIX10 ? Well now hear from its creator, Clint Rutkas ( @clintrutkas ) how he managed to build a Windows Phone 7 application and two robotic cannons in two weeks in preparation for the keynote. See how the phone is using a wifi connection to request...

The Natural User Interface (NUI) was a prominent force at MIX10. What is NUI? Wikipedia defines it as: Natural user interface , or NUI , is the common parlance used by designers and developers of computer interfaces to refer to a user interface that is effectively invisible, or becomes invisible with successive...

Jeff Prosise joins the show to discuss the details surrounding the new LOB features of Silverlight 4 beta. Silverlight & WPF Silverlight getting better and better Delta between WPF and Silverlight is getting smaller and smaller Jeff and Craig discuss the question of “will Silverlight kill WPF”...

Stephen Walther ( @swalther ) and Craig Shoemaker discuss the latest announcements surrounding the ASP.NET Ajax Library during PDC09. A New Name a New Home Now named ASP.NET AJAX Library (old name was proprietary) First contribution to the CodePlex Foundation What's New for the Beta? OSS and inclusion in the...

While the attendees of PDC09 likely expected to hear a plethora of announcements regarding Silverlight 3 all hopes were dashed when Scott Guthrie quickly glossed over advancements in Silverlight 3 to make time to talk about... the Silverlight 4 beta ! This episode of Pixel8 Tim Heuer ( @timheuer ) and Jesse Liberty...

On this episode of Pixel8 Scott Hunter ( @coolsch ) joins us to discuss his team’s focus on simplicity and performance in ASP.NET. Scott was kind enough to surprise me with some talking points about what his team is thinking about for releases coming after ASP.NET 4! Please note, what’s discussed herein...

Learn how Billy Hollis uses a series of prototypes to help craft his client's applications. Hear why he 'throws away' the first design mockup in an attempt to find the best UI approach. Duration: 7:27

Tobias Komischke explains how paying attention to data visualization nuances can make a big difference in how data is percieved. Make sure you check out Tobias' blog post on User-Centered Data Visualization. Part 1 which discusses this topic further. Duration: 7:39

Learn how Shazzam helps you preview and generate code for XAML pixel shader effects. Duration: 11:02