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Connecting Canadian UX Professionals. It's all about Technology and a whole lot more!
Vote for Your Favourite IgniteIT Submissions
Back in January, I talked about IgniteIT award and encouraged you to submit your projects. IgniteIT...
Author: qixing Date: 03/08/2009
Do you know about these programs?
The past two days, our team came together and did the EnergizeIT dryrun. After a month of hard work,...
Author: qixing Date: 03/05/2009
Investing in Your Skills – A Collection of Courses
Hi! My name is Rini Gahir. I’m the Senior Product Manager for Developer Tools (which includes Visual...
Author: rinig Date: 03/05/2009
Ignite Your Career Women in IT Webcast
Aside from EnergizeIT, we also have an exciting webcast series coming up in March called Ignite Your...
Author: qixing Date: 02/27/2009
Silverlight User Group Meeting Tomorrow
It’s our first Silverlight user group meeting of the year. Mano and I are going to share our...
Author: qixing Date: 02/24/2009
Design Student of the Month - Richard Monette
There are a lot of creative students in Canada who are doing innovative work to improve people's...
Author: qixing Date: 02/23/2009
EnergizeIT Registration is OPEN!
EnergizeIT registration is officially open. If you subscribe to the MSDN Flash and TechNet Flash...
Author: qixing Date: 02/20/2009
[Podcast] Interview with Kim Lenox
Interaction’09 is a conference of about 400 people. An intimate conference for a close design...
Author: qixing Date: 02/18/2009
[Podcast] Microsoft Designer: Lada Gorlenko
There are about 750 UX designers and researchers working at Microsoft. People in the UX community...
Author: qixing Date: 02/18/2009
Quince: Explore UX Patterns in Silverlight
Infragistics, one of the top UI controls vendors, has recently launched Quince – a UX Patterns...
Author: qixing Date: 02/12/2009
Feel Energized? EnergizeIT is coming to a Canadian City Near you…
Every year, Microsoft Canada puts on an event called EnergizeIT. In the past this event was a...
Author: Date: 02/11/2009
[Guest Blogger] Product Potluck from Waterloo UX Group
Apparently, I missed an exciting Product Potluck while I was away in China. Last month the Waterloo...
Author: qixing Date: 02/09/2009
Drawing Ideas Workshop at Interaction’09
After a week vacation in China, I’m back in Vancouver this week and just in time for IxDA’s...
Author: qixing Date: 02/07/2009
Happy New (Niu, OX) Year!
Happy the year of OX, everyone! May the new year bring you and your family joy, good health and...
Author: qixing Date: 01/26/2009
Design Student of the Month – Emily Smith
There are a lot of creative students in Canada who are doing innovative work to improve people's...
Author: qixing Date: 01/24/2009
Thanks for Coming out to TechDays!
It’s a wrap! We finished our last TechDays stop in Vancouver today. We made so many great...
Author: qixing Date: 01/23/2009
Ignite IT Award – Share Your Story
Have you worked on a project recently that you are proud of? Whether it’s a mobile application, a...
Author: qixing Date: 01/19/2009
WIT @ Vancouver TechDays
Vancouver is our last stop for TechDays. I’m sitting at Toronto airport now and waiting to board my...
Author: qixing Date: 01/17/2009
Why I want to try Windows 7 Beta?
After coming back from a week of professional training at Microsoft headquarter Redmond, I finally...
Author: qixing Date: 01/12/2009
Microsoft Innovation News
Here is a list of innovative projects from various Microsoft labs. Many of these projects are handy...
Author: qixing Date: 01/08/2009
Community Silverlight Site
I came across SilverlightShow this morning. It's an independent Silverlight community, and the goal...
Author: qixing Date: 01/06/2009
Happy First Day!
As we are getting ready to celebrate the First Day of 2009, one of my colleagues from Brasil sent me...
Author: qixing Date: 12/27/2008
Merry Christmas, Happy holidays and Happy New Year!
It’s a pleasure connecting and supporting each and every one of you through the year, both...
Author: joxley Date: 12/19/2008
Microsoft Arc Mouse and Simplicity
Last week everyone on the team received a Microsoft Arc Mouse. I've been wanting to try it for a...
Author: qixing Date: 12/16/2008
Morten's Expression Web 2 Learning Resource
We've introduced Morten Rand-Hendriksen couple of times in this blog and followed his amazing...
Author: qixing Date: 11/30/2008
December Silverlight User Group Meeting
This is the last Silverlight user group meeting of the year. Hope to see you all there! Time:...
Author: qixing Date: 11/24/2008
Your satisfaction matters...and it’s clear that we need to do better!
Hi Everyone, In the sprit of being transparent and building connections, I thought I would share my...
Author: joxley Date: 11/18/2008
Finding Opportunities in a Recession Economy, PART 3
Note: This is the third post in a three post series on succeeding as a professional in IT...
Author: Date: 11/14/2008
Finding Opportunities in a Recession Economy, PART 2
Note: This is the second post in a three post series on succeeding as a professional in IT during a...
Author: Date: 11/14/2008
Finding Opportunities in a Recession Economy, PART 1
Without a doubt, most of us are experiencing the most serious economic recession in our lifetimes....
Author: Date: 11/14/2008
Happy World Usability Day!
Happy World Usability Day everyone! This year's theme is "Transportation." There are tons...
Author: qixing Date: 11/13/2008
TechDays à Montréal
Bonjour Montréal ! C'est Philippe Riel, Directeur des communications stratégiques, marchés...
Author: joxley Date: 11/06/2008
Election Ballots Design
The above figure is taken from Effective Designs for the Administration of Federal Election...
Author: qixing Date: 11/04/2008
WIT at TechDays Toronto
Thanks to all the ladies who joined us at the Women in Technology (WIT) Connection Area at...
Author: qixing Date: 11/02/2008
TechDays 2008 Toronto.....it’s a wrap!
Hi Everyone, I can’t express how excited and how tired I am. It has been a wonderful journey...
Author: joxley Date: 10/31/2008
Design Student of the Month - Adam Bourret
There are a lot of creative students in Canada who are doing innovative work to improve people's...
Author: qixing Date: 10/31/2008
Had your Techie Crunch today?
Welcome to day TWO of the Toronto edition of TechDays 2008 in Canada. As our first two day event, it...
Author: joxley Date: 10/30/2008
TechDays Social Networking - Show Your Colours!
I am taking a couple of minutes of rest to have an diet coke in-between sessions here in Toronto....
Author: joxley Date: 10/30/2008
<3 Your Web at MIX09
MIX09 registration is open now! We are going with a funky and modem look. The website gives some...
Author: qixing Date: 10/24/2008
[Podcast] Interview with Lisa Anderson
Hope you enjoyed my podcast with Jensen. During Explore Design, I also had a chance to sit down and...
Author: qixing Date: 10/21/2008
[Podcast] Interview with Jensen Harris
During Explore Design, I had a chance to sit down with Jensen and ask my specific questions...
Author: qixing Date: 10/21/2008
Silverlight 2 is Released!
Earlier this week, we shipped the final release of Silverlight 2! This is an important milestone for...
Author: qixing Date: 10/18/2008