Archive for January, 2009
MIX 09 – 10k Smart Coding ChallengeMIX 09 – 10k Smart Coding Challenge
Jan 30th
MIX09 an event taking place at Las Vegas next March, launched a contest with a “Grand Prize” consisting of : Free Entrance; 3 nights at the hotel plus a US$1500 visa voucher.
What will it takes to win?
You just have to code something for the Web with just 10kbytes !!
I’ll also mention that on the Juri you will find Ryan Stewart…that’s right, an Adobe Evangelist (!!) eheh
What are you waiting for?O evento MIX09, que irá decorrer em Las Vegas no próximo mês de Março está a lançar um concurso para atribuir como “Grand Prize” uma entrada gratuita com estadia em hotel e um voucher de US$1500 para se gastar no que se quiser.
Adiante, no que consiste o concurso?
Tentar criar algo para a Web com somente 10kbytes !!
É de referir também que no Jurí irão encontrar o Ryan Stewart…esse mesmo, um dos Evangelistas da Adobe (!!)
Do que estão à espera ?
Microsoft Vs Adobe – the sequelMicrosoft Vs Adobe – a continuação
Jan 24th
I had already posted that CNN, MSNBC, and the Presidential Inaugural Committee ” used the Silverlight technology for live video transmission.
Many voices, in favor of Adobe and even Adobe’s employees, have arisen about the possibility of Microsoft’s “contribution” of a large sum for the President Barack Obama’s campaing, thereby gaining some favoritism in the selection of the technology being used.
I would call it “investment”, and there isn’t anything wrong with it.
Until the Adobe’s employee Duane Nickull stated, and I quote:
“Disclosure: I do work for Adobe and yes – we have paid people to do Flash projects for various reasons.”
Finally someone states that Adobe and Microsoft are playing with the same weapons.Já aqui tinha referido que a CNN, MSNBC, e o “Presidential Inaugural Comittee” utilizaram a tecnologia Silverlight para a transmição em directo de vídeo.
Muitas vozes, pró-Adobe e até mesmo de funcionários da Adobe, se levantaram sobre a hipótese da Microsoft ter “contribuido” com uma soma avultada para a campanha do Presidente Barack Obama, ganhando desse modo algum favoritismo na selecção da tecnologia a ser utilizada.
A meu ver, não existe nada de errado nisso, eu chamar-lhe-ia “investimento” !!
Até que o Duane Nickull, também ele funcionário da Adobe diz que, e passo a citar:
“Disclosure: I do work for Adobe and yes – we have paid people to do Flash projects for various reasons.”
Finalmente alguém assume que também a Adobe joga com as mesmas armas.
Microsoft LayoffsMicrosoft “Layoffs”
Jan 23rd
Rough times we are facing, and even the biggest must prevent the worst.
Yesterday, on 22 January, Steve Balmer made a statement to its employees stating that Microsoft will lay off 5,000 people in the next 18 months. The areas most affected are: R & D, Marketing, Sales, Financesl, LCA, HR and IT.
The countdown for those 18 meses started today with 1400 layoffs.
You may read the entire Steve Balmer’s statement where he explains that decision and all others crisis’ counter-measures.
Not even the biggest ones are safe !Atravessamos tempos dificeis, e até mesmo os maiores se estão a precaver para o pior.
Ontem, dia 22 de Janeiro, Steve Balmer fez um comunicado para os seus empregados anunciando que a Microsoft irá despedir 5000 pessoas nos próximos 18 meses. As áreas mais afectadas serão: I&D, Marketing, Vendas, Financeira, LCA, RH e IT.
A contagem para esses 18 meses começou hoje com 1400 despedimentos.
Podem ler o restante comunicado onde Steve Balmer justifica os despedimentos e quais as restantes medidas que a Microsoft irá tomar face à Crise Económica Mundial.
Nem os grandes estão a salvo!
Blog in Portuguese and EnglishBlog em Português e Inglês
Jan 23rd
A promiss is a promiss and here it is, my blog learned english and became international !
Older posts will be translated soon, but for starters all posts since December 2008 are already translated.Já tinha prometido há imenso tempo que iria colocar o blog bilingue…demorou, mas foi !
Os posts anteriores irão ser traduzidos aos poucos, para já está o Janeiro 2009 e Dezembro 2008. Com calma ficarão todos traduzidos.
JamLegendJamLegend
Jan 22nd
“Guitar Hero” and “Rock Band” lovers, here it comes the “JamLegend“.
One more game for the same thrill?
Errr …. probably that’s your first thought, but the reality is different, “JamLegend” is an online game, free to play on a browser and was developed in the Flash Platform.
What are you waiting for? It’s time to Rock & Roll!Para os amantes do jogo “Guitar Hero” e “Rock Band” chega agora o “JamLegend“.
Mais um jogo do mesmo genero?
Errr….pois, este é o primeiro pensamento que vos assalta, mas a realidade é bem diferente, “JamLegend” é um jogo online, gratuito, joga-se via Browser e foi desenvolvido na Flash Platform.
Do que estão à espera? Está na hora do Rock&Roll !!!
MIX 09MIX 09
Jan 21st
The events are approaching and I bring to you the Mix09 program, scheduled from 18 to 20 March in Las Vegas. There will be some Silverlight sessions of extreme interest. Personally I would like to attend some 14 sessions, but unfortunately the Atlantic separates us. Note that some sessions are already about Silverlight 3!!!
- Conference Registration: USD$1395
- Workshops Registration: USD$295
(registrations until 13 of February will benefit of a USD$400 discount on the Conference ticket)
- Building an Optimized, Graphics-Intensive Application for Microsoft Silverlight -Seema Ramchandani
- Building Data-Driven Scalable AJAX Web Pages
- Building Microsoft Silverlight Applications with Eclipse – Shawn Wildermuth
- C# for Designers – Jennifer Smith, Fred Gerantabee
- Deep Dive into Microsoft Silverlight Graphics - Seema Ramchandani, Marshall Agnew
- Escaping Flatland in Application Design: Visualizing Data - Peter Eckert, Eric Gould Bear
- From Concept to Production: Design Workflow with Microsoft Expression Studio - Christian Schormann
- Go Beyond Best Practices: Evolving Next Practices to Prosper in the 21st Century – Lewis Carbone
- Go Deep with Microsoft Silverlight Controls
- Going Inside Microsoft Silverlight: Exploring the Core CLR - Brandon Bray
- High-Speed RIA Development with the Microsoft Silverlight Toolkit
- How Razorfish Lights Up Brand with Microsoft SharePoint – Tony Jones
- Improving UX through Application Lifecycle Management - Christian Thilmany, Chris Bernard
- Integrating Microsoft Expression Blend with Adobe Creative Suite - Joanna Mason
- Interaction Techniques Using the Wii Remote (and Other HCI Projects) – Johnny Lee
- Interactive Prototyping with DHTML - Bill Scott
- Live Framework and Mesh Services: Live Services for Developers
- Mesh-Enabled Web Applications
- Microsoft Expression Web: No Platform Left Behind – Steve Guttman
- Optimizing Performance for Microsoft Expression Encoder – James Clarke
- RESTful Services for the Programmable Web with Windows Communication Foundation - Ron Jacobs
- The Future of Microsoft Expression Blend - Douglas Olson
- The Way of the Whiteboard: Persuading with Pictures - Dan Roam
- Touch and Gesture Computing, What You Haven’t Heard – Joseph Fletcher
- Visual Design with Microsoft Expression Blend – Celso Gomes
- Web Form Design -Luke Wrobleski
- What’s New in Microsoft Silverlight 3 - Joe Stegman
- What’s New in Microsoft Silverlight 3 Media – Larry Olson
- Wireframes That Work: Designing (Rich Internet) Applications – Aaron Adams
- Black Belt Web Standards
- Semantic HTML and Unobtrusive JavaScript – Nate Koechley, Yahoo!
- Cascading Stylesheets - Molly Holzschlag, molly.com, W3C CSS Working Group
- Harmonizing Designer / Developer Workflow
- Design Fundamentals for Developers – Robby Ingebretsen, Pixel Lab
- Developing for Experience with 3 Heads – Rick Barraza, Cynergy; Jose Fajardo, Cynergy; Michael Wolf, Cynergy
- Advanced Tools & Practices
- Shio O Totte: Using What You Know – Adam Kinney, Microsoft
- Hiking Mt Avalon – Robby Ingebretsen, Pixel Lab; Jaime Rodriguez, Microsoft
(Workshops will be on the 17th February at 9am – 5pm)Os eventos estão a chegar e trago-vos o programa das festas do Mix09, a decorrer de 18 a 20 de Março em Las Vegas irá ter algumas sessões sobre Silverlight, de extremo interesse. Pessoalmente gostaria imenso de assistir a 14 sessões, mas infelizmente o Atlântico separa-nos. É de notar que algumas sessões já serão sobre o Silverlight 3 !!!
- Conference Registration: USD$1395
- Workshops Registration: USD$295
(até dia 13 de Fevereiro terá um desconto de USD$400 no bilhete da Conferência)
- Building an Optimized, Graphics-Intensive Application for Microsoft Silverlight -Seema Ramchandani
- Building Data-Driven Scalable AJAX Web Pages
- Building Microsoft Silverlight Applications with Eclipse – Shawn Wildermuth
- C# for Designers – Jennifer Smith, Fred Gerantabee
- Deep Dive into Microsoft Silverlight Graphics - Seema Ramchandani, Marshall Agnew
- Escaping Flatland in Application Design: Visualizing Data - Peter Eckert, Eric Gould Bear
- From Concept to Production: Design Workflow with Microsoft Expression Studio - Christian Schormann
- Go Beyond Best Practices: Evolving Next Practices to Prosper in the 21st Century – Lewis Carbone
- Go Deep with Microsoft Silverlight Controls
- Going Inside Microsoft Silverlight: Exploring the Core CLR - Brandon Bray
- High-Speed RIA Development with the Microsoft Silverlight Toolkit
- How Razorfish Lights Up Brand with Microsoft SharePoint – Tony Jones
- Improving UX through Application Lifecycle Management - Christian Thilmany, Chris Bernard
- Integrating Microsoft Expression Blend with Adobe Creative Suite - Joanna Mason
- Interaction Techniques Using the Wii Remote (and Other HCI Projects) – Johnny Lee
- Interactive Prototyping with DHTML - Bill Scott
- Live Framework and Mesh Services: Live Services for Developers
- Mesh-Enabled Web Applications
- Microsoft Expression Web: No Platform Left Behind – Steve Guttman
- Optimizing Performance for Microsoft Expression Encoder – James Clarke
- RESTful Services for the Programmable Web with Windows Communication Foundation - Ron Jacobs
- The Future of Microsoft Expression Blend - Douglas Olson
- The Way of the Whiteboard: Persuading with Pictures - Dan Roam
- Touch and Gesture Computing, What You Haven’t Heard – Joseph Fletcher
- Visual Design with Microsoft Expression Blend – Celso Gomes
- Web Form Design -Luke Wrobleski
- What’s New in Microsoft Silverlight 3 - Joe Stegman
- What’s New in Microsoft Silverlight 3 Media – Larry Olson
- Wireframes That Work: Designing (Rich Internet) Applications – Aaron Adams
- Black Belt Web Standards
- Semantic HTML and Unobtrusive JavaScript – Nate Koechley, Yahoo!
- Cascading Stylesheets - Molly Holzschlag, molly.com, W3C CSS Working Group
- Harmonizing Designer / Developer Workflow
- Design Fundamentals for Developers – Robby Ingebretsen, Pixel Lab
- Developing for Experience with 3 Heads – Rick Barraza, Cynergy; Jose Fajardo, Cynergy; Michael Wolf, Cynergy
- Advanced Tools & Practices
- Shio O Totte: Using What You Know – Adam Kinney, Microsoft
- Hiking Mt Avalon – Robby Ingebretsen, Pixel Lab; Jaime Rodriguez, Microsoft
(os Workshops decorreram no dia 17 das 9h as 17h)
Who is behind the Microsoft’s Web R&D?Quem está por detrás da I&D Web da Microsoft?
Jan 20th
Microsoft has launched in 2006 a team to “research & develop” technology for the Web and called them “Microsoft Live Labs“.
The technologies currently in R&D are: (site transcription)
A single place to save or share the stuff you want from all around the web.
It’s easier than sending a bunch of links in an e-mail, or setting several favorites in your browser. Thumbtack simplifies the process of saving and sharing photos, links, text and more.
Smooth, seamless browsing of vast quantities of visual information, on wall sized displays or mobile devices, regardless of the amount of data.
Secure dynamic web applications through virtualization.
Modern Web pages are made up of different pieces that may be served from different locations–maps, mashups, ads and more. But what happens if some of those pieces slow page performance or even endanger users’ personal information? That’s where the Web Sandbox comes in.
Automatically reconstruct a three-dimensional space from a collection of photos of a place or an object.
Whether sharing or reliving a vacation destination or exploring a distant museum or landmark, Photosynth transforms regular digital photos into a three-dimensional, 360-degree experience with a digital camera and your own creativity and inspiration.
Social Streams is a Live Labs project whose mission is to aggregate, store and mine all socal media content.
Using machine learning to identify meaningful text in documents, we can turn the unstructured web into a rich set of tagged documents.
Restaurant reviews… Business addresses… People’s Names… Phone numbers… Product descriptions…
The web is overflowing with descriptive information, but most content is not yet linked with outside applications. Highlight a restaurant address on any website, get a popup map. Or a book title in a blog post for reviews and prices from around the web. Add names and phone numbers from any email or webpage to your contacts with one click. It’s all coming, and Entity Extraction is the enabling technology.
A Microsoft lançou em 2006 uma equipa para “Investigar & Desenvolver” tecnologia para a Web e designou-os por “Microsoft Live Labs“.
As tecnologias presentemente em I&D são: (transcrição do site)
A single place to save or share the stuff you want from all around the web.
It’s easier than sending a bunch of links in an e-mail, or setting several favorites in your browser. Thumbtack simplifies the process of saving and sharing photos, links, text and more.
Smooth, seamless browsing of vast quantities of visual information, on wall sized displays or mobile devices, regardless of the amount of data.
Secure dynamic web applications through virtualization.
Modern Web pages are made up of different pieces that may be served from different locations–maps, mashups, ads and more. But what happens if some of those pieces slow page performance or even endanger users’ personal information? That’s where the Web Sandbox comes in.
Automatically reconstruct a three-dimensional space from a collection of photos of a place or an object.
Whether sharing or reliving a vacation destination or exploring a distant museum or landmark, Photosynth transforms regular digital photos into a three-dimensional, 360-degree experience with a digital camera and your own creativity and inspiration.
Social Streams is a Live Labs project whose mission is to aggregate, store and mine all socal media content.
Using machine learning to identify meaningful text in documents, we can turn the unstructured web into a rich set of tagged documents.
Restaurant reviews… Business addresses… People’s Names… Phone numbers… Product descriptions…
The web is overflowing with descriptive information, but most content is not yet linked with outside applications. Highlight a restaurant address on any website, get a popup map. Or a book title in a blog post for reviews and prices from around the web. Add names and phone numbers from any email or webpage to your contacts with one click. It’s all coming, and Entity Extraction is the enabling technology.
Barack Obama’s Presidential Inauguration on SilverlightTomada de Posse de Barack Obama via Silverlight
Jan 20th
Within a few hours the world will witness a historic achievement, the swearing in of President of the United States of America, Barack Obama.
To witness this, the “Presidential Inaugural Comittee“, will use the Silverlight technology on their website to display “live” and “on-demand” video. Broadcasts began last Saturday, during the journey of the then “President Elect” from Philadelphia to Washington DC. On the committee website you may see the ceremony live. More detailed information in the Microsoft’s Press-Release.
CNNand MSNBC will also use the Silverlight technology’s Photosynth, to deploy professional photographs and amateur photographs from the audience, mixing them to create a three-dimensional experience with DeepZoom.Dentro de umas horas o Mundo irá testemunhar um feito histórico, a tomada de posse do Presidente dos Estados Unidos da América, Barack Obama.
Para testemunhar esse feito, o “Presidential Inaugural Comittee“, com recurso à empresa iStreamPlanet irá utilizar a tecnologia Silverlight no seu site para apresentar vídeo “live” e “live on-demand“. As transmissões iniciaram-se no passado sábado, durante a viagem do então “Presidente Eleito” de Filadélfia para Washington DC. No site do comité poderão então ver hoje em directo a cerimónia. Poderão ver informação mais detalhada no Comunicado de Imprensa da Microsoft.
A CNN e a MSNBC também irão recorrer à tecnologia Silverlight para, via Photosynth, apresentarem fotografias de fotógrafos profissionais e fotógrafos amadores do público, misturando ambas para criarem uma experiência tridimensional com o DeepZoom.
FWA Sites of the Year 2008FWA Sites of the Year 2008
Jan 15th
“Favorite Website Awards” – FWA already selected the sites of the year 2008, but ultimately who is or what is the FWA?
FWA is a group of internet professionals, all with top positions in major companies or agencies.
In fact, FWA operates as a “certificate” of excellence for the websites developed, mostly with Adobe’s “Flash Platform” technology. Inside the judges group there are also some Adobe’s employees. Based in Hertfordshire – England, they already awarded 2,694 sites.
How to submit my website?
To compete simply submit the URL of the work and make a payment of 34.50 pounds, about 39 €. There is a special price for students and charity organizations – 11.50 pounds, about 13 €.
Daily is selected a website – “Site of the Day” and at the end of the week they select the best of 7 “site of the day” and get up the “Site of the Week”; at the end of the month we have the best of 4 “site of the week” and get the “Site of the Month”; and at the end of the year we have the best of 12 “site of the month” and so we get the expected – “SITE OF THE YEAR.”
Who selects the winners?
The Jury is composed of web professionals, mostly “Art Directors” from Agencies or Design and Advertising companies, including also some members of the Adobe.
However, at the end of the year there is a premium in the FWA’s own visitors can vote, we get the “People Choice Award”.
However, at the end of the year there is an award called “People Choice Award” where all the FWA visitors may vote.
Any advantages of winning a FWA award?
According to a study of the FWA’s website traffic, it is estimated that a site winner acquires an extra 10,000 visitors redirected from the FWA website.
Well, the important fact of this post is that we have the winners of 2008:
“Site of the Year 2008” – EcoDaZoo
“People Choice Award 2008” -Hotel626
Take a look, they deserved it !!A “Favorite Website Awards” – FWA já seleccionou os sites do ano 2008, mas afinal quem é ou o que é a FWA??
A FWA é um grupo de profissionais da WEB, todos com cargos de topo em agências ou empresas importantes. Na realidade, a FWA funciona como um “certificado” de excelência para os sites elaborados, maioritariamente na tecnologia “Flash Platform” da Adobe. Dentro do seu grupo de juris encontram-se também alguns elementos da própria Adobe. Sedeada em Hertfordshire – Inglaterra, conta com 2694 sites premiados.
Como se concorre?
Para se concorrer basta submeter a URL do trabalho e efectuar um pagamento de £34.50, cerca de 39€. Existe um preço especial para estudantes e organizações de caridade – £11.50, cerca de 13€.
Diariamente é seleccionado um site – “Site of the Day”; no final da semana selecciona-se o melhor dos 7 “site of the day” e obtem-se o “Site of the Week”; ao final do mês temos o melhor dos 4 “site of the week” e obtemos o “Site of the Month”; e no final do ano temos o melhor dos 12 “site of the month” e obtemos o tão esperado – “SITE OF THE YEAR”.
Quem selecciona os vencedores?
O Juri é composto por profissionais web, maioritariamente “Directores de Arte” de Agências e Ateliers de Design e Publicidade, contando também com alguns membros da própria Adobe.
No entanto, no final do ano existe também um prémio em que os próprios visitantes da FWA podem votar, e obtemos o “People Choice Award”.
Quais as vantagens de vencer um prémio FWA?
Segundo um estudo do tráfego do site FWA, estima-se que um site vencedor adquira um extra de cerca de 10.000 visitantes direccionados pelo site FWA.
Bem, o facto relevante deste post é que já temos os vencedores de 2008:
“Site of the Year 2008” – EcoDaZoo
“People Choice Award 2008” -Hotel626
Visitem que valem a pena !!!
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