Michael Wolf

Monday June 01, 2009

RIA in the city

I will be in NYC this week for Internet Week. It's just like fashion week, only.... minus the fashion and plus the web. In preparation for Internet week we decided to take Cynergy.Cruises to the next logical level, windows 7.



Rick B worked on this by utilizing some of the new managed apis. The cool part is that very little had to change to port the experiences app from the surface app to windows 7. The majority of the work was on stripping out element menus, and replacing the Surface gestures with the new windows 7 gesture engine.

If you want to see it first hand, and are at Internet Week, stop by the 2 sessions we are holding at the Microsoft Gallery.

Smearing the Monitor: From Microsoft Surface Tables to Your Home PC, Reach Out and Touch The Cloud (6/4/09 12:00 pm)

Imagine a world without mice. Not the furry ones, but the ones invented over a quarter of a century ago. From your phone, to your home PC and all the way to cutting edge table top computers like the Microsoft Surface, Natural User Interfaces are changing the way we all experience and interact with software and the web today. It’s no longer about right clicks and dragging the mouse, it’s about touching, feeling and truly interacting with the your pc and the internet. It’s also no longer about web servers and databases. Cloud services are letting you have your information available all the time… Now literally right at your finger tips. Come take a trip on Cynergy.Cruises, a focused rich, engaging and interactive experience designed and built for the hospitality space, where you can truly feel how incredible user experiences, mixed with amazing devices are touching our lives. If you haven’t had your hands on a Microsoft Surface Table, or an HP Touchsmart, this is your chance.

Why Do All Web 2.0 Websites Look Alike? How to Create Sticky Eyeballs & Break Out of the Shiny Box (6/5/09 12:00 pm)

You have the next great idea. You’ve imagined it, you’ve planned it, and you’re ready. Now Time to build it, get it out there, explode across a market, and own it. But great ideas don’t sell themselves. How will you get that message out? How will you find new users and keep them? Who will be your champions?

Passionate Users. Passionate users that tell their friends and families. Passionate users that create social epidemic faster than any marketing budget could ever envision. How do you create passionate users? With rich, interactive and sticky User Experiences that engage your users and keep them—experiences that make it fundamentally easier to attract more users, keep them with you longer, and even get them to spend more money.

Join us for a tour of incredible User Experiences designed and built for both startups and market leaders, and learn how incredible experiences have won markets.

Come on by and say hi, and get your hands on some sweet RIA!

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