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MIX10

I’m so excited about MIX10!

Here’s a list of key Silverlight sessions.  If you’re not in Vegas, catch the keynotes (live!) and sessions (24hours delayed) at http://live.visitmix.com.

Time Session Speaker Room
Mon
11:30 – 12:30pm
Microsoft Silverlight 4 Overview: What’s in Store for Silverlight 4? Keith Smith Mandalay Ballroom D
Mon
2:00 – 3:00pm
Overview of the Windows Phone 7 Series Application Platform Charlie Kindel Mandalay Ballroom A
Mon
3:30 – 4:30pm
Stepping Outside the Browser with Microsoft Silverlight 4 Ashish Shetty Breakers H
Tue
11:00 – 12:00pm
Microsoft Silverlight 4 Business Applications Scott Morrison Lagoon H
Tue
11:30 – 11:55am
Microsoft Silverlight “Media”: Moving at 60fps Eric Schmidt Breakers H
Tue
1:30 – 2:30pm
Building Windows Phone Applications with Silverlight,
Part 1
Mike Harsh Mandalay Ballroom A
Tue
3:00 – 4:00pm
Building Windows Phone Applications with Silverlight,
Part 2
Peter Torr Mandalay Ballroom A
Tue
3:00 – 3:25pm
Building an Accessible Microsoft Silverlight Experience Mark Rideout Lagoon B
Tue
4:30- 4:55pm
Silverlight Performance on Windows Phone Seema Ramchandani Lagoon B
Wed
10:30 – 10:55am
Flash Skills Applied to Microsoft Silverlight Design and Development Adam Kinney Lagoon B

Some Recent Notable Silverlight Posts

A couple folks on my team have recently started blogs.  If you haven’t already, check it out!

David Poll (blog)

Jesse Bishop (blog)

Africa Penguins

African penguins at Boulder Beach.

Penguins!

the crowd

 

Penguins!

mom & baby

 

Penguins!

walkin’

 

Penguins!

swimmin’

 

"I Can Kick Your Ass" Penguin

i can kick your ass” penguin

Cape of Good Hope

Cape of Good Hope, the most south-west point of the African continent. 

(Though not the “southern” most point – that’s Cape Agulhas… which I didn’t see.)

 

Cape of Good Hope 

 

Cape Town

 

Cape Town

More Animals from Sabi Sands

Sabi Sands

giraffe

 

Sabi Sands

bird

 

Driving to Nkorho Lodge

kudu

 

Cameleon

chameleon.  this guy had the craziest walk.  he was swaying back & forth, trying to look like a leaf to those predators flying above.

 

Yellow

weaver

 

Warthog

warthog

 

Almost Captured

almost

 

Sabi Sands

hippo

 

Rhinos

rhino, by john

Elephants on Parade

After a couple quick glimpses, baby elephants were topping my “cuties of Africa” list.  I had seen Asian baby elephants before, but African baby elephants – with their HUGE ears – were just too much. 

However, by our 5th game drive, we still hadn’t gotten a good look at them – they were always hidden or running off.

Then, as we were off attempting to track a rhino, a large herd of 30 or so elephants came marching towards us.  They went around the truck like it was no big deal.  And we got to see all of their little babies.

 

Elephant Parade

elephants and elephants and elephants

 

Elephant Parade

going around the truck

 

Sabi Sands

three ages

 

Baby Elephants

i’m cute!

 

Baby Elephants

*melt*

Elephants

Sabi Sands

 

Sabi Sands

 

Sabi Sands

Zebras

 

Sabi Sands

 

Zebras

 

Zebras

 

Zebra

Twilight in the Bush

The scene:

A leopard, having just eaten, rests at the foot of a tree.

The remains of the impala still hang in the branches above.

A young hyena patiently waits for falling scraps.

 

Sabi Sands

 

Sabi Sands

 

Sabi Sands

Leopards

We saw three different leopards.  Here are photos of the first two.

 

The first leopard…

 Leopard

 

 Leopard

 

Leopard

 

Leopard

 

… and the second.  Who alternated between yawning and preparing to pounce.

 

Yawn

 

Preparing to Pounce