That Windows 8 Thing

In case you missed it, then Steven Sinofsky pulled some of the wrapping off the Windows 8 box today at the AllThingsD (after trading a few with Walt Mossberg). You can catch the AllThingsD coverage here.

The video above shows some of the user experience – very metro-y WP7-y and the notion of apps using HTML5 and JS opens a bunch of opportunities. We also announced the Build conference where we’ll show you how to, well, build for this next generation of devices running Windows 8. (Might be a good idea to register soon...)

Full official details at the Microsoft Presspass site.

Rebooting the Client Platform Blog

It’s been a while, but it’s nice to see Tim Sneath’s blog spring back into life. “The Client Platform” is a big old topic to talk about but from the posts of the past couple of weeks it looks like HTML5 and IE9 are the current order of the day.

Take a look and there are some nice videos covering some of the recent IE9 Beauty of the Web launch. Like this one.

Making Of : Never Mind the Bullets from Steaw Web Design on Vimeo.

Oh yeah – Tim is also looking to hire someone to be an IE9/HTML5 Technical Evangelist. He says it’s the best job in the company, but I thought that was mine…

via Writerous

The Unauthorised Autobiography of Marc Holmes

Microsoftie thinking about dialogue with developers. Brit in Seattle. Windswept and Interesting.

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That Windows 8 Thing

Rebooting the Client Platform Blog