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A few short (and blunt) thoughts on ReMIX:

Good Stuff:

* Getting to meet and speak to various interesting people.

* Hearing honest case-studies/opinions from non-Microsofties as to how well the whole Silverlight thing worked for them. They were all using pre-release very early beta/alpha code, but it was interesting to see that several of the speakers basicly said “don’t bother with Silverlight 1.0, if you’re not comfortable with Javascript in a big way, and/or just want to do more advanced stuff”

* WebJam + Galactic Circus.

Not so cool things:

* Lack of free wifi (I’ve mentioned this already, but it’s a bit of a sticking point for me)

* Expression Web
Expression Web is of limited or no use to designers, and most or all of it’s functionality is replicated inside Visual Studio 2008, so it’s of limited value to developers. Expression Studio + Vista Ultimate were given out at MIX in Las Vegas – so Expression Studio would’ve been nice.

* Overrcrowding
There was a serious lack of space in many of the rooms and public lunch/morning tea areas. Some crowding is okay, but the way it was laid out meant that there were often very narrow walkways, which quickly get blocked by guys with backpacks (like me).
Very limited places to sit down for lunch. (Maybe about 40 spaces for people to sit down, for 300+ people – There really needed to be a sperate lunch/morning tea area)

And, uhm, yes, that’s Paul and me with the blue monster. I’m dreading my video showing up on Nick’s “The Geek Stories” site. Lots of “Umm… Ahh… ” + Shifty Eyes.