So, coming off shipping the second version of Expression and enjoying a great Chicago summer it's time to start thinking seriously about designers, developers, and great user experience for software and the Web again. One might argue, "Chris, we've been doing that all summer. What have you been doing?"
That would be a great question that has, I hope, great answers. First of all I've spent a great deal of time this summer working with my peers in Microsoft to understand what worked well for us last year versus where we can improve and we've focused on the following.
- Getting designers in front of executives at Microsoft for two-way conversations around the value of design and our commitment to UX.
- Making some massive investments in offerings for design focused agencies, Web developers and (in an area dear to my own heart) start-ups!
- Growing our capabilities to engage and work with design and standards-based Web communities in both events (PhizzPop) and people (More user experience evangelists and folks that are dedicated to working with design partners)
I'll be talking a lot about the specific investments we're making in all these areas in the coming weeks and providing a detailed calendar of where we'll have these conversations.
What can you do right now?
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Hi Chris,
I've downloaded couple of PDF Session Slides. Great resource. Thanks very much.
Posted by: Faisal | October 19, 2008 at 06:24 PM