Well, I am finally back from MIX. The last day and a half were interesting. Some good sessions, with the WPF/E (with the E standing for everywhere) probably being the coolest. They demoed WPF/E running in IE, Firefox, and then in Safari on Mac OS X. It was very cool though I never got a clear idea of what the meaning of "subset" is when saying the WPF/E is a subset of WPF. I imagine it includes 3D stuff and .NET cod-behind support, but still not entirely sure on what else there may or may not be in there.

Otherwise, some interesting stuff but nothing that has stuck with me enough to make worth recalling here. All in all, I would say MIX was like a PDC-light. Not exactly the intention or the billing of MIX, I think, but it was a good conference in a heck of a lot better venue than other dev focused Microsoft events like PDC and TechEd. Especially good if you all you do is web stuff and dont feel like paying the higher PDC fees.

Speaking of venue, I am happy to report that I did indeed recover from my poker losses last night and ended up finishing the trip up close to $200 for the trip. The one thing that I am most certain of is that when in Vegas, the tag line should be "here fishy fishy fishy" when it comes to the poker tables. It was worth paying the higher-than-online rake just due to the games being so soft. Plus, there is a lot to be said for playing live poker.