I know that this is incredibly short notice, but I just heard about it myself:
Join us on September 21 2010 at 8.00 am PDT (11:00 EDT) for the first of two Office Live Meeting broadcasts.
The Microsoft Windows Phone 7 marketplace will open in October, and Microsoft wants to help you make your app the best that it can be. If you would like to ensure that you’ve considered key submission criteria and that your app is of the highest quality, this free live training is for you!
Join Rob S. Miles and Andy Wigley once again (both MS Press authors and MVP’s) for an engaging training on advanced topics for Windows Phone 7 application and game development.
We’re also including a session on Windows Phone Design and Designing with Blend, taught by Microsoft SME’s Bryan Agnetta and Jon Harris. Bryan is a Senior User interface Program Manager in the design studio for Windows Phone 7 team. His responsibilities include managing the Design Integration team and Program Manager for Application development in the studio. His 9+ year tenure at Microsoft has all been with the Windows Phone User Experience team. Jon is the Senior Product Manager for Expression Blend and SketchFlow. He joined Microsoft as the first User Experience Evangelist! And now 4 years later, 4 releases of Blend, 4 releases of Silverlight and a new release of Blend 4 for Windows Phone… you get the benefit of his expertise in this session.
The last hour is dedicated to the questions you have. We’ve pulled together a panel of Microsoft SME’s in addition to Rob, Andy, Jon and Bryan. Through the Live Meeting Q&A function, you can get all your Windows Phone 7 development questions answered real time.
Sign up for both Part One and Part Two to get full coverage.
Here’s the agenda:
Part One: Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. EDT
Click here to register for Part One.
| Time | Subject |
| 11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. EDT | Panorama and Pivots |
| 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | XNA Deep Dive (includes a 10-minute break) |
Part Two: September 21, 2010, 3 p.m. – 7 p.m. EDT
Click here to register for Part Two.
| Time | Subject |
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. EDT | Bing Maps |
| 4:00 p.m. – 4:50 p.m. | Planning and Optimizing for Performance |
| 5:00 p.m. – 5:50 p.m. | Windows Phone 7 Design and Design using Microsoft Blend |
| 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. | Live Q&A Panel with Microsoft SME’s |