{"id":21,"date":"2008-03-11T15:10:31","date_gmt":"2008-03-11T15:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/refraction.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/03\/11\/feeding-geeks-with-xbox-live\/"},"modified":"2008-03-18T19:15:59","modified_gmt":"2008-03-18T19:15:59","slug":"feeding-geeks-with-xbox-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refraction.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/03\/11\/feeding-geeks-with-xbox-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeding geeks with XBox Live"},"content":{"rendered":"

I couldn’t make it to Mix this year, which is a real shame as from what I’ve heard\u00a0it was a great conference.\u00a0 To try and catch up I’ve spent a good few hours this week watching videos\u00a0of the sessions over on the Mix site<\/font><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now I think\u00a0the Mix site\u00a0is great, having these sessions online and freely available is fantastic resource for anyone who couldn’t make the conference.\u00a0 Whether they’re professional geeks like me, students or people who were there and missed a particular session.<\/p>\n

So last night I found myself sat on my sofa with my laptop and headphones watching the Steve B interview.\u00a0 As good as the Mix site and videos are, I realised it would be much nicer to be watching these things on my TV.\u00a0 I did briefly consider how I could hook up my laptop, but I figured it would be much\u00a0easier if I could just watch them through Xbox Live.<\/p>\n

There’s some pretty good content on Live these days, especially in the US (the UK seems to have a lot less for some reason).\u00a0 To my mind the more content that’s available. and the more choice available the better it is for the customer (user?) and therefore for MS.\u00a0 Content like the sessions from Mix\u00a0are like gold dust for geeks and IT pros, and making this stuff available on XBox Live would seem\u00a0to be\u00a0a quick win.\u00a0 At the very least it says good things about MS’s openness and willingness to share MS resources\u00a0with the wider world.\u00a0<\/p>\n

(Though Steve B might want to beep out his email address!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I couldn’t make it to Mix this year, which is a real shame as from what I’ve heard\u00a0it was a great conference.\u00a0 To try and catch up I’ve spent a good few hours this week watching videos\u00a0of the sessions over on the Mix site.\u00a0 Now I think\u00a0the Mix site\u00a0is great, having these sessions online and … <\/p>\n

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