Why show your stuff to a few friends, when you can Show Off to thousands of your
peers at MIX08?
Seriously. How cool would it be to see the results of your unbelievable creativity
projected on a huge screen with monster sound and a sea of raving fans!? Okay, okay…so
maybe we’re playing it up a bit too much, but you get the idea.
At MIX08, we’re hosting what will be a world famous Show Off event. If you’ve ever
wanted to put the smack down on lesser mortals, flex your brain, and get everyone
to gloat at your—deservedly—awe-inspiring work, this is what might be called a prime
opportunity. We want you to inspire others with your unique software, tip, tool,
technique, animation, or anything else we can’t think of. All you need to do is
create a short, 3-minute-or-less video demonstrating what you want to show off.
If you don't have anything to submit, we still want all MIX08 attendees to cheer
on their peers in recognition of their fantastic work. This is all about excitement,
and we’ll have theater-style “food” to keep the energy going. And there will be
prizes. Oh yes…fabulous prizes await.
We want to keep it simple, so here are the guidelines:
- You and/or your team put together a single WMV file that shows off something cool
about your application, animation, tool, technique (or whatever).
- This is a Microsoft hosted conference, so make sure that at least some of our technology
was used to create the stuff you’re showing off.
- Videos are limited to 3 minutes and should not include credits. We’ll add credits
to the beginning of each video.
- If you want to use a screen capture application like Camtasia Studio, HyperCam,
or Windows Media Encoder, go for it! We’ll be showing these on a big screen, so
please be sure to record at high quality.
- Be creative. Show something cool that would excite your peers.
- No crude language, nudity, or commercials.
All submissions must be made no later than 11:59 p.m. (PT) on February 28, 2008.
If you’d like to submit a video for consideration, click the link at the bottom
of this post and send us an e-mail that includes all of the following information
(you might want to copy & paste this list to make it easier):
- Names of people who should receive credit
- Name of your organization (if any)
- Contact information (e-mail, URL, etc.)
- Title of the video
- The developer and designer tools you used (both Microsoft and non-Microsoft)
- Short 2-3 sentence description of your video
- Information about how we can retrieve your video (URL, FTP, etc.)
We look forward to your submission and hope to see everyone at the Show Off event!