I got lucky and will be one of the field Microsoft people that will be heading to MIX this year.  MIX has become one of my favorite Microsoft conferences for its interesting mix (pun intended) of content and attendees.  Designers, marketing types, business folks and developers all get together for a few days to look at the next web.  Of course, MIX has also had its fair share of tech announcements from Micrososft as well and I will be looking forward to the current state of Silverlight and what it looks like moving forward - sure to be a big topic this year.  Make sure you keep an eye on the blog's of Rocky Lhotka and Shannon Braun - two guys from the Twin Cities that will be going and providing some insight on what is going on and what they think it means for Microsoft developers.