Glen's old blog
PhoneGap on WP7 Tip #4: The Application Bar
“So two applications walk into a bar…” One of the user interface constructs that’s unique to Windows...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 12/14/2011
PhoneGap on WP7 Tip #3: Sending SMS and intro to Plugins
In this tip, I’m going to show you how to send an SMS message from PhoneGap on Windows Phone using...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 12/02/2011
PhoneGap on WP7 Tip #2: Script interaction
(This post is part of my series PhoneGap on Windows Phone 7 tips.) When you are creating integration...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 11/21/2011
PhoneGap on WP7 tip #1: Handling Orientation
Today’s PhoneGap on Windows Phone 7 tip involves handling orientation changes. This means when...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 11/16/2011
PhoneGap on Windows Phone Tips
A few months ago, Microsoft announced support for PhoneGap on Windows Phone Mango. This announcement...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 11/15/2011
Resources for my “What’s New in Mango” talk
Thanks to all who came out to last week’s Atlanta .NET user group meeting. Although we were moved a...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 11/14/2011
WebVisions Mobile Hackathon for Good in ATL November 17
Yet another great sounding conference is headed to Atlanta. This one is WebVisions and it explores...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 11/09/2011
Community Phone Camp in Birmingham, AL November 9
In addition to the Microsoft led Windows Phone camps that are happening on the east coast, some...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 10/21/2011
A Web Afternoon–in Atlanta
A Web Afternoon is a mini event intended to inspire and educate people who love the web. It’s being...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 10/18/2011
Trial mode tips for Windows Phone apps
At the Windows Phone camps that I’ve been presenting at around the east region, I’ve been showing...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 10/18/2011
Go Mango and Win
Here’s a great contest for those of you thinking about publishing Windows Phone applications that...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 10/18/2011
Announcing ReMIX South–the top UX/Web/Mobile community conference in the southeast
As many of you are aware, Microsoft has been holding conferences known as MIX in Vegas for several...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 07/20/2011
Free Microsoft WebCamp coming to Atlanta on August 4
The Microsoft HTML5 Web Camps are free, full-day events to help you get up to speed with HTML5 and...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 07/15/2011
Students – build a Windows Phone app this summer and win!
Are you a college student out of ideas on how to spend your summer? Learn how to build a Windows...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 07/11/2011
Man, go get you some Mango!
If you have been working with the Windows Phone Developer Tools for Mango, no doubt you have played...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 06/29/2011
Atlanta Code Camp 2011 is June 25
After a bit of a dry spell, the Atlanta Code Camp is back, and it’s bigger than ever! Code Camp is a...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 06/15/2011
Win a Windows Phone at a Windows Phone Garage event in South Carolina
Two great community guys – Chris Eargle and Chris Williams - are setting up community led Windows...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 06/09/2011
Windows Phone Garage II follow up
A few weeks ago Joe Healy and I lead Windows Phone Garage events in Atlanta, Charlotte and Tampa. I...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 06/09/2011
Publish 5 Windows Phone apps, get free advertising
Here’s another promotion that will be of interest to those Windows Phone developers who publish...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 05/16/2011
Announcing GeekGive, TechEd 2011 edition
If you are coming to Atlanta for TechEd this year, why not arrive a little early and help give back...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 05/06/2011
Microsoft and Wintellect present a free day of Windows Azure training
Explore the Benefits of Windows Azure Data Storage and Compute Services Join Jeffrey Richter for a...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 05/02/2011
Windows Phone Garage part deux
Last fall we ran several Windows Phone Garage events on the east coast. They were so popular and...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 04/23/2011
Windows Phone App Garage in Birmingham–April 26
If you are in the Birmingham area and want to get in on the excitement that is Windows Phone 7...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 04/19/2011
Free Windows Azure event this week in Atlanta
This week, come hear about Windows Azure from two great sources. One is Microsoft’s own Dan Sandlin,...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 04/18/2011
A quick summary of the MIX11 Day 2 keynote
Today was an amazing day in the MIX keynote. First, Joe Belfiore walked through several features of...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 04/13/2011
Take the Rock-Paper-Azure challenge and win!
Are you up for a coding challenge? Think you can out-algorithm your opponents? Then step up to the...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 03/29/2011
Get interviewed about your Windows Phone 7 app
I am looking for local Atlanta developers (or people that can get to Atlanta) to interview about...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 03/24/2011
OData for iOS resources
Last week I had the pleasure of presenting on OData for the Atlanta iOS developers meetup. We had...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 03/22/2011
Microsoft and Start Atlanta
Microsoft is proud to be a sponsor of the upcoming StartAtlanta event this weekend. We are excited...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 01/26/2011
Free Silverlight event coming to Atlanta on February 10, plus more
Windows 7 and Silverlight make for a fantastic platform to build and deploy applications. Together,...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 01/07/2011
I love when event attendees put what they’ve learned into action
When I’m traveling around for events, I always enjoy talking to attendees who are excited about...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 12/17/2010
Silverlight 5 announced at today’s Silverlight Firestarter
Today’s Silverlight Firestarter event featured a keynote from Scott Guthrie where he revealed lots...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 12/02/2010
Live viewing of the Silverlight Firestarter in Alpharetta on December 2
Hopefully many of you have seen the upcoming Silverlight Firestarter on December 2nd. In addition to...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 11/23/2010
Show us your app on Windows Phone and win!
Is your app on Windows Phone? Submit it to https://www.myappisonwindowsphone.com/ and you can get a...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 11/19/2010
Get your applications featured in the CNET Windows 7 Optimized showcase
Contrary to popular perception, mobile devices are not the biggest market for commercial software...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 11/16/2010
Windows Azure and Web Development Firestarters–free training events in the Southeast
Don’t miss these great opportunities for free training coming up in the next few months. Windows...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 11/04/2010
Microsoft Integration Architects group forming in Atlanta
Are you an integration architect working with Microsoft technologies based in the Atlanta area? What...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 10/25/2010
Live PDC viewing Parties in Atlanta, New York and Malvern
October 28, 2010 – PDC10 Viewing Party Watch it via Live Broadcast at a Microsoft Office PDC10 is...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 10/25/2010
Montgomery, AL–Windows Phone 7 overview–October 18
Join me on October 18 at AUM (Business College, Room 208) for a presentation on developing for...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 10/08/2010
Join us in Atlanta on October 21 and 22 for the Windows Phone developer launch
Wow, what a whirlwind of activity has been going on getting ready for the launch of Windows Phone 7!...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 10/06/2010
Windows Phone 7 developers – free training and app building workshops!
Have you been looking for the best place to learn all about how to develop for Microsoft’s new...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 08/09/2010
Resources for “Visual Studio 2010 for JavaScript Developers talk”
Last Thursday night, I had a great time presenting to the Atlanta JavaScript meetup. We had to...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 08/02/2010
Windows Phone 7 devices arrive in the Southeast!
I have just been given an allocation of Windows Phone 7 devices to share with the local developer...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 07/30/2010
Windows Phone 7 – tech preview is out for developers, some reviews as a result
Some of you may have already noticed, but this morning, many of the prominent tech media sites have...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 07/19/2010
Resources: Windows Azure for PHP developers
Many thanks to the folks who came out for my talk last week at Atlanta PHP on Windows Azure. I loved...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 07/06/2010
Atlanta-based Business Intelligence group forming
If you’re in the Atlanta area and interested in meeting other folks who share a passion around...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 06/23/2010
Upcoming John Robbins .NET Debugging 2 day course
If you attended John’s half-day debugging seminar in Alpharetta a while back, check out his...
Author: GlenGordon Date: 06/22/2010