Jerry Nixon
Microsoft Developer Evangelist
The HealthVault Windows 8 SDK is now available!
What is HealthVault? HealthVault is the single repository of your entire medical life – across...
Author: jerry-nixon Date: 10/03/2012
Walkthrough: Capturing photos in your Windows 8 application
Windows 8 apps easily access all the sensors on a Windows 8 machine. But Windows 8 apps can’t...
Author: jerry-nixon Date: 10/01/2012
StackOverflow launches Aptivate!
The site simple says this: October 26 is coming fast. This is your chance to be one of the first...
Author: jerry-nixon Date: 09/28/2012
W3C publishes Microsoft’s – how to support multiple pointer types in web sites! More standards leadership.
Today the W3C has accepted and published Microsoft’s submission of a new way for Web sites and...
Author: jerry-nixon Date: 09/24/2012
Will project “Roslyn” change how developers use Visual Studio?
The Roslyn Community Technology Preview (CTP) was released in October 2011. To help understand the...
Author: jerry-nixon Date: 09/20/2012
Free MS Press book: Introducing Windows Server 2012 (RTM Edition)
Those of you preparing for a certification upgrade on Microsoft's latest server operating system,...
Author: jerry-nixon Date: 09/19/2012
Let’s compare SkyDrive to Apple, Google, and Dropbox.
SkyDrive has been around forever. Of course, not everyone knew about SkyDrive, so many people think...
Author: jerry-nixon Date: 09/19/2012
It’s official, Windows 8 developer certifications are available. Look!
Customers demand beautiful, elegant apps that are alive with activity. Demonstrate your expertise at...
Author: jerry-nixon Date: 09/13/2012
Amazing. What’s new in WPF 4.5?
Binding Delay! This is set on the source. You don’t always want your values to push as fast as you...
Author: jerry-nixon Date: 09/12/2012
Microsoft gives developers Real, Live Support for Windows Store certification problems! Know your options.
Believe it or not, Microsoft is offering CSS to developers having trouble developing or deploying...
Author: jerry-nixon Date: 09/12/2012
What are the Best Practices for Windows 8 apps on ARM? I’ll show you.
You must plan for every feature in your app, and the same is true for performance. Planning for...
Author: jerry-nixon Date: 09/12/2012
At last! The Windows Store is OPEN for business!
Today marks another critical milestone on our Windows 8 journey: The Windows Store is now open for...
Author: jerry-nixon Date: 09/11/2012
The most common Errors in Windows Store submissions can be Easily avoided, just read this!
Here are some of the actions you can take and links to additional references that can help you...
Author: jerry-nixon Date: 09/11/2012
I used to want a Surface (table), this new monitor makes me second guess!
I know PixelSense has a camera. But I am yet to be sold that anyone knows how to make use of the...
Author: jerry-nixon Date: 09/10/2012
What does it take to get a Windows 8 App into the Windows Store? Take a look.
To get your app onto the coming army of Windows 8 devices, you need to be in the Windows Store. In...
Author: jerry-nixon Date: 09/10/2012
How to access a named control inside a XAML DataTemplate (using CSharp)
Let me summarize the problem In XAML, the ItemsControl, ListBox, ListView, FlipView, or GridView are...
Author: jerry-nixon Date: 09/10/2012
Windows Server 2012 Available Today!
This just in! Windows Server 2012 available today! Backend computing infrastructure is going through...
Author: jerry-nixon Date: 09/04/2012
Windows 8: Scheduled Tasks & the Lock Screen
Windows 8 apps are like a stack of cards. Only the top card is active – the rest (apps) have their...
Author: jerry-nixon Date: 08/31/2012
Wanna see the Unreal Engine running on Windows RT?
NVidia has done it. They, with their partners have ported the full (yes, full) PC version of the...
Author: jerry-nixon Date: 08/29/2012
Apple helps Windows Phone
(Reuters) - Apple Inc's decisive triumph over Samsung Electronics in the most closely watched patent...
Author: jerry-nixon Date: 08/27/2012
Hooray! Here’s all 316 pages of the Windows 8 UX Guidelines in one cool PDF
Fortunately, we are providing UX guidelines to developers. Unfortunately, those guidelines are...
Author: jerry-nixon Date: 08/22/2012
Most people are doing MVVM all wrong. Are you?
Model View View Model or MVVM is, without question, one of the best things to ever come out of XAML...
Author: jerry-nixon Date: 08/22/2012
(new episode) DevRadio – Let Odata make your Windows 8 App Sing!
Abstract: In today’s episode Jerry Nixon shows us how to use OData as a data source inside our...
Author: jerry-nixon Date: 08/22/2012
Develop Windows 8 Apps without Windows 8? Yes, you can!
Windows is the premiere development platform in the world. With Windows 8, developers can leverage...
Author: jerry-nixon Date: 08/21/2012
How to uniquely identify a device in WinRT?
This is a nice trick that has been introduced in RTM. Why do you want to identify a device? Because...
Author: jerry-nixon Date: 08/16/2012
Adding Location, Geocoding, and Bing Maps to Windows 8 Apps
Did you know that the Windows 8 Location service does not require a GPS? It’s totally true. So many...
Author: jerry-nixon Date: 08/14/2012
Turns out Windows 8 is “the most secure OS” on the planet.
From ITPortal: After a week of rampant hacking at the Black Hat and DEF CON security conferences in...
Author: jerry-nixon Date: 08/13/2012
Windows 8 apps, what’s an Enterprise to do?
For decades, thousands of enterprises have run their business on custom, line-of-business systems....
Author: jerry-nixon Date: 08/13/2012
How to Create a Windows 8 Settings Pane in XAML
There are five charms in Windows 8: search, share, start, devices, and settings. The reason for the...
Author: jerry-nixon Date: 08/13/2012
Windows 8 Resources & Links to get started quickly
What you need: Create a bootable USB? jerrynixon.com Setup boot to VHD? jerrynixon.com Get an Azure...
Author: jerry-nixon Date: 08/09/2012
Do you like prizes? Do you like glory? Do you like Windows 8?
One of my favorite developer evangelists and colleagues, Matt Harrington, is organizing “the” online...
Author: jerry-nixon Date: 08/09/2012
Use Expression Design to create a Windows 8 ‘Ratings’ control
If you are not aware of Expression Design, you are missing a powerful tool in your toolbox....
Author: jerry-nixon Date: 08/08/2012
30 questions about Windows 8 that I get asked all the time
As a developer evangelist, I interact with a lot of developers. Many developers are just meeting...
Author: jerry-nixon Date: 07/23/2012
(New Episode) Microsoft DevRadio: How to Convert Your Windows Phone App into a Windows 8 Application
Nisha Baxi and I are back for today’s show as they welcome Developer Evangelist Daniel Egan to talk...
Author: jerry-nixon Date: 07/23/2012
Windows 8 is an Android killer?
Developer Daniel Sharp says that working with Windows 8 is simple and enjoyable, unlike the often...
Author: jerry-nixon Date: 06/04/2012
Why Chris Hayes should have used Windows 8 to say “I’m Sorry”
Over the Memorial Day weekend, Chris Hayes said a few untoward blunders on live television. Look, we...
Author: jerry-nixon Date: 05/29/2012
Why Windows 8 is like Radioactive Pacific Bluefin Tuna
As many of you know Windows 8 is Microsoft’s forthcoming Operating System. A significant upgrade to...
Author: jerry-nixon Date: 05/29/2012