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DirectX in a hurry
So, being a Program Manager working with XBox games teams - that's got to be one of the coolest jobs...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/30/2008
Social networking in the real world: TechLudd
By nature, I’m not what you would call a social chap. Meeting new people is something I find...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/26/2008
Whoops..
Ah, well this is interesting. If you can read this, I managed to adjust the date when this blog...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/19/2007
So long and thanks for all the fish!
OK heroes, this is my last blog entry as today is my last day at Microsoft. I’ve greatly enjoyed the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/12/2007
Windows Mobile 6 Docs: Now in Seven Languages
Good news if English isn't your first language, or, I guess, you want to test your foreign language...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/12/2007
Windows Mobile Documentation: MSDN Shuffle
Back to work for a moment: if you now go to the MSDN site and check the Windows Mobile docs - in...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/11/2007
Time to move on
Next week will be my last at Microsoft. It’s just shy of eight years ago, that I came to the US from...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/02/2007
Windows Mobile: Programmatically Making Contact
I’ve recently been working on a Windows Mobile Starter Kit (I’ll be uploading it shortly) that...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/02/2007
Windows Mobile: Three new Starter Kits for Windows Mobile 6
I'm really delighted to be able to tell you that the Content Publishing team have created three new...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/20/2007
More sources of Windows Mobile bloggery..
If you need a daily dose of Windows Mobile coding information, check out this list of Windows Mobile...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/18/2007
Windows Mobile 6 SDK - August Documentation Update
The August update to the Windows Mobile SDK documentation has just gone live on MSDN. You should...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/30/2007
Windows Mobile SDK Documentation: Docs Update!
Good news everyone - the Crossbow SDK docs have been refreshed again. Here's a summary of what's...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/02/2007
Windows Mobile SDK: Navigation Aid
OK, here is my latest (and last for a while) attempt to ease Navigation of the Windows Mobile 6 SDK...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/11/2007
Windows Mobile SDK: More imagemaps
I think I forgot to say that one of the navigation imagemaps from the discussions here on this blog...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/10/2007
Windows Mobile: When Marketing Isn't So Bad
Ok, so if you are like me, the words "marketing people" have certain... connotations. Well, maybe...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/06/2007
Windows Mobile: Another Imagemap Navigation Experiment - Take 2
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/05/2007
Windows Mobile: Another Imagemap Navigation Experiment
Would you use it? You can try: this one is live. Click it and see! Sorry the screen is too narrow....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/03/2007
Windows Mobile SDK: Questions Please!
I started working on a FAQ to go into the Windows Mobile SDK, and I wanted to start to cover as many...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/03/2007
Windows Mobile: How the iPhone Will Benefit WM Applications
I for one welcome the iPhone’s Application Design Overlords. As I’ve commented on in past posts, and...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/29/2007
Carrots and iPhones
It's Friday, so what the heck - here's a tip if you are planning in waiting in line for an iPhone:...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/22/2007
Windows Mobile SDK: Using AppVerifier
Do you know what AppVerifier is? No? You're not alone - I'm guessing that many Windows Mobile...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/22/2007
Windows Mobile: Windows Mobile 6 SDK Documentation Update
We've just published an update to the Windows Mobile 6 SDK Documentation to MSDN. Now, don't get too...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/22/2007
Windows Mobile: Touched by an Angel(ic device)
Blah blah iPhone blah blah touch interface blah blah God Machine blah blah iPhone best thing ever...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/07/2007
Windows Mobile: Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1 for Windows Vista
If you are running Vista, and use a Windows Mobile device (in fact, any device running Windows...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/06/2007
Windows Mobile: Safe to Exit
I clearly have had my head in the sand for a while, as only today I discovered that the "ban" on...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/05/2007
Windows Mobile 6: Getting Started
I'm currently worried about the rather unapproachable nature of our Windows Mobile documentation. At...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/24/2007
Windows Mobile: Quick Survey
Got five minutes to spare? Enjoy answering questions? Sure you do! Why not take the Windows Mobile...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/03/2007
Windows Mobile 6: New Content for MEDC Part 2
It's been an exciting day here (that is, "exciting" in nerdy technical writing terms) as we've...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/01/2007
Windows Mobile: Get a Dash Phone for Cheap
Based in the US? Want to get a Windows Mobile phone for developing software? Want to be able to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/19/2007
Windows Mobile 6: SDK's Now Available
Can't wait to try out a Windows Mobile 6 device? Now you don't have to - if you have Visual Studio...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/01/2007
Windows Mobile SDK Documentation Navigation Experiment
The good thing about bagels - in fact, one of the many good things about bagels, is that when I meet...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/27/2007
Windows Mobile 6: Ajax and Windows Mobile 6
Ajax – the design model that aims to give web pages the look, feel and usability of applications –...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/26/2007
Windows Mobile 6: What's New for the ISV?
By now, you're read about the new features in Windows Mobile 6, including improvements to security...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/12/2007
Windows Mobile 6: What they're saying on the internets.
I'm still not allowed to say much about Windows Mobile 6 until next week, other than it exists, it's...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/08/2007
Windows Mobile 6
Well, it's official - we've all been working on Windows Mobile 6, and now we're allowed to talk...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/07/2007
Windows Mobile: Waiting Assistant Software?
I just received an interesting email from Arnissa asking if I knew of any Windows Mobile...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/29/2007
Windows Mobile: Here comes the iPhone
If you are in any way interested in Mobile Phone techology, the announcement by Apple of their...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/11/2007
Windows Mobile: Writing applications for multiple device screen sizes/orientations
I just recieved the latest issue of "Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine", and they were kind enough...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/11/2007
Not everyone dislikes Zune.. ;-)
To follow up to my previous post, it turns out not everyone dislikes the Zune. Perhaps surprisingly,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/14/2006
Windows Mobile Docs, wherefore art thou?
Hopefully you are aware that the best place to read the Windows Mobile 5.0 SDK documentation is on...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/11/2006
Windows Mobile: SDK Documentation Update
The Windows Mobile SDK Documentation has been updated today, with a release dated September 2006....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/10/2006