Mike Ormond's Blog
Musings on mobile development and Windows Phone 7 in particular.
Radio silence for a bit
I'm heading off on holiday for a week so things'll be quiet round here and on Twitter for a while....
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 06/04/2010
MSDN Flash Poll #1
As well as taking on my new mantle as “phone guy”, I’ve also taken on the role of MSDN Flash...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 06/04/2010
The start of a Windows Phone 7 Journey
My blog’s been quiet for a while as I’ve been spending most of my efforts over on ubelly.com but...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 06/02/2010
jQuery Primer
I’ve eventually managed to get my jQuery Primer deployed – apologies for the delay. It’s a good...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 05/07/2010
Moving from Visual Studio 2010 RC to RTM
I’ve just been doing a bit of housekeeping before moving to VS2010 RTM, in particular removing...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 04/23/2010
What if I can’t upgrade to IE8?
Having spelled out the virtues of IE8 and how I like to configure it, the question remains, what if...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/23/2010
Make IE8 the best dev browser
As a developer you spend a fair amount of time in a browser. If you’re a web developer your probably...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/19/2010
Is IE8 your default web browser?
If not, why not? I’ve heard them all (actually, I probably haven’t but it feels like I have :)). For...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/17/2010
MIX10 Day 2 Keynote – ie the Web
1105 What’s really changing is not the technology, it’s who’s doing what, where, with whom. Mobile...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/16/2010
I didn’t think I was that sort of person
The sort that Viral describes over here as “the type of person who likes to stick random devices in...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/11/2010
ORMs – A Developer’s Dream, A DBA’s Nightmare?
I caught up with Simon Sabin (@simon_sabin), organiser of the SQL Bits conference, at DDD8 (a...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/11/2010
The Jeff Stelling Accelerator
Yes folks, it’s the big one; the one you’ve been waiting for. After months of hard work, I’m very...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 02/23/2010
UK Tech Days – Registration Open!
A full week of activities for both Developers and ITPros from 12-16th April. From the dev...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 02/17/2010
Introducing .NET 4.0 (the book that is)
Some time back Alex Mackey very kindly asked me to write a couple of paragraphs about what I was...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 02/05/2010
Last chance for your MIX10 discount
I’m very much looking forward to MIX10 (yes, I’m going this year) and I see a host of Windows Phone...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 02/05/2010
Catching up on some reading
My blog reader’s bursting at the seams so I thought I’d try and play catch-up this morning – not...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 01/22/2010
[Video] Spark View Engine Part 3
Here’s the final part of the video series covering my Spark view engine posts. Part 1 is here. Part...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 01/07/2010
[Video] Spark View Engine Part 2
Here’s part 2 of the short video series covering the Spark view engine posts. Part 1 is here. Part 3...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 12/22/2009
[Video] Spark View Engine Part 1
I decided to make a short video series covering the Spark view engine posts I did here, here and...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 12/21/2009
My Most Popular Posts of 2009
Inspired by Eric doing this first, I thought I’d dig out my most popular posts of 2009. Most popular...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 12/18/2009
The Perils of Blocking Online Ads
In a fit of frustration the other day, having waited an eternity for some online ad on some...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 12/18/2009
Adding a bit of Spark to Nerd Dinner
Right, here we go. Having talked about how to get Spark set up and a little about Spark usage, it’s...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 12/18/2009
A Bit About Spark
In my last post I installed and configured Spark as an alternative view engine for ASP.NET MVC....
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 12/17/2009
Extending ASP.NET MVC – Replacing the View Engine
One of the less discussed aspects of ASP.NET MVC is its extensibility. Pretty much any component can...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 12/17/2009
Search Engine Optimisation
Here I go again on the importance of SEO and the benefits of the SEO Toolkit :). I put together a...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 12/15/2009
Web Platform Slideshow
This is a deck from a session I delivered recently trying to round-up some of the highlights of the...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 12/15/2009
MIX10 Registration Open
Yes, it’s that time of year again when March (and MIX) seem to be both in the distant future and...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 12/09/2009
Deliver better video with IIS Smooth Streaming
IIS Smooth Streaming is one of those “wow” technologies – watch the video and you get a real sense...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 12/01/2009
The Windows API Code Pack
If you want to access Windows 7 features like Jump Lists, Libraries, Common File Dialogs, Sensor...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 12/01/2009
Word Clouds in PowerPoint with PowerShell
James has really outdone himself here – he’s built a PowerShell script that will create lovely word...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 11/27/2009
Problem solved - mounting a VHD backup file
I’m sure this is documented somewhere but as I’ve just run into it I thought I would share. As I’m...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 11/26/2009
Silverlight 4 resources – a top 10 list
With the announcement and release of Silverlight 4 Beta, I thought it might be useful to bring...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 11/25/2009
The client script loader is cool
One of the new “features” of the ASP.NET Ajax library is the refactoring of said library into 15 or...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 11/25/2009
ASP.NET 4.0 - and semantic markup
By default, the menu control in ASP.NET 4.0 now renders tableless markup. Here’s the default ASP.NET...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 11/13/2009
ASP.NET 4.0 - New Project Templates
There’s been a few changes to the project templates in ASP.NET 4.0 to make things cleaner and...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 11/13/2009
ASP.NET 4.0 Beta 2 – What’s New?
A bit behind the times here but in my defence I’ve been up to my ears in nappies and things :). I’ve...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 11/11/2009
Beta 2 of Visual Studio 2010 / .NET Fx 4 Available Today for MSDN Subscribers
General availability is 21st October. Visit the Visual Studio 2010 / .NET Fx 4 Beta site for more...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 10/19/2009
Windows Azure Migration from USA-Northwest
If you’re on the Azure CTP (and specifically one of the early participants, eg a PDC attendee) then...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 10/14/2009
Search Engine Optimization in ASP.NET
A few days ago I posted about my adventures with the SEO Toolkit and some of its features for...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 10/12/2009
Silverlight 3 Firestarter Event - Download the Videos
Via Mithun Dhar Kickoff | Mithun Dhar & Mark Hindsbo | Download Keynote | Scott Guthrie |...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 10/12/2009
Boot Windows 7 from VHD without installing a native OS
I’d already started to install Windows 7 as a “host OS” on an old machine simply to be able to use...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 10/09/2009
More on Boot from VHD - Disk2vhd
A little while ago I wrote about how impressed I was with boot from VHD in Windows 7. This morning I...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 10/08/2009
Adventures with the SEO Toolkit
Well, TBH, things didn’t get off to the best of starts as my attempts to install the SEO Toolkit via...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 10/07/2009
Web Application Toolkit for IE8
Some time back I did a video and some demos on how to create IE8 accelerators, search providers and...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 09/30/2009
Web Application Toolkits
Web Application Toolkits provide a packaged set of samples, documentation, templates, controls etc...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 09/29/2009
dezineforce Proof of Concept Interview
Following on from my post yesterday about the dezineforce proof of concept, I spent a little more...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 09/24/2009
A User Experience Overhaul with Silverlight and MVVM
I recently had the opportunity to spend some time in the Microsoft Technology Centre (MTC) with a...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 09/23/2009