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FREE Building Real-World Cloud Apps with Windows Azure e-book (Jan 2014)
Not the one I did back in 2010 (which is now horribly out of date!), rather a shiny new one which...
Date: 01/13/2014
Fix to blank LightSwitch app bug with Visual Studio 2012
I needed to populate a database I’m designing with some test data and thought to myself...
Date: 05/22/2013
Blend for Visual Studio 2012 nice touch #2
Following on from nice touch #1… I disliked the way old versions of Blend relied on something as a...
Date: 05/21/2013
Blend for Visual Studio 2012 nice touch #1
[Really I’m just testing out twitterfeed which has failed for me… but I needed something to post on...
Date: 05/21/2013
So Long, and thanks for all the fish
After 16 great years with Microsoft, Friday 21st is my last working day. I am spending it in our new...
Date: 12/21/2012
Windows 8 – a small demonstration :-)
Smile … then chuckle at the last 10 seconds Windows 8
Date: 12/20/2012
Live streaming 13th and 14th Dec – Windows Store App Development for iOS Developers
During the last 6 months I have been working with iOS developers building the first wave of...
Date: 12/13/2012
Merry Christmas all Windows 8 Developers and Designers from….Telerik AppMock
Those very nice people at Telerik have impressed me once again – so much so that it feels similar to...
Date: 12/11/2012
Windows Store Tips: Create great promo images LONG BEFORE you submit
[Windows Store Tips] When you submit to the store you get an opportunity to add promo images to your...
Date: 12/11/2012
Windows Store Tips: Read the pre-submission checks by Pete Brown and set that logo/store color!
[Windows Store Tips] Pete has a great check list to do before submission. It includes store colors...
Date: 12/11/2012
Windows Phone and Windows 8 positive stories – Blackberry replaced by Lumia
Three positive stories. “Microsoft has sold 40 million Windows 8 licenses” (Reported on November...
Date: 12/11/2012
1996 to 2012 – still no evidence… I give up!
In 1996 I was happily working on large Unix applications when I was approached by Microsoft to join...
Date: 11/30/2012
Slides and links from Windows 8 Round Table 29th Nov 2012
If you attended the event yesterday in London then firstly, thank you for coming and secondly, you...
Date: 11/30/2012
Great developer application in the Windows 8 Store – ClassBrowserPlus
Just stumbled upon ClassBrowserPlus – what a great app! Lovely clean UX with great detailed content...
Date: 11/13/2012
Windows Store Tips:Follow the company developer account guidelines
[Windows Store Tips] When you create a developer account on the Windows 8 store you can either...
Date: 11/13/2012
Installing an application on Windows RT for testing is simple pimple
There appears to be a small myth that getting a Windows 8 store app on a Windows RT device ...
Date: 11/12/2012
101 WinRT Controls and Frameworks
Last updated 24th October 2012. Ok, not quite 101 but I’m sure we will get there If I have missed...
Date: 10/24/2012
Windows Store Tips: Run the Windows App Certification Kit frequently and on a low spec computer
[Windows Store Tips] Run it often The Windows App Certification Kit test is one of the first things...
Date: 10/19/2012
Windows Store Tips: Reserve your application name BEFORE you start
[Windows Store Tips] Before you start developing, before you start design, reserve your application...
Date: 10/19/2012
Windows Store Tips: Do not leave creating the store submission to the last day!
[Windows Store Tips] Several of the teams we have worked with have delayed looking at the store...
Date: 10/19/2012
Windows Store Tips: You need a privacy policy in your store listing AND in your application
[Windows Store Tips] If your application collects personal information or we think it might collect...
Date: 10/19/2012
Windows Store Tips: Turn off Internet Client in Visual Studio if you don’t use the Internet
[Windows Store Tips] When you create a new Windows Store project in Visual Studio 2012 it...
Date: 10/19/2012
Oooh…. sweet. Netflix is in the Windows Store
I love Netflix. My family love Netflix. Awesome that it is now in the store… This is a great looking...
Date: 10/18/2012
Surface videos…
Yum Enjoy the energy! Learn more
Date: 10/18/2012
Six Steps to Windows Azure
In January (2012)I delivered the hugely fun Six Weeks of Windows Azure. There was a lot right in the...
Date: 10/18/2012
Q&A on Surface on reddit.com from the team that created Surface
Just stumbled upon this Q&A with the Surface team from the 16th of October – makes for an...
Date: 10/18/2012
A must watch session if you are developing XAML WinRT applications
Imagine … You put down the keyboard and mouse, make yourself a warming mug of tea/coffee/horlicks,...
Date: 10/18/2012
The boss of my boss is… spot on
The enemy of my enemy is apparently my friend (I have little to prove that) and the boss of my boss...
Date: 10/18/2012
Explaining Windows RT vs Windows 8 to a 70+ year old
With Windows RT and Windows 8 devices now appearing (e.g. Surface running Windows RT is now...
Date: 10/17/2012
Windows Store Tips: Read the resolving certification errors BEFORE you start developing!
My team has been heads down the last month helping UK companies get their applications published in...
Date: 10/17/2012
And before you pre-order that beautiful Surface running Windows RT check out…
Surface running Windows RT is now available for pre-order in the UK. However you might want to first...
Date: 10/17/2012
Worldwide Hackathon for Windows November 9th to 11th–WOWZAPP
November brings us Guy Fawkes Night, mince pies in every supermarket and… a Worldwide Hackathon for...
Date: 10/17/2012
Published a Windows Store application? Then display a logo with pride
If you have successfully published an application in the Windows Store then we have a logo for you....
Date: 10/17/2012
UX guidelines for Windows 8 Store apps are now available as a handy pdf download
The UX guidelines for WinRT applications can now be downloaded as a pdf. Very handy.
Date: 09/05/2012
Image gallery of upcoming Windows 8 devices
Head over to https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/presskits/oem/imagegallery.aspx Select your...
Date: 09/05/2012
Quick links to the guidelines for creating Windows Store apps
This is mainly to help me … but enjoy Guidelines for selecting text and images Guidelines for the...
Date: 09/05/2012
Every Windows 8 event Microsoft UK is dong can now be found…
In one (shiney new) place. Check out www.microsoft.co.uk/w8camps Which includes...
Date: 08/09/2012
One hour is all it takes to…
Sell out the //build/ conference on Windows 8 development and more. Sweet. If you are UK based, then...
Date: 08/09/2012
Walkthrough on becoming a Windows Store developer if you are registering as a company
[Last updated 7th August] My rough and incomplete walkthrough to registering as a company to publish...
Date: 08/07/2012
Office 2013 – I just discovered touch mode
I just stumbled upon touch mode in Office 2013. Before: After. Notice the whitespace around icons,...
Date: 08/02/2012
Exciting times… Windows 8 RTMs and Windows Store opens for paid apps
August 1st – a lovely day Windows 8 has been released to manufacturing Windows Store is open for...
Date: 08/01/2012
Windows 8 Developer Camps now live for August and September
And this time around the team are visiting a variety of locations….from Brighton to Bristol to...
Date: 07/25/2012
Windows 8 Developer Camps in London during July
The team has worked to create a day that is flexible enough to help someone brand new to Windows 8...
Date: 07/17/2012
Windows 8 Virtual Labs – nice idea but….
We have many great virtual labs for exploring our latest technology and I was excited to see that we...
Date: 07/17/2012
Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 7.8 announced
Hot on the heals of the June 18th announcement of the Microsoft Surface tablets for Windows 8,...
Date: 06/21/2012