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Musings on mobile development and Windows Phone 7 in particular.
Windows Phone 7 App Demos
I’m seeing a lot of nice Windows Phone 7 apps in development and helping a few people out a little...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 09/06/2010
MSDN Flash Poll #7 – Visual Studio Add-Ins
This time around we want to know about your favourite / most used Visual Studio add-in. I can’t...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 09/03/2010
Creating XNA Games on Windows Phone 7
I must admit I’m really enjoying reading Learning XNA 3.0 by Aaron Reed – so much so I even bought a...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 09/02/2010
patterns & practices Windows Phone 7 Developer Guide
Just a quick one to say I noticed the patterns and practices team have published a new Windows Phone...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 09/01/2010
XNA from Silverlight on Windows Phone 7 - Gestures
Another example of where you might want to access XNA APIs from a WP7 Silverlight application; touch...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 08/31/2010
XNA from Silverlight on Windows Phone 7 – The Microphone
One of the things I showed at the WPUG meeting was accessing XNA APIs from Silverlight. In some...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 08/27/2010
Calling JavaScript Functions in Windows Phone 7
Today we’re hosting one of our Windows Phone 7 deployment labs and I’ve been spending some time with...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 08/26/2010
On Socks and Windows Phone 7
Paul’s post yesterday about his “WP7 Dev Lab in a box” made me question my whole approach to life....
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 08/26/2010
WPUG Meeting Notes
Firstly thanks to Matt and WPUG for the great meeting last night and to all the people who braved...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 08/26/2010
Using the right tool for the job - introducing WebMatrix and LightSwitch
This week’s MSDN Flash guest post is from friend and colleague Eric Nelson. Eric’s just moved to a...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 08/25/2010
Windows Phone Developer Tools Final - 16th September
A new post by Brandon Watson on the Windows Phone Developer Blog announces that the final version of...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 08/23/2010
Browser Upgrade Recommended
I accidentally hit the "compatibility view" button in IE8 while running HootSuite and was pleasantly...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 08/23/2010
MSDN Flash Poll #6 – Food of Champions
Time to turn to serious matters in this MSDN Flash poll. When it comes to working late at the...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 08/20/2010
Social Media (Poll Result)
And, almost catching up with myself, here are the results of the Social Media poll from the last...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 08/20/2010
Job Profiling (Poll Result)
Apologies, I just realised that I’d missed out a complete set of results from the MSDN Flash...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 08/20/2010
Windows Phone 7 Deployment Labs / Clinics
My colleague Paul Foster and I will be running some Windows Phone 7 deployment labs – as promised –...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 08/19/2010
Windows Phone 7 Jumpstart Training On-Demand
All the sessions from the Windows Phone 7 Jump Start training are now available on demand. Follow...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 08/19/2010
Simulating and Mocking Location Data in the Windows Phone 7 Emulator
There are a couple of very smart and very useful projects I’ve come across for working with location...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 08/18/2010
My Windows Phone 7 Slides from the London DDD Guathon Event
On Friday, at the Odeon Covent Garden, I did a session on developing for Windows Phone 7 while...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 08/16/2010
IronRuby
This is the first in a series of guest posts on a variety of topics for MSDN Flash feature articles....
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 08/11/2010
IE9 Platform Preview 4 Available Now
IE9 Platform Preview 4 is available now at the IE9 test drive site. What's new in preview 4?...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 08/04/2010
Windows Phone 7 Resource List Refreshed
I’ve just done a major update to “Mike’s Mega List of Windows Phone 7 Resources”. Lots of new demo...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 08/03/2010
Visual Studio Keyboard Shortcut Posters
From ScottGu's blog post. Given my inability to remember anything at all, this has to be the most...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 08/02/2010
Windows Phone 7 Devices
I think we can probably all agree on 2 things wrt WP7 devices: We’d like to have one They’re hard to...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 07/28/2010
MSDN Flash Poll #4 – Job Profiling
I thought it might be interesting (and fun) to do a little profiling of our MSDN Flash readership so...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 07/26/2010
Windows Phone 7 Training Kit Updated
The download version of the Windows Phone 7 Training Kit has been updated for the recent Beta...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 07/15/2010
Windows Phone Developer Tools Beta Available
Today at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, the Windows Phone Developer Tools Beta release...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 07/12/2010
Microsoft PDC10 Announced
In case you haven't heard, today we announced PDC10. This year it's in October (28-29) and is being...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 07/12/2010
Windows Phone Manipulation Classes
Quick one just to highlight the manipulation data available on Windows Phone (given I posted...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 07/12/2010
Vuvuzela Source Code
I said in my post about the Vuvuzela app that I’d post the source separately and promptly forgot to...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 07/11/2010
MSDN Flash Poll #3 - If I knew then...
Flash Poll #3 is on a slightly more serious note; reflection and wisdom. If you were chatting to a...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 07/09/2010
Masses of new PowerPoint templates just published
There’s a total of 165 in the set, 59 published so far. They’re designed for PowerPoint...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 07/08/2010
Enabling Touch Manipulations on Windows Phone
All Windows Phone 7 devices (even the emulator) are multi-touch. If you’re fortunate enough to have...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 07/08/2010
Would you like to write for the UK MSDN Flash?
[This post was published on my Posterous site yesterday and should have automagically appeared here....
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 07/01/2010
IIS Express Announced
[This post was published on my Posterous site a couple of days ago and should have automagically...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 07/01/2010
IE8 Feature Experience
Colleagues Mark, Martin and Steve have pulled together a fantastic document that outlines some of...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 06/28/2010
BizSparkCamp: Windows Phone 7
On Tuesday I joined about a hundred other people at the BizSparkCamp WP7 event at Microsoft's...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 06/24/2010
IE9 Platform Preview 3 Now Available
Yesterday we released the latest preview of IE9 (Preview 3) with enhancements including HTML...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 06/24/2010
Readying myself for Windows Phone 7 "Hello, Operator?"
In wondering where to start talking about Windows Phone 7 (#wp7) development I thought maybe...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 06/21/2010
Having trouble getting the Windows Phone 7 dev tools?
If you’re trying to get to the https://developer.windowsphone.com/ site to download the...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 06/21/2010
TechEd Europe 2010
This year TechEd Europe is returning to Berlin from 8th to 12th November. As usual, if you register...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 06/16/2010