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Apple ... Puhleeeeeeeeeze ...
Apple is the new Microsoft? Right ... they sneak Safari and MobileMe onto my system - without me asking. That's the kind of stuff Microsoft got in trouble for back in the mid 90s. Isn't it?Now they are...
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Mobile Client Software Factory on VS 2008? Sure!
One of my customers was interested in some of the cool features of the Mobile Client Software Factory, but they wanted to develop on Visual Studio 2008. The original version from p&p wasn’t updated...
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Resolving Errors - Moving to Silverlight2 RTW
Following Jesse’s and Pete’s excellent posts on porting Silverlight2 apps from Beta 2 to the final release bits I thought I add just a little more information. As I worked with one of my customers...
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Seadragon Mobile for the iPhone
The iPhone always reminds me of Finding Nemo (iPhones, they think they’re so cute. Oh, look at me, I’m a flicky little iPhone, let me flick for you. ). Yesterday, Bill Crow from Live Labs just posted...
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Win7 Multi-touch. Why wait until WPF4?
WPF 4 is going to fully integrate Win 7’s multi-touch capabilities. with Windows 7 being RTM, you don’t have to wait for WPF 4 to be released for developing multi-touch demos. You can get started today...
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WinMo App Store Questions? I got answers
The Windows Mobile app store is about to launch. The team launched a number of videos on the Windows Mobile Dev Channel on YouTube to walk you through the submission process for your application, but...
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Need Help Migrating to SQL Azure?
Migrating an existing SQL Server database to SQL Azure is a compelling story, but it’s not a trivial task … unless you start with the SQL Azure migration wizard put together by my team mates George and...
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WcfTestClient with Windows Azure
One of my customers is working on an Azure WCF service. When wanted to test the service with WcfTestClient, but we ran into some issues. We started the dev fabric and had the WebRole running on port...
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Silverlight 3 for Kiosk Apps? Of Course!
Several of the customers I work with are looking to build kiosk or point-of-sale applications with Silverlight. The ease of deployment with browser-based Silverlight applications is definitely...
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What’s so old-school about text based programming?
Computerworld posted this piece that Microsoft developers are using text editors for development. What’s so old-school about that? What I mean really? Coding in text editors is not a trend among the...
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Silverlight 3 – How to access peripherals
The previous post on Silverlight 3 for kiosk apps outlined some architecture options how you can build Silverlight applications with access to peripherals. This follow up post goes into more detail on...
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Silverlight 3 / Expression Lab Posted
Arturo was kind enough to post a hands-on lab I created for a training event in Dallas. It’s an introduction to Silverlight, that showcases some Silverlight 3 features, such as:Perspective...
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Cloud is the Next iPhone (for IT)
It was the year 2006. The year Google acquired YouTube for a mere $1.65B, Pavarotti opened the Winter Olympics and Germany hosted the World Cup. After successfully branching out into music players,...
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CFOs, Fiscal Cliff, Cost Transparency and The Cloud
CFOs probably look at the business very differently than IT … that's what I thought joining our CFO John Rex for the Breakfast at the CFO Summit a couple of weeks ago. I was eager to listen and learn...
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The Third Industrial Revolution - Fueled by The Cloud
It's so early in the days of cloud computing. Many haven't even started to realize the magnitude what this shift could be. It's the change from custom to standardized… Yes, there's the often cited...
View ArticleWPF UI Update from Background Threads
I'm trying to do my apps in any type of XAML these days since I finally think I "got it". I wish I could claim that I will break free from the limitations of HTML and my new found liberty will result...
View ArticleInnovation – How do You Enable Techies to Innovate?
Innovation is a key strategy to win with customers for several of the companies I work with. It’s a quite a successful strategy for technology and non-technology companies alike. Think of Microsoft,...
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Innovation on My Innovation Talk
Here’s my ONE slide for tomorrow’s talk: A deeper dive into the slide tomorrow at noon in Orlando at TechEd ;)
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Innovation - Explore the Interactive Deck from TechEd 2008
As promised at my TechEd 2008 chalk talk Innovation 101: Tips & Tricks for Architects & Developers to Drive Innovation, here's a slightly evolved version of my interactive deck. I had thought...
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Presentation Canvas - Not Your Average PowerPoint
The linear style forced by PowerPoint and the metaphor of a slide may have reached their limits. At least support for other styles is on its way ... of course also from the Office team. The innovation...
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