I like gadgets. Some of the coolest gadgets are add-on boards
like the Freescale board that works with the Win7 Sensor
and Location API. Recently, Arduino and Netduino caught my eye.
Arduino is an open source hardware platform / microcontroller with
a long history. The specification for the board is completely open,
allowing anyone to build one themselves, or purchase a pre-built
one. Coding i...
I've received some interesting commentary on Item 0 in my 10 Things for Silverlight and WPF Developers
post. That item says to know your limitations, including when to
call in a "designer". (I'm using designer loosely here, it's a
graphics designer or ux pro. Often, those are the same people, or
highly related people working for the same org)
I contend that 99% of developers make terrible gra...
This is Windows Client Developer roundup #39.
The Windows Client Developer Roundup aggregates information of
interest to Windows Client Developers, including WPF, Silverlight, Visual C++, XNA, Expression Blend, Surface, Windows 7,
Windows Forms, Windows Phone and Visual Studio, WCF RIA Services,
sometimes even a little jQuery and HTML5. If you have something
interesting you've done or have ru...
Another talk I really enjoy doing is the "10 things" talk. I
recently gave this talk at DevLink 2010 in Nashville.
This covers 10 things that every Silverlight and
WPF developer should have in their core skillset. It's a
semi-beginner topic for accomplished developers who don't yet know
Silverlight or WPF.
The slide deck itself is pretty much empty. I tell the audience
that that's it for s...
Prior to working at Microsoft, I had some customers who wanted
to dual target both WPF and Silverlight. Since then, Windows Phone 7 has
been added into the mix. With all these similar technologies, all
using xaml, multi-targeting applications can be a reality. It's not
without its challenges, however.
At DevLink 2010, I presented my "Dual Targeting" talk. I've
presented this talk at a few con...
This is Windows Client Developer roundup #38.
The Windows Client Developer Roundup aggregates information of
interest to Windows Client Developers, including WPF, Silverlight, Visual C++, XNA, Expression Blend, Surface, Windows 7,
Windows Forms, Windows Phone and Visual Studio, WCF RIA Services,
sometimes even a little jQuery and HTML5. If you have something
interesting you've done or have ru...
This is Windows Client Developer roundup #37.
The Windows Client Developer Roundup aggregates information of
interest to Windows Client Developers, including WPF, Silverlight, Visual C++, XNA, Expression Blend, Surface, Windows 7,
Windows Forms, Windows Phone and Visual Studio, WCF RIA Services,
sometimes even a little jQuery and HTML5. If you have something
interesting you've done or have ru...
While I was away at DevLink 2010 (an awesome event. You really
need to go next year) my water cooling equipment for the Ultimate
Developer PC
2.0 arrived. Here's a virtual unboxing.
CPU Block
I picked up the Swiftech Apogee-XT Extreme Performance CPU
Waterblock. This is considered to be one of the best i7
waterblocks out there. There is one complaint about it, though: if
you tinker with it...
