Archive for 2011

Windows Phone Starter Kit for Schools v2.0 Released!

Posted on December 7, 2011 by

I’m pleased to announce the release of Version 2 for the Windows Phone Starter Kit for Schools! Thanks to some AWESOME help and source code changes submitted by Rudy Hyun, I was able to incorporate a bunch of new stuff into a new version of the Starter Kit. added localization support (fr and en included) [...]

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Have an idea for a Windows Phone Starter Kit?

Posted on December 7, 2011 by

If you do, we now have a place for you to submit your ideas for others to see and vote on! This morning I established a User Voice site for Windows Phone Starter Kit Ideas – you can find it at the following url: http://wpsk.uservoice.com User Voice is a great feedback system that allows companies [...]

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State of .NET – Fall 2011

Posted on December 5, 2011 by

Don’t miss out on these great session with Markus Egger in the Dallas and Houston offices! Where: Microsoft Houston Office – 2000 W Sam Houston Pkw S, Houston, TX 77042 When: Thursday, December 8, 2011 – 1:30 – 4:30 PM Signup for this FREE event in Houston Where: Microsoft Dallas Office – 7000 SR-161 (George Bush [...]

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New! Windows Phone Starter Kit for Podcasts

Posted on November 17, 2011 by

I’m excited to announce the release of a new Starter Kit for Windows Phone! Officially titled the Windows Phone Starter Kit for Podcasts, this kit makes it really easy to turn your Podcast into a branded Windows Phone application.  I helped with a little bit of the code, but the vast majority of the work [...]

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Minneapolis Phone Camp

Posted on November 13, 2011 by

Thanks to everyone that joined us last week for the Windows Phone Camp in Minneapolis. It was great seeing so many Windows Phone developers come together to talk about building cool applications. I was very excited at how many people attending had already spent some time with the tools, and especially how many had already [...]

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Baton Rouge Windows Phone User Group

Posted on November 3, 2011 by

The guys in Baton Rouge have scheduled the first meeting of the Windows Phone user group. They don’t yet have their own web site, so I’m going to try to help out by blogging the mailer that just went out. For now, head over to their Google Group site to keep up on all the [...]

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Introducing Nokia Lumia

Posted on October 28, 2011 by

Just saw a really cool video on YouTube from Nokia featuring their new Lumia device featuring Windows Phone. Enjoy!  

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The Future?

Posted on October 27, 2011 by

Props to John Weston for sharing the new Futures Video from his blog - I LOVE these videos from the Office Productivity team!  

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Want to be a Microsoft Student Partner?

Posted on October 24, 2011 by

Hey students! ​Do you think that you could be a Microsoft Student Partner? ​As a Microsoft Student Partner, you’ll be challenged to use your enthusiasm and knowledge to lead the technology discussion on your campus. You’ll demo the latest and greatest technologies, host events, and connect with other students and faculty to inspire them to [...]

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Windows Phone Acceleration Labs

Posted on October 19, 2011 by

I’m very pleased to announce a new set of Windows Phone Acceleration Labs to be held in Dallas, Columbus, Chicago and Minneapolis.  Acceleration Labs are a week-long event where developer get a chance to break away from the office and minimize the distractions of email, the telephone and other work-related fire-drills to spend 3-5 quality [...]

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