Posted on March 2, 2012 by Chris Koenig
A couple of new Patterns & Practices guidance papers have been released for Windows Phone. I haven’t read them yet, but they look really interesting. Here are some links for your enjoyment: A Case Study for Building Advanced Windows Phone Applications Building Testable Windows Phone Applications Note: The Microsoft.Practices.Phone.Adapters.Source can be download as NuGet package. [...]
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Posted on February 16, 2012 by Chris Koenig
Interested to learn about future of games and entertainment on the Windows and Xbox platforms? If so, you’ll want to join us for the Microsoft Developer Day at the upcoming Game Developers Conference! When: Tuesday, March 6 from 10:00am-5:30pm Where: Moscone Center in San Fransisco At this event, you will get to participate in a [...]
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Posted on February 6, 2012 by Chris Koenig
Could a mobile app help boost your new venture? Are you planning on building a business around a mobile app? Do you have application ideas but don’t know where to start? The upcoming AT&T Mobile App Hackathon, sponsored by AT&T and held at their Gravity Center in Plano, is an event geared towards getting your [...]
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Posted on January 16, 2012 by Chris Koenig
With great devices hitting the market and the broadly acclaimed user interface based on Metro design principles, Windows Phone is setting the new cool for mobile computing. Take advantage of the excitement and create a cutting edge application – fast. Really fast. 30 days fast. There will be an opportunity to register for App Hub [...]
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Posted on January 12, 2012 by Chris Koenig
Based on the excellent feedback over at http://wpsk.uservoice.com, I’ve launched a new Windows Phone Starter Kit for RSS-based applications! The kit, like the others is REALLY simple to use – just download the source code, change the settings.xml file to include the RSS feeds you want displayed, and run the application! The Starter Kit can [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on December 7, 2011 by Chris Koenig
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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Posted on December 7, 2011 by Chris Koenig
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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Posted on December 5, 2011 by Chris Koenig
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 [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on November 17, 2011 by Chris Koenig
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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Posted on November 13, 2011 by Chris Koenig
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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