Category Archives: Community
Changing Teams But Not Focus
Change is always difficult and exciting. I’ve been with the Developer Division since I started at Microsoft, working in the same role (Community PM) for a number of different managers. I have now moved to the Windows Phone Team as … Continue reading
Some hobbies are made for geeks…
…A couple month’s ago, my daughter’s friend wanted me to take 3 feeder goldfish that were no longer needed after the fish appeared on stage in a college production. No problem, we had a 5 gallon tank and filter, how … Continue reading
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Silverlight Animation– Bird Hunt
Jeff Paries appears on Silverlight TV talking about the Bird Hunt game that was documented here in this posting and this followup. Great guy, great game, great show, and very valuable information about animation in Silverlight.
Windows Phones for $0.01–With Plan
Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile are offering new Windows Phones for a penny with a new two-year service/data contract. The offer is good until July 2. More information here.
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Yet Another Podcast Show 38–What’s New In Mango
Larry Lieberman, Product Manager – Windows Phone Team, who works on the Developer Platform joins us to discuss what’s new in Mango for Consumers and for Developers. Larry provides a vital overview of the newest features in Windows Phone. Listen … Continue reading
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Yet Another Podcast #37 Silverlight HTML5 & Developers Part 2
Part 2 of a conversation with Shawn Wildermuth, president of Agilitrain and author of the forthcoming book Essential Windows Phone 7 about Mix, Silverlight, Windows Phone, HTML5 and the state of .NET development Listen | Return to Yet Another Podcast … Continue reading
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Mango Announcement
Andy Lees today announced the Mango release, and the availability of the development tools. Read more here.
Yet Another Podcast #36 Mary Jo Foley
Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for 25 years, and has been following Microsoft for the past ten years. She has written for ZDNet, eWeek and Baseline among other publications and web sites and is the author of … Continue reading
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Yet Another Podcast #35–Silverlight, HTML5 and Developers
Part 1 of a conversation with Shawn Wildermuth, president of Agilitrain and author of the forthcoming book Essential Windows Phone 7 about Mix, Silverlight, Windows Phone, HTML5 and the state of .NET development Listen | Return to Yet Another Podcast … Continue reading
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Developing for Windows Phone?? Bookmark This Site
My colleagues in Developer Guidance have created 22 topic/scenario-focused web pages on App Hub, the Windows Phone developer website, that provide a comprehensive view of all the resources available for Windows Phone development. The pages are self-contained, single-page search targets, … Continue reading
About This Blog and Recent Changes
Due to a virulent attack on this blog by a very nasty bit of Malware, I was forced to take extreme measures, which included changing themes, and reinstalling every post and page. As you will see, there will be rough … Continue reading
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Yet Another Podcast #30 Abby Fichtner–Microsoft Evangelist
Abby Fichtner is a Microsoft Evangelist specializing in startups in the New England area. She joined Microsoft recently after a fateful discussion with Jesse at CodeMash 2010, and discusses Startups, Agile programming and being a Microsoft Evangelist. Abby’s Blog Microsoft … Continue reading