Category Archives: Windows 8
Upgrading to Windows 8 Pro
If you have an MSDN account, you may be able to upgrade from Windows 8 to Windows 8 Pro. First, login to http://msdn.microsoft.com and click on Access Benefits. Once there, click on Go To My Product Keys and scroll down … Continue reading
Yet Another Podcast #79–HTML5 for .NET Programmers
Jim Jackson and Ian Gilman, authors of HTML5 for .NET Developers join Jon Galloway and myself to discuss HTML5, JavaScript and related topics. Their book is targeted right at C#/.NET programmers who want to learn about HTML5 and JavaScript for … Continue reading
Windows 8–Secondary Tiles
Continuing my series based on the presentations I’m giving on Europe, today I return to Tiles to look at creating Secondary tiles. A secondary tile can be created by the user and pinned to the start menu to provide deep … Continue reading
Creating A Live Tile
Continuing my series of Blog posts that distill the presentations I’m giving this month in Europe and the UK, today I’ll take a look at creating a Live Tile. Live tiles tell the user that something interesting is happening in … Continue reading
Windows 8–Search Suggestions
I recently started a series of postings from my tour of presentations in Europe and the UK. Today I’d like to return to Searching (which I started to cover here), and this time take a look at what it takes … Continue reading
Windows 8 App Bars
In my previous posting I said that I’d be distilling parts of my presentations into blog posts. This post continues that idea, focusing on the App Bar. If we are going to place Content Before Chrome and remove as much … Continue reading
Posted in Essentials, Metro, Mini-Tutorial, Patterns & Skills, Windows 8, WinRT
Tagged Mini-Tutorial
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Windows 8–Who Cares?
I am in Europe this week and for the next three weeks, traveling from city to city and giving presentations on Windows 8. Along the way I will be distilling these presentations into blog posts, adding in commentary about what … Continue reading
What’s In Your Laptop Bag?
Last summer I followed Jeff Blankenburg’s lead and asked What’s In Your Computer Bag?, and then I posted what was in my bag at the time. As I get ready for my trip to Europe and the UK, it seems … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Essentials, Hardware, Opinion, Presentations, Tools and Utilities, Windows 8
Tagged Observations
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Searching in Windows 8
Windows 8 Store Applications can take advantage of the shared “Charms” that you see when you swipe in from the right edge of your Windows 8 device (or press Win-C). The top charm is searching and it provides tremendous functionality … Continue reading
Posted in Contracts, Essentials, Metro, Mini-Tutorial, Windows 8, WinRT, XAML
Tagged Mini-Tutorial
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Yet Another Podcast #77–Charles Petzold on Windows 8
Talking with Charles Petzold and Jon Galloway about Charles’ newest edition of his iconic book Programming Windows (6th Edition). Charles Petzold may be one of the best known writers in the .NET industry because of his book Programming Windows. … Continue reading
Intel Ultrabook Pre-Release First Look
Intel sent me an IvyBridge Ultrabook to review, and since it runs Windows 8 and has a multi-touch screen I couldn’t wait to get my fingers on it. The book weighs in at about 3.5 pounds and has a USB-3 … Continue reading
Yet Another Podcast #75–Jon Galloway on ASP.NET/ MVC/ Azure
Talking with Jon Galloway – Microsoft Evangelist – about ASP.NET/ MVC/ Windows 8 and Azure Listen | Yet Another Podcast
Posted in Essentials, HTML5, JavaScript, Languages, Metro, MVC, Observations, Patterns & Skills, Podcast, Visual Studio, Windows 8
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