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Free Windows Hackathon at Nokia, San Diego on 06/02/2012
Ready.Set () {Code} Challenge Headphones on. Tilt the seat back. Just steady codin’ as the keys get tapped. Get ready, because Nokia Developer is about to turn your town into Dev City with its...
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Windows 8 by the Beach…
You have to have heard about Windows 8 by now, but have you started developing for it yet? If not, you should get started now. If you haven’t, do you need help? On May 31st, 2012, from 9am to 6pm at...
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Turning Windows 8 Live Tiles Off For Demos
Windows 8 live tiles ROCK. They are an awesome way to keep up with emails, appointments, friends, etc. However, if you are in front of a crowd doing a demo on Windows 8, or even just showing your new...
View ArticleConfiguring Windows 8 Release Preview for Azure Development
With Windows 8 Release Preview just coming out yesterday, I thought this might be a great time to give the developers that are just getting started with Windows 8 the tools they need to continue...
View ArticleInstalling the Windows Phone SDKs on Windows 8
If you have upgraded to the latest Windows 8 Release Preview, you may be asking if you can still develop Windows Phone applications. Well, yes, you can! There are just a few things to install: If...
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SQL Saturday 157 Azure SQL Database Presentations and Demos
This is an awesome jam packed weekend for me. I had the Windows8 Dev Camp yesterday, and SQL Saturday 157 today. If you are a Database Professional (DBA or Dev) and don’t know about SQL Saturday’s,...
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New Azure Mobile Services SDK to Go With New Features…
If you have been developing apps with Windows Azure Mobile Services, then you know how easy it is to create a set of backend services for your Windows 8 (and, really any REST capable) clients! Just...
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Azure Store is Easier Than Ever!
Did you know that Windows Azure has it’s own store? It’s been around for some time as the Windows Azure Marketplace. Well, today an update to the Windows Azure Management portal allows both store...
View ArticleWindows 8 Game Development Tools
I presented a session at the Microsoft Store in Fashion Valley last night (12/05/2012) on creating games for Windows 8. In that session I covered a TON of resources to help game developers. In this...
View ArticleMicrosoft Student Account Sign Up Tutorial
We’ve been running a ton events on campuses all around the Western US lately. One of the things we try to do at these events is help students sign up for the variety of Microsoft accounts available to...
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InkScape Game Character Templates
I’ve been “playing” with games lately. Creating them that is. One of the problems with games is that you need graphic assets. I’m not a world class artist, although I do enjoy playing with graphics...
View Article“Internet of Everything” Keynote for CIECA
Thanks to the Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Association (CIECA) for inviting me to present the keynote presentation at their annual conference yesterday here in San Diego. When I talked with...
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Windows Azure and SQL Server – Better Together
At SQL Saturday #249, my “Windows Azure and SQL Server – Better Together” was well received. I actually uploaded my deck into SQL Saturday’s site, but you can get it here as well: This really ended up...
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Debugging Self Hosted WCF Services requires Admin Permissions
If you are trying to create a Self-Hosted WCF Service, the host process needs permissions to reserve the base URI used by the service. If it doesn’t, you’ll get an “AddressAccessDeniedException”. The...
View ArticleHACKTECH Prep Session
If you will be attending HACKTECH this weekend, there are some special challenges and prizes for developers who develop for Windows 8, Windows Phone, and Windows Azure. We’ll have a couple of prep...
View ArticleHow to Use a Windows Azure VM for Windows 8.1 Development
I go to a lot of hackathons, live events, user groups, etc. where people want to do Windows 8.1 development, but need a Windows 8.1 machine to do so. While there are a ton of different ways that you...
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Xamarin.iOS v1.10 fixes issues Windows Phone and Windows Store app...
If you have Xamarin.iOS 1.8.365 installed along side your Visual Studio 2013 installation, you may have noticed problems with Windows Phone and Windows Store projects not displaying correctly in the...
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BizSpark Enrollment Tutorial
This tutorial walks you through the process of enrolling for BizSpark, and then using your BizSpark benefits to access Windows Azure, as well as to register as a developer in the Windows and Windows....
View ArticleAzure Dev Camp LA Info and Links
Thanks all that came to the Azure Dev Camp in LA today. Here is a quick and dirty blog post to share the various links and contact info from today: Look for the “Global Windows Azure Bootcamp” coming...
View ArticleNew Azure “Basic” Virtual Machines
Yesterday (March 31, 2014), Microsoft announced some new Azure price drops, and some new VM and storage options. You can read the entire announcement here, and you should because there is some storage...
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