There’s a lot going on with Windows Phone development these days and the great news is that you’re not out in the cold on your own here. There are a ton of of great Windows Phone resources that will give you thoughts, ideas, code, sample images and much much more. This blog post is going to be a growing repository of resources that I have that are available to Windows » read more.
Archives - 2011
Two quick updates – first, this is happening on 9 Nov, 2011. Second, we’re holding this at: The Venue, the Hub DCUCollins Avenue Dublin Ireland We are privileged to have two of the folks from the Windows Phone Design Studios coming to Ireland to present on how to design for Metro with Windows Phone. There are two parts to the day – the lecture portion and the hands on labs » read more.
I had a fantastic opportunity recently as I was asked to speak at the Google Tech User Group on HTML5. Eoin Bailey, co-founder of Hit the Road and one of the founders of the Dublin GTUG, invited me to speak on HTML5 with some of their other speakers to give a full out HTML5 day at the Dublin GTUG. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to speak at Google so » read more.
I’ve been spending more and more time in front end web development with HTML5 recently (yes, you can expect a redesign of my blog here soon) an ,d thought I’d demystify some of the bits that I keep hearing out there. First of all, HTML5 is not all brand new and completely different and going to revolutionize the world. It is an conglomeration of standards and an evolution of various » read more.
The NDRC here in Dublin, Ireland is hosting a live viewing party of the Startup Lessons Learned Conference being held in silicon valley. Startup Lessons Learned is the first event designed to unite those interested in what it takes to succeed in building a lean startup. The goal for this event is to give practitioners and students of the lean startup methodology the opportunity to hear insights from leaders in » read more.
One of the things that really fun about my job here in Microsoft Ireland is that the team I’m on has one primary remit – to inspire the developers or designer of Ireland. In June, we’re going to pull together a full day of the most exciting content from MIX11 as well as some cool stuff that we’re throwing in ourselves all for free. Our goal with this content is » read more.
I love having a camera on my phone. I’ve had the privilege of playing more golf this week than I did all of last year and on better courses than I’ve ever played in my life. I didn’t plan to play such nice courses and definitely didn’t foresee needing to take nearly as many pictures as I did take. The awesome part is that I have a camera on my » read more.
I thought that this was a really interesting read… There Be Dragons: Ten Potential Pitfalls of Gamification View more presentations from Sebastian Deterding
A question that I’ve been asked a number of times recently is how to activate an MSDN Azure account and more specifically, how to do it with a BizSpark account. To make it easy, I thought I’d blog that here. For an up to date list of benefits you should visit http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/msdn-benefits/ but currently it’s as follows: Subscription Level BizSpark/Visual Studio Ultimate with MSDN Visual Studio Premium with MSDN Visual » read more.
Unplug from your day job. Be inspired at MIX. Join the conversation at MIX – see the latest tools and technologies and draw inspiration from a professional community of your peers and experts. MIX is a gathering of developers, designers, UX experts and business professionals creating the most innovative and profitable consumer sites on the web. The conference takes place in Las Vegas, but will be streamed live online http://live.visitmix.com. » read more.
