So at some point after my Father retired he told me a story about when he was on one of his holidays with my Mum and the guide made reference to recounting early childhood memories (detail below) - this got my Dad thinking and when he returned he decided to recount his own - this... Continue Reading →
Primary Colours are the new black …
OK, so they have never been out but what really nailed this home to me was when these two items popped up next to each other on my timeline this morning … Guess Sony must be working on the white one ….
Thor: The Dark World. (Spoiler Free Review)
Apologies for the short digresion from development technology but … .. with the luck of the devil I managed to snag a plus one for my daughter Daisy and I to a private screening of "Thor:The Dark Army" at the Cineworld/IMAX in Birmingham last night. After being treated to a red carpet and champagne reception... Continue Reading →
Decent snaps using just a phone?
About time Nokia started shouting about the quality of the camera on the Lumia 920. Lumia vs S3 … It ‘s nice knowing that I can get a decent snapshot using just my phone. Here are a few from my own phone (Nokia Lumia 920). NB I chose them because the lighting was different... Continue Reading →
Porting the ‘Learn Guitar’ from Windows Phone to Windows 8 – Azure Mobile Services
Spurred on by the current App Builder Reward program in the UK I recently ported 'the Windows Phone App ‘Learn Guitar’ to Windows 8: Having got to grips with the basics of Windows Phone 8 for the Phone App I was curious to know how easy it would be to port... Continue Reading →
Modern Jago – Design Labs
I got to spend the day at Modern Jago yesterday on day 1 of a two day design oriented event (I cannot make day 2 but that is a whole other story). Modern Jago is nestled amongst a village of designer clothes shops, art house cinemas, T-Shirt presses and independent publishing houses in the ‘trendy’... Continue Reading →
Did Ballmer just take the bullets out of those guns with one deft move?
Or did he just take away the principal exponent of gun culture? I’m not a Microsoft insider but it is commonly known that while brilliant, Sinofsky was very much the head of his own silo. Now that Microsoft has all the pieces in place across all its divisions (divisions being a very appropriate name it... Continue Reading →
A PC for the Post PC era?
Windows RT first Impressions So prior to using it I kind of had a mind set that Windows RT was going to feel like using Windows CE’s big brother (which technically maybe you could argue it is) but in practice what I have found so far is that the experience is EXACTLY the same as... Continue Reading →
Using the BUILD Session Planning Tool
So I played around with this great tool and came up with some recommendations for using the tool that work well for me. Here are the steps I took to maximise my BUILD experience: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2012 1. Begin by filtering sessions by day and select all the sessions that you would like to see on that... Continue Reading →
Windows Phone “Marketplace Trial” Error Details
I received the following mail yesterday from the Windows Phone Team. I have to say that I wasn't aware of this issue and am pleased that Microsoft is dealing with it in what appears to be a sensible and straightforward manor. I trust that they will provide the name of the App[s] along with number... Continue Reading →