Hard Work, Persistence and Passion . . . .
… will only get you so far ….
Although it is great to have the might of XAML for Silverlight development the fact is that any web site also needs to target HTML if it wants to have any kind of ‘reach’. I recently built a web site using Silverlight 5 to test out an idea I had for promoting the use... Continue Reading →
With the release of Silverlight 5 I thought I would take this opportunity to demo up an idea I have had to promote Live Tiles for Windows Phone (and Windows 8 I guess)*. The idea is quite simple – a marketplace for Live Tiles for Windows Phone (and Windows 8 maybe). So I have... Continue Reading →
Yay! Well this is a big deal for me. I've had the BT engineers out a couple of times in the last 2 months looking at our internet connection. (I live in the Country and historically have always had very poor connectivity). But, …For the first time I can now stream video in real time!... Continue Reading →
Lots of interest in the Augmented Reality YouTube video on my previous post and although it isn’t anywhere near beta status I decided to publish “Goblin Attack” on it’s own for anyone with an interest. This post is a walkthrough of the process I went through: Marking the App as a ‘private beta’ NB the... Continue Reading →
Time for another progress update, this time looking at the early stages of augmented reality within “Goblin Harvest”. Conceptually the game is a card / board game but with a few interesting “extras” for Mango based phones. The opportunity to fight off Goblins in ‘hand to hand combat’ arises when one of the task cards... Continue Reading →
One of the most useful things to emerge from the App hub redesign is this excellent graphic showing exactly how the myriad of icons supplied are utilised. (Click to render full size) Tip: Bookmark this page for your next project.[tweetmeme only_single="false"]
With the new update to the App Hub comes the option to download your data for offline analysis. One of the most effective ways to do this is also one of the quickest. Utilise two of Excels’ built in analysis features – “autosum” and “autofilter” by following the following two videos which show this can... Continue Reading →
Launchers are a set of APIs that Windows Phone applications can use to enable common tasks such as making a phone call or sending an email. Unlike Choosers, Launchers do not return a value back to the calling application. If you are developing an application that uses a Launcher or Chooser, you should be aware... Continue Reading →
“Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer” So said Sun TZU. While most Windows phone developers don’t actually consider Apple to be an enemy it is still not a bad idea to keep an eye on what is going on in that camp. This was the thinking behind this App which collects together relevant... Continue Reading →
I’ve seen this happen a number of times, both to my own apps and to others and there is nothing quite so frustrating – you spend months developing and testing your apps and finally have a version 1.0 ready for release – you pass ingestion and await the rewards with anticipation! Next thing you check... Continue Reading →
Hard Work, Persistence and Passion . . . . 