Hard Work, Persistence and Passion . . . .
… will only get you so far ….
The more astute of you will have noticed from my previous post about the new App Hub (here) that there is no information on proceeds from the apps I have developed over the last 18 months. Therein lies a tale that will probably bore you but safe to say: If you are a UK developer... Continue Reading →
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 →
Anyone logging in to the new hub will be greeted with a prompt to agree to a new set of terms and conditions and on acceptance will be welcomed to what at first appears to be the standard hub (the basic homepage remains the same). But then the fun begins with the new Phone... 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 →
A variation on the classic game of Snap! Definitely one to play with the kids. I made a decision early on not to involve any play that might have the potential of inflicting rough treatment on your new phone, that said, it was also important to maintain the essence of the game – which, as... Continue Reading →
Ever wanted to Orchestrate, Record and Playback your own musical compositions on your phone? Me neither, but then again if you are the least bit curious … Featuring 48 top class samples taken from a typical orchestra with full control over pitch, positioning and volume of each note this may just be the closest you... Continue Reading →
I have teamed up with Ian Williams (of Textise.Net and the Textise App fame) to work on a Windows Phone 7.1 strategy game to be called ‘Goblin Harvest’. It’s my first real collaborative experience working on Windows Phone and I am pretty excited about it. After several lengthy sessions (yes, down the pub) to hammer... Continue Reading →
Thought I would blog my first thoughts about this course which I downloaded yesterday at the UKTechDays event in London (Jaime Rodriguez was speaking at this event) My own objectives were pretty much the same as those of the course itself and revolved around becoming familiar with the major new aspects of Mango from a... Continue Reading →
In this on-going post I am highlighting marketing tactics of a ‘questionable’ nature. No 1. “The XBOX Live Tile” Long before the Marketplace and Windows Phones became publicly available I had a meeting with a Microsoft evangelist and enquired about the use of “XBOX live” in one of my apps (“Shove Ha’penny”). I wanted to... 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 →
Hard Work, Persistence and Passion . . . . 