Hard Work, Persistence and Passion . . . .
… will only get you so far ….
Shove Ha’Penny is a fun family orientated pub game from the UK (Wikipedia) . Play takes place on a board with the objective being to ‘shove’ coins such that they come to a halt between the parallel lines painted on the board. The game can be played by 1 or 2 players (or teams) with... Continue Reading →
“If you are interested in developing Windows Phone 7 applications here is a good program you should consider – The Microsoft Platform Ready Program (MPR). Once you become a member, you will have access to training, support, testing and marketing resources to help you take your mobile app to market faster. In addition to the... Continue Reading →
Songster is a fun to use interactive song writing aid for Windows Phone 7. It’s focus is a step based music composition screen which allows the simultaneous input of up to 12 different instruments. Both drums and Musical parts can be written and played back in real time in an... Continue Reading →
Jeff Wilcox is a developer on the Silverlight team and has been working on the Silverlight for Windows Phone initiative as well as the toolkit released today. He was headed out on vacation but decided to throw out some words of wisdom for Windows Phone developers working in Silverlight. Here’s some of those nuggets –... Continue Reading →
App categories are Microsoft’s way of organizing applications so that users can more easily find what they are looking for. For Windows Phone 7, there are 41 categories and sub-categories to help organize applications for users. When you submit your app to Marketplace you can choose from one of the categories below to help users... Continue Reading →
As anyone who reads this blog (anyone?) will know I have been on a journey over the last 18 months that began shortly after I decided to take some time to learn Silverlight. (see here for the full story) The announcement of Silverlight support in the forthcoming ‘Windows Phone 7 Series’ phone (as it was... Continue Reading →
In preparation for its release on the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace ‘Shove Halfpenny’ (Shove Ha’penny) is being renamed: from “Shove Ha’Penny” to “(Not your Dad’s) Shove Ha’Penny” Let me know what you think …
Another 4am start to the day, this time for my second ‘Guathon’ which was held in London at the Odeon, Shaftsbury Avenue. On arriving at Victoria station at 7am I decided that I had enough time to completely avoid the Tube and walk to the venue (if you have ever used the tube during the... Continue Reading →
Got myself a real live Shove HalfPenny board from eBay today – figured that it would be a great family activity over the Summer break, the kids are off school for 6 weeks so we are holding our own ‘Shove HalfPenny championship’! On a dev note its Perhaps just as well that I got... Continue Reading →
25/08/2010 - PocketPC live – Short review of Metro Drummer. http://pocketpc-live.com/utilities/-drummer-app-for-windows-phone-7.html 23/08/2010 – PocketNow.com – Short review of Metro Drummer. http://pocketnow.com/windows-phone/metro-drummer-percussion-app-for-windows-phone-7 6/08/2010 – Computer Weekly (asked to comment on W7/Silverlight/WP7/tablet development. http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2010/08/06/242283/Windows-7-proves-a-hit-with-developers.htm 23/07/2010 – The Silverlight Show (Reference to this blog & “Nuke Your Office” WP7 App). Silverlight & XNA together on WP7 23/07/2010 –... Continue Reading →
Hard Work, Persistence and Passion . . . . 