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The popular Windows Phone App is now available for the Windows 8 platform. Commonly regarded as one of the most motivational ways to begin to learn the piano this App provides a large (and constantly updated) collection of training videos based around popular tunes for the piano. Play, Pause, Rewind and repeat as... Continue Reading →
Following on from the last two articles : Adding a TimeStamp in Azure Mobile Services Semi-Transparent Panoramic Background Images this article came about as a result of new Apps I have been developing / enhancing for Windows Phone 8. In the past I have used Microsoft's’ own Advertising SDK but for I thought it... Continue Reading →
Having just gone through a couple of days of angst following the suspension of this blog this morning I got the following email from WordPress.com: Hi there, Thank you for getting in touch. Your site was flagged by our automated anti-spam controls. We have reviewed your site and have removed the suspension notice. We... Continue Reading →
I needed to loose a few pounds after Christmas (6 so far!) and found I was a little bewildered by the number and variety of diet programs along with the amount of abstract advice I was being given. Now everyone of us is different and for sure there is a diet plan out there... Continue Reading →
I have used images for the panoramic control to good effect in phone applications in the past but one issue I have always had to manage is ensuring that the image works equally well with both the light and dark themes. With skill it is sometimes possible to use a single opaque image to... Continue Reading →
Buoyed on by the new App Builder reward program in the UK, combined with my attempts to loose weight (some little success with the 5:2 so far) I have developed a new App using the YouTube API to show a selection of feedback from users of popular diet programs. One of the things encouraged... Continue Reading →
I was able to run a capture device while running the Visualiser that came with the developer kit on my Ultrabook. It impressively and accurately captures the movements of my fingers in real time while showing a visual representation of the touch points on the screen. I also ran my Ultrabooks’ inbuilt web cam... Continue Reading →
Usual disclaimers apply but this is the method I used successfully on a Nokia Lumia 710 and an LG Quantum: After downloading the App (see bottom of page) and running you will be presented with the following dialog: Click ‘Install WP7.8 I then got the following dialog and selected OK: This took me to... Continue Reading →
Hey, who said this blog had to only be about work?
Now that my Leap Motion Developer kit finally looks to be winging its way to me I thought I would share some of my thoughts and ideas I hope to be able to incorporate into my existing and future Apps. My understanding is that normal Windows 8 gestures are automatically mapped onto standard Leap... Continue Reading →
Hard Work, Persistence and Passion . . . . 