After working well for a couple of months my Lumia developed an issue whereby every time I made a call the screen would blank and subsequently refuse to return to normal operation. After a little searching I discovered ‘the fix’ to the problem which occurs due to dust build up around the sensor: Simply blast... Continue Reading →
Cineworld / The Screening Rooms Cheltenham
Our daughters were keen to do some XMAS shopping in Cheltenham (while my wife and I were not). No problem (or so I thought) – and I suggested to my wife that we use our vouchers to go and see a film at The Screening rooms in Cheltenham. After duly looking up the times... Continue Reading →
Dramatic increase in App downloads since the release of Windows Phone 8
At this stage downloads of my own Windows Phone Apps appear to have doubled since the release of Windows Phone 8 - with downloads continuing to increase on a daily basis. While reading positive sales stats and figures from Microsoft and Nokia is always a good thing, having access to ‘real data’ such as this... Continue Reading →
ReverseGeocodeQuery Example–WP8 SDK
For future reference here is an example I found on a Japanese web site.
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 →
New release of the Windows 8 SDK?
On submitting an update for one of my apps i just got prompted to install an updated SDK – looks as though this is mandatory for certification. Download: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/desktop/hh852363 NB This is quite a large download at 568.6 MB UPDATE Looks as though it isn’t mandatory as after kicking off the download, I selected... Continue Reading →
Teddy bear breaks iPhone
Who says the Germans don't have a sense of humour?
Just hit 100,000 Phone Apps downloaded!
Largely on the back of very healthy increases since the release of Windows Pone 8. (I am now looking at close to 500 download average per day).
Windows 8 – FlipView – Programatically adding Next and Previous
So when using a flipview control there is no need for ‘next’ and ‘previous’ buttons as they are built into the UI already: But … the Windows 8 UI is new and unless you are using a mouse those buttons above will stay hidden. So these programmatic buttons serve as clues that you can... 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 →
Hard Work, Persistence and Passion . . . . 