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Local Microsoft evangelist Dave Bost has a blog entry about Windows Phone 7 Boot Camps being held in various cities throughout Sept: http://davebost.com/blog/2010/08/31/windows-phone-7-boot-camp-training/ If you're interested in bringing your Silverlight or XNA skills to the Windows Phone platform, this is...

I attended the Windows Phone 7 Boot Camp hosted by Microsoft’s Jeff Brand in Minneapolis the other day. The event provided a good overview of the Windows Phone 7 platform, and the opportunity for some hands on development with the Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools and Microsoft Expression Blend for Windows Phone Beta. You can [...]

There’s no denying the fact that I’m heavily involved with mobile development. Currently my platform of choice is Android platform (the Google nexus one pictured to the right). However, I’m not just a Android programmer. My day job as most know is a .NET Developer. I spend most of my time working with ASP.NET More >

Yesterday was Droid Day. Honestly, it was crazy from my perspective. I’ve been a G1 owner for 6 months now and I love the phone. I’ve been trying to convince people to buy Android phones since. Some people did, some people said “Nah, I want to wear a turtleneck and drink mocha latte’s while discussing the influence art” (get an iPhone). But, droid ...

If you read this blog or know me personally you know that I've been involved in a lot of Android development lately. Some fellow .NET co-workers have questioned me quite heavily on the ''WHY'' of this development exercise/etc. I'm a .NET guy, right? So ... the question is ... Why am I developing Android Applications? For me, this can be answered ...

I’m impressed with the Android Dev Guide. It’s fairly comprehensive guide, however, I can say from personal experience that the Dev Guide is not complete in all areas. One key example is the section on developing on a device. I followed the instructions exactly. The last couple of lines state the following: You can verify that your device ...

This is one of those blog posts that simply exist for the simple reason that if I run into this issue again I can find it later (and hopefully someone else will find it and it will help them too). I recently got a new G1 and I exported my contacts into CSV from my old phone. The G1 syncs its contacts with the Google account that its linked to. ...

My wife and good friend have a G1 and I’m absolutely in love with the damn thing. I plan on getting one soon, however I’ve read a lot and some people are saying to wait for the MyTouch. However, this does not prevent me from getting my hands dirty with some Android development. Since I’m a .NET guy I thought it would be fun to see what the ...