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Musings on mobile development and Windows Phone 7 in particular.
Who Needs IE8 Accelerators?
One of the new features in IE8 that I really like, simple though it is, is Accelerators. In...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 04/17/2009
Windows Azure – A Couple of Learnings
Today I’ve been playing around with IE8 Accelerators and using Windows Azure as the hosting...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 04/08/2009
ASP.NET RefCardz
Alvin Ashcraft (of Morning Dew fame) mailed me recently to point me at a very interesting resource –...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 04/06/2009
Virtual Earth and SQL Server Event
For those of you that know me or follow my blog you’ll know that I’m a huge fan of Virtual Earth...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 04/02/2009
Getting Started with the Live Framework
If you attended my DevWeek session “An Intro to Live Mesh Development” (a name of historical...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 04/01/2009
Font Size Issues in Live Writer?
I noticed recently that the Edit and Preview views in Live Writer weren’t actually reflecting the...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/31/2009
DevWeek Session – An Intro to Live Mesh Development
Thanks to everyone who came along to my Live Framework session at DevWeek, a much bigger audience...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/30/2009
DevWeek Session – ASP.NET Roadmap
Thanks to everyone that came along to my ASP.NET Roadmap session yesterday at DevWeek. I’ve attached...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/25/2009
ASP.NET AJAX 4.0 Preview 4 Setup
If you’re having some trouble getting the ASP.NET AJAX 4.0 Preview setup working (the ReadMe is a...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/21/2009
ASP.NET MVC Released
And I’ve just installed RC2 for my session next week :-( Time to uninstall / reinstall - that’s...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/18/2009
Silverlight for PHP Developers
Nice article on Silverlight for PHP Developers which I had a (very) small hand in. I notice that a...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/13/2009
Seadragon Ajax
I hadn’t seen this before so apologies if it’s old news but Microsoft Live Labs have an AJAX...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/12/2009
Trouble connecting to the Visual Studio webserver this week?
Quite a few people started reporting having issues connecting to Cassini earlier in the week. I’ve...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/12/2009
Media Center Upgrade
Given the success of my “new” Media Center I thought it deserved a little more money spending on it...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/11/2009
Adventures with ASP.NET MVC
There I was considering whether a series of introductory blog posts on ASP.NET MVC was called for...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/11/2009
ASP.NET – Using a DropDownList for Editing in a Data Control
Maybe it's just me but every time I come to do this (usually about every 6 months as I build an...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/10/2009
Er, Moo moo moo 2 (DDD Scotland Registration Open)
Boxed myself into a bit of a corner with that last one and DDD Scotland doesn't have an animal logo...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/04/2009
Moo moo moo
Technorati Tags: ddd,event,developer,taunton
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/04/2009
New Usergroup - NxtGenUG Hereford
I see NxtGenUG are branching out again with a new region centred on Hereford. First meeting will be...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/02/2009
If you were at my Scottish Developers Live Framework talk and you'd like a token for the Tech Preview – I have one available
Leave a comment that demonstrates you were there. First come first served (I only have one). Just...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/02/2009
Twitter Script – Who’s following you (or not following you)?
Find out who your friends really are with this handy PowerShell script! Essentially it will go...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 02/18/2009
Got VB6 Investments? Wondering where to take them?
Eric and the team have pulled together a great set of resources and offers for people with existing...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 02/17/2009
Demos - Catching Up on Rich Clients Part 2
Following on from Part 1, here are my demos for Part 2 of the “Catching Up on Rich Clients”. Part 2...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 02/17/2009
Date for your Diaries - DDD Belfast, 4th April
The next Developer Developer Developer! day to be held in Britain and Ireland will be DDD Belfast on...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 02/16/2009
Demos - Catching Up on Rich Clients Part 1
Rich Client Sample Sites https://www.thirteen23.com/experiences/desktop/blu/ (Desktop Twitter...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 02/13/2009
Azure Services Platform Videos
As well as MikeT’s excellent Live Framework videos on C9 I see we’ve also published the first in a...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 02/12/2009
Today’s Event – Catching Up on Rich Clients
Thanks to everyone who turned up for a very busy event today at Cardinal Place. The slides are now...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 02/10/2009
New Release of Snippet Editor
Just spotted that Bill has released Snippet Editor 2.1 (on CodePlex) with support for VS005, 2008...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 02/04/2009
Code Competitions
I’m a huge sceptic when it comes to code competitions – perhaps Terrarium has left a permanent...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 02/03/2009
Bring on the Trumpets
The title of my last post was inspired by the best advert of the moment which Scott reminded me...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 02/02/2009
Bring on the Media Center
My Media Center is old. Very old in fact. It pre-dates Media Center 2005 and was supplied as part of...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 02/02/2009
Updated Twitter PowerShell Script
I’ve made a few updates to my Twitter PowerShell script, including a fix to ensure it complies with...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 01/30/2009
Live Framework Event in Edinburgh
On Tuesday 24th February, MikeT and I are doing an event at the Microsoft Office in Edinburgh on...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 01/29/2009
Artinsoft’s Aggiorno’s IE8 Readiness Features
There are a couple of nice IE8 specific features in Artinsoft’s markup productivity and maintenance...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 01/28/2009
ASP.NET MVC Release Candidate is Out
In case you hadn’t heard, the ASP.NET MVC RC is available. Tell your friends. Technorati Tags:...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 01/27/2009
chirp – Really Nice Looking WPF Twitter Client
I’m afraid my screen clipping doesn’t really do it justice but it’s easily the...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 01/27/2009
IE8 RC1 Available Now
After Paulo alerted me to the availability of IE8 RC1 (and after waiting a little while for the...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 01/27/2009
IE8 Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Protection
I’ve been doing a little bit of XSS work and, in particular, have been testing a website for XSS...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 01/26/2009
Reading – For When Slough Just Isn’t Enough
For Christmas my wife got me one of these (right) T-Shirts (by pure accident I recently became an MK...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 01/23/2009
Screencasts – Creating 3D Models for WPF
My screencasts for Creating 3D Models for WPF have started to appear on Channel9. You can find Part...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 01/16/2009
Fasttrack Reviews for ISVs
Speaking of ISVs, I was chatting to my friend and colleague David Gristwood over coffee the other...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 01/16/2009
Azure Services Platform ISV Briefings
A series of briefings targeted at ISVs and start-ups covering Windows Azure, .NET and Live Services...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 01/15/2009
Creating 3D Models for WPF
I’ve had an opportunity recently to play around with WPF’s 3D capabilities to try and recreate part...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 01/14/2009
Am I Wasting My Time with Technorati?
Convince me that I’m wrong somebody. I used to rely on Technorati a lot. I got a good idea of what...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 01/09/2009
Expression Encoder SL 2 MediaPlayer Templates and SL Streaming
I’ve just been scratching my head wondering why I can’t publish from Expression Encoder 2 to...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 01/08/2009
Windows 7 Beta Available Now to MSDN Subscribers
If you’re an MSDN or TechNet subscriber you now have access to the Windows 7 Beta. Broad...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 01/08/2009
A Host of Slidedecks
I really like this Slideshare widget showing all our available decks (I first saw it on Marc's...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 12/18/2008
Slideshare Add-in for PowerPoint 2007
If only I'd had this a week or so ago! Nice add-in that supports (amongst other things) uploading,...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 12/16/2008