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Creating a QR Code Reader App for Windows Phone 7

If you’ve updated Windows Phone 7.5, you might have noticed that it has some nice built-in...

Date: 11/07/2011

PowerShell Diversion #5: Discussion

[Follow-up discussion for PowerShell Diversion #5 ] Here is an implementation of FizzBuzz that...

Date: 08/15/2011

PowerShell Diversion #5: Let’s Play FizzBuzz

Here’s a quick diversion to exercise your basic scripting skills: FizzBuzz is a game often played by...

Date: 08/01/2011

WMI Date Formats … PowerShell to the Rescue

If you use WMI in your PowerShell scripts you’ll probably have noticed that dates are shown in a...

Date: 07/21/2011

PowerShell Diversion #4: Discussion

[Follow-up discussion for PowerShell Diversion #4 ] OK, first the stats: There are 86 solutions if...

Date: 06/23/2011

PowerShell Diversion #4: Can You Count on PowerShell?

Here’s a problem that is more abstract and a bit trickier than the previous...

Date: 06/13/2011

PowerShell Diversion #3: Discussion

[Follow-up discussion for PowerShell Diversion #3] So, it looks like 35 people attended the...

Date: 06/06/2011

PowerShell Diversion #3: PowerShell Week

Last week was “PowerShell Week” in our office*. In an effort to introduce my colleagues...

Date: 05/30/2011

PowerShell Diversion #2: Discussion

[Follow-up discussion for PowerShell Diversion #2] There are a number of things we need to look at...

Date: 05/21/2011

PowerShell Diversion #2: Charts, Tables and Events

In an old post I discussed using the Microsoft Chart Controls to generate some professional looking...

Date: 04/28/2011

PowerShell Diversion #1: Discussion

[Follow-up discussion for PowerShell Diversion #1] So, when did the show take place?  Well,...

Date: 04/21/2011

PowerShell Diversion #1: The ‘70s, a time of Flares, Disco and poorly scheduled shows …

Just for fun, I thought I’d post some ‘diversions’ for new PowerShell scripters.  They will...

Date: 04/15/2011

Application Compatibility Training for Microsoft Premier Customers

For about a year before Windows 7 was released (and for a short while after), I spent lot of time...

Date: 12/22/2010

I speak to a lot of customers about PowerShell and frequently get asked for tips on further...

Date: 11/29/2010