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Musings on mobile development and Windows Phone 7 in particular.
Bad Day at the Gym
My sadistic physio has said that I will do the marathon no matter what it takes and insists I've...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/15/2007
Cancelling an AsyncPostback
And how do you hook up the button in my previous post to give the user the option to cancel a...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/14/2007
My UpdateProgress Control Demo
A couple of people have asked how I achieve the effect I show on the roadshow demo when my...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/14/2007
Adverts and AsyncPostbacks
Someone asked me in Glasgow how they could take advantage of ASP.NET AJAX on their site but still...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/11/2007
Viewstate - All You Ever Wanted to Know but were Afraid to Ask
I was troubled by some viewstate questions this morning (you know when you think you know how...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/09/2007
Glasgow's Miles Better
Well apart from deciding to close the motorway slip road from the airport resulting in mass gridlock...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/09/2007
New for Web Developers in Orcas March CTP
I stated below "And, as I understand it, much improved performance switching between Design and...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/08/2007
If You Entered the UK Vista / Office Developer Launch Competition
Ian has a number of updates on his blog with details of how you'll be informed if you're a winner...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/08/2007
Chill, Phil
Just put down the gazebo and keep your hands where I can see them...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/08/2007
I confess I may be confusing people though
I think I need to be explicit about this in my next AJAX session as I'm clearly confusing some...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 02/22/2007
To the person who tried to convince me that the AJAX Toolkit Calendar control talks to the server
It doesn't. So there. I thank you.
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 02/22/2007
Marathon Training Update - Week 6/7
Well week 6 was a bit of a lost cause as I couldn't train due to my pulled muscle. However I did...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 02/19/2007
MSDN Library Sidebar Search Gadget
This now has pride of place on my Sidebar. Tim Heuer's MSDN Search Gadget Sample Nikhil's Version...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 02/15/2007
UK MSDN Roadshow - "AJAX Development" Session Resources
Here are a host of great resources to compliment the ASP.NET AJAX session I'll be delivering at the...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 02/15/2007
Marathon Training Update - Week 5
Another week another injury... Not such a fun week this week with the following: Hill Session -...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 02/05/2007
TravelNews Mashup Site for ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 RTM
Seems to be a day of demos today. I've updated my TravelNews mashup demo for ASP.NET AJAX RTM. This...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 02/02/2007
Workflow and RSS Demos
I was also asked for my RSS & Windows Workflow Foundation demos from launch so here goes with...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 02/02/2007
ASP.NET AJAX Demo Site
I've been asked for this demo code numerous time and have always resisted because publishing it was...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 02/02/2007
Installing WPF/E
Well, installing the WPF/E runtime is easy (a case of shooting ourselves in the feet if it isn't)...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 02/01/2007
Having Trouble Getting Fiddler to Work with Cassini
Yep, I couldn't get Fiddler to register anything when using the VS built-in web server earlier today...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 01/31/2007
The ASP.NET UpdatePanel and Performance
I was chatting with someone at the event Mark and I did earlier today about the UpdatePanel in...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 01/31/2007
Checking If a Browser Client has .Net FX 3.0
I've just been doing a session of ASP.NET AJAX where we roamed over a number of subjects not...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 01/31/2007
Vista + FireFox + Cassini Web Server (Visual Studio Web Server)
I've been having problems with this combination - pages served by Cassini take an age to load in...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 01/31/2007
A Great Opportunity to find out more about Open XML Development
Next Tuesday (30th) Michael Scherotter of Mindjet and Don Campbell from Microsoft will be delivering...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 01/25/2007
If you're wondering where the team is...
They're off on their Windows Vista and Office 2007 Launch Tour (I think we used to call these...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 01/24/2007
ASP.NET AJAX v1.0 Ships
Head over to https://ajax.asp.net for the v1.0 download, the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit, the...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 01/24/2007
Unsupported Features in Excel Services
At the launch event, when I presented the session "Extending Your Reach with Office Server", I...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 01/24/2007
Marathon Training Update - Week 3
This week's schedule Tue: 40min steady run - done in the gym and deadly boring Wed: 30min Fartlek -...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 01/21/2007
UK Developer Launch of Office & Vista - Tackling the Assignments
If you have started, or intend to start, tackling the "assignments" for the UK Developer Launch of...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 01/21/2007
Damian - Thank You!
Damian, as the first of (fingers-crossed) many "anonymous" sponsors (ie I don't know who you are....
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 01/17/2007
I'm Really Not Looking Forward To This
Well I've gone and got myself involved in something huge. And now I'm a part of it, it feels really...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 01/16/2007
[UK] Web Dev / Designer? Don't miss this one...
All my posts at the moment seem to be about conferences - must be the conference season (Roadshow's...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 01/09/2007
[UK] Office and Vista Online Developer Launch Event - Get Ahead of the Curve
If you're planning to join us online for the developer launch of Office and Vista, here's some...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 01/08/2007
I See MIX07 Registration Has Opened
Subscribe to the MIX07 Feed If you're free from 30/4 - 2/5 and can make it to Las Vegas, you could...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 01/08/2007
Office and Vista Launch Event
As I mentioned before, the developer launch for Office and Vista is on the horizon (I've been...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 01/08/2007
PDC 2007 Announced - October 2nd-5th in Los Angeles
Not one of my favourite places on the planet but you can't have everything I suppose (in fact I...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 12/15/2006
First forays into WPF/E
I did an event in Edinburgh on Tuesday (wet, windy and quite an unpleasant landing especially as I...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 12/15/2006
Vista & Office UK Developer Launch Event
I alluded to some launch activities a while back when Office & Vista RTM'd and it's now time to...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 12/08/2006
Adding Pushpin Descriptions in Virtual Earth
While I was away on holiday (brilliant time thanks) someone mailed me to ask about how they could...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 12/07/2006
Visual Studio 2005 Hotfixes
The DevDiv Hotfix Public Availability Pilot Program has just been brought to my attention. This...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 11/24/2006
Ribbon Intellisense in VSTO 2005 SE
To get intellisense in your Ribbon XML - see this entry in Eric Carter's blog. Saved me a lot of...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 11/24/2006
Expression Web and Source Control
I confess that I really like Expression Web. It doesn't do everything I'd like, and it doesn't...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 11/23/2006