• Projecting your Windows Phone screen to a PC

    Cliff Simpkins, Product Manager for Windows and Windows Phone Developer Experience at Microsoft, wrote a blog post today on how to use their Project My Screen App to project your Windows Phone screen to a PC. This is great if you’re giving presentations or demonstrations as well as for capturing screenshots and video of your…

  • Windows Azure Mobile Services – Slides from Chicago Windows Developer Group

    On October 3, 2013 Adam Hoffman from Microsoft gave a talk about Windows Azure Mobile Services at the Chicago Windows Developer Meeting. It was a great talk with a lot of great discussion! Here are the slides from the talk: [office src=”https://skydrive.live.com/embed?cid=E1984F7688EE5F55&resid=E1984F7688EE5F55%217949&authkey=AMiQG7KXAcF6oCU&em=2&wdAr=1.7777777777777776″ width=”610″ height=”366″]

  • New Wi-Fi Drivers for Surface Pro on Windows 8.1

    I recently upgraded my Surface Pro to use the final version of Windows 8.1. Ever since that upgrade, I was having a lot of problems with the Wi-Fi essentially hanging, which required me to disconnect and reconnect, sometimes as often as every couple of minutes. After some searching, I found new drivers for the Wi-Fi…

  • Surface Pro with Windows 8.1 – Snapping Three Apps

    I have been playing with Windows 8.1 on my Surface Pro for the last couple of weeks and one of the things I’ve been curious about is the new Snap functionality. I remembered hearing at Build 2013 that a 1920×1080 screen could snap three different apps at the same time, but I wasn’t able to…

  • Network Dashboard 3.0 Available for Windows Phone 8

    Network Dashboard version 3.0 is now available for Windows Phone 8! This is a brand new version that was written specifically for Windows Phone 8. It is now a FREE app with an option to purchase additional live tile styles. Those styles are normally $0.99 but are free for a limited time. Some new features: Tile…

  • Windows Phone Dev Tip: UI Update From Thread Helper Function

    Earlier today I saw a nice post by Wei-Meng Lee with a tip on how to update the UI from an asynchronous thread in Windows Phone (thanks to Ginny Caughey). After reading it, I decided to whip up a little helper function that I thought others might find useful: Without further ado, here is the…

  • In App Purchases When Previous Version Was Paid With Trial

    I’m trying to finish up the Windows Phone 8 version of Network Dashboard and I’ve run into a bit of a conundrum: The Windows Phone 7 version of Network Dashboard was a $0.99 app with a free trial, but I’d like to make the Windows Phone 8 version free with in app purchases to open…

  • ASP.NET: RadioButtonList in Repeater in UpdatePanel – Stopping Full Postback

    I came across an issue today where a RadioButtonList (with AutoPostback==true) inside a Repeater inside an UpdatePanel was causing a full page postback instead of a partial postback. Apparently this is due to a change in how ClientIDs are generated in .Net 4+. The workaround is to set ClientIDMode=”AutoID” on the RadioButtonLists.

  • Windows 8.1: Portrait App Design – Not Quite There Yet

    I’ve been using Windows 8.1 on the Acer Iconia W3 for a couple of days now, and overall the experience has been decent. The W3 isn’t the best tablet I’ve ever used, but it’s not horrid. One thing I’ve been a bit disappointed with, though, is the design and behavior of some apps when used…

  • Book: User-Centered Design: A Developer’s Guide to Building User-Friendly Applications by Travis Lowdermilk

    My friend Travis Lowdermilk from the Windows Developer Show has a great book out: User-Centered Design: A Developer’s Guide to Building User-Friendly Applications. This is a great book for developers who are trying to get a handle on user-centered design and I highly recommend it! Use promo code DEVSHOW to save $10!