In just a week from tomorrow, on April 20th, 2013, DC area geeks will gather for the latest Northern Virginia Code Camp. NoVA Code Camp has a long history of great full-day FREE developer events, … more
As I write this, the DC area is getting blanketed in snow. But I'm not letting that get me down, because it's Code Camp time again! Mid-Atlantic boasts some great code camps, and this year will be no … more
Location Date Tampa, FL 2/15 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 2/25 New York, NY 2/27 Chevy Chase, MD 3/7 Alpharetta, GA 3/8 WHAT IS A JUMPSTART? These FREE events are targeted at … more
From my friends at the Roanoke Valley .NET User Group: Roanoke Code Camp 2013 - Save The Date! Saturday, March 9th - 8:00am to 5:30pm (Welcome time 7:30am) Register now! Visit www. … more
Starting a new series of posts with announcements of interesting stuff for app developers... Generation App Ultimate Experience If you haven't yet signed up for Generation App, here's another good … more
Are you building apps for the cloud? Are you curious about what's involved? Well, I have a great event for you! Taking place this week, Windows Azure Conf is a community conference where you can hear … more
OK, if you enjoy building apps, and being part of something really BIG, you need to check out my colleague Ed Donahue's post on WOWZAPP: Be part of the app revolution Join thousands of developers … more
Due to the potential local impact of Hurricane Sandy, I'm cancelling my planned Office Hours at the Reston office for Tuesday, October 30th. No need for folks to be on the road if it's not necessary. … more
Abstract: In the final part of our Using Blend for Windows 8 apps series, Andrew Duthie and Kirupa Chinnathambi take a look at the Interactive Mode for Blend and demo for us how to style a template … more
Abstract: In Part 2 of our Using Blend for Windows 8 apps series, Andrew Duthie and Kirupa Chinnathambi take a deep dive into how you can use Blend to easily design your Windows 8 apps for various … more
Abstract: Andrew Duthie and Program Manager Kirupa Chinnathambi from the Microsoft Expression Blend team join us for part one of this series as we take an inside look at how Blend can help … more
Windows Store Open to Developers in 120 Markets Here's the official word from the Windows Store blog: Today’s an especially great day to be a developer. We’re very excited to announce the last … more
I'm pleased to announce the availability of my next episode of Microsoft DevRadio, in which I talk to my fellow Technical Evangelist Jennifer Marsman about the top reasons for developing … more
While I'm on the topic of Code Camps...Richmond Code Camp has also announced their date, which will be Saturday, October 6th, 2012, and has opened their call for speakers. RCC will be at a new … more
Got some great news from Hal Hayes over the weekend: Northern Virginia CodeCamp Call For Speakers {Please publish for widest dissemination} Dates: October 27, 2012 Where: Microsoft Reston … more
I'm pleased to announce that a new series of short videos, called "How Do I?" created by your local Microsoft Technical Evangelists has been posted to Channel 9. Contributors include Jeff Barnes, … more
The next BUILD conference for Windows 8 development will take place October 30th-November 2nd, 2012 on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington. Registration will open at 8am Pacific time on 8/8. … more
On the off chance that you've not heard already, I wanted to share the great news that the Windows 8 Release Preview and Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate are both now available for download. … more
Here's a great opportunity for developers in San Francisco and New York (more cities are coming...see below) to get a jumpstart on building great Windows 8 Metro style apps, with the possibility of … more
Wow...that didn't take long. Looks like the folks responsible for making Kinect for Windows an awesome tool for developers looking to add NUI features to their applications are eager to move the … more
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