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Exploring HTML5 Canvas: Part 1 - Introduction
In this post, I'm going to begin an examination of one of the hottest new features of HTML5, namely the Canvas element. What is Canvas, anyway? The best place to start is at the beginning, and that's … more
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Great Sites and Blogs for Learning about .NET Gadgeteer
As anyone following my blog or twitter feed could probably tell, in between HTML5 Web Camps and Game Camps, I've been doing a fair amount of work (and play) with .NET Gadgeteer. It's a great platform … more
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Grantophone LIVE!
Last Friday, I had the pleasure of presenting an HTML5 Game Camp with my colleague Lindsay Lindstrom. Since I was going to be in New York City for the day, I got in touch with Grant Kot, the creator … more
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Just One More Week To Enter The Rock Paper Azure Fall Sweepstakes!
Week #3 of the Rock Paper Azure Challenge ended at 6pm EST on 12/9/2011. Just a reminder to folks in the contest, be sure to catch Scott Guthrie, Dave Campbell, and Mark Russinovich live online next … more
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HTML5 Game Camp Resources
I wanted to take a moment to thank all the folks who came out to Columbia University for last Friday's HTML5 Game Camp event that I presented with my colleague Lindsay Lindstrom. It was great to see … more
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Upcoming Events for December 12th, 2011
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar, … more
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Get Your Azure On!
Wanted to share info on a couple of upcoming events relating to the Windows Azure platform. Learn Windows Azure Event The first is an in-person/online event on Tuesday, December 13th, featuring … more
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Visualizing Layout in HTML5 Canvas with Gridlines
I'm in the process of finalizing my preparations for tomorrow's HTML5 Game Camp in New York City, and figured I'd share one of the functions I put together to help in the process of visualizing some … more
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Upcoming Events for December 5th, 2010
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar, … more
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Kinect for Windows, Hardware Edition
Just in time for a couple of upcoming presentations I'm doing with hardware comes a very cool announcement. The TL;DR version: There WILL be a Kinect device specifically designed to work with … more
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Upcoming Events for November 14th, 2011
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar, … more
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Recipe for a Brittle Data Service
You can teach people a lot by writing about best practices. But sometimes, you can also teach by illustrating your own boneheaded moves that tripped you up. In other words, don't do what I did. Case … more
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Upcoming Events for November 7th, 2011
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar, … more
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Upcoming Events for October 31st, 2011
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar, … more
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Rich Community. Great Opportunities.
Here in Mid-Atlantic (and neighboring communities), we have an embarrassment of riches when it comes to great opportunities to get together and learn from one another, through user groups, code camps, … more
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Reuse in action: Bing Maps REST API and Community Megaphone
I am a fan of small changes that open up big opportunities. I'm also a fan of reuse, and leveraging code in multiple apps or scenarios. And those of you who've known or read my blog for any length of … more
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HTML5 Game Camps Coming Soon
Recycling bits from my peer Chris Bowen: Ready to learn HTML5? Enjoy games, too? Join in the HTML5 Game Camps, free events offering a chance to learn about the next wave of web standards including … more
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Upcoming Events for October 24th, 2011
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar, … more
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Upcoming Events for October 17th, 2011
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar, … more
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HTML5 At AITP Wheeling on Oct. 12th
If you're in the vicinity of Wheeling, WV, and interested in learning about HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript, and what they mean for web developers, plan to stop by the White Palace in Wheeling tomorrow … more
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Are you a Gadgeteer?
In a recent post, I mentioned that last week I received a very cool package, the GHI FEZ Spider .NET Gadgeteer Starter Kit. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to take the kit with me to Roanoke, but I … more
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Kinect Resources and News
Last week, it was my pleasure to present at the Roanoke .NET User Group on the Kinect SDK for Windows beta. In the presentation, I demonstrated the application I created for last summer's Mid … more
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Upcoming Events for October 10th, 2011
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar, … more
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Windows Phone Garage at Richmond Code Camp
If you're coming to Richmond Code Camp this weekend (and if you're not, you still have time to register here), and planning to join us for the Windows Phone Garage, there are a couple of things you … more
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Roanoke .NET Tomorrow Night: New Location!
For folks who are planning to attend my talk tomorrow night on practical uses for the Kinect for Windows SDK Beta, I wanted to share some news I got from my friends at the UG. Apparently, they were … more
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A brief explanation
I often hate these kinds of posts, so I'll keep it brief…regular readers might have noticed a bit less going on on the blog lately. There's a reason for that, namely 4 weeks in a row with travel, … more
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Upcoming Events for October 5th, 2011
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar, … more
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Attend a Windows Phone Camp...Win a New Phone!
Been thinking about writing an app for Windows Phone? With the Mango release just around the corner, now is a great time to develop and publish an app that takes advantage of Mango's many new … more
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Upcoming Area Code Camps, etc.
Fall is nearly upon us, and along with cooler temps and changing colors, that usually brings a raft of code camps and similar community events, and this year is no different. Here's a list of the … more
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Upcoming Events for September 26th, 2011
Still catching up from my recent bout of travel (4 weeks in a row with out-of-town travel), but here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, … more
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Updated User Group Map
If you've ever tried to find a local user group in your area, and have struggled to do so, you might want to be aware of a resource I make available on my blog, namely my local Mid-Atlantic user … more
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Upcoming Events for September 12th, 2011
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar, … more
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Mid-Atlantic Folks at BUILD?
I'm going to be in Anaheim this week, so if you're planning to be at BUILD, and would like to hang out, or catch up, please drop me a note. I'd definitely like to catch up with Mid-Atlantic community … more
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Upcoming Events for September 5th, 2011
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar, … more
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Upcoming Events for August 29th, 2011
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar: … more
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HTML5 Web Camp Resources
For folks who are attending (or will be attending) one of our HTML5 Web Camp events in DC, PA, or Florida, here are links to the decks and sites we used and discussed:
Rachel's Decks
Chris' Decks … more
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Community Megaphone Podcast - Show 30 with Jason Follas
The latest episode of the Community Megaphone Podcast is up!
In this episode, Dane and I talk to Jason Follas from Toledo, Ohio, about everything from Spatial Data in SQL Server to conference … more
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Upcoming Events for August 22nd, 2011
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar: … more
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HTML5 Web Camps - Special Guest Announcement
NOTE: If you missed out on signing up for the web camp, and you're in the DC area, you can still get some HTML5 goodness by heading over to the Capital Area .NET User Group on August 23rd, where … more
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Upcoming Events for August 17th, 2011
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar: … more
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Get Trained on Sweet, Sweet Mango!
Interested in getting up to speed on the newest version of Windows Phone, codenamed Mango? Well, you have a great opportunity next week. Rob Miles and Andy Wigley, both MVPs and experts in developing … more
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jWorldmaps: Anatomy of a jQuery Plugin
I just found out that my first article for the Script Junkie website is now live! The article, which can be found here, walks through the fundamentals of authoring a jQuery plugin, and then walks … more
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Upcoming Events for August 8th, 2011
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar: … more
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SharePoint Saturday DC - The Conference
My, how the SharePoint community continues to grow. Seems like only yesterday that the first SharePoint Saturday DC was held in the local Microsoft office in Reston. SharePoint maven Dux Sy has … more
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Upcoming Events for August 1st, 2011
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar: … more
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Upcoming Events for July 25th, 2011
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar: … more
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MADExpo Keynote Videos
Anyone who missed this year's inaugural MADExpo missed a fun show, and one of the best parts was the day 1 Keynote featuring Wintellect's Jeff Prosise. Instead of regaling us with his expertise on … more
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MADExpo Additional Thanks
I realized this evening that in my MADExpo wrap-up post, I left out some pretty critical players. For those of you who aren't aware, the team I work on at Microsoft is unusual, in that I and my … more
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MADExpo Wrap-Up
A couple weeks ago, the Mid Atlantic Developer Expo wrapped up, and I've finally had a chance to recover from the event. This was the first time that I've been involved in planning a conference of … more
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HTML5 Web Camps Coming to Mid-Atlantic (and elsewhere)
Two Web Camp events covering HTML5 and related technologies are coming to Mid-Atlantic (as well as other locations on the east coast). We'll be in Chevy Chase, MD and Malvern, PA in late August. And … more
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Upcoming Events for July 18th, 2011
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar: … more
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Upcoming Events for July 11th, 2011
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar: … more
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Tweaking Add Item Templates for Better Script Performance
[This is the second in a 3-part series. Part 1, "Make Script Performance Automatic with Custom Templates in Visual Studio 2010", can be found here.] In part 1 of this series, I showed you how you can … more
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Take the Rock Paper Azure Challenge and Win Five Grand!
You've got less than a week to enter the Rock Paper Azure Grand Tournament…would love to see one of my readers from Mid-Atlantic win the $5000 grand prize…doesn't take long to enter, and imagine what … more
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Gesture Library for Kinect SDK for Windows Beta
More fun stuff for use with the Kinect SDK for Windows Beta, this time a gesture library written by one of my fellow Microsofties, David Catuhe. David wrote a blog post describing the gesture library … more
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MADExpo Kicks Off in Style!
Day 1 of the inaugural Mid Atlantic Developer Expo is done, and I'm settled in to try to get some rest for day 2, which promises more awesome content and great conversations.
We kicked the day off … more
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Upcoming Events for June 28th, 2011
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar: … more
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Video: Kinect-enabled MADExpo Session Finder
I've been working on a fun and cool project for the Mid Atlantic Developer Expo, which opens NEXT WEEK, namely a Kinect-enabled Session Finder. The project uses the recently-released Kinect SDK for … more
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Source Code Available for the Kinect Mouse Cursor Project
Getting the Code Last week, I noted the release of the Kinect SDK for Windows beta, and at the end of the post pointed to some cool projects put together by the folks over at Coding4Fun on Channel9. … more
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Upcoming Events for June 20th, 2011
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar: … more
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Kinect SDK for Windows beta Now Available
In case you missed the big announcement yesterday, the wait is over and those of you itching to try your hand at some NUI goodness on Windows with an official SDK can go grab the bits for the Kinect … more
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Make Script Performance Automatic with Custom Templates in Visual Studio 2010
Background
If you've ever used a tool like Yahoo!'s Yslow to analyze the performance of your web application, you've probably run into the recommendation that you should put your scripts at the … more
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Upcoming Events for June 13th, 2011
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar: … more
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User Group Anniversaries - DC .Net and RockNUG
June is a big month for user group anniversaries, apparently. A couple of local groups are celebrating anniversaries this month, the first being the Rockville .NET User Group, which is kicking off … more
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MSDN Flash Mid-Atlantic Editorial for June 6th, 2011
For those who don’t subscribe, here’s my local editorial for the MSDN Flash newsletter for Mid-Atlantic: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/hh242942.aspx In it, I provide a reminder of my recent blog … more
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Events This Week - June 6th, 2011
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event … more
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Customize Orchard CMS with the Designer Tools Module
UPDATE: I was informed by Sebastien Ros from the Orchard team that some of the code below exposed an Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability by writing out the raw value of t.TagName to the markup … more
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Enabling RSS Site-wide in Orchard
Background
When publishing a blog with Orchard CMS, the blog module includes default RSS feeds for the items as well as for comments. One limitation of the default implementation is that the feeds … more
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New Features in Windows Phone "Mango" - with Video!
I just finished watching the press conference announcing many of the new features that will be coming with the next release of Windows Phone, codenamed Mango, this fall. I have to say that even as a … more
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Azure Tech Jam and Windows Phone Garage
There are a couple of upcoming event series coming to the Mid-Atlantic area that you should check out, if you have the opportunity. Azure Tech Jam The Azure Tech Jam series is run by my fellow … more
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Events - 5/23/11
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar: … more
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Using bit.ly with the Twitter Notify Plugin for Windows Live Writer
I had set this up before, but during the process of moving my blog to my devhammer.net domain, I wanted to enable the use of bit.ly-shortened links using my bit.ly API key with the excellent Twitter … more
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New Internet Explorer VMs for App Compatibility
As many of you may be aware, you can only have one version of Internet Explorer installed at any given time (the exception being that the IE Platform Previews are able to install side-by-side with a … more
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Troubleshooting a Failed Orchard Module Install
During the process of creating a new Orchard CMS-based blog, I wanted to future-proof my RSS feed. Most blogs have RSS feeds that are effectively hard-coded to the domain/url of the blog, meaning … more
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Hello, Orchard!
Just wanted to create an official first post for my new Orchard CMS-based blog, before removing the test content I’ve been playing with. Why Orchard? It’s based in ASP.NET MVC, it’s open source ( … more
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