I’ve been doing some Windows Phone 7 development and research into what is and is not available in the beta. A fellow coworker of mine and I stumbled upon the sad realization that there isn’t a calendar control at this time! Is this really true Windows Phone 7 team!?!? Even Bing says no control. 🙁... Continue reading →

This is the beginning of a series of blog posts I’m putting together on building out a website on Amazon’s Web Services. This is a quick start on where to find the .NET SDK, what templates are installed in Visual Studio 2010, and what you get when starting a new Web Application Project with the... Continue reading →

I’ve began discussions on my first book prospect. I’ve written a lot of material; white papers, documentation, consumer documentation, training curriculum, and more over the years. However I’ve never written a full on book. Anyone out in the blogosphere and twitterverse have any advice on a prospective book writing? I know a lot of you... Continue reading →

Dear Computer Manufacturers, Ok, in 1989 my family bought a computer. A Tandy 1000RL. This thing had 512Kb of RAM, an 8 Mhz Processor and a 20 MB Hard Drive. I was stoked! I was going to be able to play F-15 Strike Eagle II and Silent Hunter II from Microprose! We got this baby... Continue reading →

I’m all about the Windows Phone 7, the interface, the features, the possiblities of a cleaner, easier to develop against phone is really high on my “Cool to Have” list. But no multi-tasking (at all, is there a background something?), and no out of box copy and paste is a really really bad idea on... Continue reading →