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Build Windows 8 – Windows Run Time

September 19, 2011
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Before the Build Windows conference started I was attempting to predict what the biggest splash would be. My best ...

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Encrypting Configuration Files

September 14, 2011
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Considering the industry I work in even simple apps with little or no sensitive are subject to every security ...

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Mango Jump Start Videos

September 08, 2011
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What seemed like an eternity ago Rob Miles and Andy Wigely produced a series of videos that helped introduce many ...

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ILSpy, spread the word!

July 21, 2011
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After watching the torturous train wreck of .NET reflector come to its cruel end (i.e. a tool I have to actually pay ...

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Breakpoints being skipped in Visual Studio 2008

July 20, 2011
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At work I still have a fair number of clients who are focused on the various versions of the .NET Framework which leads ...

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Sticky Footers using JQuery then CSS

July 06, 2011
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Up until recently I have assiduously avoided JavaScript … no not the 'I need a popup' JavaScript, I mean the kind of ...

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Windows Phone 7 Mango

May 27, 2011
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There are some really great consumer and business centric features that will be available for the Windows Phone 7 come ...

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Binding to Textboxes in Silverlight using IConverter (WP7)

April 25, 2011
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In a recent Windows Phone 7 app I needed to bind specific measurement values from a class to the UI, this is a ...

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Windows Phone 7 API - MarketplaceDetailTask

March 29, 2011
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At this point in my WP7 development I am up to 3 apps on the marketplace with another 2 on the way, I have had a real ...

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