My thoughts on software development, technology and design.

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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Going from Web services to WCF

March 20, 2011
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I have been a huge fan of web services over the years, mainly due to the strong coupling with ASP.NET, the familiar ...

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Windows Phone 7 Icons

March 07, 2011
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Windows Phone 7 is based on a Metro design, what is Metro? The concepts have been explained regularly and more ...

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Nokia and Windows Phone 7 – What it means for me!

February 11, 2011
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My initial reaction to Nokia, Microsoft alliance was … Nokia is still around? I could not remember the last Nokia phone ...

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Why I think the iPad helps Microsoft Surface 2

January 10, 2011
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When Microsoft Surface (code name Milan) was first released in April 2008 it introduced us to a real of touch centric ...

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I am Software Engineer but maybe not a business man

January 08, 2011
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When the Windows Phone 7 SDK finally dropped it gave me all the excuse I needed to get into and absorb all the polish ...

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LINQ Primer

December 15, 2010
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I recently did a primer on LINQ for my colleagues at work and I wanted to put my notes in a place where I could get ...

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My First Windows Phone 7 App

December 02, 2010
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Several months ago I made a trip to the east coast to visit the US capital. While the vacation was fantastic it would ...

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