I hope that you have all had an awesome New Year's Eve! I've decided that I'll start off 2014 by making a fool of myself by trying to make some predictions for the tech industry for the new year. This is not a what you will see list, but nor is it a what you won't see...
Programming Pitfalls: Windows 8 & VS 13
It will come as no surprise to anyone who has been following this site for a while that I've been doing a bit of Windows 8 development. Like many developers moving over from another platform, I have some concerns about XAML and the development philosophy that it seems...
Xbox One Review
Although, I have never waited until midnight for a console lunch before, I waited at the Freehold, NJ Microsoft Store for the launch of the Xbox One. Like most of the people in the line, I had previously pre-ordered my system and was promised a "Day One Edition" that...
Review: Surface Pro 2
Being in the market for a Windows based laptop and having some potential WinRT projects in the pipeline, purchasing a Surface Pro 2 seemed like a great way to kill two birds with one stone and I happy to report that it was. Like just about any device on the market...
Better Dead than Public
Dell has a big problem and it’s not the one you might think. Although it is true that the PC market has weakened or perhaps more accurately evolved into the tablet market, that is not the primary cause of Dell’s current situation. Dell’s troubles began in 1988 well...
Pallet Town: Intro to the Repository Pattern MVC4 pt 2
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