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...
Blue == IBM
Microsoft has been having a bad time in the consumer face for the last few years -- they’ve failed to jump on the mobile train in any significant way and have tried to modernize Windows but face a lot of resistance from users and pundits. Personally, I like Windows 8;...
I Like Windows RT
Windows RT is good.There is said it.Sure it doesn’t have a lot of apps and has some serious branding issues, but it’s a good system and a worthy competitor to iOS and Android... or at least it would be if the market would give it a chance. There are reasons that the...
Programming Pitfalls: WinRT MediaElement URL Scheme
I’ve been doing a good deal of C# WinRT development recently and for the most part it hasn’t been bad. This week, however, I found a pitfall that is not only so simple it’s silly but also managed to waste an hour or so of my time. WinRT has a class called MediaElement...
Review: Asus Vivo Tab RT
Coder Radio listeners will know that I recently got a new tablet to add to my growing collection of devices: Asus’ Vivo Tab RT. Android fans will take a look at this and be reminded of the Transformer Prime and for good reason -- the Vivo Tab and Prime share some...
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