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The developers out there are publishing some really great Windows 8 and Windows Phone apps. I’m very lucky in that I get to see many of the great products that devs produce. So what’s holding you back? Need some incentive? Until the end of June we’ve got an incentive of $100 for each Windows 8 or Windows...

The updated Windows Phone 8 Training Kit is live! http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=38782 This kit contains 20 Hands-On Labs and a set of 6 presentations that can be used to drive code camps or for general training purposes. HANDS ON LABS include: Hello Windows Phone Windows Phone...

Links and apps and Florida flavor I’ve found interesting since the last time I posted this! GENERAL Construct2 GitHub Repository for C2 templates by Jim O'Neil - https://github.com/jimoneil/Construct-2 Functional Programming in Csharp - free ebook - by Oliver Storm - http://it-ebooks.info/book/1419/...

If it takes more than 5 minutes to write up and wasn’t easy to “bing” then its something that should be blogged for SEO purposes later in my life, as my memory fades, and I need to find things again! Recently I was asked how to super and subscript in XAML using TextBlocks. My...

Lots of goodness at GDC last week.  Here’s a couple high level links to get you going….  Remember, if you’re got writing #windowsphone apps, you can get $100 per via Keep the Cash - http://dfwiki.devfish.net/dotneterati.Contests.ashx?HL=contests Also, sign up for http://www.dvlup.com and get...

EVENTS Legal Hackathon Miami - May 10-11 - http://mobileappjdmia.eventbrite.com/# - Native code (aka Win8 or Winphone ) counts as "other" WEB ASP.NET and Web 2012.2 Update - from da gu - http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2013/02/18/announcing-release-of-asp-net-and-web-tools-2012-2-update...

I’m lining up a series of events at the Orlando Windows Store [ http://www.meetup.com/MicrosoftStore-Orlando ] as both time and scheduling allow me and the store to come together. I’m going to partner up with the Orlando Windows Phone Dev Group [ http://www.meetup.com/Orlando-Windows-Phone...

WINDOWS 8 Making it easier for your tester - http://michaelstark.azurewebsites.net/?p=1511%3Ftitle%3DMaking+it+easy+on+your+tester Surface Pro - note the pen and usb 3.0 usage - take that evil fruitco - http://www.wpcentral.com/surface-pro-struts-its-stuff-video WINDOWS PHONE Making JSON Web Requests...

Right after the release of the Windows Phone SDK 8.0, the Windows Phone Developer team has released the Windows Phone Toolkit for Windows Phone 8.0.  The toolkit is available from PhoneGap as NuGet package or as source code .  To download head over to http://phone.codeplex.com . Included are...