IUpdateable from Eric Nelson (http://ericnelson.wordpress.com)

I have a few meetings coming up discussing porting Windows Phone applications to Windows 8. The good news is both platforms use: C# .NET XAML However… the devil is in the detail Take a look at these tasters: MSDN Documentation Porting Silverlight or WPF XAML/code to a Metro style app Maximizing Code Reuse Across Windows [...] ...read more

In one (shiney new) place. Check out  www.microsoft.co.uk/w8camps  Which includes information on: One day camps: One day UX Workshops: And weekly on-line clinics And is brought to you by this dodgy looking bunch ...read more

I just stumbled upon touch mode in Office 2013. Before: After. Notice the whitespace around icons, folder listings etc. Nice. Which is just the tip of the iceberg … plenty more details over on the Office blog. ...read more

August 1st – a lovely day Windows 8 has been released to manufacturing Windows Store is open for paid apps and for company account registrations ...read more

[Last updated 7th August] My rough and incomplete walkthrough to registering as a company to publish applications to the  Windows Store. Please check the official documentation for the latest information but this is handy for me and the companies I am working with. Ultimately the route you will likely (but not always) want to take [...] ...read more

Sell out the //build/ conference on Windows 8 development and more. Sweet. If you are UK based, then do check out the many options we have to help you skill up on Windows 8 and other technologies over at http://uktechdays.cloudapp.net/ prior to //build/ and we Tim O’Brien shared the following good news: “For those unable [...] ...read more