As with any great adventure, the beginning is sometimes the hardest part, and so is the end. As of this week, I am no longer with Microsoft. It's been a fantastic 9 years though, and I am grateful for all the friends I made, the knowledge I gained...

Wednesday, November 13 I’ll be in the Microsoft Alpharetta office from noon-2. Stop by and chat about Windows 8 apps – moving existing apps from other platforms, ideas for new apps, coaching on an app you already have under development, or test your app...

Sometimes the best way to learn how to be successful with a technology is to hear from your peers about what they are doing with it, and to get their insights and tips. The Windows Azure community is doing just that on November 14 with the Windows...

If you have the itch and the idea to start a new company, there’s no better event to come to than Startup Weekend Atlanta starting November 9. This weekend marathon is a fantastic place to pitch an idea for a company, rally some teammates, build...

This week as you try to deal with the absence of political tweets and Facebook posts, why not swing by the Microsoft Alpharetta office and chat about or test out your Windows 8 apps? The Windows 8 “Wednesday” will be Thursday this week, I’ll be there...

Hey Alabama developers! Are you itching to get started building Windows 8 apps? Now that the OS has been released along with some amazing new devices, end users are going to be hungry for apps and games. Why not get in on the action? Here’s an amazing...

Once again it’s about to be Wednesday, so that means it’s about to be Windows 8 Wednesday, another opportunity to come discuss app and game ideas, get help with your app in development, talk about monetization strategies, and more. Join me in the Alpharetta...

We’re putting together some great sessions for developers at the Microsoft store in Lenox Square. Come out each Monday night from 5 to 8, learn about Windows 8 development, do a hands on lab on your own machine, and get started building apps today! Sign...

Next week I have a conflict on Wednesday, so I’m changing Windows 8 Wednesday to a Windows 8 Monday. Since I’m in charge of it I can do that. Please join me between 11 AM and 2 PM at the Microsoft office in Alpharetta to chat about Windows 8 apps, get...

There’s still time to sign up for THE designer and developer conference in the Southeast – ReMIX ! Lots of fantastic sessions, great tutorials, opportunities to network and meet experts in various areas. I’ll be at the conference on Saturday giving one...

On Wednesday October 17 I’ll be at the Microsoft office in Alpharetta from 11 AM until 2:00 PM. Bring your Windows 8 app in development or your game or app on other platforms  you want to discuss porting. I’ll have a slate device we can test your...

Windows 8 is coming. And with it, huge developer opportunities. Lots of developers are getting their apps ready for the store. Are you one of them? Are you considering it? Answer these questions and let me know where you stand on Windows 8 development...

PowerShell Saturday #003 will bring together developers, IT professionals, DBAs, and developers from Atlanta and the surrounding areas for a full day of intense learning and fun on October 27, 2012. With fifteen sessions covering a milieu of topics like...

Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell are hitting the road in the USA with the traveling edition of their DotNetRocks show . These guys are always a blast to hear live, you never know what’s going to happen. Their DotNetRocks Visual Studio 2012 Road Trip...

If you are in the Atlanta area and want to get started (or have already started) building Windows 8 apps, this meetup is for you! http://www.meetup.com/Atlanta-Windows-Apps/ The organizers are taking a fresh approach to technical meetups. In addition...

Think you have the chops to create a game for Windows 8 in 2 days? Come learn, build and win at this hackathon in ATL! In conjunction with SIEGEcon, Microsoft is sponsoring a game development contest. Come learn about Windows 8, team up, create games...

Hopefully by now everyone has seen that the Windows Store is accepting app submissions from every developer. This is another huge step on the road to general availability of Windows 8 to all of our customers. I want every developer to be successful with...

I received a few questions at an event recently as to how to handle application settings in a Windows 8 Store app and how it is different from doing so in a Windows Store app. Turns out there is a lot of similarity, in the code as well as the platform...

(This is part 5 in my series on Windows 8 apps for the PhoneGap developer.) Most applications save and read data. That can be just something as simple as a counter, the users credentials, or game high score. Or it can be complex sets of data the user...

This is part 4 in my series on Windows 8 apps for the PhoneGap developer. It’s time to make contact with a user’s contacts! Since a user’s device is very personal to them, it often has their list of contacts. And it’s very common to build functionality...

This is part 3 in my series on Windows 8 apps for the PhoneGap developer. Here we are going to focus on writing apps that respond to the various ways a user can move the device around. The basic accelerometer code in PhoneGap is generally used to determine...

In my previous post about PhoneGap to Windows 8 migration , I used the location API as comparison point about how similar the programming approaches were. In this post I’m going to examine location in a bit more detail. Location information in Windows...

This month I’m presenting Windows 8 camps in Atlanta and Raleigh. For those of you who would like the labs, presentations and samples, they are available here in both C# and JavaScript versions. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id...

Abstract: Windows 8 apps can be designed and coded using HTML/CSS/JS just like PhoneGap apps can. And with very little effort you can use your skill and existing resources to crank out a sleek, modern looking Windows 8 style app in no time. PhoneGap...

Today, various Microsoft team blogs joined together in announcing some huge news to the tech industry. Windows 8 has been released to manufacturing and will soon be available to download – first for MSDN and TechNet subscribers, then via other channels...