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  Hello – welcome back to the third and final installment of the (3) part series on programming the WinJS App Bar. In this post, I’ll cover some more of the exciting advanced topics in programming the WinJS App bar like: Creating “Sticky” App Bars...

  Hello – we’re back with the second installment of the (3) part series on programming the WinJS App Bar.  In this post, I’ll cover some more of the finer points around customizing the look & feel of your App Bar – specifically around how...

I’ve been doing a lot of Windows 8 HTML5 development lately and wanted to share some key learning's for what I would consider to be one of the most integral parts of every GREAT windows 8 application – The App Bar.  To that end, this is the first...

One of the most awesome capabilities exposed in Windows Phone 7 is the ability to host Deep Zoom images within your application.  This is the same technology that powers such awesome Deep Zoom web experiences as the Hard Rock Memorabilia and Michael...

Welcome back – this blog post is Part 2 to my previous post to help provide a functional walk-thru of how to install and get up-and-running quickly with the Windows Azure Auto-Scaling Block – also known as “WASABI”. This walk-through will demonstrate...

    The Windows Azure Auto- Scaling Application Block (WASABi) is now available as a beta release and it allows developers and IT professionals to add and manage *Automatic* Auto-Scaling capabilities for Windows Azure hosted services and applications...

A big thanks to all the local AOIT High School students who came to my presentation today at the 5th Annual Student Industry Conference presented by the Academy of Information Technology and Miami-Dade County Public Schools.  I’d also like to thank...

Windows Phone 7 provides an exciting new opportunity for companies and developers to build applications that travel with users, are interactive and attractive, and are available whenever and wherever users want to work with them. By combining Windows...

That’s right – with yesterday’s announcement , the tools are now final – now is the time to “Lock & Load” on building the next generation of amazing mobile applications – Powered by Windows Phone 7.  Whether you are newcomer to the platform or...

Looking to get a jump-start on some building some great Windows Phone 7 applications? And even better - without leaving your desk? Windows Phone 7 promises to be an amazing mobile phone operating system given its innovative user interface and functionality...

Thanks to everyone who came out to the recent Visual Studio 2010 Launch event in Tampa and caught my presentation on Visual Studio 2010 for Web and Cloud development.   There are a ton of new features and capabilities in .NET 4.0 and the tooling...

     The Home Shopping Network ( HSN ) has recently expanded to a brand new channel – the Nokia S60 generation mobile phones – powered by Silverlight . HSN, Inc.is an interactive multi-channel retailer that offers innovative, differentiated...

      Curse.com is largest MMO (Massive Multi-player Online) gaming web portal in the United States and serves-up millions of games add-on’s for popular games like World of Warcraft, WarHammer, and Runes of Magic. Their users represent...

Thanks to everyone who came out to the South Florida Architecture Group meeting on May 18,2010 to see my presentation on Parallel Processing with .NET 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010.    With the constant hardware advances happening today, you...

Thanks to all the students, teachers, and faculty that turned out for my break-out session at the 4th Annual Academy of Information Technology (AOIT), Student Industry Conference.  The annual event draws more than 500 high school students from Miami...

Then check-out this recent ARCast.TV episode for a potential solution: ARCast.TV - Tool Assisted VB6 to .NET Migration There are millions (if not billions) of lines of VB6 code out there. For many businesses, they need this code moved to .NET but they...

Why is Azure important? Have you wondered how cloud computing can bring your ideas to the web faster? Reduce your IT costs? Or be able to respond quickly to changes in your business and customer’s needs? If so, then you need to find out what Azure is...

Thanks to everyone who came out to see my session at the Cloud Computing Expo event last week in New York! There are a few really great scenarios for cloud computing and I believe that viral social networking campaigns are one of those great use cases...

    What is the Azure™ Services Platform? It is an Internet-scale cloud services platform hosted in Microsoft data centers, which provides an operating system and a set of developer services that can be used individually or together. It reduces...

March 25, 2010 at 1:00pm – 2:00pm EST Title: Extending Your Sites Reach with IE8 Add On Features Abstract Today's users are getting more sophisticated and they expect more features from the sites and services they use. In this session learn about how...

Thanks! to everyone who came out recently to my session on Internet Explorer 8 for Developers.  In this session we explored some of the new features in Internet Explorer 8 and how you can take advantage of them from a developer’s perspective.  ...

Thanks to everyone who came out to the local Architect’s meeting in South Florida and Tampa!  Silverlight 4 certainly contains a veritable laundry list of exciting new features and capabilities that will enable some some truly next generation, cutting...

One of the coolest Windows Azure stories that was told at the recent PDC09 conference was the story of how Jim Zimmerman , CTO of Thuzi built their viral Facebook application for Outback Steakhouse and how it was hosted in Windows Azure.  Outback...

February 26, 2010 at 1:00pm – 2:00pm EST Title: How to Architect a Killer App for Windows 7 Abstract: Ever since its recent launch, Windows 7 has been enjoying rapid consumer adoption and glowing press reviews. This makes it a great platform to launch...

Each month through June 2010, we’ll bring you a 60-minute Architect focused Webcast to educate on the latest trends/topics and how new technologies can align with your business needs. February 25, 2010 at 1:00pm – 2:00pm EST Title: Visual Studio Tools...