This post can also be reached via http://bit.ly/windows8token . Windows 8 is coming in the near future. You can download, use it, and develop apps for it today . As of May 2012, the Windows Store is not open for everyone to deploy. However, we are...

Here are the 5 code samples from the Windows 8 SDK that I’ll be showing during my session at the Windows 8 Anchor Camp our team is holding today in Los Angeles.  I’ll update this post later with more details, but wanted to give people a resource...

If you’re writing a Metro style app for Windows 8, here’s how you can share it with another developer. Note that both the source and destination machines need a valid development license. Verify this with the PowerShell cmdlet Get-WindowsDeveloperLicense...

We asked students from all over the world to come up with innovative uses of technology that would make the world a better place. They stepped up to the challenge, and the Imagine Cup US 2012 competition was on. Imagine Cup is a global technology competition...

On March 15, 2012, I gave a presentation at the San Francisco JavaScript meetup about Windows 8 development . Thanks to Dave Edelhart , here’s the video. I wish there had been time to show more code and get into Visual Studio, but that will have...

Windows 8 supports two new ways to revert your system to an earlier state. From the Settings charm, access More PC settings and then click General . Towards the bottom, you’ll see these two choices: Refresh your PC without affecting your files...

At the time this post is being written, March 2012, at least some UEFI systems don't boot to NTFS USB thumb drives. These UEFI systems will only boot to FAT32 USB thumb drives. I have no idea if this will change in the future. The details of UEFI are...

Are you interested in experiencing the next great app platform opportunity, Windows 8? Do you want to learn how to get started building apps for this new platform? We are inviting the Silicon Valley startup community to a full-day, knockout, deep dive...

In Windows 8 and Windows Phone, you’ll see widespread use of a typeface called Segoe. I’ve always wondered exactly how to pronounce this. It could be SEE-goh, see-GOH, SEG-oh, seg-OH, etc. I took a look at its Wikipedia page, and learned that...

This post can also be reached via http://bit.ly/win8nextsteps . If you’re reading this blog post, there’s a good chance you just saw me give a presentation on Windows 8 development with JavaScript, and now you’re looking for more...

With node version 0.6.10 and npm version 1.1.0-3, you may run into this error when installing a module on Windows, not just the Azure module: PS> npm install azure npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/azure npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs...

Join us for an Orchard CMS developer’s meetup, which will be held online on Tuesday, March 6, 2012. Date: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 Time: 8 AM Pacific, 4 PM UTC ( other timezones ) Location: http://www.livestream...

With the recent release of the Kinect for Windows hardware and SDK, I thought I’d highlight the cool work my friends Matt Bell and Dave Gausebeck have been doing at MatterPort . In the early days of Kinect programming in late 2010, countless hobbyists...

As you may know, the Azure SDK for Node.js includes a Storage Emulator for development purposes. This lets you code against a local storage system using the Azure table, blob, and queue APIs rather than needing something configured in the public cloud...

I’ve been playing with Node.js on Azure for the past couple of weeks. In case you didn’t know, Node is a fully supported development option on Azure. There’s an official open source SDK, which as of version 0.5.2 supports Azure tables...

Virtualization is here to stay. It doesn’t matter if you're an IT Professional for a multinational company, or running a small business, chances are virtualization is making an impact on how you work. Developers are also leveraging virtualization...

Do you like free stuff? Are you a startup? Microsoft supports Startup America , which offers the following for free: Expertise - Weekly pitch coaching sessions with Nathan Gold Ask the VC Virtual Round Tables with folks like Brad Feld...

Due to travel, I haven't been able to have a Windows Phone study group meetup in San Francisco for a few weeks, but that's about to change. On Thursday, 17-Nov-2011, I'll present Chapter 3 from Adam Nathan's book 101 Windows Phone 7 Apps . The app we...

Thanks to those of you who made it to the Windows Phone Camp in Sunnyvale, CA on October 20 & 21, 2011. My talk was Building Windows Phone 7.5 Apps with Silverlight , and the slides are below. For those of you who couldn't make it in person, you can...

We recently announced the Windows Phone Inner Circle tour with stops all over the US this fall. Be sure to put Wednesday, November 2, 2011 on your calendar if you're in San Francisco. The event will be from 6 - 9 PM, but as of today I'm unsure of the...

If you’d like a free pass to the O’Reilly Android Open Conference reception in San Francisco on Monday, October 10, 2011, just send me an email by clicking Email Blog Author on the right. Note that the free pass is only for the reception on...

With the impending release of Mango, I thought it was time to start a group for Windows Phone developers in San Francisco. You can find us through the easily remembered URL http://create.msdn.com/sf , which redirects to the group’s homepage on meetup...

  In case you’re not familiar with it, Gamefest is a conference for game developers and designers targeting Microsoft platforms including Xbox, Windows Phone 7, and Windows desktops.  It will be held in three cities in the summer of 2011: July...

For my inaugural blog post, I’d like to announce an exciting C++ event on June 29, 2011, in Santa Clara, CA. Microsoft and NVIDIA are teaming up to bring a full evening of C++ content. Headlining the event is Herb Sutter from Microsoft , who’ll...