Follow these steps to get invited to an App Excellence lab: Create a really great Windows 8 Metro style app (or game) immediately. Get it ready as if you were submitting to the store. If you know your local DPE evangelists (maybe because you attended a Windows camp training), get in touch with...

I have been on the hunt for various samples to pass along to the developers I"ve been working with on the Metro style apps forums. It quickly became apparent that we have over two hundered samples and sorting through them to find a media sample that can help you out is a time consuming task. In an attempt...

Hello all, It’s been a while since I was able to get this blog updated. Fortunately I have been asked to work with all of you to bring multi-media apps to Windows 8. I’ve been very active on the Windows 8 developer preview forums working with the community to help make the transition from...

There are some rather interesting misunderstandings surrounding Direct Media Objects (DMO). I talked to one engineer the other day that called DMOs inferior to DirectShow filters. While I personally think that DirectShow is one of the most amazing technologies of all time, times are changing. From...