Randy Guthrie – Microsoft Academic Developer Evangelist http://blogs.msdn.com/MIS_Laboratory Microsoft’s Imagine Cup is one of the world’s largest student technology competitions, and this year’s events promise to be just as exciting and rewarding as...

Randy Guthrie – Microsoft Academic Developer Evangelist http://blogs.msdn.com/MIS_Laboratory   I am excited to announce a new Imagine Cup challenge based on the Kinect for PC SDK that was recently released. The Imagine Cup 2012 Kinect Fun Labs Challenge...

Randy Guthrie – Microsoft Academic Developer Evangelist http://blogs.msdn.com/MIS_Laboratory As notebooks, netbooks and slates get thinner, smaller, and more power-conscious, optical drives that can read and write to a bootable DVD have now become a peripheral...

Randy Guthrie – Microsoft Academic Developer Evangelist blogs.msdn.com/MIS_Laboratory At most Windows Phone 7 app development workshops that I have hosted or attended, we spend the first hour or longer getting everyone set up with the proper accounts...

Randy Guthrie – Microsoft Academic Developer Evangelist http://blogs.msdn.com/MIS_Laboratory HTML 5 coupled with CSS is emerging as the new hot development language. I am delighted to announce that we have created six complete lessons that cover the most...

Randy Guthrie – Microsoft Academic Developer Evangelist http://blogs.msdn.com/MIS_Laboratory Microsoft’s Imagine Cup competition is one of the world’s largest student technology competitions, and while the dust is still settling from last July’s record...

Randy Guthrie – Microsoft Academic Developer Evangelist http://blogs.msdn.com/MIS_Laboratory “Mango” Jump Start! Aug. 23-24! Pass it on… That's right, Microsoft MVPs Rob Miles and Andy Wigley are back! Microsoft Learning hosted a Windows Phone 7 Jump...

Randy Guthrie – Microsoft Academic Developer Evangelist http://blogs.msdn.com/MIS_Laboratory I just spend the last couple of hours writing a draft project description for college professors who what to add a mobile application development project to their...

Randy Guthrie – Microsoft Academic Developer Evangelist http://blogs.msdn.com/MIS_Laboratory Do you judge a book by it’s cover? Or at least it’s thickness?  One characteristic common to many technical books is how many pages it takes to cover a subject...

Randy Guthrie – Microsoft Academic Developer Evangelist http://blogs.msdn.com/MIS_Laboratory Last night in an emotionally-charged event the teams that were advancing to the final rounds of the Imagine Cup World finals.  The Note-taker team from Arizona...

Randy Guthrie – Microsoft Academic Developer Evangelist http://blogs.msdn.com/MIS_Laboratory The first round of competitions at the Microsoft Imagine Cup 2011 World Finals were held today at the Marriott Marquis Hotel at Times Square New York.  Five...

Randy Guthrie – Microsoft Academic Developer Evangelist http://blogs.msdn.com/MIS_Laboratory The student tee shirt for this year’s Imagine Cup Today July 8th was the first day of the 2011 Microsoft Imagine Cup World Finals. For the first time the finals...

Randy Guthrie – Microsoft Academic Developer Evangelist http://blogs.msdn.com/MIS_Laboratory On June 16, 2011 Microsoft Research in cooperation with Microsoft Game Studios released the beta version of the Kinect SDK for hobbyists and academics. Of course...

Randy Guthrie – Microsoft Academic Developer Evangelist http://blogs.msdn.com/MIS_Laboratory For many Microsoft employees, the slower business rhythm allows time for training and learning the latest technologies. This is also true for students and faculty...

Randy Guthrie – Microsoft Academic Developer Evangelist http://blogs.msdn.com/MIS_Laboratory Microsoft is helping students upgrade to the latest technology by sponsoring a program with a variety of computer hardware manufacturers. The essence of the deal...

Technorati Tags: Tech Ed , Internet , Speedtest.net , Backbone , Blogger Randy Guthrie – Microsoft Academic Developer Evangelist http://blogs.msdn.com/MIS_Laboratory I am attending the Microsoft Tech Ed event for IT this week in Atlanta, Georgia. The...

Randy Guthrie – Microsoft Academic Developer Evangelist http://blogs.msdn.com/MIS_Laboratory What are we looking for? If you’re passionate about technology, love throwing fun events on campus, and aren’t shy about sharing your enthusiasm for the latest...

Randy Guthrie – Microsoft Academic Developer Evangelist http://blogs.msdn.com/MIS_Laboratory If the MySchoolApp project I wrote about last week was a little too challenging, then the AppMakr might be just what you are looking for to get your feet wet...

Randy Guthrie – Microsoft Academic Developer Evangelist http://blogs.msdn.com/MIS_Laboratory I just received information about this great offer for students.  I took a certification exam last week and the cost of the exam was $125. This is a great...

Randy Guthrie – Microsoft Academic Developer Evangelist blogs.msdn.com/MIS_Laboratory Some of the big challenges that students face getting apps into the Windows Phone 7 marketplace are psychological. They wonder if their ideas are market-worthy, and...

Randy Guthrie – Microsoft Academic Developer Evangelist blogs.msdn.com/MIS_Laboratory One of the most important, yet under-rated, deliverables in the Imagine Cup competition is the video requirement in the Software Design and Game Design competitions...

Randy Guthrie – Microsoft Academic Developer Evangelist blogs.msdn.com/MIS_Laboratory An update to the Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools has just been released, along with a “fix” in the pivot and panorama controls.  There is also a fix to allow developers...

by Randy Guthrie – Academic Developer Evangelist for Microsoft blogs.msdn.com/MIS_Laboratory The public availability of Windows Phone 7 (WP7) this season and the enthusiastic reception it’s received creates an exciting opportunity for technologists to...

Randy Guthrie – Microsoft Academic Developer Evangelist http://blogs.msdn.com/MIS_Laboratory As Microsoft’s academic rep for Arizona State University, I visit their campus several times each semester.  In between speaking engagements and faculty...

Randy Guthrie – Microsoft Academic Developer Evangelist blogs.msdn.com/MIS_Laboratory 9:30pm – September 13, 2010:  The doors open at the Microsoft Store at the Park Meadows Mall near Denver, Colorado and hundreds of Halo fans pour in to be the first...