I blogged yesterday about feedback related to my July Editor’s Note column. I said more was coming, and here it is. “Until the last 10 years, most colleges had no idea what they were doing when it came to educating those bound for computer job. ...

Hi, I’m working on a story, and I’d like your help. It’s about the biggest mistakes made by developers who work on mobile platforms. The mistakes need to be specific to mobile platform development. What were your biggest screw-ups? What have you learned...

My “Editor’s Note” column for MSDN July is getting strong reader feedback, and I wanted to share some of it with you. In general, the run of opinion is that U.S. colleges and universities aren’t getting the job done in terms of preparing the next generation...

My colleague Mike Desmond, the inimitable editor in chief of Visual Studio Magazine , has an interesting blog post up about the evolution of .NET , and how it wasn’t always such a slam-dunk to succeed. I’d encourage you to take a look and comment – what...

Brandon Watson has announced the release of the Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools beta . As Watson says, “It’s time to get serious about building the actual apps and games for Windows Phone 7 that consumers will be looking for starting this holiday season...

Windows Phone 7 development continues at a fast pace. Last week saw the release of the Developer Tools beta , and yesterday came the announcement of the first technical preview . As Terry Myerson blogged, the technical preview means that Microsoft has...