We’ve been working with Sunlight labs (a segment of Sunlight foundation) to build a version of their highly successful Congress application for the upcoming release of Windows Phone 7.  If you want to: Know what your elected officials in Congress...

  Thanks to all who attended Developing Mapping Centric Applications for Microsoft Windows Phone 7, Reston VA, Sept. 29 . You can download the contents using the links below. We will post the video recordings as soon as we have them ready. Developing...

REGISTER TODAY! Click the link above, visit http://bit.ly/austinpsroadshow O R call 1-877-673-8368 and reference event ID 1032466785 Event Date: November 8, 2010 Registration: 08:30 Event Time: 09:00 – 16:00 Event Location...

ATTENTION Developers, Partners and Hobbyists. Here is your chance to make sure an XBOX 360 and Kinect Combo Pack is part of your holiday season this year! We are looking for 10 new Federal Applications for U.S. Federal Government employees to use on their...

  You can sign up the October Developer Dinner Event on Parallel Computing here . Parallel Computing and GPU-based Applications The topic for the event consists of three parts on parallel computing: an overview of Microsoft’s parallel computing platform...

NOTE: This was cross posted from here . The Microsoft Ajax strategy has been a bit of a winding road.  Even if you’ve kept up with the evolution, as I have, you might be a little confused.  Today, Scott Guthrie published a blog post announcing...

[Cross-Posted from James Chittenden’s Blog ] Our team is cooking up some events on how to effectively leverage SharePoint without having to sacrifice a great website design. We’ll show the basic fundamental concepts around how SharePoint works (if you...

As a citizen and consumer of Government data, have you ever thought to yourself “I wish there was app for that.”  Here’s an opportunity to not only share your ideas, but take a great idea and make it happen.  One of our team focuses this year...

NOTE: This was cross posted from here . You will be able to watch the announcements live today starting at 9:30 eastern from: http://bit.ly/wp7live If you prefer not to watch the video, but just check in on what’s being announced, check out engadget’s...

NOTE: This was cross posted from here . I always hesitate to publish a blog post that is just a link to someone else's.  However, sometimes you just want to make sure people know certain posts exists.  This is one from Paul Stubbs (@PaulStubbs...

If you happen to read my bio, you’ll see that I’m a Public Sector guy… I’m all about building solutions for government agencies, schools, NGOs – you name it.  Being in the thick of it, I see TREMENDOUS opportunity for developers in the Public Sector...

In case you didn’t know… if you are planning on building WP7 apps that leverage bing map, the map control in the Windows Phone 7 Developer Toolkit is free for use in consumer-facing mobile applications. Learn more here Joel Reyes

  UPDATE: The Reston and Chevy Chase viewing parties have been cancelled due to low registration.  Looks like people want to enjoy PDC from the comforts of their desk .  The player/agenda is live now at http://player.microsoftpdc.com/ ...

NOTE: This was cross posted from here . If you use a custom bit.ly account for shortening urls and then tracking clicks across things like twitter, facebook, emails, blogs, etc., then you’ll surely find the bit.ly plugin for Windows Live Writer useful...

Please this as you work your way to publishing to Marketplace before General Availability Introducing App Hub for Windows Phone 7 & Indie Game Developers Joel Reyes

Highly recommended read if you are designing mobile web apps for Windows Phone. Read on here http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9713253 Joel Reyes

For those who aren’t already in “the know” (which usually includes me), there is a Science and Engineering Festival in DC going on in DC ( http://www.usasciencefestival.org/ – it started on 10/10 and goes to 10/24). This week commences with a science...

[Cross-Posted from James Chittenden’s Blog ] “Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.” I talk with government customers constantly about the importance of good UX (user experience) when designing and building even mission critical line of business...

You may have already seen the pre-announcement, but the Federal WP7 apps registration site is now open for business! What is it?  A contest that runs through 12/15 where developers can submit their best Federal-government focused Windows Phone 7...

Office 365 brings familiar applications, including Office desktop software and Office Web Apps, together with SharePoint, Exchange and Lync in the cloud for the first time. Check out this Channel9 video for more detail.

The Federal Applications Contest Official Registration Portal is now OPEN! We are thrilled to announce the Contest Application Registration Site has officially gone live!! You may now register your Federal applications via the website and...

"If you win the NCAA championship, you come to the White House. Well, if you're a young person and you produce the best experiment or design, the best hardware or software, you ought to be recognized for that achievement, too." - President Obama...

NOTE: This was cross posted from here . For the first time, the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) will be broadcast live for anyone to watch without having to pay a conference fee. The player/agenda is live now at http://player.microsoftpdc...

Just a reminder that the monthly public sector developer dinner event is next week, Oct. 27, 2010. The topic for the event consists of three parts on parallel computing: an overview of Microsoft’s parallel computing platform and programming tools and...