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Providing practical developer content on Windows 8, Windows Phone, and Windows Azure
Two Azure Hands-on Opportunities
The other day I posted on some of the newest development in Windows Azure, and if that’s spurred you...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 04/19/2013
Construct 2 Tip #2: Settings Flyouts
As we saw in my last post, the Windows 8 plug-in that comes with Construct 2 has a great number of...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 04/18/2013
Launch of the Boston Challenge (April 20th)
For those of you in the Boston area here's a great way to have some fun outdoors, experience a...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 04/18/2013
New England GiveCamp – Class of 2013
As many of you know, I am one of the co-organizers of New England GiveCamp, now in it’s fourth year,...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 04/17/2013
Construct 2 Tip #1: Implementing Snapped View State
This is the first of a short set of blog posts (following up on my article on Construct 2 Starter...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 04/17/2013
A triple-A day: Awesome Azure Announcements
For the clouderati, today was a banner day for Microsoft with the Windows Azure team announcing the...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 04/16/2013
The Week Ahead: April 15, 2013
Kudos to Lance McCarthy and the combined efforts of Telerik and Nokia on a wildly successful Boston...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 04/15/2013
Construct 2 Starter Kits
Over the past few weeks, I’ve had a great time building HTML5/JavaScript games for Windows 8 with...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 04/12/2013
The Week Ahead – April 8th, 2013
Here's what the week looks like for all of you looking to learn more about building applications for...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 04/08/2013
Practical Azure #17: Identity
The latest segment of my MSDN DevRadio series, tackles the topic of identity in the cloud and how to...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 04/05/2013
Make $100 x 5 this Weekend on Windows 8!
Let's face it, your March Madness bracket is toast - and any hope of winning that pool is lost. But...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 04/04/2013
The Week Ahead – April 1, 2013
Be sure to grab your spot at the Boston Hackathon being run by Nokia and Telerik at the Microsoft...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 04/01/2013
April 2013 Technical Calendar
Boston Windows Dev Meetup events Northeast User Group Map and Calendars Sunday Monday Tuesday...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/31/2013
Boston Hackathon - April 13 and 14th
You don't have to run 26.2 miles to go the distance! In fact you don’t even have to break a sweat or...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/28/2013
The Week Ahead - March 25, 2013
It's time for the very first Spring listing of happenings for Windows 8 and Windows Phone-focused...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/25/2013
Practical Azure #16: Windows Azure Traffic Manager
Ever since Microsoft announced Windows Azure Traffic Manager, for me the term conjures up an image...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/22/2013
Strut Your Stuff at App Demo and Drinks – March 28
Our friends from PreApps are hosting the next App Demo and Drinks Meetup at Champions in Boston on...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/22/2013
The Week Ahead – March 18, 2013
Here’s the post-St. Paddy’s Day edition of what’s going on for Windows 8 and Windows Phone-focused...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/18/2013
Practical Azure #15: Windows Azure Virtual Machines (Part 2)
We looked at Windows Azure Virtual Machines in the last episode from the perspective of creating a...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/15/2013
Practical Azure #14: Windows Azure Virtual Machines (Part 1)
Three seems to be a popular number in Windows Azure – three data center regions, three types of...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/15/2013
Web Camp Spring Tour – March 27th
If you follow Scott Guthrie’s blog, you’ll be aware of some recent releases in both the ASP.NET and...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/13/2013
Build a Following for Your App – Before You Launch!
A couple of months ago, I met the marketing director and CEO of a local Boston startup that had an...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/12/2013
The Incredible Rabbit Inferno - "Your" App Now in the Windows Store!
One of the latest additions to the Windows Store is The Incredible Rabbit Inferno (TIRI), a game...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/11/2013
The Week Ahead - March 11, 2013
Here’s what’s on tap for Windows 8 and Windows Phone-focused developers over the next week. With the...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/11/2013
New England GiveCamp – Three Ways to Help!
As many of you know, along with Kelley Muir of Float Left Labs, I’ve been a co-organizer of New...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/07/2013
Launch Your App at a Microsoft Store!
Getting your Windows 8 or Windows Phone app into the store is an incredible accomplishment. Why not...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/06/2013
Windows 8 Game JumpStarts – March 6 and 14
Whether we admit it or not, we’re playing games all the time… waiting in line, during conference...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/05/2013
The Week Ahead – March 4, 2013
Here’s what’s on tap for Windows 8 and Windows Phone-focused developers over the next week. I...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/04/2013
Practical Azure #13: Windows Azure Queue Storage
Although Windows Azure Queues are part of the Windows Azure Storage trifecta (along with Blobs and...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/01/2013
March 2013 Technical Calendar
Boston Windows Dev Meetup events Northeast User Group Map and Calendars Sunday Monday Tuesday...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 03/01/2013
The Week Ahead–February 25, 2013
Happy Monday! For your scheduling pleasure, here are the Windows 8 and Windows Phone sessions in the...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 02/25/2013
Practical Azure #12: Caching
“I feel the need. The need for speed" sums ups the role of caching in distributed applications....
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 02/22/2013
Who’s on 8? Mobile Dine Out
The latest entrée into the Windows Store from the Boston area comes from Joseph Anderson of JMA Web...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 02/21/2013
Boston Code Camp–Hey, 19!
While’s it’s unlikely Steely Dan will make an appearance at Boston Code Camp, you can bet your...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 02/19/2013
The Week Ahead-February 18, 2013
Here’s what’s on tap this week for Windows 8 and Windows Phone developers in the area: Monday,...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 02/18/2013
Practical Azure #11: Worker Roles
Web Roles and Worker Roles, they’re the yin and yang of high performing Windows Azure applications....
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 02/15/2013
Windows 8 App Madness Challenge
Are you a student developer or game enthusiast at a school in the 50 United States (including the...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 02/13/2013
The Week Ahead-February 11, 2013
I hope all of you made it through the blizzard with minimal impact. We’re back to business as usual...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 02/11/2013
Practical Azure #10: Web Roles
You’ve got some awesome ASP.NET web sites (or even PHP or node.js), but they’re running in your data...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 02/08/2013
Who’s on 8? iStoryBooks
I first met Rejith Krishnan of Infomarvel a bit over a year ago at an AT&T Hackathon in Boston....
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 02/07/2013
Boston Code Camp–Call for Sessions
Boston Code Camp 19 is just over a month away. Working on something cool? Delving into Windows 8...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 02/07/2013
Phone Up! Learn to Build A Windows Phone App
Given the impending arrival of Winter Storm/Blizzard Nemo we are erring on the side of caution and...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 02/06/2013
Set up Your Windows 8 Privacy Policy in Five Minutes (or Less)
There are three certainties in life: death, taxes, and the fact your Windows 8 application will fail...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 02/05/2013
The Week Ahead–February 4th, 2013
We’re back from our US Evangelism offsite in Vegas, where I even helped build an orienteering...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 02/04/2013
February 2013 Technical Calendar
Boston Windows Dev Meetup events Northeast User Group Map and Calendars Sunday Monday Tuesday...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 01/31/2013
The Week Ahead-January 28, 2013
After launching our Meetup series last week, it’s going to be a quiet one on the home front, since...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 01/28/2013
Practical Azure #9: Windows Azure Web Sites
One of the awesome things about Windows Azure is choice. When you deploy an application to the...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 01/24/2013
Windows Phone JumpStart – February 8th
Looking for a fully immersive approach into learning how to build applications for Windows Phone 8?...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 01/21/2013
The Week Ahead–January 21, 2013
This week, we’re kicking of a series of recurring events in the Boston area focused on aiding...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 01/21/2013
Announcing Boston Windows App Developer Meetup
If you’re plugged into Meetup in the Boston area, you may have noticed a bit of activity around a...
Author: Jim O'Neil Date: 01/17/2013