There is a Keyboard trick that is very common with [WIN]+[Arrow] that will move windows around your desktop, and dock them side to side. Here is what the four arrows do … [Win]+[Left Arrow] will Dock the active window to the left of the current screen [Win]+[Right Arrow] will Dock the active window to the…
I’m happy to have accepted the prestigious Microsoft Regional Director award in February, 2011. The Regional Director program is an award that is given to outstanding community members, who support the Microsoft Stack. You may have heard of the MVP program? The Microsoft Most Valuable Professional’s are awarded based on a specific technology. I’ve been…
I wrote an application for the Windows Phone Marketplace, and it was rejected. I use the internal WebBrowser control, and I never tested it without the internet connection. Here is the hard part – the Emulator is always connected, there isn’t a way to turn it’s internet connection off (that I know of). So I…
I struggled with this for a while, so I thought I would throw up a post, to help out people running into this is in the future. From MSDN: Here is the code sample you’re lead to, to use the Extras item in the photo hub. Add the Extras.xml file … 1: <?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8…
Wait, what’s going on again? It’s all around Windows Phone 7 application development and the submission process to the Windows Phone Marketplace. Microsoft is on the hunt for app devs to build apps for Windows Phone 7. Of course they are, right? You need apps to make the platform more enticing for users to buy,…
This past week, I hosted another bootcamp @Gangplank in Chandler, AZ. This was done in conjunction with AZGroups.org, our local Microsoft Evangelist Michael Palermo( @Palermo4 ) and a few rock solid guys in the community. Namely, Andre Wilson (@awilsong), and Chris Coneybeer (@coneybeer). We had 31 people in attendance, who all left happy, and more…
Berries.com for the win. I don’t have a ton of time – so this will be short. I sent a thank you gift to some friends, but I used an old (wrong) address. The people who live there now, called and told Berries.com about the mistake. Berries (Called Shari’s Berries online) called me and left…
Aptera Motors promises to be an amazing vehicle. I’ve been wanting one since I first heard about it from my buddy Lorin, back in the day. In fact, I wanted one so bad, that I put in the $500 deposit. Not a lot of scratch and it get’s me on the list. How cool will…
Talk about black and white, night and day, easy and hard, great service and poor service, evangelize and despise. All opposites – This is my opinion of RedBox and Blockbuster. You may have read about my frustrations with Blockbuster last week. While Blockbuster continues to do everything possible to lie mislead their customers, RedBox is…