If your mobile provider is ATT, head on over to http://att.com/deviceunlock and request to unlock your phone. This process takes 3-5 days, so do it before you leave if you’re heading international. If successful, you’ll be able to buy any local (compatible) sim card, and have a much cheaper talk/text/data plan that paying the Int’l…
Did you know there is a native QRCode scanner inside your Windows Phone? It’s been moved around from Windows Phone (7,75,8) and in 8.1, it’s now part of your camera, as a lens named Bing Vision. This quick screen cast shows you how / where to find and use the QRCode scanner.
You just realized you don’t have your phone in your pocket or purse! #Panic! #Panic! You’re also safety conscience, and you have a lock on your phone. Now all the good people of the world, have been limited on how they can return your phone. You’re only hope is you remember where it is, and go back…
When you hear that new (or old) song on the radio, or in a club, wouldn’t it be great if you could grab a copy and save it on your phone? Well you can, and it’s **VERY** easy to do with Cortana on Windows Phone 8.1 This is a quick video/screen cast that listens to…
Microsoft Azure Websites is Pure Awesome. The speed and amount of work that can be done in a very short period of time is just amazing. Today, I’m sharing a feature that I’ve been waiting for, for a long time. Wildcard support for DNS and SSL Certificates. In the past, you could use a wildcard…
Uber is a new(ish) type of fancy car service that is on demand, and is now available in PHX Metro (and growing quickly to most parts of the world). I’ve used Uber in AZ, CA, and WA and NYC. Always great service; fast and clean. They have an iPhone and Android app, (and a non official…
This was a great 5 minute video showing the great story of Christmas, on WestJet. What a great way to touch so many peoples lives. http://scottcate.looplogic.com/westjet-christmas-miracle
I have source code all over the place. Over the years, I’ve used Microsoft Source Safe Source Gear Vault Subversion Mecurial and Git These days, a Git Repo is where all of my source code lives. Both for personal, and work, both for open source and private repos, and with all my Git Repos online,…
Silverlight is an awesome product. As Flash is awesome and it’s glory. Silverlight is nicer for me, as I think in C# v. Action Script. That said, at work, we use the Adobe plug in model for quite a bit, it’s just not something I am personally familiar with. I have always been a fan…