These are listed in a lot of places, but I keep forgetting, and then need a place to find them. What a better place than here? In Combination with the [WINDOWS] key, these are keyboard shortcuts worth remembering. [WIN]Q – Search [WIN]H – Share [WIN]K – Devices [WIN]I – Settings [WIN]W – WinSettings [WIN]Z –…
Submitting an update to my Scorekeeper Application (Link to App in Window 8 Store) today. Here is a list of changes. Killed the Drawing Canvas called SketchPad. It’s outside the scope of this app, and is a little buggy anyway. Changed so any score in the last column, adds a new column. Previously, only when the…
ICS is a file type online commonly used for calendar data. Windows Phone 8 doesn’t have support for ICS built in, but it does allow applications to handle that file for you, and given access to your calendar, can quickly add items to your calendar. This video uses a nice application from Quincy Mitchell named Add to…
WOW. That is how I describe this screen cast. It’s 7 minutes long, and what can be done in 7 minutes is simply amazing. I know there are other ways to do this, and that Azure isn’t the first continuous deployment solution by any means …. but WOW. I have seen this and heard it…
I wanted to use the Data Attributes in asp.net MVC, for both a label, and a description. After finding out there isn’t a build in helper for Description, I searched and found an answer on StackOverflow. Using that starter knowledge, I (copy/paste/enhanced) this little helper … @Html.DisplayFor(m => m.PropertyName, cssClassName: “desc”, “tagName: “div”) The sample code…
SkyDrive from Microsoft has a new Survey Over Excel feature. Fill out a few questions, publish, and BAM … you have a survey / form for people to fill out. Easy, fast, and Free 🙂 This is a link to the survey I create in this video: http://sdrv.ms/Xa6VE7
Live Tiles. You love them right? Do you know what the live tile updates for email actually mean? It’s not the number of unread messages, it’s the number of new messages since the last time you opened your email on your phone. This is a quick video, showing you the difference.
As of today, this is my new favorite feature. I’m on a call, or in the middle of something, and can’t take an incoming call. There is the ignore button that sends someone to voice mail, but then I have to check voice mail. This feature let’s you Auto Reply to caller with a predetermined…
Just get a high score you want to save (for bragging rights)? Or you want to save that 4 Square Check in? Here is my favorite? Screen shot the bar code on your boarding pass in the email app. Then when you get to the event or airport, the barcode or QRCode is already in…