Space management in Visual Studio is important. Especially if you have Studio running on a projector, small monitory, or are using the split screen options extensively. Visual Studio has a couple of running modes, and each of these modes has it’s … [Continue reading]
Windows Phone 8: Taking a Screen Shot
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 … [Continue reading]
Windows Phone 8: Built in Screen Magnifier
If you have low vision, or find your self squinting to see really tiny, Windows Phone 8 has a really nice feature named "Screen Magnifier". This could help if you're in a dark area (like on a plane, or cab at night), so it's a nice feature to learn … [Continue reading]
Windows Phone 8: IE10 Desktop or Mobile
Windows Phone 8 has a very nice version of Internet Explorer v10 built in, and does an amazing job with HTML5, video, pinch/zoom, tabs, pinned tiles, and a bunch of other great features. One nice feature is that under Settings, you can tell IE10 on … [Continue reading]
Mobile Text Reminder: Betwext in Action
Betwext is an online service that is all about SMS texting. Text your customers, group text each friends or family or colleagues. And it has this little hidden gem of a service named "REMIND". It does .... well .... exactly that. Reminds you. You … [Continue reading]