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Blog is moving!

Well, I guess the title gives it away; yep, I’m moving my blog to another location. Not that anything was wrong with this company hosted blog; I just wanted my blog to be a little more personal, have more flexibility & more importantly, tons of space.
So, big thank you to all who cared to read [...]


Favorite Apps & Tricks

Ahright, this has been long due I guess. Having had a HTC HD7 Windows Phone for a couple of months now, here are my top 10 must-have 3rd party apps for WP7. This is a dynamic list though as my needs evolve. So, here goes:
1. Weather Channel — Rich WX data presented in panoramic layout; [...]


Mobility @ Sogeti Microsoft Bootcamp

This week I was really happy to drive down to Dayton’s Wright State University where Sogeti is hosting a Microsoft Bootcamp for new hires in the company. I was asked to speak about Windows Phone 7 & Mobility in general. It was great !! It is so much fun speaking of Mobile solutions to fresh [...]


Oversimplified WP7 Browser Navigation Stack

This post is in response to a question someone asked in the Microsoft App Hub forum and because I was plain curious. That thread is here: http://forums.create.msdn.com/forums/t/72708.aspx
So, in Windows Phone Silverlight programming, we have access to a WebBrowser control. This is essentially a stripped-down version of the IE browser in the OS and can be [...]


A Happy Bug

Recently, a small issue in Windows Phone 7 development drove me nuts for a day .. don’t get me wrong, I love doing WP7 dev; just got frustrated with not being able to change a small setting. Here’s the story..
Any WP7 application that uses Location Services has to have permissions from the user, as per app [...]