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Have an idea for a Windows Phone Starter Kit?

Posted on December 7, 2011 by

If you do, we now have a place for you to submit your ideas for others to see and vote on! This morning I established a User Voice site for Windows Phone Starter Kit Ideas – you can find it at the following url: http://wpsk.uservoice.com User Voice is a great feedback system that allows companies [...]

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The Future?

Posted on October 27, 2011 by

Props to John Weston for sharing the new Futures Video from his blog - I LOVE these videos from the Office Productivity team!  

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Kinect SDK Now Available!

Posted on June 16, 2011 by

The Kinect for Windows SDK beta is a programming toolkit for application developers. It enables the academic and enthusiast communities easy access to the capabilities offered by the Microsoft Kinect device connected to computers running the Windows 7 operating system. The Kinect for Windows SDK beta includes drivers, rich APIs for raw sensor streams and [...]

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National GiveCamp Dates Announced!

Posted on June 1, 2011 by

GiveCamp is a weekend-long event where technology professionals from designers, developers, and database administrators to marketers and web strategists donate their time to provide solutions for non-profit organizations. Since its inception in 2007, the GiveCamp program has provided benefits to over 150 charities, with a value of developer and designer time exceeding $100,000 in services. [...]

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Where is Chris?

Posted on February 25, 2011 by

I've added a new plugin to my WordPress on Windows blog titled "Where's Chris?".  I've gotten some feedback that people are interested in knowing when I'm going to be visiting their area, and what I'll be talking about or doing while I'm there. To make that easier on all of us, I've created this list [...]

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Great news for MSDN Subscribers

Posted on October 26, 2010 by

I just learned about two cool announcements coming from our friends at MSDN related to availability of Office for Mac 2011 and Windows Azure:   Office for Mac 2011 Home and Business Inclusion in MSDN Office for Mac 2011 Home and Business, and Communicator for Mac 2011 will be included in all MSDN Premium and [...]

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WP7 Dev Tools, Control Toolkit and IE9 Beta are all LIVE!

Posted on September 16, 2010 by

Two great announcements this week!  First, the Windows Phone 7 Team is proud to announce the final (RTM) release of the Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools! These tools include everything you need to build Silverlight applications and XNA games for Windows Phone 7. This release also marks the unveiling of three of the most requested [...]

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Silverlight 4 Launching at DevConnections

Posted on March 29, 2010 by

Annouced on MSDN this morning, Scott Guthrie will be announcing the release of Silverlight 4 to the web at the upcoming DevConnections event in Las Vegas! If you haven�t already signed up for DevConnections, here�s some additional incentive (from the website): The first 100 to sign up between 3/23-3/29 will get a free Zune HD [...]

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Technically Speaking coming to DFW

Posted on February 28, 2010 by

Attention all  current and potential public speakers!  Are you a technical person with loads of great information to share with your peers? Do you get nervous speaking in front of crowds? Would you like to develop your public speaking, demonstration and group interaction skills?  Then DFW Technically Speaking is for you! Led by some of [...]

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MVP Cowboys at the MVP Summit

Posted on February 17, 2010 by

Our team bought cowboy hats for all of our MVPs in TX, OK, LA and AR (what we call South Central District). These are a few of the first folks to get their hats yesterday afternoon at the MVP Summit kickoff meeting/mixer/meal. The bandanas say �MVP Summit 2010 South Central District�. Rest assured, a good [...]

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