Posted on November 13, 2011 by Chris Koenig
Thanks to everyone that joined us last week for the Windows Phone Camp in Minneapolis. It was great seeing so many Windows Phone developers come together to talk about building cool applications. I was very excited at how many people attending had already spent some time with the tools, and especially how many had already [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on October 19, 2011 by Chris Koenig
I’m very pleased to announce a new set of Windows Phone Acceleration Labs to be held in Dallas, Columbus, Chicago and Minneapolis. Acceleration Labs are a week-long event where developer get a chance to break away from the office and minimize the distractions of email, the telephone and other work-related fire-drills to spend 3-5 quality [...]
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Posted on October 17, 2011 by Chris Koenig
I just heard off the grapevine that there is a new Windows Phone user group starting up in Baton Rouge! For those of you in the area, I *highly* recommend you attend. I absolutely LOVE the format – a little time to chat and eat, a little time for a presentation, then a good 90 [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on October 12, 2011 by Chris Koenig
Thanks to everyone who attended yesterdays Windows Phone Camp in Dallas, TX! As promised, here is a download to the slides and demos from the event. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me at chris.koenig@microsoft.com or via our new email alias msnextde@microsoft.com. Direct Link (experimental)
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Posted on October 7, 2011 by Chris Koenig
Here are the slides and source code from my talk this morning at Tulsa TechFest on using databases on Windows Phone. I will be writing up a longer technical post to go along with these resources, but since so many people asked for them today, I’m publishing them for your convenience. Slides (via SlideShare) Databases [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on September 21, 2011 by Chris Koenig
My teammate Jeff Blankenburg will be hosting a Windows Phone Development Lab at Tulsa TechFest on Saturday, Oct 8th from 8am-5pm at OSU Tulsa. The Windows Phone lab is a combination Instructor-Led and Self-Directed lab environment that is designed to help you learn about Windows Phone by building applications instead of just listening to sessions. [...]
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Posted on September 20, 2011 by Chris Koenig
A Windows Phone Camp is a free, full-day or two-day event chock-full of everything you need to know to develop a Windows Phone application. Whether you’re a student, a seasoned veteran or just getting started with .NET development this full-day event is for you. Interested in profit? We’ll also lead discussions on how to monetize [...]
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Posted on September 9, 2011 by Chris Koenig
My good friend Jay Smith announced on his blog this week that he’ll be hosting another one of his amazing Community Leadership Town Hall events at the upcoming Tulsa TechFest. What is a Community Leadership Town Hall, you ask? Here’s some bits from Jay’s blog: In many towns and cities across the country the town hall is [...]
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Posted on June 1, 2011 by Chris Koenig
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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Posted on May 17, 2011 by Chris Koenig
Starting today – the 4th Annual Dallas TechFest has opened it’s call for speakers! If you’re interested in speaking, please visit the web site at http://dallastechfest.com and register as a speaker. To register all you have to do is: open http://dallastechfest.com click on the [Log In] link at the top On the signin page, click [...]
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