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Creating certificates on Azure 7 Jun 2012 | 10:26 pm
For a recent project project we were working on (Open Data Installer), there was the requirement to connect to the Azure Management API on behalf of the user in order to actually deploy the selected p...
Getting started with WP7Dev 7 Jan 2012 | 04:56 am
Earlier this week, I had the pleasure and privileged of being asked to be a guest on Microsoft Canada’s Developers, Developers, Developers show talking about my experiences developing for the platfor...
Why Nokia coming to Windows phone is a huge deal 15 Aug 2011 | 06:12 pm
Shots taken with the X7 (left), Samsung Focus (center) and the N8 (right) A little while ago Nokia was kind enough to invite about a dozen of us out to Canmore, Alberta for an event called #NokiaU...
Quick tip: Getting your JSON out of a WebException 1 Jun 2011 | 04:28 pm
When prototyping out a recent project, I ran into a new issue that I hadn’t seen before, a web service that sent back both a non 200 error code, but also returned relevant JSON data. The problem happ...
SysTray + Panorama: mostly still a no-go in Mango 30 May 2011 | 07:00 am
One of the most prevalent comments that I’ve gotten whenever we’ve built a WP7 application using a Panorama, is “What happened to the time thingie?” For those who don’t know, the time thingie is call...
Setting up your UV instance with WP7UserVoice 14 Apr 2011 | 01:22 pm
Not too long ago, we at RedBit Development started working on making it easier for developers to get real feedback from their users. Knowing that a three star review with no comment, and no way to re...
WP7 Devs: Stop adding search buttons! [UPDATED] 22 Feb 2011 | 05:29 pm
UPDATE: During some investigation by Shawn Wildermuth, he figured out that in order to show both the white “Enter” button as well as the typing suggestions, we should use the “ApplicationEnd” Input sc...
Developer review of the LG Quantum 7Q (aka a great first step) 16 Jan 2011 | 08:58 pm
Through my work with RedBit Development, I’ve been asked to put together a review of the LG Quantum 7Q from a developer’s perspective. Not being one to shy away from offering (some would say injectin...
Adventures in WP7 Ad Publishers–Part 1 1 Jan 2011 | 10:41 am
This is the first in a series of blog posts about my adventures in trying to set up advertising within some of our WP7 applications. While the first few posts may come across as b#$#ing sessions, hop...
OGDI, bring joy to developers everywhere. 11 Nov 2010 | 10:10 am
Recently I had the pleasure of working on the project Emitter.ca that ties two things very important to me together: open government data, and the environment. It was the way in which we interacted w...
