Posted inFunemployment
#NewBeginnings
With the new year came new changes. Okta and I parted ways in December, and I've been taking the last couple of months to recharge and tackle a long backlog…
Posted inWindows
Previewing SVG files in Windows
Mar-4-2024 Update: I updated the post to use Microsoft PowerToys It’s surprisingly easy to show Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG) file previews in Windows Explorer, by using a Windows Explorer Extension.…
Posted inPowerPoint
How SVG images enable more colors and transparency (PowerPoint Tip)
Vector graphics provide a lot of visual flexibility in PowerPoint. In this short blog post, I’d like to highlight how to add them into your PPTX, and some cool tricks…
Posted inResearch Windows Phone
Looking for #WPDev opinions
Post Update: I removed survey links because it closed In October, I’m interested in getting thoughts and opinions from the Windows platform development community in my ~annual pulse of the Windows…
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SQLite on WP – DB schema management
As I started working with SQLite as a place to store my data, I began thinking about my app’s changing data scheme and I wondered: ‘how do I handle change…
Posted inWindows Phone
SQLite on WP–FileNotFoundException and how to deal with it
While I was reinstalling my laptop this week, I ran into some friction getting my Brick Manager development environment going again. My issue turned out to be pretty simple, and…
Posted inWindows Phone
WPDev: Talking to XML web services
This blog post starts to cover a number of interesting Windows platform development challenges that I ran into as I built out my Brick Manager app. While the code was…
Posted inWindows Phone
Socializing your app in Windows Phone 8.1
This is a blog post that has been sitting on my laptop, all written and ready for posting, for just about two months now. I worked on the post when…
Posted inWindows Phone
Projecting your Windows Phone screen to a PC
One of the common questions I’ve been getting over the past week from folks has been how to take advantage of this semi-obscure ‘Project my Screen’ entry that was added…
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VS Issue: Designer failing
Update: I believe I solved this issue, and this post has been refined to point to the actual issue (and not the way I treated the symptoms of the bad…