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Upcoming Events for February 20th, 2012
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar, … more
What Can You Do with .NET Gadgeteer?
A better question might be…what CAN'T you do? So, for folks who might have missed my earlier posts, here are a few posts that provide background on .NET Gadgeteer: Are you a Gadgeteer? Gadgeteer … more
A Knockout in Charlottesville
Just saw the agenda for the next meeting of the Charlottesville .NET User Group, which is tomorrow night (Feb. 16th), and it looks awesome. The title is Knockout.js, MVC with Style & .Net 4.5. … more
In the NY area? GroupMe needs your help
GroupMe is looking for Windows Phone users in the NY area to do some testing on February 16th: http://www.wpcentral.com/groupme-looking-windows-phone-users-ny-216 If you're into group texting, this is … more
Upcoming Events - February 13th, 2012
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar, … more
Dave Ward's Advice to Programmers
In a nutshell…"write about programming." Longer version (the quote comes from an interview Dave did with The Code Project): "What advice would you offer to an up-and-coming programmer? Write about … more
Curious about Windows 8 on ARM?
Then you'll definitely want to check out the in-depth post by Steven Sinofsky today on the Building Windows 8 blog. more
A new Gadgeteer blog - VB Magic
Well, so the blog isn't only about Gadgeteer, but I love the title, and the fact that his most recent post shows the beginnings of an RPG (open source, no less) running on the FEZ Spider Gadgeteer … more
Gadgeteer Hello World
Introduction Some time ago, I posted an unboxing video for something new, my FEZ Spider .NET Gadgeteer starter kit. Since then, I've been busy with both my day job, and spending a lot of my "free" … more
Upcoming Events - February 6th, 2012
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar, … more
MADExpo 2012 Call for Speakers is Open!
Last year, it was my privilege to be a part of the team that brought a new conference to the Mid-Atlantic, the Mid-Atlantic Developer Expo (or MADExpo for short). The conference was born of many … more
Exploring HTML5 Canvas: Part 4 - Transformations
[This is part 4 of an ongoing series of posts examining the HTML5 Canvas element. In Part 1 of this series, I introduced Canvas and prepared a template to make further explorations a bit simpler, and … more
Upcoming Events for January 30th, 2012
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar, … more
CapArea.NET Follow-up: HTML5 Metro apps resources
My thanks to everyone who came out tonight for the Capital Area .NET User Group for my presentation on developing Windows 8 Metro style applications using HTML5 and JavaScript. Great questions and … more
Upcoming Events for January 23rd, 2012
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar, … more
Introducing Devhammer's Garage
Over the last few months, I've spent a good bit of my free time (and some of my not-so-free time) learning about hardware and microcontrollers. One product of this will be a series of blog posts I'm … more
Exploring HTML5 Canvas: Part 3 - Paths and Text
[This is part 3 of an ongoing series of posts examining the HTML5 Canvas element. In Part 1 of this series, I introduced Canvas and prepared a template to make further explorations a bit simpler, and … more
Upcoming Events for January 16th, 2012
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar, … more
Upcoming Events for January 9th, 2012
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar, … more
Exploring HTML5 Canvas: Part 2 - Basic Shapes
[This is part 2 of an ongoing series of posts examining the HTML5 Canvas element. In Part 1 of this series, I introduced Canvas and prepared a template to make further explorations a bit simpler, and … more